JUDY DUNAWAY
Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED COMPOSITIONS
(pieces performed by Judy Dunaway, unless otherwise noted)
- What you cannot hear (2011) for samples, electronic sounds and audio compression artifacts. Featuring the voice of performance artist Cameryn Moore. Radiophonic work premiered on Blogtalkradio January 2011. (Created with MaxMSP.)
- For Tenor Balloon and Voice (2009). Premiered by Jennifer Walshe and Judy Dunaway at MATA Interval Series, NYC, March 2009.
- On the Air for saxophone, pre-recorded balloon sounds and static (2007) (radiophonic work). Premiered by saxophonist Gitta Schaefer at Frau Musica Nova, Koeln, Germany, November 2007 for broadcast on Deutschlandfunk. U.S. premiere by saxophonist Chris Kelsey on WGXC, Hudson, NY, October 2011.
- SWIRL-o-ton for giant balloon and soundtrack (2007). Premiered at Frau Musica Nova, Koeln, Germany, November 2007.
- Streetsounds, Stigma, and New Park Plaza (2006-2007) - soundscapes created specially for and presented on Sex Workers’ Internet Radio Lounge internet webcast, 2007. Streetsounds also presented at Computer Music Concert, SUNY Stony Brook, February 2007.
- 40 Reasons Why Whores Are My Heroes for three vocalists, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, banjo, percussion and piano (2005) (text by Annie Sprinkle). Premiere pending.
- Balloon Symphony No. 3 for balloons, orchestra, audience and 3 video projections (2004). Premiere pending.
- Balloon Symphony No. 2 for balloons and 2 video projections (2004). World premiere at Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA, March 2005; New York City premiere at Eyebeam, June 2006; European premiere at Gewerbemuseum “MuseumTagNacht,” Winterhur, Switzerland May 2008.
- Balloon Symphony No. 1 for balloons and video projection (2004). Premiered at CEAIT Festival, Roy and Edna Disney Center, Los Angeles, CA, January 2005; European premiere at Gewerbemuseum “MuseumTagNacht,” Winterhur, Switzerland May 2008.
- Affirmative Action for sensors, projection, amplified breathing and percussionist (2004). Premiered by Russell Greenberg at SUNY Stony Brook, February 2005.
- The Sound of Skin (2003) for human skin and balloons, premiered by Kattt Sammon Ensemble at the ACME Observatory, San Francisco, CA, December, 2003.
- For Balloon and String Quartet (2001), premiered by J.D. and the FLUX quartet at Roulette, NYC, December, 2001.
- For Bass Koto with Balloons (2000), premiered by Ryuko Mizutani at Wesleyan University, April, 2000.
- Pop Music (1999) premiered at Podewil, Berlin, Germany, September 1999. U.S. premiere at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, April 2000.
- Stripes for balloon with video projections by Chris Jonas (1999), premiered at Experimental Intermedia, New York City, December 1999.
- For Chorus with Balloons (1999) premiered by The Wesleyan Singers at Amherst College, Little Three Choral Festival, October 1999. European premiere by the Kammersprechchor Zurich conducted by Bernhard Erne in Zurich, Switzerland, September 2000.
- Four Hearts for heart shaped balloons (1999) premiered by the Jan Huii Ensemble at Stitching Logos, Gent, Belgium, June 1999.
- 40 Days and 40 Nights for balloon sample CD and live balloons (1999) premiered at Stitching Logos, Gent, Belgium, June 1999.
- Molto for Tenor Balloon (1999), premiered at the Bang On A Can Festival, NYC, May 1999.
- Duet for Jumbo Balloons (1998) premiered by J.D., Molly Sturges and Ben Stanko at Wesleyan University, November 1998.
- Champagne in Mexico City (1997) a collaboration with Dan Evans-Farkas for edited balloon and electronic processing, Bluebird (1997) a collaboration with Yasunao Tone for balloon and damaged CD, and Rubber Sampler Quilt for sampled balloons, released by Composers Recordings, Inc./CRI in June 1998.
- Electronic music for choreographer Kay Nishikawa’s dance performances in NYC at Ceres Gallery in May, 1997, and Judson Church in November, 1997.
- D for tenor balloon trio (1997), premiered by J.D., John Hollenbeck and Matt Moran at the Downtown Arts Festival, NYC, September 1997.
- Sensation for audience and tape (1997), premiered at the Mixed Messages Festival, NYC, May 1997. Conducted by Baby Dee.
- Piece for Amplified 5 1/2 Foot Diameter Balloon (1996), premiered at Soho Arts Festival, NYC, September 1996.
- “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime” (1995) for eight balloons, and Piece for Solo Tenor Balloon (1996) premiered at La Mama Galleria, NYC, February 1996.
- Live incidental music for the “Check Your Pants at the Door” avant-garde TV talk show with comedian Lou Acierno (aired on public access cable) (1995) (live ensemble included Evan Gallagher, Sean Meehan, Dan Evans Farkas, Ben Manley, etc.)
- Fifty 210 (for electric guitar and Yamaha Fifty 210 amplifier), a recording of which was released on Composers Recordings, Inc./CRI in July, 1995.
- Improvisational structures for “Rubberama,” a latex instruments ensemble (1994-1995) with Ken Butler and Michael Delia.
- Piece for Weather Balloon (Revised) (1994) premiered at Stitching Logos, Gent, Belgium, May 1994.
- Funky Balloons (1993), Balloon March (1992), Piece for Weather Balloon (1993), and Structured Improvisation with Signs (1993), all premiered by J.D. and ensemble at the Alternative Museum, NYC, 1993.
- Duo for Radio Stations (1992) simulcast on WKCR (NYC) and WFMU (NJ), 1992. Included 14 live musicians, pre-recorded tape, and Tamio Shiraishi via telephone from Japan.
- Balloon Pool (1992), premiered at ABC No Rio, NYC, for a group of improvising balloonists, 1992.
- The Dead (for organ and seven cheap tape players) (1990) (performed by Evan Gallagher), and Balloon Trio (1990) (performed by J.D., Blaise Siwula and Chris Kelsey) premiered at Roulette, NYC, 1990.
- Score for Diane Torr’s performance art piece “Crossing the River Styx”, presented at Franklin Furnace in 1990, incorporating tape creations, and live vocals, electric organ and hardcore band.
- Over 40 art rock compositions for “Judy Dunaway and the Evan Gallagher Little Band” (1989-1994). Instrumentation: vocals, guitar, keyboards/electronics, and drums/percussion.

