Christopher Tignor
Composer

Christopher Tignor was born in Morristown, New Jersey on the Ides of March, 1976. Playing violin since age 3 and rock and roll since adolescence have provided him with a natural confluence of the European Classical and American Popular musical traditions that inhabit his compositions and performance practice. Following several generations of engineers, Tignor readily became immersed in computer music techniques while studying under Richard Teitelbaum at Bard College, for whom he has created numerous musical software applications used worldwide. This passion led Tignor to complete a MS in Computer Science at New York University while simultaneously building his electro-acoustic music ensemble, Slow Six, for which he acts as both performer (violin, computer) and composer.

Recently, Time Out New York selected their debut LP, Private Times in Public Places, as one of the Top10 classical albums of 2004. While also studying poetry and fiction under John Ashbery at Bard College, Tignor developed an appreciation for interdisciplinary art-making, and has been collaborating since 2001 with video artist Lee Whittier and Anemone Dance Theater to create vivid large-scale multi-media events recently recognized through support from The American Music Center¹s Live Music for Dance Program.

Currently a PhD candidate in music composition at Princeton University, Tignor¹s music has been heard internationally and featured locally on radio programs including WNYC¹s New Sounds and NPRŒs nationally syndicated Weekend America. He has received grants from the American Music Center and Meet The Composer and his recently published an article, Live Digital Processes for Guitar, which appears in Guitar Review. www.slowsix.com

Additional information and excerpts at www.slowsix.com


Founders
  Sara Baird
  Susan Lamberth

Collaborators
  James Beeler
  Christine Coleman
  Hayley Downs
  Erin Dudley
  Phil Gelb
  John Gordon
  Celeste Hastings
  Kenneth Kirschner
  Joel Sherry
  Aya Shibahara
  Mi-young Song
  Christopher Tignor
  Todd VanSlambrouck
  Lee Whittier
  Miriama Young

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