Artist description Judy Dunaway's compositions and improvisations for balloons explore this new musical instrument as a reed, a string and a resonator.

Music Style Avant Garde

Musical Influences Harry Partch, Alvin Lucier, John Cage, John Zorn

Similar Artists Harry Partch, Alvin Lucier, John Cage, John Zorn, Yasunao Tone, George Maciunus, Marianne Amacher, Annie Sprinkle, Katherine Gates, Ikue Mori, David Shea, Tom Nunn, Brenda Hutchinson, Jens Brand

Artist History Since 1990, Judy Dunaway's compositions and improvisations for ballons have been presented in New York City at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, the Soho Arts Festival, the Alternative Museum, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Knitting Factor, P.S. 122, Hear Theater, and many other venues, as well as throughout the U.S. and Europe. She has also performed as a balloon player in compositions by Roscoe Mitchell and John Zorn.

Group Members Judy Dunaway

Instruments Balloons

Albums Judy Dunaway: Balloon Music, CD 778, Composers Recordings Inc./CRI, available from http://www.composersrecordings.com

Press Reviews Rene Van Peer, EXPERIMENTAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, September 1998, Review of BALLOON MUSIC CD (CD778, available from http://www.composersrecordings.com) "Dunaway doesn't leave any room for doubt -- the balloon is a musical instrument, and a wonderfully hybr id one at that...Balloon Music is convincing evidence... As a whole this is a thoroughly gratifying compilation of music that can be drawn from this unusual instrument... With her balloons she outgrunges many a rock band. She achieves an admirable accuracy in her timing and in hitting her pitches, but she also shapes these elements into passionate solos."

Additional Info Photos by Efrain Gonzalez

Location New York, New York - USA

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