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DENNIS BÁTHORY-KITSZ
176 Cox Brook Road, Northfield, Vermont 05663
Home & Office: 802-485-3972 - Contact Form
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz is a composer, author, editor, teacher, and technologist. He is engaged in the advancement of arts and technology from both a humanist and experimental perspective. Dennis is available for commissions, writing, editing, presentations, seminars, and website evaluation. His current presentations include contemporary music and website design for accessibility.
Selected Past and Present Activities
Current
- Founder, The NonPop International Network (2001-)
- Executive Director, Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores (2001-)
- Partner, OrbitAccess consultancy in web accessibility (1999-)
- Co-Host/Producer, Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar radio/cyber show and website (1995-)
- Board of Directors, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble (1994-)
- Independent Study Faculty, Johnson State College Music Department (1994-)
- Partner and Senior Editor, The Transitive Empire writers/editors (1993-)
- Member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (1989-)
- Co-Founder and Board of Directors, Vermont Composers Consortium (1988-)
- Founder and Music Director, Il Gruppo Nuke Jitters (1984-)
- Independent consultant/author in computer technology (1979-)
- Founder and Director, Malted/Media Arts Publications (1978-)
- Publisher, Westleaf Edition Music Publications (1973-)
- Independent instructor in music composition, theory and history (1970-)
Past
- Project Director, ZipThree NonPop Festival (2003)
- Technology Facilitator, Trans-Video.Net (2000-2002)
- Juror, Jeu de Temps / Times Play, 2001, 2002
- Project Director, Ought-One Festival, 2001
- Northfield Community Advisory Board, TDS Telecom, 1997-1999
- Faculty, Making Connections Summer Residential Arts Institute, 1997
- Charter Member, Electronic Music Foundation, 1996
- Independent Study Faculty, Montpelier High School, 1995-96
- Faculty, Vermont Governor's Institute on the Arts, 1991-1992
- Fellow, Northeast Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement, 1991-92
- Co-Organizer, Vermont Composers Festivals, 1991,1992,1996
- Co-Founder and Trustee, Peer Associates, Inc., 1988-98
- Member, Vermont Artists Advisory Committee, 1988-91; Chair, 1990-91
- Co-Chair, Roxbury Historical Society, 1988-91
- Treasurer, Vermont Composers Consortium, 1988-91
- Music Director, Roxbury Union Congregational Church Choir, 1985-90
- Music Teacher, Roxbury Village Elementary School, 1985-91
- Organizer and Choreographer, Roxbury July 4th Fireworks, 1984-98
- Technology Consultant, Oxbow (now Riverbend) Vocational Center, 1984-86
- Technology Consultant, Randolph Area Vocational Center, 1983-85
- Member & Secretary, School Board, Roxbury, Vermont, 1982-84
- Charter Member, Vermont Musical Instrument Builders' Cooperative, 1982-1990
- Faculty, Community College of Vermont, 1982-87
- Founder/President, Green Mountain Micro, Inc., 1980-86
- Organizer, First Annual Invisible Arts Festival, 1979
- Faculty, New Jersey Artist/Teacher Institute, 1977
- Co-Producer, Alternatives Performance Series, New Jersey State Museum, 1977
- Senior Graphic Designer, New Jersey State Museum, 1976-78
- Trustee, Friends of the New Jersey State Museum, 1975-76
- Co-Founder and Member, Loch Duck Radio Players, 1975-89
- Founder and Director, Dashuki Music Theatre, 1975-83
- Co-Director, Kaxpiksu State Performing Arts Festival, 1975
- Founder and Project Director, Trans/Media, Inc., 1974-78
- Project Director, Delaware Valley Festival of the Avant-Garde, 1974,1976,1978
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Descriptive
Details of musical work can be found on the composer's home page at http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/
- Independent composer with 627 compositions (more than 50 commissions), and nearly 200 North American and European premieres and installations. Composition styles range from cabaret and vaudeville through classical ensembles to experimental/avant-garde, extended voice, multimedia, sound environment/soundscape, performance art, and computer and tape works. A selection of representative compositions is listed below and there is a full on-line catalog and life list of works. His work is published by Westleaf Edition and distributed worldwide by Frog Peak Music.
