Alvin Curran is an American composer, writer, teacher and sound and radio artist whose work over 40 years has been performed in countless natural and man-made theatres including: the Alte Oper Frankfurt, lakes, caves, castles, woods, parks, a walk-in gardening shed (that included the recorded laughter of John Cage), and the River Thames, London (a concert of ship horns and a floating orchestra). He has collaborated with Joan Jonas, Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Margaret Jenkins, Yoshiko Chuma, Achim Freyer Ensemble, and Wanda Golonka and the Ensemble Modern. www.alvincurran.com