Steve Parker - Bat Man!
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2pm UPDATE
Steve Parker is sick with the flu. boo. So he will not be able to join us today for the meetup - we will try to bring him back in March. We will still gather to talk about the Hack-For-Change event Fusebox is supporting this summer; and to share a little bit of our Art + Tech projects in the 2016 Fusebox Festival.
Steve Parker will talk with us about his experimental music project Bat Man (http://www.fuseboxfestival.com/2016-featured-projects/batman) which will debut at Fusebox 2016 (http://www.fuseboxfestival.com/2016-festival)
Steve Parker is a slide trombonist, composer, and community arts organizer. He is the Artistic Director of SoundSpace at the Blanton Museum of Art, a member of NYC contemporary music outfit Ensemble Signal, and teachers on faculty at UTSA. As a soloist, he has performed throughout the US, Europe, Asia, and South America at many notable festivals and venues. He has commissioned or premiered over 100 new works, working closely with many leading figures of contemporary music.
Steve is particularly interested in art projects that serve as community building tools. To this end, he has organized performances for 100 marching tubas, 80 trombones, 99 percussionists, and installed large interactive instrument sculptures in parking garages and alleyways. His compositions have been featured at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Asian Arts Initiative, and in numerous public elevators in Chinatown Philadelphia.
Steve’s work has been heard on NPR’s Performance Today, seen on PBS’s Newshour, Arts in Context, and the SXSW conference, and in numerous print publications. He holds degrees in Math and Music from Oberlin, Rice, and UT Austin, and previously worked as a Fulbright and Harrington Scholar.
Steve Parker - Bat Man!