- Arts Administrative Experience (excludes founding, administering, and directing musical ensembles):
- Ought-One Festival, 2001, Project Director
- Vermont Composers Festival, 1991, 1992, 1996, Co-Organizer
- Vermont Artists Advisory Committee,1988-91, Member; 1990-91, Chair
- Vermont Composers Consortium, 1988, Co-Founder; 1988-91, Treasurer
- Invisible Arts Festival, 1979, Project Director
- Alternatives (NJ State Museum) Summer Arts Series, 1977, Co-Producer
- Delaware Valley Festival of the Avant-Garde, 1976, Project Director
- Friends of the NJ State Museum, 1975-76, Trustee
- Trans/Media Fall Festival, 1975, Project Director
- Kaxpiksu (NJ) State Performing Arts Festival, 1975, Co-Producer/Director
- Delaware Valley Festival of the Avant-Garde, 1974, Project Director
- Trans/Media Minifest, 1973, Project Director
- Designer and builder of original electronic instruments and functional electronic jewelry for music and multimedia events, including electronic jewelry for composer David Van Tieghem. Other electronic/musical work encompasses computer software and hardware, and composition-specific electronic music devices, including unnamed synthesizers and boxes, and the Rhythmatron. Work with computer technology includes hardware/software design, writing, teaching, speaking and special applications in the arts.
- Designer and builder of original acoustic instruments for compositions: Bellzebub, Chimes I & II, Glass Chimes I & II, Brass Chimes, Hharp, Uncello, Gong, Exlophon, Ovarian Xylophone, Candle Harp, Buzzophone, Organism, Triangulum, Monofilament, Wind Harp, Defrocked Autoharp, Forkklang, Diskklang, and other acoustic instruments of unique design and tuning. Some photos of instruments are found here.
- Author on topics in technology and the arts for several decades, with 450 articles and seven books in print since 1979. Details on writing and editing topics are found below and on The Transitive Empire website at http://maltedmedia.com/empire/. Authorship includes the groundbreaking Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar website, with early streaming audio and cybercasts dating from 1995, and a thousand-hour archive of composer interviews.
- Teacher and consultant in private and public settings in music and technology, including individual students in composition, programming and electronics; elementary through high school teaching in music; adjunct college faculty in computer technology and music; and consultation in vocational technology.
- Creator of computer technology that includes hardware and software design, writing, teaching, speaking and special applications in the arts.
- Multimedia artist with photographs exhibited in juried shows; designs of posters and graphics for museum events; two short films and film documentation of other events. Major multimedia events: Trans/Media Minifest, Caution: Merging Environments, Echo, In Bocca al Lupo, Traveler's Rest, Wolf5, Circular Screaming, Detritus of Mating, and Zonule Glaes II.
- Formal education included Rutgers University 1966-70 (Edmond Strainchamps, F. Austin Walter, Scott Whitener, Robert Moevs), additional course work at other institutions, and private study.
- Personal: Born 14 March 1949. Married. Also speaks French and some Dutch; reads French and Dutch and field-specific German and Italian. Previously licensed in K-12 Music Education; renewable if required.
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Representative Musical Compositions
Many works can be found in score, audio and Midi at http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/cat-index.html, and a life list of works with availability is found at http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/biglist.html. All work is published by Westleaf Edition (ASCAP) and distributed worldwide by Frog Peak Music.
- Diamonds, a spatial work for 32 instrumentalists or 32-channel electronic sound. In progress. Created and premiere scheduled for the First Russian International Festival of Electronic, Electroacoustic, Experimental & Avant-Garde Music-Electroshock 2003
- Cold Stones, 14 intimate songs for voice and chamber orchestra. In progress.
- Erzsébet, chamber opera in 3 acts, and film score; libretto by Andrei Codrescu. In progress. Details at The Erzsébet Bathory Opera Site
- Bales, Barrels, & Cones: Antebellum/Antibellum, for drumkit and playback. Commissioned by Michael Manion. Score available on line.
- Tïrkíinistrá: 25 Landscape Preludes, for piano. Premiere: FlynnSpace, Burlington, Vermont; Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam; Stichting Nieuwe Muziek, Middelburg; and De Rode Pomp, Gent. Written for Michael Arnowitt. Score available on line.
- VoxN (2002), for chamber ensemble and reader. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score available on line.
- Mirrored Birds (2001), a flute concerto. Premiere: Montpelier/Randolph, Vermont, 2002. Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. Score available on line.
- Fuliginous Quadrant (2001), for chamber ensemble. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score available on line.
