Biography

Moving from New Zealand to New York in 1990 to work with composer-performer Meredith Monk, Juliet Palmer completed her PhD at Princeton University in 1999. Based in Toronto, Canada, she works in diverse media, her output ranging from chamber music to multimedia installations, dance, music theatre, opera and symphonic works.

Palmer’s music has been presented at Italy’s Angelica Festival, New York’s Bang On A Can Festival, Royaumont’s Voix Nouvelles (France), SoundCulture (Japan), the Huddersfield and Bath Festivals (UK), Ars Electronica (Austria), Tot En Met XXII (Amsterdam), Open Ears (Canada), the New Zealand Festival and Australia’s Adelaide Festival. Performers of her music include 175 East, the New Zealand String Quartet and the Auckland Philharmonia (NZ); Trio Fibonacci, the Gryphon Trio, Arraymusic, Continuum, New Music Concerts, the Windsor Symphony, l’Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal, Tapestry New Opera Works and the Canadian Chamber Ensemble (Canada); Les Percussions de Strasbourg (France); Fontanamix (Italy); Piano Circus (UK); California EAR Unit, Marimolin and the Bang on a Can All-Stars (USA); and Veni Ensemble (Slovakia). Palmer is a member of the interdisciplinary collective urbanvessel whose first site-specific project SLIP was premiered at Toronto’s Harrison Street Baths in 2006. Upcoming projects include a collaborative theatre work for 3 vocalists and 3 sewing machines, a clown opera for Tapestry New Opera Works and a work for ensemble and improvising soloists for Vancouver New Music.

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