Melissa Grey


MELISSA GREY
BIO Composer Melissa Grey’s concert works for chamber ensembles and electro-acoustic elements have been performed, broadcast and exhibited in the United States, the UK, and Europe. Her project-based inquiries into the formidable potential of sound and music extend from environmental noise pollution to film scores written for the horror genre. Video-and-music compositions, sound art and media installations have been exhibited by Artradio at Cornerhouse (Manchester, UK), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s 15 Nassau St. Space (NYC), Studio 27 (San Francisco), Macon Georgia Film and Video Festival 2007, Tilt Gallery and Project Space (Portland), Sarai Media Lab (New Delhi), Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery (Reno), Saltworks Gallery (Atlanta), Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art (Philadelphia), and Merwin and Wakeley Galleries (Illinois Wesleyan University). Melissa has curated and co-produced two events featuring the sound work and performances of 23 international artists: Sonic Channels: 2006 and Transrevelation: 2007, an audiovisual concert during which “nature and technology remarkably mix” as reviewed by a critic from furtherfield.org. In 2004, she was a composer-in-residence at Tufts University with the ensemble Brave New Works, for whom she wrote Hour to Hour, for flute, harp, violin, and soprano.
LIST OF PREMIERED - EXHIBITED WORKS 2002 - 2007

CHAMBER FEAR NO FEAR (2002) 14 minutes; piano trio (violin, violoncello, piano) HOUR TO HOUR (2004) commissioned by conductor Chris Younghoon Kim and Brave New Works; 14 minutes; soprano, flute, harp, violin; text by Alexander Pope ELECTROACOUSTIC B. NEST (2002) 3 minutes; tape manipulation: alto saxophone, violin, violoncello DISTRESs (2006) 3 minutes; analog/digital editing; alto saxophone, violin, violoncello; cassette tape exposed to years of temperature fluctuations and dust FURTHER BACK (2006) 60 seconds; digital editing of soprano, flute, harp, violin; analog editing of alto saxophone, viola, violoncello Nest (2002) 3.5 minutes; tape manipulation: alto saxophone, violin, violoncello FILM film score for CONFINING THOUGHTS (2007) documentary film directed by Imara Barnett; 9 minutes IMAGE-AND-SOUND SELF PORTRAIT (2005) 4 minutes; composed video and flute, harp, violin, 2 narrators PSYCHODRAMA VARIATION N˚ 9 AND N˚ 11 (2006) video and composed sound; 3:36 each INSTALLATION FAREWELL TO EARTH (2002) commissioned by Dan Rose, Ph.D. 5.5 minutes; tape manipulation of original electronic material; large-scale acousmatic sound installation EARLIDS (2005-6) mixed media with two composed soundscapes; Researched/composed/produced by Grey; designed and fabricated by Robert Kirkbride, Ph.D. architectural designer. First iteration in collaboration with information designer/artist Patricia Beirne and interactive media artist Giselle Leal. VERTICAL TERRAIN (2002) with Dan Rose 12 minutes; collaborative sound installation projected by SoundBugs and Plexiglas LIVE ELECTROACOUSTIC ABYSs (2006) 12 minutes; live flute and violin with tape; premiered by Harold Jones, flute and Mioi Takeda, violin APPASSIONATO (2006-7) for Angela Grauerholz based on a theme by Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1931 7 minutes; live variation for flute, violin and tape; premiered by Harold Jones, flute and Mioi Takeda, violin WRITING Grey, Melissa. “Earlids: A 3D Aural Response to Unsolicited Sound.” Immediacy Journal. 26 Jan 2007. HTTP://WWW.NEWSCHOOL.EDU/MEDIASTUDIES/IMMEDIACY. CURATOR - PRODUCER WITH JIM BRIGGS TRANSREVELATION An audiovisual concert featuring works that explore form, structure and the theme of ekphrasis. Artists include: Paul Ryan/Annea Lockwood, Brian Evans, Eric Hopper, Jaime Rojas, Jan de Weille, Jesse Serrins, Lin Culbertson, Martin McGinn, Rob Voisey, Steve Kornicki, VIA Dance Collaborative featuring the choreography of Adrienne Westwood, and performing artists Harold Jones and Mioi Takeda, CCNY Unitarian Universalist, NYC April 26, 2007 SONIC CHANNELS in conjunction with the exhibition Channels: Emerging Media Publics. Artists include Adam Trowbridge, Evan Raskob, Harold Jones, Hiroki Nishino, Jacques Burtin, Jonathan Pieslak, Julia Crow, Koji Kawai, Lin Culbertson, Lyudmila German, Maximilian Marcoll and Hannes Seidl of dis.playce, Mioi Takeda, Susan Robb. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s 15 Nassau St. Space, NYC May12, 2006

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