KYLE BARTLETT, COMPOSER
Kyle Bartlett is a composer and performer living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Finding inspiration in the logic of dreams and the viscerality of performance, her work spans from acoustic to electronic music and from concert forms to multi-disciplinary, site-specific installation.
Dr. Bartlett’s works have been performed across the United States, including at the Weill Hall of Carnegie Hall, the MATA Festival (New York), the Boston Conservatory New Music Week, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, as well as in Europe, notably at the Darmstadt Ferienkurse for New Music, on the Apartment House “Modern Britain‚” concert series (London), and in numerous performances by the Belgian ensemble Champ d’Action. Continue »
Upcoming Projects
SEVEN STARS AND SEVEN VEILS FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CHACONNE FOR SOLO PIANO
CENOTAPH: RITUAL MUSIC FOR ENSEMBLE, PROJECTIONS, DANCERS
Recent Projects
CHAOTIC MENAGERIE2011
- Multiform electronics work: greenhouse sound installation, museum audio accompaniment, concert works, DIY listener installation
- American Philosophical Society Museum commission Supported by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Heritage Philadelphia Program
TOMBEAU. TATTOO. TETHER.2011
- Violin with 3-D audio spatialization or stereo recorded media
IN THE NEWS
“Inside the Greenhouse, composer Kyle Bartlett’s compelling sound installation, titled Chaotic Menagerie, is a musical collage combining melodies from the French Revolutionary era, sounds from nature, and her own contemporary, electro-acoustic compositions.” — From The Greenhouse Projects
“Ms. Bartlett’s haunting memoryscape ‘Tombeau. Tattoo. Tether.’ (2011) sampled recordings of her grandmother’s voice — ‘I can remember,’ she says at one point, heartbreakingly...” — NYT Article: Experimental Sounds, Soothed by the Waves