John Puterbaugh

EDUCATION

Princeton, NJ - Spring 1993 to Fall 1998.

• Ph.D. in Music
• Dissertation: "Between a place and some location: a view of timbre through auditory models and sonopoietic space." Advisors: Paul Lansky and Perry Cook.
• M.A. Master of Arts in Music - Fall 1993 to Spring 1995.

Hanover, NH - Fall 1991 to Spring 1993.

• A.M. Master of Arts in Music Advisors: Larry Polansky and Jamshed Bharucha.

Oberlin, OH - Fall 1987 to Spring 1991.

• Music Composition and Technology in Music and Related Arts.

RECORDINGS

"Tinker Creak," for tape, on Lovelyville, Princeton University, 2000.

"Gestures, Tactile and Tethered," Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi), John Puterbaugh (live electronics), on Extraditional: new pieces for shakuhachi, Montreal: Healthy Boys, 1999.

Between a location and some place: caricatures and timbre studies of the double bass, Princeton University 1998.

"Reading Boustrophedon", for tape, on Sonic Readings of Boustrophedon: From the Book of Notations by Chris Jennings, London: Forties Recording Company, 1997.

o exeter 1.21, for trumpet and tape, Bryan Appleby-Wineberg (trumpet), September 10, 2000. New Brunswick, New Jersey.

o Life at the Extremeties, for dance, Chu Ling (choreography), You En Li (stage design), Hua Xia Chinese Dance Group, Boston Moves 2000, Emerson Majestic Theatre, January 7, 2000. Boston, MA.

o the meniscus, for tape, Collaboration with visual artist Chris Jennings, 1999. Utrecht, the Netherlands.

o In Verve, Ko Umezaki (shakuhachi), John Puterbaugh (live electronics), SEAMUS 1998, Hanover, NH.

o Boustrophedon (sound installation), Work based upon an investigation into the relationship of painting to the notation of music, January 15 - February 28, 1997. London, England.

o there where the dactyls bloom, Terry Szor (trumpet), Alan Moverman (piano), and Tom Kolor, (drumset), October 8, 1996. Princeton, NJ.

o ...and teased us out of limitations, The Cassat String Quartet, May 14, 1996. Princeton, NJ.

o the enduing vicinage, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Augsburg College, May 6, 1995. Minneapolis, MN.

o Gestures, Tactile and Tethered, Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi), John Puterbaugh (live electronics), Alternativ Festival 1995. Moscow, Russia.

o trio, Curtis Bahn (double bass), Ko Umezaki (shakuhachi), John Puterbaugh (live electronics), December 12, 1994. Princeton, NJ.

o duo, Curtis Bahn (double bass), John Puterbaugh (live electronics), The Kitchen, May 10, 1994. New York, NY.

o lilith and maximillian II, Tim Reis (alto saxophone), John Halle (piano), Tom Kolor (percussion), February 24, 1994. Princeton, NJ.

o the lacinate skew, Curtis Bahn (amplified acoustic bass), David Claman (bowed electric bass), John Puterbaugh (live electronics), December 13, 1993. Princeton, NJ.

o 9 circling between 3 and 7, The Dartmouth College Chamber Singers; John Puterbaugh (piano), May 16, 1992. Hanover, NH.

o Between Three and Four, John Puterbaugh (music box), Ted Apel (electromagnetic steel plate), iEAR, April 11, 1992. Troy, NY. Mobius Gallery, February 28th and 29th. Boston, MA.

o St. Christopher, Ted Apel (percussion), David Fuqua (cello) Ray Guillette (bowed electric bass) Ko (electric guitar), John Puterbaugh (piano) Feb. 28th and 29th, 1992. Mobius Gallery, Boston, MA.

o warm spots and shallow lines, Ted Apel (harmonic violin), Kojiro Umezaki (bowed electric bass), John Puterbaugh (psaltry and live electronics), Sound unSound 1992. Hanover, NH.