Kristi Allik
composer

Kristi A. Allik was born in Canada and has received degrees from the University of Toronto (Bachelor of Music), Princeton University (M.A. in Music Composition), and University of Southern California (D.M.A. in Music Composition). She has received numerous commissions and awards, including Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants, the Chalmers Award, and has won prizes from the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition and Ars Electronica.

Allik's work synthesizes the stylistic and cultural resources of atonality, jazz, and Estonian music. Her works, which include electroacoustic music, multimedia works, orchestral works, opera, and chamber music, have been performed in Europe, U.S.A., South America and Canada. Currently she is Associate Professor at Queen's University, where she is Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studios and the Computer Laboratory for Applications in Music. She teaches courses in electroacoustic music composition, computer music, multimedia, and jazz arranging.

Allik's most recent compositions and performances include "~infoweaver", which was commissioned by New Music Concerts through the Canada Council, and was performed at the Robert Gill Theatre in December of 2000.

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