Bio/Resume
JILL BURTON is an extended vocalist and movement artist who incorporates energy work into her performance art. Considered by LaDonna Smith (Improvisor Journal) to be "...one of the great foundation improvisors of America...", she has a particular interest in sounding the architechtural features and acoustic properties of a room and the people in it; and has collaborated with many and varied experimental musicians and dancers from around the world, including composers Jane Scarpantoni, Rain Worthington, David First, David Rosenbloom, Kevin Jones, Gino Robair, Ned Sublette, Shelley Hirsch, George Lewis; has composed many solo works for herself and ensemble works for Hizohi, Sumac, Sirens of Synchronicity, Tourbillion, the Sisters, Council of Stones, String Sextet; has appeared in festivals such as Bang On A Can, Women In Improv, Sound and Substance, Microtonal, Subtropics, artist-in-residence Improvisor Journal Festival/Tour 2010. She has provided musical accompaniment for Tlingit storyteller/shamans and was honored to perform at the 2009 Alaska Native Artists Summit. Current projects include an ongoing trio with cellist Jane Scarpantoni and dancer/motion sculptor Claire Elizabeth Barratt.
Frequent and occasional collaborators include:
LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Scott Walton, Cort Lippe, Phil Gelb, Hideo Sekino, David First, Chris Cochrane, Gino Robair, Andrea Centazzo, David Rosenbloom, Kevin Jones, David Durant, George Lewis, Mark Feldman, Lois Dilivio, Amy Denio, Jane Scarpantoni, Rain Worthington, Kumiko Kimoto, Yuval Gabay, Jack Wright, Ned Sublette, Dennis Kam, Doug Carroll, Tom Nunn, Ron Heglin, Luciana Proano, Sally Silvers, Andrea Kane, Ann Law, Bruce Kaplan, Christy Sheffield Sanford, Kwong Yu Fong, RIP Hayman, Ruth Malacheck, the Shakin Ray Levis, Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Judy Dunaway, Kevin Jones, Andrew Burnes, David Daniell, Scott Burland, Tatsuya Nakatani, Wade Matthews, Gustavo Matamoros, Andrew Dewar, Evan Lipson, Richard Brookens, Jim Ivy, Kris Gruda, Doug Mathews, Moksha Sommer, David Dove, Michael Evans, Valerie Kuehne, Emily Hay, Shelley Hirsch...more
Has performed and taught at festivals and venues:
New Music America, Bang On A Can, New Directions, New Voices, Microtonal Festival, Soundings, Sound and Substance, Women in Improv, Subtropics Festivals, Alaska Native Artists Summit, Alaska Folk Festival, Happenings, Thompkins Square Park Festival, Life Cafe, Knitting Factory, ABC No Rio, 8BC, Art On The Beach, NPR, Tallahassee New Music Festival, Birmingham Improv Festivals, Improvisor Journal 30-year Anniversary Festival, Southeast Alaska High School Music Conference, Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi Tribal Community House, Santa Fe Sound Healing Conference, Florida Dance Festival, Tampa Theater, Florida Theater, National Association of Arts Organizations Conference, UA Tuscaloosa, University of Miami Composer's Forum, FSU New World Music Ensemble, Stephen Talkhouse, UCSD, Harn Museum, Salvador Dali Museum (EMIT series), Atlantic Center for the Arts, New World School of the Arts, Santa Fe College, Phillips Performing Arts Center, Florida School of Massage, Loft Theater, CBGB's, A Mica Bunker, Painted Bride, UA Tuscaloosa, Bottletree, Barking Legs, Thomas Center, Eyedrum, BAM, P.S. 122, Roulette, Experimental Intermedia, Pangaea, Urban ReThink, Dixon Place, Gallery 119, Aviary, Weirdo Records, Freddy's Backroom, Vaudeville Park, PAXMiami...more