Recorder player and composer Terri Hron comfortably migrates from performance to composition, exploring acoustic and electronic sounds in both written and improvised situations. As a performer, her particular way of playing her instruments and working with technology inspires others to write for her: Bird on a Wire is Terri’s ongoing project to commission, perform and record new pieces for recorder and live electronics. The first album was released in 2009 and she is currently collaborating with nine composers on the second installment – this time in multi-channel – set to take flight in June 2010. Her performance groups include the multi-disciplinary SpaceMelt with Sam Davidson and Michael Markowsky, the “early & new” consort Forbidden Fruit and duos with Robbert van Hulzen (Rara Avis) and Jorrit Dijkstra. Among her compositions are pieces written for the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Trio Scordatura and pianist Luciane Cardassi. She is now working a series for acoustic instruments with live electronics entitled undressing a past and a new work for the David Kweksilber Bigband.

Terri’s interest in working with live electronics in multi-channel situations has led her to a research collaboration with NOTAM, the Norwegian Center for Technology and Music in Art. Together they are working on a controller to direct all kinds of aspects of performance, from effects to spatialization.

Terri is the recipient of numerous awards, prizes and residencies. She is a graduate of the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music (2004) and is currently a doctoral student in Composition at the Université de Montréal.