Bio

Eliot Britton (b.1983) – composer, sound artist – is carving out his place in the ever-changing musical climate.  Each of his compositions expresses his diverse musical experience, including that of sound designer, producer, orchestral and jazz performer, orchestrator, DJ, and audio technician. By drawing on these sound worlds and others, Eliot Britton's compositions are bursting with a variety of resources only the 21st century has to offer.  His compositions have been heard by audiences across Canada and internationally.    Eliot Britton is currently pursuing his PhD in music research and composition at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University under the supervision of Prof. Sean Ferguson. Here Britton has worked as a course lecturer and studio assistant and composer in residence for the Digital Composition Studios. He currently holds the CIRMMIT director’s prize for research on live electronic music and recently held the position of composer in residence for the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble with the Digital Composition Studio. He currently holds a SSHRC Bombardier graduate scholarship to fund his research.   

Prior to his work at McGill, Eliot Britton graduated with a B.Mus from the University of Manitoba, and was also conferred with certification from the Precursor Productions School of Electronic Music. Throughout his studies, Eliot Britton has won numerous awards and scholarships.  Recent accolades include the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Scholarship (SSHRC), winner of the Winnipeg New Music Festival's Young Composers' Competition, and the Margaret H. Tyler Award in music.    While select performances of his work include the CCMW Toronto, McGill CME in Montreal, Winnipeg New Music Festival, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and the Pazzia Performing Arts Collective in Edinburgh, Eliot Britton continues to evolve musically.  Having recently finished his masters he continues pursuing a doctoral thesis on the relationship between acoustic instrument performance and interactive computer-based live electronics.

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Links

Canadian Electroacoustic Community
Because it's important.

TenTooMany
This is the website from my old band. Not many updates anymore, but years ago, we used to play lots of shows in Winnipeg; an off kilter blend of 3rd wave ska and punk.

The Free Sound Project
This is an amazing resource packed with (CC) sounds. The sound quality varies, but the interface lets you filter out the crap. I often upload source materials from my projects.

Jacob Sudol's Blog
A former colleague of mine, now at UCSD. He is a talented composer and his blog is very thoughtful and well put together.

CC Mixter
Creative Commons audio resource. Public domain materials for remixing and audio production.

Ben Reimer
Ben Reimer is a talented percussionist and professor at Brandon University.

CIRMMT
McGill's Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology.

Precursor Productions
Winnipeg's best electronic music production school.

Bryan Jacobs Website
Friend of mine at McGill. His work with voices is very interesting.

McGill Digital Composition Studio
This is where I've been spending most of my time for the last few years. A great team of people works together to put on concerts and create interesting mixed electronic music.

Grace Hrabi
Friend and talented vocalist

Anthony Tan
Composer, Pianist, sound artist.

Collection Get!
A pop side project with my friend Grace Hrabi. Co-Produced with Chris Johns.