- The Key of Locust (2001), for chamber trio. Written for NonSequitur. Score available on line.
- HighBirds (Prime) (2001), for two electric guitars and playback. Premiere: Ought-One Festival, Montpelier, Vermont, 2001. Commissioned by Larry Polansky. Score available on line.
- RatGeyser (2000), for MalletKat and playback. Premiere: Ought-One Festival, Montpelier, Vermont, 2001. Commissioned by Michael Manion. Score available on line.
- Mountain Dawn Fanfare (2000), for orchestra. Premiere: City Hall Auditorium, Montpelier, Vermont, 2000. Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. Score available on line.
- Quince & Fog Falls (2000), for chamber ensemble. Commissioned by Essential Music. Score available on line.
- The Sub-Aether Bande (2000), for flute and percussion. Jointly commissioned by the Three-Two Ensemble and Karen Kevra. Score available on line.
- Sourian Slide (1999), for string orchestra. Premiere: City Hall Auditorium, Montpelier, Vermont, 2000. Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. Score available on line.
- LowBirds (1999), for small ensemble. Premiere: Greenwich Music House, New York City, 1999. Commissioned by The Downtown Ensemble. Score available on line.
- Zonule Glaes II (1999), electroacoustic work with string quartet. Premiere: Mánes Museum, Prague, 1999. Commissioned by Pavel Kraus, Gema Art, and the Mánes Museum. Available on limited-edition CD with Score available on line.
- Into the Morning Rain (1998), for small ensemble. Premiere: Flynn Theatre, Burlington, Vermont, 1999. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score available on line.
- Detritus of Mating (1997), electroacoustic work. Installation: Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont, 1997. Commissioned by Pavel Kraus and the Gallery. On Malted/Media CD.
- zéyu, quânh & sweeh (1996), for playback. Premiere: The Reflective Space, Melbourne, 1996. On Frog Peak Music CD.
- exirxion (1996), for tape. Premiere: Vermont Composers Festival, Burlington, Vermont, 1996.
- xirx (1996), a peformance work for electronic tape, ice and aromas. Premiere: Lost Nation Theatre, Montpelier, Vermont, 1996.
- Hoots & Honks (1996), for string quartet.. Written for the CrossRoads String Quartet. Score available on line.
- Hang Time (1995), for timpani and orchestra.. Written for timpanist Allie Vest. Score available on line.
- Hypertunes, Baby (1994), for voice and tape. Premiere: SEAMUS Festival, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 1994.
- Build, Make, Do (1994), for small ensemble. Premiere: Pyralisk Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont, 1994. Score available on line.
- Unisons (1994), for six performers. Premiere: Pyralisk Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont, 1994. Score available on line.
- 8 Pooners (1993), a performance work for solo clarinettist. Commissioned by Steven Klimowski. Score available on line.
- Llama Butter (1993), for tuba and tape. Premiere: Millikin University, Urbana, Illinois, 1995. Commissioned by Mark Nelson. Score available on line.
- Emerald Canticles, Below (1993), for small ensemble. Premiere: 49th Parallel Festival, Toronto, Ontario, 1995. Score available on line.
- Binky Plays Marbles (1992), for double bass and viola. Commissioned by Pieter Smithuysen. Score available on line.
- The Pretty Songs (1991), for saxophone and voice. Commissioned by Steven Stusek.
- Softening Cries (1991), for orchestra. Premiere: Bennington, Vermont, 1992. Commissioned by the Sage City Symphony. Score available on line.
- A Time Machine (1990), for voice, small ensemble, dance and computers. Premiere: Burlington, Vermont, 1991. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble.
- Traveler's Rest and Wolf5 (1991), sound environments. Installation: Randolph, Vermont, 1991. Photographs and narrative available on line.
- The Lily and the Thorn (1990), for orchestra. Premiere: Independence Day Celebration, Montpelier, Vermont, 1991. Commissioned by the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Yçuré (1990), for two chamber orchestras. Premiere: Silver Anniversary Concert, Guilford, Vermont, 1990. Commissioned by Guilford Friends of Music, 25th Anniversary Season.
- Four Sharks (1989), for nine performers. Written for the Craftsbury Chamber Players. Third movement Score available on line.
- Northern Lights ...seeking Sasquatch (1989), for orchestra. Written for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Score available on line.
- Csárdás (1989), for piano. Premiere: Vermont Composers Festival, Putney, Vermont, 1989. Commissioned by Michael Arnowitt.
