ABOUT

Ted Byrnes is a drummer/percussionist living in Los Angeles. An alumni of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, he comes from a jazz background and has since made his home in the worlds of free improvisation, new music, electro-acoustic music, and noise.

Ted primarily works in ad hoc improvisational settings, but has standing improvisational groups including: a duo with Han-Earl Park, trio with Jeff Kaiser and Tom McNalley (External Logic Machine), a duo with Gregory Lenczycki, a duo with Jorge Martin, a duo/trio with Paul Stapleton and Caroline Pugh, a trio with Jorge Martin and Anna Homler, among others. Additionally, Ted has played in duo/trio/or ensemble settings with: David Watson, Charlemagne Palestine, John Wiese, Tim Perkis, Jaap Blonk, the LAFMS (including Smegma, Airway, Ace Farren Ford’s Artificial Art Ensemble, Rick and Joe Potts, Fredrik Nilsen, Tom Recchion, Vetza, etc), and accompanied FLUXUS artist Jeff Perkins on multiple occasions for his projector/light installations.

Select performances include: granted performance / composition of ‘5x5’, piece commissioned by the City of West Hollywood (6/26/10), and granted by SASSAS and Meet the Composer; ensemble percussion performance at the SASSAS 10th Anniversary concert (9/12/09); Pilgrimage from Scattered Points / Cornelius Cardew Scratch Orchestra (with Steve Roden, Rick Potts, Greg Lenczycki, Dave Muller, Joseph Hammer, Glenn Bach, etc - 3/20/10); in trio with Jaap Blonk and Brian Walsh (3/1/12); large ensemble with David Watson presenting a piece composed for Beacon Arts (2/26/11).

ted byrnes at gmail dot com