Brenna Noonan
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Saxophonist and composer Brenna Noonan is a proponent of new music
whose works have been performed across North America, Europe, and
Australia. She has received commissions from groups Transient Canvas
and Birds of Passage, as well as artists such as saxophonist Dennis
Shafer. Her work can be heard on Quakebasket, Holy Page, and Skellum
records. She has been an Artist-In-Residence at the Arteles Creative
Center in Haukijärvi, Finland where she developed her forthcoming
Philip K. Dick-inspired opera "Dark Haired Girl." During her residency
she helped form the international performance art collective Art On
Demand. Noonan holds a BA in Contemporary Music with the distinction of
summa cum laude from Santa Fe University of Art and Design. She is
pursuing her MA in Composition at Mills College where she studies with
Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, and Roscoe Mitchell.