- Pianaroll (1989), for piano and electronic tape. Commissioned by Sara Huff Krohn.
- Variations on Amanda (1989), for three strings and harpsichord. Premiere: Braintree, Vermont, 1989. Commissioned by the Braintree Historical Society. Score available on line.
- Winter, Three Songs on the Nature of Armageddon (1987), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra.
- Rough Edges (1987), for piano. Premiere: Barre, Vermont, 1987. Commissioned by Michael Arnowitt. Score available on line.
- Beepers (1986), a high-tech cabaret. Premiere: The Garage, Montpelier, Vermont, 1987.
- In Bocca al Lupo (1986), environmental sound design. Installation: Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana, 1986. Narrative and photographs available on line.
- Mantra Canon (1986), for large ensemble. Premiere: The Garage, Montpelier, Vermont, 1986.
- Echo, A Performance Ritual in Four Parts (1985). Premiere: The Garage, Montpelier, Vermont, 1985. Narrative and photographs available on line.
- Ash Wednesday (1983), for small ensemble. Premiere: Vermont Public Radio, Windsor, Vermont, 1983. Commissioned by Paul Connett, Vermont Public Radio.
- Rando's Poetic License (1978), for electronics, microcomputer, voices, instruments. Premiere: Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1978.
- Mass (1978), for small ensemble. Premieres: Cambridge River Festival, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978, and Delaware Valley Festival of the Avant-Garde, 1978.
- Plasm over ocean (1977), a chamber opera for small ensemble. Premieres: New York Avant-Garde Festival, World Trade Center, New York, 1977, and New Jersey State Museum, 1977. Commissioned by the Museum.Narrative and photographs available on line.
- Stoneworld/Grey (1977), a multimedia dance work. Premiere: New Jersey State Museum, 1977. Commissioned by the Museum. Narrative and photographs available on line.
- Somnambula (1975), for recorder and electronic sound. Premieres: Kaxpiksu State Performing Arts Festival, Trenton, N.J., 1975, and New York Avant-Garde Festival, Floyd Bennett Field, 1975. Commissioned by John Burkhalter.
- Triple Quartet (1975), for string ensemble. Commissioned by Marjorie Goodman Graff.
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Writings on Music
Additional writings on other topics are found at http://maltedmedia.com/books/papers/
- What are the pros & woes of being a self-taught composer? (2002), interview about autodidacticism and its struggle.
- Preserving the Future's Past: EA Artists Must Take Care of Their Own Archives (2002), paper about the perils of preservation in the digital age.
- Riding the Cheap Electron (2002), paper presented at Dartmouth College about a three-decade budget struggle.
- No Denial of the Bête Familiale (2001), paper presented at Dartmouth College about the role of the computer musician.
- The Curse of Love (2000), paper presented at Dartmouth College about eclecticism, copyright, and interactivity.
- How to Get Here from There (Stomach Music to Sourian Slide) or Is There a Reason You've Canceled My Premiere Yet Again? (2000), paper presented at Goddard College about the composer's life and work.
- The Patron Saint of Mediocrities (1999), paper presented at Bregman Studios of Dartmouth College about the composer's life and work.
- A Challege for Richard Branson (1998), a letter suggesting Branson transform the landscape of contemporary music.
- The Churchill Society Debate: A Futile Correspondence (1998), an exchange with the Churchill Society on the state of new music.
- Your Music on the Web: Ways, Means, Rights, and the Old West: New Concepts, Paradigms and Fears (1997), article outlining techniques for presentation and protection on the Web.
- I Don't Know How -- or Why: Night Thoughts on the Process of Composition (1995), including a link to an audio version.
- It’s Time to Bury the Dead (1992), intense article calling for the end of performances of older concert music and a revision in thinking and sensibility.
- Composing a New Language (1992), proposal presented at MedArt International by Barbara S.J. Balch and Dennis Báthory-Kitsz to replace lost language skills with musical language developed through interaction and virtual reality.
- Construal of Music Process Architecture (1992), paper presenting personal views and reports on musical composition in Europe.
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Books
Additional details about writing and editing are found at The Transitive Empire, http://maltedmedia.com/empire/
Authorship/Co-Authorship
- subNet: How convergence disempowers individuals and disconnects democracy.. In progress; pub. 2003.
