Curtis Glatter

Curtis Glatter is an American composer, improviser and percussionist born on February 20, 1972. Glatter was raised in Dearborn Heights, Michigan and began performing at the age of eight. In 2000, Glatter graduated with a B.A. in Music Composition from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. In the past ten years, members of the Trummerflora Collective, Detroit Symphony, Pontiac Oakland Symphony and Camarada Ensemble have premiered his compositions. Glatter relocated to study in Vienna in 1999 and later the following year he was invited to study at Carnegie Hall. He has studied composition as well as classical and African percussion techniques at Henry Ford Community College, Interlochen Arts Academy and Oakland University thus affording him the luxury to utilize a wide variety of possibilities when composing and improvising.

In the past 6 years, Glatter has been an invited guest to the Edgefest-Ann Arbor, Big Sur Experimental Music Festival, Spring Reverb (2005 and 2008) and December Nights Concert at Balboa Park and a featured guest on WCBN, WKPBS, WHFR, KSDS as well as given lectures on music at Coronado School of the Arts and San Diego Community College. The list of collaborators and improvisers Glatter has collaborated with includes James Cornish, The Dearborn Percussion Ensemble, Lisle Ellis, Hans Fjellestad, Marcos Fernandes, Emily Hay, Nathan Hubbard, Mike Khoury, Piotr Michaloswski, Jason Robinson, Justin Grinnell, Jules Ryan, DJ Tenshun, Al Scholl, Ellen Weller, Will Sonderberg/Defenestra, Tracy McMullen, Mark Ephram (NYC Shorebirds), Detroit’s Climax Divine (1995-2000) and Joscha Oetz.

Glatter is currently an active member ASCAP, a member of the TRUMMERFLORA COLLECTIVE, Founder and Co-Artistic Director for the new music concert series NEW SOUNDS DOWNTOWN in San Diego, California, a composer/performer in the collaborative ensemble Glatter/Hubbard, a member of both Nathan Hubbard Skeleton Key Orchestra and the splinter group Skeleton Key Percussion Ensemble, an affiliated member of the Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers and has written for the San Diego New Music Newsletter. Recordings of Glatter can also be found on the distinguished Circumvention Music, Accretions Records, White Rose, Cohort Records and the Castor And Pollux Music record labels.

• www.castorandpolluxmusic.com/glatterhubbard
• www.youtube.com/glattercurtisav
• www.myspace.com/curtisglatter

July 2010 Events

Hi All,

I just wanted to keep you in the loop in hopes that your summer goes swimmingly and indeed I hope to see you very soon!

Monday July 5, 2010, 7pm
5 minute  presentation on “Innovatron 2010″ booth at Detroit MakerCity Faire
for more information go to:  http://www.aadl.org/events

LIVE! THIS FRIDAY July 9! Listen to WHFR 89.3 as Mike D. present a Q and A with Curtis Glatter regarding his 20+ years in the music business!
For more information go to: http://whfr.fm/
you can call the station at: 313.845.9676
1.800.585.4322 x 9676 x 1 (toll free in the U.S. and Canada!)

Sunday July 18 , 2010, 3pm
FREE DRUM CIRCLE hosted by Glatter at the Body, Mind, Spirit Wellness Center

Friday July 23, 2010, 2pm
LIVE performance with trumpeter and flutist James Cornish at the Original Ann Arbor Art Fair in Downtown Ann Arbor
For more information go to:  http://www.artfair.org/

Saturday July 24, 2010, 12pm to 12am
LIVE recording with trumpeter and flutest James Cornish in Columbus, Ohio at the private studio of the Wizards, Adam Smith
For more information go to:  http://wizards.fourfour.com/page:adam

Saturday July 31 and Sunday August 31, 2010, 930am to 5pm
LIVE exhibition booth with percussion/electronics/found objects called “Innovatron 2010″ at THE HENRY FORD in Dearborn as part of the 2010 Detroit MakerCity Faire
For more information go to: http://www.thehenryford.org/events/makerFaire.aspx

Thanks for reading this and staying in close touch,

Curtis