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Caleb Burhans

oh ye of little faith...

About Me

My name is Caleb. I live in New York and make music of all types. I am a singer, composer/arranger and string player who's a member of Alarm Will Sound, itsnotyouitsme, Newspeak, ACME, Signal, The Trinity Wall Street Choir, Bleknlok, Beyondo, Big Swifty, Mansuit, Escort and You're So Dubcore! As an arranger I've worked with Aphex Twin, John Adams and Venetian Snares. As a performer I've worked with Steve Reich, John Adams, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Meredith Monk, George Crumb, La Monte Young, Lou Harrison, Philip Glass, Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Poul Ruders, Per Norgard, Roger Reynolds, Brian Ferneyhough, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Martin Bresnik, David Liptak, Nico Muhly, Gavin Bryars, Brad Lubman, Augusta Read Thomas, Bernard Rands, Brian McBride, Loscil, Richard Devine, The All-American Rejects, The Hold Steady, Tracy Thorn, Essie Jain and tons of other great folks. My music is published by Burning Hands Publishing (ASCAP). Thanks for taking the time to check my stuff out and please check out calebburhans.com and enjoy life... I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/19/2005
Band Website: calebburhans.com
Band Members: Caleb-writing/singing/playing
Influences: J.S. Bach, Grey McMurray, Elliott Smith, Aphex Twin, Philip Glass, Napolean Listerud, Explosions In the Sky, Nirvana, Eric Biondo, La Monte Young, Radiohead, Steve Reich, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Josquin, Nine Inch Nails, Todd Reynolds, Sigur Ros, Michael Gordon, Sufjan Stevens, Tool, Kevin McFarland, David Bazan, Bjork, Claude Vivier, Venetian Snares, Brahms, The Beatles, Ligeti, Ravi Shankar, death & life....
Sounds Like: Music that makes you cry
Record Label: Inspirational Message
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

face the music

i have to say, that i never expected to hear grade school and middle school students play my piece, Escape Wisconsin. well, i've been pleasantly surprised.under the direction of Jennifer Undercofler,...
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:31:00 PST

R.I.P.

Buddha died today. She was the best thing ever. I don't know what we're going to do without her.
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:06:00 PST

no

Abby Fischer recently gave a great recital at the stone and I was lucky enough to have a new piece on that program.  it's called 'no' and features Abby being backed by a choir of 17 Calebs. ...
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:45:00 PST

Janus and Alarm Will Sound recordings

If you'd like to hear some more music of mine, you can check out the myspace sites of Janus and Alarm Will Sound. The women of the trio Janus play the hell out of my trio "Keymaster" and Alarm Will S...
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:21:00 PST

Magnificat

Well i finally got a recording of my mag and nunc. This is a piece that I wrote a little over two years ago for St. Paul's Children's Choir (Rochester, NY). This recording is from Ash Wednesday at T...
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:39:00 PST

New bleknlok tracks

Colin just put up a couple new tracks on the belknok page.  They go by the name of "no means no" and "bleknlok".  Check em out.  They are the fruit of his last vist to NYC.  We wer...
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:35:00 PST

Loop 17 remix?

Bleknlok has been around for a minute.  Tis my good friend Colin Chatfield and myself.  Check out raw chester.  You'll get the idea.peacec
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:57:00 PST

1960 number 1 and 2

Hey.  A few folks have asked me about the title 1960 #1 and #2.  This title was taken from a dream that I had while living in Rochester, NY in 2001.  In this particular dream I had purc...
Posted by Caleb Burhans on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:05:00 PST