- The Middle-Aged Hiker. With David Gunn. 1993, 1995. 320 pp., illus. Published on-line; print publication being prepared.
- Learning the 6809. Roxbury, Vermont: Green Mountain Micro, Inc., 1984. paper; viii, 336 pp., illus. [loose-leaf in binder; includes 12 cassettes]. Reissued in a special edition in 1999 on CD-ROM.
- Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, A Chronology and Annotated Bibliography. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1984. 110 pp., illus.
- The Custom TRS-80, and Other Mysteries. Upland, California: IJG, 1982. paper; 340 pp., illus.
- The Karmora Papers. With David Gunn. Roxbury, Vermont: The Laszlo Toth School of Art, 1982; New edition, [n.p.]: Laszlo Toth School of Art/Westleaf Edition, 1993. paper; 104 pp.
- A Random Selection from the Marvin Hodge Archive (3 vols.). Roxbury, Vermont: The Laszlo Toth School of Art, 1979,1982,1993. paper; unpaged. [v,106 pp., illus.; v,88 pp., illus.; and v,130pp., illus.]. Limited editions.
- jkl; Trenton, New Jersey: [privately published], 1977. Unpaged [xx,262 pp]., illus. Edition limited to 15 hand-bound and numbered copies. Now available from Frog Peak Music.
- Contributing Author: HTML 4 Unleashed. New York: Sams.net (Macmillan), 1997. paper; xxxvii,1030pp., illus.; incl. CD-ROM.
- Author of manuals for interactive educational software created by ACTV, New York; for music scoring software created by Graphire Music Press, Vermont; and all manuals for Green Mountain Micro, Vermont.
- Author of numerous program notes, including those for Jerry Gerber's Moon Festival (Ottava) and David Gunn's Somewhere East of Topeka (Albany).
Editing
- Marching On! John Brown and the Struggle Against Slavery. By Robert Willis Allen. Northfield News & Printery, 2000. paper; xix,338pp., illus.
- CPFR Pilot Studies. Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Committee, 1999. paper; [pp], illus.
- My Little Life: A Girl Growing Up in the Forties. By Jane Bryant. Northfield News & Printery, 1997. paper; [vi],568pp., illus.
- Teaching Composition on the Web: A Teacher Handbook. By Fern Tavalin, Sandi McLeod, et al. Montpelier, Vermont: WebProject, 1998. paper; Unpaged, illus.
- Makoro Solutions Enhancements. IBM Corporation. CD-ROM, 1998.
- Category Management Systems: The Power of Information in Retailing. By Jerry Singh, et al. Cincinnati: CMS, Inc., 1997. paper; [pp.], illus.
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Periodicals
- Contributing Writer: Supply Chain E-Business (2001-2002)
- Correspondent: Frontline Solutions (2001-2002)
- Contributing Writer: TSI Communications (1999-2000)
- Contributing Editor: Ellsworth Kaye Public Relations (1997-)
- Contributing Writer: Convenience Store News (1997)
- Editor: The Northfield Common (1994)
- Contributing Editor: Consumer Goods Manufacturer (1993-1999)
- Contributing Editor: Retail Systems Reseller (1992-1999)
- Contributing Writer: Retail Info Systems News (1992-1999)
- Contributing Editor: Data Capture Systems Reseller (1992-93)
- Guest Editor: Music Arts Supplement, ARTSletter (March/April 1990)
- Editor: Vermont Composers Consortium Consorting Newsletter (1988-91, 1993-97)
- Contributing Editor: ID Systems (1987-89)
- Contributing Editor: The Rainbow (1985)
- Publisher/Technical Editor/Columnist ("Custom Color"): UnderColor (1984-85)
- Contributing Editor/Columnist ("Custom Color"): The Color Computer Magazine (1983-84)
- Contributing Editor/Columnist ("Micro/Sonics"): Programmer (1981-82)
- Guest Editor: Kilobaud Microcomputing Electronic Music Issue, December 1980)
- Contributing Editor: The Alternate Source (1980-82)
- Technical, Submissions and Contributing Editor/Columnist ("80 Applications", "The Exclusive ORacle"): 80 Micro (1980-82)
- Editor/Publisher: Updates (1979-80)
- Editor/Publisher: A Medium Rare (1974-76)
- Editor (under pseudonym 'Randy Johnson'): Mercer County Almanac (1973)
- Editor/Publisher: Scrap Paper (1970-71)
- Editor: Union List of Serials for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont (1967-68)
Other:
- Technical articles published in Byte, 80 Micro, Kilobaud, Desktop Computing, The Alternate Source, The Color Computer Magazine, Programmer, Opinion-80, Software Critique, Dynamic Color News, The Rainbow, UnderColor, ID Systems, Data Capture Systems Reseller, Consumer Goods Manufacturer, Retail Systems Reseller, Retail Info Systems News, Slashdot, Convenience Store News. Special supplements and white papers written for IBM, Microsoft, Digital Equipment, Sensormatic, JD Edwards, VI&A, Dun & Bradstreet/DataQuest, and other corporations.
