{"id":7685,"title":"Matt McBane","kind":"bio","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/matt-mcbane","version":"d6e8674ad4739ae5ff65aba022453ab09d5f994d92ee614420657b80da66b0af","modified":"2011-06-18T00:00:25+00:00","credits":[],"authorKeys":[],"subjects":["bio"],"metadata":[{"label":"First name","value":"Matt","url":null},{"label":"Last name","value":"McBane","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022Matt McBane.\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/matt-mcbane.","publication":null,"risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/7685.ris"},"links":[{"label":"https://www.mattmcbane.com","url":"https://www.mattmcbane.com","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null}],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":3734},{"name":"summary","source":"existing VHP generated summary","generated":true,"characters":820}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"Matt McBane is a multimedia composer whose works range from experimentations in projected image and sound to minimalist electronic compositions. As composer, he draws from a wide array of influences, including experimentalism, European classical music, jazz, film music, and electronic music. He has been described as \u0022of the new breed of contemporary classical musicians eager to integrate new technology and a wide range of musical influences\u0022 by the San Diego Union Tribune, and Kyle Gann (formerly of the Village Voice) noted his music\u0027s \u0022fanatically detailed sense of slow textural transformation\u0022 while the San Diego City Beat praised his work\u0027s \u0022depth and mystery.\u0022 McBane\u0027s compositions and performances are celebrated internationally, with recent presentations at The Whitney Museum of Art and New York\u0027s Carnegie Hall. McBane pursues multimedia collaboration with interdisciplinary projects that stretch the boundaries between musical and visual composition. His experimental performances and screenings include \u0022Ghost in the Machine,\u0022 a half-hour long piece for amplified and processed string quartet and live video composed in collaboration with Lucy H.G. Other collaborations include several independent films and \u0022A Wagner Matinee,\u0022 a multimedia dance theater performance of a Willa Cather short story. McBane has recorded at notable scoring stages such as Paramount Studios\u0027 \u0022Studio M\u0022, and Fox Studios\u0027 \u0022Newman Scoring Stage.\u0022 McBane is the composer and violinist for his New York-based experimental band, Build, which Time Out New York describes as \u0022a new quintet that straddles the increasingly permeable line between chamber music and instrumental rock.\u0022 While based in New York, McBane is active coast to coast. He is the Director of the Carlsbad Music Festival, an acclaimed alternative classical music festival featuring the next generation of world-class musicians and cutting-edge new music since 2004 that has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as \u0022magnificently enlightening\u0022. McBane has been commissioned by and worked closely with some of the country\u0027s most exciting ensembles including the Calder Quartet, NOW Ensemble and Real Quiet and he has performed or had his music played at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Bang on a Can Marathon (NYC), Grand Canyon Music Festival, Viana do Castelo International Music Festival (Portugal), Zipper Hall (LA), the Whitney Museum of Art, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, LA Design Center, Tenri Institute (NYC), Tonic (NYC), Yale, CalArts, University of Cincinnati, and USC. McBane\u0027s many musical activities have been frequently praised in the press and he has recently been the subject of profiles on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar section, in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the North County Times (San Diego) on LA\u0027s NPR-affiliate KUSC, and in the LA Weekly where Alan Rich wrote: \u0022his life since graduation is a pretty good paradigm for making it as a serious musician these days.\u0022 McBane studied composition at the University of Southern California\u0027s Thornton School of Music with Donald Crockett. In 2007 he was an Associate Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and he has participated in several music festivals including the Bang On A Can Summer Institute, the Aspen Music Festival, the Bard Conductors Institute, and Music03 in Cincinnati. McBane and his projects have been the recipients of numerous grants, awards, and prizes from organizations including: the Arts Ministry of New South Wales, the Norwegian Consulate, the city of Trondheim in Norway, the American Music Center; ASCAP, Meet the Composer, American Composer\u0027s Forum, and the International Music Products Association (NAMM). https://www.mattmcbane.com.","offset":0,"nextOffset":null,"totalCharacters":3734,"complete":true},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}