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Burtner’s works have been performed in festivals and venues throughou t the world\, and commissioned by ensembles such as NOISE (USA)\, Integral es (Germany)\, Peak FreQuency (USA)\, MiN (Norway)\, Musikene (Spain)\, Sp iza (Greece)\, CrossSound (Alaska)\, and others. His work has been support ed by major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nation al Science Foundation\, and he created ecoacoustic music for a number of o rganizations including President Obama’s US State Department. His research in ecoacoustics has been featured by NASA’s Goddard Space Center\, the Am erican Geophysical Union\, The Atlantic\, Earther and the Center for Energ y Studies in the Humanities (CENHS) at Rice University.
\nHe is the composer of three evening-length intermedia environmental opera/theater wo rks — Ukiuq Tulugaq (Winter Raven)\, Kuik\, and Auksalaq\, the first clima te change opera. A 2010/2011 Provost Fellow at the Center for 21st Century Studies at UWM\, Burtner has also conducted long-term residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada)\, Phonos Foundation/Pompeu Fabra Univer sidad (Spain)\, Musikene (Spain)\, Cite des Arts (France)\, IRCAM/Centre P ompidou (France)\, and the University of Missouri Kansas City (USA). He st udied composition\, computer music\, saxophone and philosophy at St. Johns College\, Tulane University (BFA)\, Iannis Xenakis’s UPIC-Studios\, the P eabody Institute/Johns Hopkins (MM)\, and Stanford University/CCRMA (DMA). Among published recordings for Parma/Ravello (US)\, DACO (Germany)\, The WIRE (UK)\, Innova (US)\, Summit (US) Centaur (US)\, EcoSono (US) and Euri dice (Norway)\, his music is available on several solo albums: That which is bodiless is reflected in bodies\, The Ceiling Floats Away\, Glacier Mus ic\, NOISE plays Burtner\, Auksalaq Live at the Philips Collection\, MICE World Tour\, Signal Ruins\, Metasaxophone Colossus and Portals of Distorti on.
\nBurtner’s creative musical work is closely intertwined with th e sciences\, particularly environmental science and engineering. He develo ps systems for human-computer-environment interaction featured in his musi c. He invented the NOMADS telematic system\, the MICE human-computer ensem ble and orchestra\, the Metasaxophone augmented instrument\, and a number of ecoacoustic approaches.
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She has performed with the GRAMMY award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird\, Eastman Broadband Ensemble\, Matt Ulery Trio\, and the Windso r Symphony Orchestra. She has also sung with many outstanding performers i ncluding Tony Arnold (International Contemporary Ensemble)\, Vicky Chow (B ang on a Can All-Stars)\, and Miles Brown (Alarm Will Sound)\, among many others. She has performed at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival (GLCMF )\, held residencies at the Wholehearted Musician and the Millay Colony fo r the Arts\, was a fellow at [R]evolution Resonant Bodies and Eighth Black bird’s Creative Lab\, and was a featured performer at soundSCAPE and the S ummer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP).
\nAs an advocate for the creation of new works\, Zelasko has comm issioned a vast number of composers including Michelle McQuade Dewhirst\, Marti Epstein\, David Smooke\, Daniel Felsenfeld\, Leaha Maria Villarreal\ , Danny Clay\, Griffin Candey\, Emily Millard\, and more. Her voice and ce llo duo\, Juxtatonal (JUX)\, embarked on a large-scale commissioning proje ct asking 14 composers for new works addressing relevance. The composition s deal with issues of vulnerability\, self\, privilege\, gender\, age\, an d culture\, and include elements ranging from co-composition with 5th grad ers\, new forms of musical notation\, and choreography inspired by pop cul ture.
\nAdditionally\, she originated the title role of 100 year-old photographer\, Pat Sturn\, in the new-mixed media chamber opera\, Pat & Emilia (Smallman/ Gervais/Sievers-Hunt) which toured extensi vely in Canada and the Great Lakes region from 2015 – 2018. Michigan Opera Theatre’s (MOT) principal cellist\, Nadine Deleury\, commissioned the ope ra and hand-selected the chamber ensemble utilizing talented colleagues of the MOT orchestra. Jeff Smallman composed the music specifically for Zela sko and Deleury’s chamber ensemble using lyrics by Windsor’s poet laureate \, Marty Gervais\, with Canadian-American writer\, Tara Sievers-Hunt. Whil e being interviewed for the Canadian Arts Productions documentary\, Imagin ing Angels\, Zelasko discussed her inspirations to play Pat Sturn feeling connected to Pat’s fierce independence\, quest for perfection\, and unwave ring passion for art.
\nZelasko’s scholarly pursuits focus on fostering musical identity and embodying empathy through song. A fter her riveting lecture performance on Eleanor Smith’s social protest so ngs\, she was invited to contribute a book chapter on her research\, devel opment\, and embodiment of the social protestors in Smith’s Hull House Son gs. The book and accompanied recordings were published in early 2019.
\nZelasko received bachelor’s degrees in vocal performa nce and economics from Oakland University where she was also a scholarship athlete. Furthering her education\, she received a master’s degree in mus ic from the University of Iowa. She studied with acclaimed voice professor s Dr. Edith Diggory and Dr. John Muriello\, and voice scientist Dr. Ingo T itze. In addition to her work as a performer\, Zelasko is a grant-award pa nelist for New Music USA\, conducts master classes\, lectures\, maintains a thriving private voice studio\, and enjoys paddle boarding\, surfing\, a nd golfing.
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