{{short description|Australian composer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Warren Burt''' (born 10 October 1949) is an Australia-based composer of American birth. He is known for composing in a wide variety of new music styles, ranging from acoustic music, [[electroacoustic music]], [[Sound installation|sound art installations]] to [[Sound poetry|text-based music]]. Burt often employs elements of [[Musical improvisation|improvisation]], [[microtonality]], humour, [[Interactive music|live interaction]], and [[lo-fi music|lo-fi electronic techniques]] in his music.
== Biography ==
Warren Burt was born in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, and attended the [[University at Albany, SUNY|State University of New York, Albany]] (BA, 1971) and the [[University of California, San Diego]] (MA, 1975) before moving to Australia in 1975.<ref name=amc-burt>{{cite web|title=Warren Burt|url=http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/burt-warren|work=Represented Artist|publisher=Australian Music Centre|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>
In 1976, Burt, along with composer/performer [[Ron Nagorcka]], established the [[Clifton Hill Community Music Centre]], in an old Organ factory building in Gold Street, [[Clifton Hill, Victoria|Clifton Hill]], [[Melbourne]].<ref name=chcm-burt>{{cite web|title=Tape 1: Warren Burt interview|url=http://chcmctapes.tumblr.com/post/720450110/tape-1-warren-burt-interview|work=Interviews|publisher=Clifton Hill Community Music Centre|accessdate=24 March 2014|date=2010-06-20}}</ref> In 1976–77, Burt toured his video/spoken/electronic opera ''Nighthawk'' in the USA. There were fourteen performances including at the [[University of Illinois]], the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New York, [[California Institute of the Arts]], and [[Oberlin College]]. From 1977 to 1978 he and John Campbell produced the ''New and Experimental Music Show'' on radio 3CR. During this period, Burt and Australian composer Les Gilbert published the ''New Music Newspaper''.<ref name=aus-composers-burt>{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=John|title=Warren Burt|url=http://www.rainerlinz.net/NMA/22CAC/burt.html|work=22 Contemporary Australian Composers|publisher=NMA Publications|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref>
In 1986 he won the [[Albert H. Maggs Composition Award]].<ref name=amc-burt /> The same year, Burt's works from his residency at ''International Synergy'' think tank in Los Angeles was shown at the American Film Institute's National Video Show, and won first prize in the computer graphics division of the 1986 Sydney International Video Show.<ref name=aus-composers-burt />
In 2007, he completed a Ph.D. thesis, "Algorithms, Microtonality, Performance: Eleven Musical Compositions" at the University of Wollongong. Currently he lives in Daylesford, Victoria, and teaches at Box Hill Institute, Melbourne, where he is coordinator of the Masters of Music (Contemporary Practice) degree.
In 2013, Burt's video works were included in the ''This is Video'' exhibition curated by [[Stephen Jones (musician)|Stephen Jones]] as part of [[ISEA International|ISEA]] Symposium on electronic art.<ref name=isea2013>{{cite web|title=This is Video|url=http://www.isea2013.org/events/artspace-visual-arts-centre-2/|work=Artspace Visual Arts Centre|publisher=ISEA2013|accessdate=24 March 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041631/http://www.isea2013.org/events/artspace-visual-arts-centre-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Burt and Jones had collaborated on a video work in 1977 called ''Three Texts''.<ref name=scanlines-jones>{{cite web|title=Stephen Jones — Artist, Writer, Curator|url=http://scanlines.net/node/1704|work=Featured|publisher=Scanlines|accessdate=24 March 2014|archive-date=23 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323070951/http://scanlines.net/node/1704|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[Ros Bandt|Bandt, Ros]]. ''Sound Sculpture: Intersections in Sound and Sculpture in Australian Artworks.'' Sydney: Fine Art Publishing, 2001. *Burt, Warren. "Aardvarks IV: A Real-time Electronic Music Performance Machine." MM thesis, University of California San Diego, 1975. *Burt, Warren. "Algorithms, Microtonality, Performance: Eleven Musical Compositions". Ph.D. thesis, University of Wollongong, 2007. *Burt, Warren. "Interactive Improvisations With Electronic Music Systems." Sounds Australian 32 (1992): 41-44. *Jenkins, John. ''22 Contemporary Australian Composers.'' Melbourne: NMA Publications, 1988. *Zurbrugg, Nicholas. ''Critical Vices: The Myths of Postmodern Theory.'' Commentary by Warren Burt. Australia: G+B Arts International, 2000.
==External links== *[http://www.warrenburt.com/ Official web site]
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