SOUND INSTALLATIONS
- Tootootrue (2006) - Sculptural collaboration with visual artist Nancy Davidson. Exhibited at Westport Arts Center Gallery, Westport, Connecticut, Nov. 3 - Dec. 22, 2006.
- Manual Eardrums (2002) – (Sound installation about feeling sound with ones hands), premiered at Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Koeln, Germany, January 2003. American Premiere: Diapason, NYC, November 2003.
- Balloon Bells (2002) – (Sound installation using balloons as bells). Exhibited at CUBA, Muenster, Germany, March 2002.
- Flying F*ck (2000) (Sound installation using suspended vibrators and balloons to create low-frequency standing waves). Exhibited at Moltkerei Werkstatt, Koln, Germany, Nov. 24 - Dec. 3, 2000. Subsequently exhibited at Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund Germany and ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany. (Reviewed in Kunstforum Internationale.)
- Balloon Installation for the End of Time (1999) (Site-specific work for balloons and pre-recorded material). Presented at “Zu Fruh,” MEX, Dortmund, Germany, December, 1999.

INTERNET WORKS AND TRANSMISSION/TELEMATIC ART
(some produced under pseudonyms)
- Generic Now (2011) - channel on UStream featuring live streamed video:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/genericnow
- The Dada Wurm (2010 to present) - a transmission art program on Blogtalkradio, March 2010 to present. Website: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dadawurm
- The Phone Improv Show - produced sixteen audio programs featuring live musical improvisations utilizing phones, streamed live on Blogtalkradio as part of the 2010 Improvisor Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, August 2010. Website: http://www.jeweltone16.org/PhoneImprov
- Sex Workers’ Internet Radio Lounge (2007-2010) - 24/7 webcast of audio art and activism by and for the worldwide sex worker community. January 2007 - May 2008. Converted to audio archive format in August 2008, and continued accepting audio through 2010: http://www.jeweltone16.org/swirl

