music, composition, buchla synthesis
28 06 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013 @ 8 p.m. Multimedia performance by Todd Barton-sonics, Bruce Bayard-images, Suzee Grilley-dance, Christine Williams-voice and Jonah Bornstein-words. Tickets and information at brucebayard.com/passages 541-482-2253 Place: The DanceSpace 280 Hersey St. No. 10 Time: 8 p.m.
8 07 2013
Friday & Saturday September 13 & 14 I will be giving a performance, a clinic and Q & A at Knobcon in Chicago. For more information on the event checkout Knobcon
8 07 2013
Friday, July 26 at Noon. An improvisational performance of electro-acoustic music by Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard celebrating the work of internationally revered artist, Betty LaDuke. At the Schneider Museum of Art on the Southern Oregon University campus.
19 10 2013
October 24 @ 7 pm @ Control Voltage in Portland I will be giving a 45-60 free improv concert on the Buchla Music Easel. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/672753872749910/
13 01 2014
Greetings! I’ll be hanging out at the Buchla Electronic Musical Instrument booth most days chatting, patching and exploring sounds on both the new Buchla Music Easel and a large 200e system. Drop by and say “hi” and let’s explore sounds together. I’ll be doing brief demos: Thursday 5 pm; Friday 3 & 5 pm; Saturday […]
30 04 2014
8 pm Thursday, May 8 at the Eugene Springfield Art Project 224 East 11th Ave. I’ll be part of an evening of improvised electronic music. I’ll be doing a solo set around 8:30 or 9 followed by a Buchla Easel duet improve with my dear friend Adam Scramstad. Hope you can make it! All best […]
30 04 2014
On Saturday, May 24 I’ll be doing a solo Buchla Music Easel set of improvised electronic music as part of the Trash Audio Synth Meet. Time and Place TBA. Click here for more about the synth meet.
8 05 2014
Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard present an improvisational electro-acoustic response to the installation Flood.Control by Avantika Bawa. The performance includes waterphone, cello and synthesizers. At the Schneider Museum of Art on the campus of Southern Oregon University at noon. For more information: http://sma.sou.edu/upcoming/
23 07 2014
Quadraphonic: Space as Metaphor Beginning Friday, August 1, Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard, performing as the duet Control Voltage Therapy, present a series of concerts every First Friday at the Schneider Museum of Art. Featuring two Buchla Easel electronic music instruments, and a quadraphonic sound system, Barton and Bayard explore “Space as Metaphor.” The concerts […]
7 08 2014
I’m really looking forward to being a part of Eden Mononym’s performance at the CYMA Space in Portland on Saturday evening August 23. Performance time tba. We’ll both be improvising electronic music on BEMI Music Easels. Hope you can join us! For directions to the venue click here.
26 08 2014
Quadraphonic: Space as Metaphor Beginning Friday, August 1, Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard, performing as the duet Control Voltage Therapy, present a series of concerts every First Friday at the Schneider Museum of Art. Featuring two Buchla Easel electronic music instruments, and a quadraphonic sound system, Barton and Bayard explore “Space as Metaphor.” The concerts […]
4 10 2014
Bridge State at the DanceSpace Two nights! Saturday, October 18, 2014 8pm Sunday, October 19, 2014 8pm Todd Barton, Suzee Grilley, Christine Williams, David Bithell and Bruce Bayard present two evenings of improvisational multimedia performance. The event includes quadraphonic sound, music on two Buchla Easels, dance, vocals, video projections and Max processed poem by Jonah […]
6 10 2014
November 7 @ 11am a rare convergence of 4 electronic musicians performing on 4 Buchla Music Easels in quadraphonic audio space at the Schneider Museum of Art! at Southern Oregon University There have not been 4 Easels in performance since the Electric Weasel Ensemble in the 1970’s. This is a rare and exciting free event! […]
29 11 2014
Quadraphonic: Space as Metaphor Beginning Friday, August 1, Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard, performing as the duet Control Voltage Therapy, presented a series of concerts every First Friday at the Schneider Museum of Art. The concerts were every First Friday, August through December beginning at 11am. This coming Friday will be the final concert in […]
12 01 2015
For those of you attending NAMM in Anaheim, CA at the end of this month: I’ll be hanging out at the Buchla Booth (6800 in Hall A) most of Friday, January 23 and Saturday, January 24. Pop on by and say “hello”.
