david bithell (b. 1976), currently an Assistant Professor of Composition Studies at the University of North Texas, is devoted to the exploration of the intersection between experimental music and theater.  His use of live performance, video, staging, music technology, and improvisation create abstract narratives that balance between the tragic and comic. He has performed his compositions throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in a variety of settings.  Recently, his composition "The President Has His Photograph Taken" for solo trumpet, electronics, and video was ...read more...	----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   image from The President Has His Photograph Taken (2005) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
upcoming events Whistle from Above - Yarn/Wire Ensemble - Tenri Cultural Center - New York, NY - November 24, 2008 Whistle from Above - Festival of New American Music - Hunter/Gatherer - Sacramento State University - Sacramento, CA - November 16, 2008 The President Has His Photograph Taken - Seoul International Computer Music Festival - Jayu Theater - Seoul, South Korea - November 11, 2008 Whistle from Above - Hunter/Gatherer - South Pasadena Music - Pasadena, CA - November 10, 2008 Whistle from Above - sfSoundSeries - Hunter/Gatherer - ODC Theater - San Francisco, CA - November 9, 2008 Whistle from Above - SUNY Stony Brook - Hunter/Gatherer - Stony Brook, NY - October 19, 2008 ...more events...
recent projects
the liminal surface   the traveller whistle from above ...see all projects...
Table Setting / Vooruit - New version of Table Setting created with Ali Momeni - for two performers, wooden instruments, video processing and projection (2002/2008) Liminal Surface - interactive tabletop performance environment - collaboration with Ali Momeni (in progress) Whistle from Above - for two percussionists, robotic instruments, computer controlled lighting and sound (2008) the eye (unblinking) - for six musicians and computer controlled lighting (2007) ...complete works list...
news Table Setting / Vooruit - New version of Table Setting created with Ali Momeni - premiered at Ghent International Film Festival - Almost Cinema - Vooruit Art Center - Ghent, Belgium - October 14, 2008 Physical Computing for Music Theater - Workshop taught by David Bithell and Ali Momeni - HISK/KASK Workshops - Vooruit Art Center - Ghent, Belgium - October 13-15, 2008 (tutorials can be found here) A proposal that I developed for a new research cluster at the University of North Texas, the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts (iARTA), has been approved for funding.  Among immediate goals will be to hire new faculty members to strengthen the interdisciplinary arts and technology at UNT. ...more news...