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
- “Globos” (ALKU 2010 (Spain)) - Recordings of live balloon performances.
- “Yasunao Tone: Noise Media Language” (Errant Bodies Press, 2007) - Collaboration included on CD that accompanies book.
- “Mother of Balloon Music” (Innova 2006) - Compositions and improvisations for balloons by Judy Dunaway. Featuring performances by the FLUX Quartet, Ryuko Mizutani, Damian Catera and Judy Dunaway.
- "Shar: Pop Music" (Outer Realm Records 2001). Avant-noise-rock with balloons (Judy Dunaway), bass (Ilja Komarov) and drums (Trixa Arnold).
- “Judy Dunaway: Balloon Music” (Composers Recordings, Inc/CRI 1998) - Compositions and improvisations for balloons.
- “The Alt.coffee Tapes” (Katahdin Recordings) - Balloon improvisation with Matt Moran and John Hollenbeck.
- “Emergency Music Compilation” (Composers Recordings, Inc/CRI 1997) “Champagne in Mexico City” (excerpt), a composition for balloons and electronics.
- Elliott Sharp’s “State of the Union” compilation (Zoar 1996) - Solo balloon improvisation.
- “New York Guitars” compilation (Composers Recordings, Inc./CRI,1995)- “Fifty 210” (for electric guitar and Yamaha Fifty 210 amplifier) - Electric guitar composition.
- John Zorn’s “Cobra” (Knitting Factory Works 1994) - Balloon improvisations in the context of the John Zorn composition “Cobra.”
- Gitta Shafer Solo CD (AMF 1994) - Guitar improvisations with saxophonist Gitta Shafer.
- “Judy Dunaway and the Evan Gallagher Little Band” (AMF 1993) - Art-rock compositions.
- AMF Compilation (AMF 1993) - “The Dead” (for organ and seven cheap tape players).
- “Exquisite Corpses from P.S.122” (What Next 1991) - Vocal and guitar improvisations.
- “Judy Dunaway” (Lost 1991) - Avant-garde folk songs and free-improvisations.
- “Exquisite Corpses from the Bunker” (Heartpunch 1990) - Guitar improvisations.

FILM, VIDEO, SOUNDTRACKS
- Rebalance engineer for streamed version (reissue) of “Happy Endings?,” an 80 minute documentary by Tara Hurley, available on “Amazon On Demand”: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Endings/dp/B004J1PUBU/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1297216857&sr=1-2
- Compilation CD-Rom from Diapason Gallery includes documentation of the sound installation
“Manual Eardrums.” (see “Sound Installations” above.)
- Balloon Symphonies 1, 2 and 3 (see “Compositions”).
- Soundtracks by Shar for videos by Zev Robinson, “Everything is Art” (2004) and “Perversion”(2005), which have been featured at venues and festivals in London, New York and elsewhere including: The Howl Festival (NYC); The Hull International Short Film Festival (London); The Phatory Gallery (NYC); Outside Circle Collective (London); London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; Subtropics Festival (Miami); The Festival for Art On Film (Akron).
- "Surabaya Johnny." Video by Judy Dunaway created as part of balloon performance of the Weill/Brecht work “Surabaya Johnny.” Presented at ZKM, February 2001.
- “Peter Weibel: Visionen” - a film by Gregor Skowronek (2001). J.D. featured in film, as artist-in residence at ZKM. Balloon improvisations. Available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqZDZcgA_w
- Soundtrack for Nancy Davidson video installation "Breathless," presented at University of Pennsylvania, November 1999.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

