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Christopher McIntyre is a Brooklyn-based trombonist, curator, composer, music director, and educator. Known for his expansive engagement with the music of Julius Eastman, Chris serves as Director of TILT Brass (co-founder in 2003) and as Curator and trombonist for Either/Or Ensemble. He specializes in ensemble work meshing improvisative & interpretive material as a player and as composer and director. He regularly performs with TILT, Either/Or, and American Composers Orchestra, among many others. McIntyre leads a distinguished career as an independent concert programmer in New York (The Kitchen, MATA Festival, Ne(x)tworks, ISSUE Project Room) and music director (projects at MoMA and Guggenheim, leading Eastman’s Femenine with SEM & Talea Ensembles and Orchestra of St. Luke’s), and currently teaches at Mannes School of Music at The New School and in the ACO’s Teaching Artist program. cmcintyre.com

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Christopher McIntyre cultivates a wide-ranging career in music and the performing arts. An in-demand performer on trombone and electronics, McIntyre specializes in ensemble work meshing improvisative & interpretive material as a player and as a composer and conductor. Based in Brooklyn and bred in Minnesota, he composes for various media and instrumental forces, often employing creative systems suggested by the work of visual artists such as Serra, Smithson, and LeWitt. He serves as program curator and trombonist for NYC ensembles Either/Or and TILT Brass, as well as Director and Co-Founder of the latter. McIntyre has also led an active 20 year career as an independent concert programmer and producer in New York (The Kitchen, MATA Festival, Ne(x)tworks, and ISSUE Project Room.) He frequently performs in New York and Europe with TILT, Either/Or, SEM and Talea Ensembles, and American Composers Orchestra, among many others including numerous composer-led projects. He can be heard on recordings released by New World, Tzadik, XI, Mode, Braxton House, Edition Modern, POTTR, zOaR, and Non-Site Records. Since 2006, McIntyre has contributed to the broad revival of composer Julius Eastman’s music by creating several score realizations and leading performances by SEM, TILT Brass, Talea & Harlem Chamber Players (released on Kairos), Queens College’s Copland Ensemble, Philly’s Arcana NME, and members of Orchestra of St. Luke's. He teaches contemporary brass chamber music at Mannes School of Music at The New School and in the ACO’s Teaching Artist program. cmcintyre.com

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