Christopher Butterfield

Christopher Butterfield is a composer and performer. Born in Vancouver in 1952, he was educated in the UK, Canada and the USA; he lives in Victoria, BC. His music has been performed by leading ensembles across Canada, including Turning Point Ensemble, Vancouver; Banff Summer Festival; Aventa Ensemble, Victoria; New Music Concerts, Arraymusic and Continuum New Music, Toronto; SMCQ and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Montreal; he’s also been performed in Russia, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Holland, Finland and the United States. Over the years he has collaborated with choreographers Jennifer Mascall, Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux, and with visual artist Sandra Meigs. In 2015 Wakefield Press of Cambridge, MA published his translations of three plays by French writer Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. Recent CDs of his music are available on the Collection QB and Red Shift labels; also a CD of performances of works by Dutch sound poet Greta Monach on Edition Wandelweiser. He taught composition at the University of Victoria from 1992 to 2023.