- Book reviews, music articles, opinion pieces, and feature stories published since 1964 in various newspapers and magazines, including The Northfield Common, Burlington Free Press, Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus, Consorting, ARTSletter, Northfield News, Trentonian, Trenton Magazine, others. Numerous publications with Internet media.
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Recordings, Broadcast, and Internet Media
- Snare:Wilding on "Free Speech For Sale" (pressthebutton compact disc, 2003)
- Music of English Literature, part of The Longman Anthology of English Literature, containing Sumer Is Icumen In conducted by Báthory-Kitsz (2002).
- Killer Sings! (limited edition, Malted/Media Records compact disc, 2000)
- Chamber Bowling I, Chamber Bowling II, Voices Past, Cold Stones, Etronalia, Symphons, Overstuffed, Sublime (Formerly on MP3.com as DAM CDs, 1999-2001; no longer available)
- Zonule Glaes II (signed limited edition, Malted/Media Records compact disc, 1999)
- zéyu, quânh, and sweeh on "The Frog Peak Collaboration Project" (Frog Peak Music compact disc, 1998)
- Detritus of Mating (Malted/Media-Sistrum Records compact disc, 1997) Broadcast worldwide, in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, and the United States.
- Lucid Nightmares (limited edition cassette, Malted/Media, 1995)
- Invisible Performers, four-cassette retrospective collection (limited edition, Malted/Media, 1994)
- The Nightmare Continues (limited edition cassette, Malted/Media, 1992)
- Csárdás on "Alive and Well: Music of Vermont Composers" (Ursa Minor cassette, 1990)
- Dentist's Nightmare (limited edition cassette, Malted/Media, 1988)
- Producer, Marching On!, CD for Hardtack & Homespun (1999)
- Producer, Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar, WGDR-FM (1995-)
- Producer, Speaking Personal, computer information series, Vermont Public Radio (1983-4)
- Interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air, WUHY-FM (now WHYY) (1974 and 1977)
- Other interviews on About.com, WXPN, WPRB, WOR, WGDR, WCVT, WDEV, CKUT, WSNO, WKDR, Vermont Public Radio, New Jersey Public Television.
- Creator/Designer, Malted/Media, website at http://maltedmedia.com/ (1996-)
- Creator/Designer, Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar, website at http://kalvos.org/ (1995-)
- Creator/Designer, Erzsébet the Vampire, website at http://bathory.org/ (1996-)
- Designer of arts websites including Dream.Bot, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, Vermont Composers Consortium, Madtrax Productions, The Middle-Aged Hiker, Ursa Minor Records, The Karmora Papers, Hardtack & Homespun, Leisure WeaselWorld, etc.
- Designer of commercial/educational websites including Trans-Video.Net, Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores, Argentum Fugit Farm, The Romulus Project, The Transitive Empire, etc.
