Composer and author Kristine H. Burns is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Architecture + The Arts at Florida International University in Miami. She has previously served on the faculties of both Dartmouth College and the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. As the owner and editor of WOW/EM, Women On the Web/ElectronMedia (http://music.dartmouth.edu/~wowem), she has created an award-winning educational web site for young women interested in creative digital media, as well as science, math, and computers.

Burns' scores and recordings are published and distributed by Tuba-Euphonium Press, Frogpeak Music, and Seeland Records. Her book Women and Music in the US Since 1900: an encyclopedia (Greenwood, 2002) was "Enthusiastically recommended for large public libraries and music libraries." because "no other source so comprehensively covers American women and music simultaneously" (Library Journal). The encyclopedia has won numerous awards, including the Library Journal Best Reference Source, 2003; CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Outstanding Academic Titles, 2003; and Association of Research Colleges and Libraries, "Most Essential Work," 2002-2003.

She is a member of the College Music Society (CMS), International Computer Music Association (ICMA), the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM), for which she served as President from 2001-2003, and the Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), for which she currently serves as editor of Journal SEAMUS. Her music has been described as "offbeat," "humorous," and "striking." Often integrating digital audio and video in her compositions, Burns considers herself an intermedia artist. Her compositions have been performed throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, including the 2003 International Festival of Women in Music (Seoul), the Third Practice Festival (Richmond, VA), the Florida Electro-Acoustic Music Festival (Gainesville), the Helsinki Museum of Art, the International Society of Bassists, the International Congress of Women in Music (Vienna), the FUTURA Festival (Drome, France), the Birmingham Art Music Alliance, and SEAMUS and SCI National Conferences.

Burns lives in Homestead, Florida with her husband, composer and author Colby Leider, their children, and the family pets which include goats, chickens, cats, and turtles.

Email: burnsk@fiu.edu
Fax:305-348-4073
Phone: 305-348-2219

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copyright 1996, updated December 5, 2006.
Dr. Kristine H. Burns
Florida International University, Miami,FL