Works for balloons
- 2011 - on hiatus from balloon performances
- 2010 - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; 381 Congress, Boston MA. (on partial hiatus from balloon performances)
- 2009 - In New York City: “MATA Interval Series” at Issue Project Room; “Music with a View” series at Flea Theater.
- 2008 - In New York City: Greenwich House; ABC No Rio; In Boston: Pozen Auditorium at Mass Art; In Europe: Gewerbemuseum “MuseumTagNacht,” Winterhur, Switzerland.
- 2007 - In Europe - Frau Musica Nova (broadcast on Deutschlandfunk Koeln German radio); STEIM (Amsterdam); Logos Foundation (Ghent); Salon Bruit (Berlin); Labor Sonor (Berlin).
- 2006 - In New York City: The Stone, Roulette, Eyebeam, ABC No Rio.
- 2005 - In New York City - Diapason, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Museum of Sex. In the U.S. - Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Roy and Edna Disney Center (Los Angeles), Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT),
- 2004 - In New York City - MTV Labs, John Kerry Benefit at The Living Room. In Europe - Seltsame Musik Festival, Krems, Austria.
- 2003 – In New York City - Roulette, SubTonic Lounge, Diapason, Greenwich House Music School, Columbia University, Museum of Sex, ABC No Rio Benefit. In Europe – Galerie Rachel Haferkamp (Koln, Germany); German-American Institute (Heidelberg, Germany). In U.S. – Wesleyan University; SUNY Stony Brook.
- 2002 – In Europe – CUBA (Muenster, Germany); Festival of Bread and Rice (Duisberg, Germany); Worm (Rotterdam, Netherlands); Stitching Logos (Gent, Belgium); WIM (Zurich, Switzerland); Extrapool (Nijmegen, Netherlands). In U.S. – Everson Art Museum (Syracuse).
- 2001 – In Europe - Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie (Karlsruhe, Germany), Le Lieu Unique (Nantes, France), TUBE (Munich, Germany). In New York City - Roulette.
- 2000 - In New York City - The New Museum of Contemporary Art; In Connecticut – Wesleyan University; In Canada – The Guelph Jazz Festival; In Europe – Avant-Garde Schwaz Festival (Austria), Séance Ecoute (Paris, France), Moltkerei Werkstatt (Koln, Germany), Kirche Unterstrass (Zurich, Switzerland), MEX (Dortmund, Germany).
- 1999 - In New York City - The Bang On A Can Festival; The Brecht Forum; Experimental Intermedia; In New England - Wesleyan University; Dartmouth College; In Europe - Stitching Logos (Belgium); Jazzclub Malteserkeller (Germany); CUBA (Germany); MEX (Germany); Podewil "Zugenshlag Festival" (Germany); Dodorama (Netherlands); Extrapool (Netherlands); Improvisorium (Switzerland); BOA (Switzerland).
- 1998 - In New York City - The Swiss Institute; Tonic; Performance Space 122; Gracie Mansion Gallery. In Connecticut: Wesleyan University; The Buttonwood Tree.
- 1997- In New York City - SoundLab; The Kitchen; Alt.coffee; Downtown Arts Festival; Amoeba; The Knitting Factory; In the midwest U.S. - Isthmus Jazz Festival; Chicago Women’s Avant Fest.
- 1996 - In New York City - La Mama Galleria; Mixed Messages Festival; Gowanus Arts Exchange; Soho Arts Festival; SoundLab; The Wetlands; The Cooler; In Europe - BOA (Switzerland); Eisenbahnwagon (Switzerland); Utopia (Austria); MEX (Germany).
- 1995 - In New York City - Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors; The Knitting Factory; Hear Theater; Performance Space 122; “Cooler in the Shade” Series at Lotus Music and Dance Center; Roulette.
- 1994 - In New York City - The Knitting Factory; Hear Theater; KGB Theater; Performance Space 122; In Europe - Stitching Logos (Belgium); Apollohuis (Netherlands) (aired on VPRO Radio Netherlands); Zurich WIM (Switzerland);
Bern WIM (Switzerland); Extrapool (Netherlands); In New England - The Buttonwood Tree (Connecticut); A.S.220 (Rhode Island).
- 1990 -1993 - In New York City - The Alternative Museum; DIA Arts Center; The Knitting Factory; ABC No Rio; Roulette; In Philadelphia - The Community Education Center.
Other performances
- 2011 - live transmission art/electronics on WGXC, Hudon, NY (with Doug van Nort); as “Dolly Ferret” at 381 Congress, Boston, MA; see “Internet works” for other transmission/telematic performances.
- 1984-present - Have performed as an improvising guitarist and/or balloonist and/or electronics player with John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Gerry Hemingway, George Lewis, Butch Morris, Bobby Previte, Christian Marclay, Sally Silvers, Shelley Hirsch, Zeena Parkins, Yasunao Tone, Joe Gallant, DJ Singe, Ken Butler, Flux String Quartet, Virgil Moorefield, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, and many, many others.