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Performances
Selected performances as composer/performer/conductor:
- Vaughan Recital Series, Dartmouth College ("Closing the Book on the Avant-Garde" vol 3, as soloist and conductor), 2002
- Mánes Museum, Prague (Zonule Glaes II as conductor of Styx-Q String Quartet), 1999
- Lost Nation Theatre, Montpelier, Vermont ("Circular Screaming" as conductor of Il Gruppo Nuke Jitters), 1997
- SEAMUS Festival, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont (Hypertunes, Baby as performance artist/soloist), 1994
- Pyralisk Gallery, Montpelier ("Clusters" as conductor of Il Gruppo Nuke Jitters), 1994
- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont ("Clusters" as conductor of Il Gruppo Nuke Jitters), 1994
- Governor's Institute for the Arts, Johnson/Castleton, Vermont (The Moon, The Galley, A Little Shade Music, etc., as performance artist, soloist and conductor), 1991-2
- Vermont Composers Festivals, Burlington/Montpelier/Woodstock/Putney (Exequy, Lithuanian Liniment, etc., as soloist and conductor), 1988-1996
- FredFest, Roxbury, Vermont (Car Horn Symphony No. 2 as conductor of automobiles), 1988
- Roxbury Union Congregational Church (Psalm 84, Jubilate Deo, etc., as conductor), 1985-89
- The Garage, Montpelier (Echo, "Closing the Book on the Avant-Garde" vols 1 & 2, "2Cabarets2", as performance artist, soloist and conductor), 1985-86
- Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC (Rando's Poetic License as performance artist), 1978
- New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey (Plasm over ocean, Stoneworld/Grey, etc., as performance artist, soloist and conductor), 1975-78
- Grace Baptist Church, Trenton (as vocal soloist), 1975-78
- New York Avant-Garde Festivals, New York/Cambridge, Massachusetts (as performance artist and conductor), 1975-78
- Delaware Valley Festival of the Avant-Garde, Trenton (as performance artist and conductor), 1974-78
- Trans/Media Festivals and Performance Series, Trenton (as performance artist, soloist and conductor), 1973-77
- Trenton State College (Lysistrata, as conductor), 1970-71
Selected Installations:
- Mánes Museum, Prague, 1999 (Zonule Glaes II)
- The Exquisite Corpse, Burlington, Vermont, 1997 (Detritus of Mating)
- Rest Area near Randoph, Vermont, 1991-2 (Wolf5 at "Traveler's Rest")
- Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana, 1985 (In Bocca al Lupo)
- Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont, 1984 (Nighthawk)
- New Jersey State Museum Planetarium, Trenton, New Jersey, 1975 (Untitled installation)
- Kaxpiksu, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, 1975 (Untitled installation)
- Trans/Media Minifest, Trenton, New Jersey, 1973 (Untitled installation)
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Grants, Commissions, and Awards
Grants:
- Vermont Council on the Arts, for Travelers Rest (environmental sound/cross-media)
- Montana State Arts Council, for In Bocca al Lupo (environmental sound/cross-media)
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts, for Plasm over ocean (chamber opera)
- National Endowment for the Arts, for Stoneworld/Grey (dance/cross-media)
Commissions:
In progress
Complete
- Michael Manion for Bales, Barrels, & Cones: Antebellum/Antibellum (drum kit)
- Lies Muller, for Zeven Mergpijpjes (string duets)
- Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, for VoxN (small ensemble and reader)
- Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, for Fuliginous Quadrant (small ensemble)
- Catherine Broucek Orr/Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society, for Mirrored Birds (flute and orchestra)
- Michael Manion for RatGeyser (MalletKat and playback).
- John Kennedy/Essential Music, for Quince & Fog Falls (small ensemble)
- Keith Moore/ThreeTwo Festival and Karen Kevra, for The Sub-Aether Bande (flute and percussion)
- Catherine Broucek Orr/Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society, for Sourian Slide (string orchestra)
- Catherine Broucek Orr/Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society, for Mountain Dawn Fanfare (orchestra)
- Eric Kobb, Stratham Middle School Band, for Mountain Millennium Dawn
- Pavel Kraus/Mánes Museum, for Zonule Glaes II (string quartet and electroacoustics)
- Daniel Goode/The Downtown Ensemble, for Y2K-Compliant Music and LowBirds (small ensemble)
- Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, for Into the Morning Rain (small ensemble)
- Pavel Kraus/Exquisite Corpse Gallery, for Detritus of Mating (electroacoustic installation)
- Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, for Descent of the Particles (small ensemble)
- Crossroads String Quartet, for Hoots & Honks
- Allie Vest, for Hang Time (timpani and orchestra)
- Peter Brand, for Brand 9 from Outer Space (alto sax, bassoon & piano)
