Jennifer Butler composer

Jennifer Butler (b. 1976) is a composer and flutist living in Vancouver, BC.
Her music has been described as intimate, resonant, and sonorous. Silence, holding and releasing tension, and laying textures are important qualities in many of her compositions.

Commissioned and performed by outstanding artists such as Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto), the Western Front (Vancouver), Redshift (Vancouver), the Microscore Project (Los Angeles), the Turning Point Ensemble (Vancouver), Standing Wave (Vancouver), Nu:BC (Vancouver), and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer’s music has been performed and broadcast across Canada and in the USA.

In February 2011 the Victoria Symphony premiered her commissioned work And Birds Do Sing and December 2011 saw the premiere of Shadow Catch, a noh-inspired chamber opera in collaboration with composers Dorothy Chang, Benton Roark, Farshid Samandari. Upcoming projects include commissions from Vancouver's Onyx Trio and the stunning vocal ensemble Musica Intima.

Jennifer completed a DMA (2009) in composition at the University of British Columbia. Her principle composition teachers include: Glenn Buhr, Peter Hatch, Omar Daniel, Keith Hamel and Brent Lee.