AWARDS, GRANTS, COMMISSIONS AND RESIDENCIES
- 2006 - New York State Music Fund - Funding for a CD-Rom featuring the work of 15 sound artists who have presented their work at Diapason gallery in NYC over the past ten years.
- 2004 - Aaron Copland Fund, Recording Program - Funding for CD of works by Judy Dunaway on Innova records.
- 2000 – American Composers Forum, Composers Commissioning Fund – Commission for completion of a three movement work for Balloon and String Quartet.
- 2000-2001 – Visiting artist/researcher residency at the Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe.
- 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 - Meet the Composer – Grants for composer participation in performances in New York City.
- 1997 - Harvestworks, Inc. - Residency for recording and pre-mastering of “Judy Dunaway: Balloon Music” CD.
- 1994 - Two week artist residency at Extrapool in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
- 1993 and 1994 - The Kalliste Foundation - Grants for solo balloon improvisation performances.
- 1993 - New England Foundation for the Arts - Grant for a tour of New England by “Judy Dunaway and the Evan Gallagher Little Band.”
- 1993 - National Endowment for the Arts - Grant for presentation of compositions for balloons at the Alternative Museum.
- 1991 - The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust – Recording grant for“Exquisite Corpses from P.S.122”

PUBLICATIONS
- Musicworks Magazine, Winter, 2002, “My Beautiful Balloon, Part II: Orchestration and Playing Techniques for Balloons as Sound Producers,”pp. 40-46
- Musicworks Magazine, Fall, 2001, “My Beautiful Balloon, Part I: A History of the Balloon as a Sound Producer in Experimental Music,” pp. 14-21.
- Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie website, July 2001: “The MP3 Phenomena and Innovative Music,” http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/Institute/musik/texte/MP3. Reprinted in American Music Centers' "newmusicbox" web magazine, August 2001, http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=28nw02.
- The Improvisor: The International Journal of Free Improvisation, “Amica Bunker, a History,” Volume XI, 1996, pp.26-36.
- Ear: Magazine of New Music, April 1990, “Femme Fretale: A Brief History of Women and the Guitar,” vol. 15, no. 2., p. 22.

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
(lectures were about balloon works, unless otherwise noted)
- 2011 - Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, lecture and balloon music workshop.
- 2010 - Cornell University, lecture.
- 2009 - State University of New York at Stony Brook, lecture; Tufts University, lecture.
- 2008 - free103point9 Radio Art Festival, New York, NY, presentation about SWIRL project; Harvestworks, New York, NY, free podcasting workshop for media activists.
- 2007 - STEIM, Amsterdam, Netherlands, lecture.
- 2006 - Rennselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY, lecture and balloon music workshop.
- 2004 - MTV Labs, New York, NY, balloon music workshop.
- 2003 - Deep Listening Retreat, Big Indian, NY, balloon music workshop.
- 2002 - Syracuse University, Music Department, Syracuse, NY, lecture.
Hochschule fuer Gestaltung (School of Design), Karlsruhe, Germany, lecture.
Earport (arts center), Duisburg, Germany, lecture.
- 2001 – Juilliard School of Music, Music Technology Department, lecture.
Hochschule fuer Gestaltung (School of Design), Karlsruhe, Germany, lecture.
- 1994 - Extrapool (arts center), Nijmegen, Netherlands, one-week creativity workshop.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
- 2007 - “What IS Sound Art?,” Women in Audio, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
- 2003 - “Nam June Paik is a Composer,” Ph.D. Colloquium, SUNY Stony Brook.
- 2001 - “The MP3 Phenomena and Innovative Music,” Konzert-Klangkunst-Komputer conference at the Institut fuer Neue Musik and Musikerziehung, Darmstadt, Germany.

EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Music Composition at State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York. Studied composition with Daria Semegen and multi-media art with Christa Erickson. Dissertation topic: Audio streaming. Graduated May 2007.
- Post-graduate research at the Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany, academic year 2000-2001. Research topic: MP3 compression format.
- Master of Arts in Music with emphasis in experimental composition, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Graduated May 2000. Studied composition with Alvin Lucier.
- Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Hunter College, New York City, New York. Graduated January 1990. Student teaching: Washington Irving High School.
- Harvestworks (New York City), certificate in Max/MSP/Jitter completed in May 2011.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Visiting Lecturer, Art History Department and Studio for Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts; 9/05-present. Courses taught: “A History of Sound Art” (both live and online), “Sound in the Media Arts” and “Creating Sound Works with MaxMSP” (online).
- Part-time Faculty, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston Massachusetts; Spring 2008-Spring 2010. Courses taught: “Critical Listening for Audio Technicians,” “Radio Studies: Community and Radio” and “Sound As Fine Art: A History of Sound Art.”
- Full-time Visiting Faculty, Sound Department, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; 09/04-08/05. Taught sound studio courses (all levels) and oversaw independent studies. Also taught sound in summer program for pre-college students.