- The Brass Menagerie, for Dancing Despite Despair (brass quintet)
- Sandy Mond, for Melisma (voice & small ensemble)
- Bill Black, for McFwang's Allstep & Swag (trumpet, clarinet, percussion & bass)
- Alcedo Coenen, for Party Musik I (electronic tape)
- Steven Klimowski, for 8 Pooners (performance work for solo clarinet)
- Fred Carlson and Susie Norris, for MixMaster's Revenge (suzalyne & sympitar)
- Mark Nelson, for Llama Butter (tuba & tape)
- Pieter Smithuysen, for Binky Plays Marbles (double bass & viola)
- Steven Stusek, for The Pretty Songs (voice & alto sax)
- Sage City Symphony, for Softening Cries (orchestra)
- Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, for The Lily and the Thorn (orchestra)
- Claudia Friedlander and Andrea Warnke, for Grand Mirliton (bass clarinet & horn)
- Friends of Music at Guilford, for Yçuré (orchestra)
- Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, for A Time Machine (voice & small ensemble)
- Michael Arnowitt, for Csárdás and Rough Edges (solo piano)
- Braintree Historical Society, for Amanda Variations (violin, two cellos & harpsichord)
- Sara Huff Krohn, for Pianaroll (piano & tape)
- Eugene Fodor, for Fugue for Violin (solo violin)
- Michael Billingsley/Montpelier Cable TV, for Angels... Avenging... (tape collage)
- Thurmond Knight, for Windows on the Moon (solo cello)
- Edward Pincus, for Wedding Changes (three flutes)
- Sydney Allrud, for A Glass Clown (voice & piano)
- The Phantom Theatre, for music to On the Verge (recorder, flute, two guitars, percussion)
- Paul Connett/Vermont Public Radio, for Ash Wednesday (small ensemble)
- New Jersey State Museum, for Plasm over ocean (chamber opera)
- New Jersey State Museum, for Stoneworld/Grey (dance/cross-media)
- Marjorie Goodman Graff, for At the Edge of the Wood and Triple Quartet (early winds)
- Reuben James Christian Edinger, for Invocation, Dance & Lament for Twandano (electronics)
- John Burkhalter, for Somnambula (recorder & tape)
- Trenton Tuba Ensemble, for Wormholmusik (tuba quintet)
- Trenton State College (now College of New Jersey) Theatre Department, for Incidental Music to Lysistrata (recorder quintet)
Awards & Honors:
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Selected Speaking Engagements and Seminars
The texts of some presentations, along with numerous web-only essays, are available on line at http://maltedmedia.com/books/papers/
- Faulkner Hall, Dartmouth College (Riding the Cheap Electron)
- Lower Buck, Dartmouth College (The Curse of Love and No Denial of the Bête Familiale)
- Art of Noise, Goddard Collage (How to Get Here from There (Stomach Music to Sourian Slide) or Is There a Reason You've Canceled My Premiere Yet Again?)
- Studio N, Music Academy (HAMU), Prague (The Composition of Zonule Glaes II)
- Bregman Studios, Dartmouth College (The Patron Saint of Mediocrities)
- Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont (Web-Based Audio Design)
- Making Connections Institute, Montpelier, Vermont (Composing with Sequencers)
- Sixth Last Annual Last CoCoFest, Chicago (History of the Color Computer)
- WebProject, Montpelier, Vermont (Building a Website)
- MedArt International, New York (Composing a New Language)
- ID Expo, Boston (Touch Screens and Light Pens)
- PCM/Rainbowfest, Princeton (Microcomputers as Revolutionary Tools)
- Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont (Introduction to Basic)
- Vermont Conference on High Technology, Norwich University (Process Control)
- Color Expo, Pasadena (Microcomputers & Electronic Music)
- IEEE, Norwich University (Bubble Memory)
- IEEE, Norwich University (Data Acquisition and Control with Microprocessors)
- IEEE, Burlington, Vermont (Microcomputers and the Arts)
- ACM, Rensselaer Polytech (The Politics of Microcomputers)
- DuBois & King, Inc., Randolph, Vermont (Process Control)
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Pseudonyms
Pseudonyms have been used over the years for numerous work and activities, in some cases at the request of clients, in others to separate the kinds of work being done.
- Dennis Báthory-Kitsz: Public name and most musical work
- Dennis Bathory: Media appearances regarding opera (name in birth records)
- Dennis Kitsz, Dennis J. Kitsz, Dennis Bathory Kitsz: Early musical compositions
- Kalvos Gesamte: Humorous music & writing, some collaborative
- D.B. Cowell: Artwork, photography and film
- Brady Kynans: Popular and show music, arrangements of popular music
- Kalvos Zondrios: Theatrical works
- Báthory Dénes: Occasional writings
- Orra Maussade: Musical compositions with female persona
- Don Johnson: Commercial writing and graphics design
- Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna: Technical industry writing, some collaborative
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References Available on Request
Updated March 25, 2003