26 01 2015
I’m eager and excited to be participating in the upcoming reunion of legendary synth designer/builder Sergei Tcherepnin and the musicians, engineers, solder jockeys and devotees that started the circuits humming some 40 years ago! It will be in San Francisco on February 7 from 6-10 pm at The Lab, 2948 16th St. Also performing: Kevin […]
21 02 2015
Noon, Friday, February 27, 2015 Schneider Museum of Art free of charge Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard performing as the duet, Control Voltage Therapy, begin another concert series at the Schneider Museum of Art. The series continues their exploration of space as a compositional tool, this time, expanding the quadraphonic sound into all four galleries […]
31 03 2015
Ashland, OR — Studio A.B presents Transmissions I, a multimedia concert by the performing art ensemble of Todd Barton, Bruce Bayard and Darrell Bluhm, with poetry by Jonah Bornstein as recorded by Christine Williams. The performance takes place Saturday, April 18, 8pm at the DanceSpace located at 280 East Hersey in Ashland. Tickets are $10 […]
21 04 2015
Noon, Friday, April 24, 2015 Schneider Museum of Art With special guest Eden Mononym The next performance is Friday, April 24, noon at the Schneider Museum of Art on the campus of Southern Oregon University. Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard are joined by Eden Mononym and all three perform on the Buchla Music Easel. The […]
6 05 2015
Noon, Friday, May 22, 2015 Schneider Museum of Art With special guest Eden Mononym The next performance is Friday, May 22, noon at the Schneider Museum of Art on the campus of Southern Oregon University. Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard are again joined by Eden Mononym and all three perform on the Buchla Music Easel. […]
14 05 2015
June 27 – Saturday @ Berkeley Arts:The Bay Area Improvisers Tribute to Richard Waters. 1-10 pm. I’ll be part of the Waterphone Orchestra at 6:35 pm. 2133 University Avenue Berkeley, California. For more information: http://www.bayimproviser.com/EventView.aspx?e=12716 July 17 – Friday @ Britt Festival: Control Voltage Therapy performs an Evening of Improvised Electronic Music and Video Collage. […]
7 09 2015
Hello Friends! I’m truly excited to be a part of an engaging evening of live electronic music! And honored to be among NIN synthesist Alessandro Cortini and composer/sound artist, Dr. Robert Coburn. Friday, September 28, 2015 at the Conservatory of Music on the campus of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Concert begins […]
1 10 2015
Transmissions II at the DanceSpace One night only! Saturday, October 17, 2015 8pm An evening of improvisational interdisciplinary performance by Todd Barton, Bruce Bayard, Damon Honeycutt, Lawson Inada and Christine Williams. The event includes quadraphonic sound, music on two Buchla Easels, movement, video projections, poetry and voice. The DanceSpace is located at 280 E. Hersey […]
13 02 2016
Happy to announce I’ll be doing a telematic, quadraphonic gig with the Burnt Dot Quartet this coming Wednesday at 8pm at the Wild Beast Pavilion at CalArts in Valencia, CA. Burnt Dot Quartet performs improvised music for trumpets and modular synthesizers in quadraphonic space. Featuring Sarah Reid on trumpet, Ryan Gaston on Eurorack and Serge […]
12 04 2016
Two new releases! listenings is a live recording from the mixing board of my set performed at the Electronic Muse concert at the University of the Pacific in September 2015. Originally performed in quadraphonic, this recording is mixed down to stereo. More information at this link Intersections et al I’m honored to share this cassette […]