Jane Rigler

Jane Rigler flutist, composer, improviser, educator and producer of events is an active featured performer in contemporary, improvisation and experimental music festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe, presenting both acoustic and electroacoustic shows as a soloist as well as within ensembles. Expanding upon her classical background (B.M., Northwestern University), she gained her M.M. and Ph.D. (UC San Diego) resulting in her book The Vocalization of the Flute which demonstrates a variety of imaginative ways the voice and flute interact based upon non-western traditions, Western 20th-21st Century works and her own compositions. Jane has given master-classes, seminars, workshops, and taught at a variety of universities, conservatories, conventions and performing art schools throughout the U.S., South America and Europe. While living in Spain she performed and organized more than 500 concerts for children. She organizes events such as the Relay~NYC! held in MoMA, NY in 2005, and the Spontaneous Music Festival in Brooklyn, NY to be premiered with local school children in November 2006. She has also received Brooklyn Arts Council grants and several artistic residencies, from Harvestworks, Art Omi and RPI’s Create iEar. She is currently Technology Program Coordinator for the Manhattan New Music Project where she is designing and developing a new interactive sensor-driven music composition program for kids with disabilities, called the Music Cre8tor.