Suzanne Kite Los Angeles, CA | suzannekite@alum.calarts.edu !

Suzanne Kite, aka Kite, is an artist, performer, violinist, composer, and producer from Southern California who produces club friendly electro ambience. Kite's work includes electronic productions, arrangements for big bands & large ensembles, sound sculpture, gallery installation, text scores, film scores, and video compositions. Kite has performed on various albums for hip-hop producers, rock bands, and folk groups. Kite is heavily influenced by the works of Jorge Luis Borges, Francois Jullien & Rudy Rucker. Recently, Kite has been developing video & sound installations, and has developed an hour-long production called omega, an hour long exploration of that which cannot be accessed, and therefore cannot be sorted in our perception. Kite's debut album is performed solo with two computers, violin, voice, dance, & video feed. The album explores how the human experience is pervaded by an overwhelming and intangible strangeness, a faint disconnection from the inaccessible. !Education California Institute of the Arts | BFA, Composition | Valencia, CA | 2014 Saddleback College | AA, Violin Performance | Mission Viejo, CA | 2012 Aliso Niguel High School | Aliso Viejo, CA | 2008 !Teaching Saddleback Big Band Librarian | 2010-2012 Organized, catalogued, and performed secretarial and assistant duties Music Theory Teacher | 2009-2011 Taught students Kindergarten to 12th grade Certificate of Merit based music theory and history, focusing on dictation and keyboard theory. String Coaching | 2011 Coached string quartets at Arrowbear Music camp to help high school string players stay focused and tap into the emotional core of the music. Private lessons | 2009- Present Taught a full studio of violin and viola students, focusing on solfege, technique, and music theory. String Coaching | 2009-2013 Worked with Aliso Niguel High School's 5 orchestras to improve violin and viola technique and help sections with the repertoire. !References Joey Sellers | Director of Jazz Studies, Saddleback College | Mission Viejo, CA | 949-582-4629 | jsellers@saddleback.edu Miguel Atwood Ferguson | Composer/Performer/Arranger | Los Angeles, CA | sokaviola@gmail.com Ulrich Krieger | Composer/Performer, California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | ukrieger@calarts.edu !!!

Volunteering Grant Preparation | 2013 Proofing, editing, and preparing the Japan Foundation under the guidance of Lauren Pratt Mira Costa Symphony Orchestra | 2009-2012 Performed with the community orchestra gratis Four Seasons Youth Orchestra | 2009-2012 Performed with community youth orchestra gratis !Publications Chaos & Cosmos | January 2014 Curated, edited, published catalogue of works inspired by Borges !Curation Chaos & Cosmos | January 2014 Curated two galleries featuring 32 artists; included performances, readings, film, sculpture, music !Selected Works omega | May 2014 An exploration of that which cannot be accessed, and therefore cannot be sorted in our perception, through the identification of perceptual boundaries through the use of different methods of counting, utilizing physical, visual, and auditory phenomenon. Inninantzin | January 2014 Installation with live performance, depth-sensing camera tracking participants & video and sound ile | 2013 Album Released on the YAWN TAPES label !Selected Performances ile | May 2014 Performed selections from album ile live at The Troubadour in Hollywood. Khachaturian Violin Concerto | May 2012 Performed violin solo, accompanied by the Saddleback Symphony