Composer/performer Jeff Morton completed a Masters Degree in Music Composition at the University of Victoria. His research topics include music composition, graphic notation, electronic and electro-acoustic music, improvisation, and media art. Jeff has studied with Christopher Butterfield, Daniel Biro, Gyula Csapo. Jeff Morton performs as an improvising and electro-acoustic musician, and works with dancers, visual artists, and media artists across Canada and internationally. In addition to performing and composing, Jeff is a recording engineer, gallery technician, and graphic designer. He currently works out of Regina, Sk, Canada.
Original composition for trumpet quintet and organ, entitled People Deserving Something, recorded on Catchment, a new CD by Amy Horvey, trumpet. Design and delivery of Microphone Lab, a workshop on creative recording techniques with hi-fi and low-fi recording materials, at PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK. Release of And The Daily Life (Panospria 048), a collaborative electroacoustic free jazz EP with Kirk McNally. Percussionist at outdoor poolside performance with trio Princess Amethyst and the Gemtones, as part of the Secret Gardens Tour 2010, produced by New Dance Horizons. Technical Director for the 2010 Queer City Cinema Performance Art, Audio Art, and Film Fesitival. A two-week performance tour in Montreal, QC, including performances with Sweet Stomp Trio, the McGill Wind Symphony, and as part of Café Concrete #7 at Theatre St. Catherines. Composition and performance of Winter Music, with Ramses Calderon, as part of the 2010 New Music Concert Series at Neutral Ground Gallery. Quintet and solo performance interpretations of original composition Parliament Music, as part of Sounding Landscapes, in Regina, March 2, 2010, and as part of Nuit Blanche 2010, at Cagibi, in Montreal. |
