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Christopher McIntyre

Christopher McIntyre leads a multi-faceted career in the contemporary arts as a solo and ensemble performer, composer, and curator/producer. The diversity of his activities recently led Time Out New York to note "...with every passing week, trombonist-composer Chris McIntyre becomes more central to the new-music experience in New York." (2/08) He performs on trombone and synthesizer in a variety of settings which often incorporate improvisation within notation. Current projects include leading TILT Brass Band and SIXtet, 7X7 Trombone Band, and electro-improv group LOTET, and collaborative efforts including the creative music ensemble Ne(x)tworks. McIntyre's trombone skills have been utilized in groups such as SEM Ensemble, Flexible Orchestra, and the Darmstadt series' recent acclaimed performance of Terry Riley's In C, and in composer-led projects of David First, Michael Schumacher, Elliot Sharp, Jonathan Bepler (w/ Matthew Barney), and Anthony Coleman, most notably the latter's recent New World Records release Lapidation.

McIntyre's compositional aesthetic typically deals with elements of site-specificity, self-referential "sampling" between works, and gradually shifting aural tableaux generated by improvisative strategy. His work emphasizes the ephemerality of sound , subtly challenging the listener's musical memory. He experiments with both conventional, instructional, and graphic notation systems to achieve these conceptual ends, frequently employing a combination within a single piece. The work invests a great deal in the creativity and musicianship of its players, and each performance tends to be a unique iteration of the original material.

He has contributed to the repertoire of Lotet, TILT, Ne(x)tworks, 7X7, Flexible Orchestra, and B3+ brass trio. Performance highlights include the collaborative folio score stuplimity no.2 (music for Sundown) created for 7x7 and choreographer Yoshiko Chuma (supported by American Music Center's Live Music For Dance program), and the combined forces of TILT and Lotet premiering the Roulette/Jerome Foundation commissioned work Metaxis. Metaxis, a collection of written material in folio format, has been heard in subsequent iterations including Metaxis 2 for TILT SIXtet, and Metaxis [Wave], a site-specific version presented at Free103point9's Wave Farm. McIntyre's multi-channel sound installation entitled silOM, first presented via Issue Project Room's 16-channel hemispheric speaker system, also presented during the 2008 MATA Festival sound installation (co-presented with Diapason Gallery).

Beyond performing and creating music, McIntyre is active as a curator and concert producer. Previous to MATA, he served as Associate Music Curator at The Kitchen, where he acted as Artistic Director of the ten-piece experimental chamber orchestra Kitchen House Blend, and lead curator of live events during New Sound, New York Festival. In May '08, McIntyre returns to The Kitchen as co-curator of Let's Go Swimming: A Tribute to Arthur Russell, a 3-night event presenting songs and instrumental music by the innovative cellist, composer, and producer Arthur Russell. Recent independent projects include curating the month of June 2007 at John Zorn's East Village venue The Stone, which featured the festival Trombonophilia, and co-curating Horn Week in Feb. '08 at Issue Project Room.

More info at www.cmcintyre.com