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composer, performer and director

Molly Sturges is a composer, performer and director focusing on the intersection of improvisation and composition. She has performed widely as an improvisational vocalist specializing in extended vocal techniques with recent performances with composer/improvisers Anthony Braxton and Malcolm Goldstein. Sturges has received numerous commissions to write and perform original music for a wide array of projects including music for American dance companies, silent films and circuses. Sturges is a member of the improvisational ensemble "Out of Context" (J.A. Deene) and is the co-founder of the ensemble experimental/global/groove/jazz project BING with collaborator Chris Jonas who released their first recording "Galore" in 2003 (QuinnerBinner/BMI). She holds an MA in composition from Wesleyan University. As a director, Sturges leads the Collaborative Performance Projects and will be directing a large-scale intergenerational installation/performance project for the European Union Festival of Culture 2005 in Cork, Ireland. Other projects include sound installations and a long-term video/sound project called NIGHT.

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