Reviews of Music
"session for 5.1 channels of audio which was definitely a fun ride through a particularly frustrating clarinet recording session!" CECCommunauté électroacoustique canadienne, Canadian Electroacoustic Community
"Burns' inventive session for solo CD uses outtakes from a clarinetist's recording session to work up a kind of rhythmic bumper pool: The musician's spoken words and occasional expletives are combined with the engineer's comments and brief clarinet notes. The accelerating tempo is built into an insistent counterpoint as words and music ricochet around the 5.1 speaker setup." Lawrence A. Johnson South Florida Sun-Sentinel
[Liquid Gold is a] "cool, quietly minimal piece…beautifully crafted composition." Computer Music Journal, Volume 29, No. 4 (Winter 2005), MIT Press
"Copper Islands…explores a delicate interplay between sounds and abstract isomorphic textures. Consisting of relatively simple synthesized video and audio, the work exhibits an astonishing complexity of gestalt through the continuous yet subtle shift of audio-visual synchrony." Computer Music Journal, Volume 27, No. 4 (Winter 2003), MIT Press
"Of the three electroacoustic works, Kristine Burns' Zing! stood out for its offbeat humor, in a tribute blending the usual bizarre electronic sounds and stereo imaging with Judy Garland snippets." South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 14, 2003
[Atanos I uses] "ghostly technique [for an] intriguing performance.” Washington Post, June 2, 2002
"(Heavy Metal) uses lava-lamp-like projected images with her music, which strikingly juxtaposes a series of metallic sounds." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, April 4, 2001
"Underwear humorously and effectively captures a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti of the same name." Computer Music Journal, Volume 4, no. 4, Winter 2000.
"Zing! was the most atmospheric piece, with a distant voice emitting ‘zing’ amid a haze of electronic whirring." Miami Herald, April 19, 1999
"Burns is notable among composers for the stunning beauty of her visual transformations. Her highly sophisticated visual work always displays a unified sense of form, and avoids the naive cliches..." SEAMUS Newsletter, “CD-ROM Review: Multimedia CD-ROMs at SCI National Conference,” volume 7, number 3,volume 7, no.3, Spring 1998
"...rather than attempt to describe [Earlobe], I would encourage that you make an attempt to experience it for yourself!" Journal SEAMUS, " SEAMUS Visits Birmingham: A Report on the SEAMUS Conference at Birmingham-Southern College," volume XI, no. 2, November 1996
"Burns' compositions are eerie and interesting. People who appreciate music, modern dance and the arts will be intrigued..." MacHome Journal, April 1996
"Frequently raw, mysterious and dense [The Enchanted Castle] demands a great deal of the audience...A composition of extreme integrity and vision..." Journal SEAMUS, "Bowling Green New Music and Art Festival, Bowling Green State University, October 13-15, 1994," volume X, no. 1, April 1995
"[The Enchanted Castle is a]...fascinating dissection of language into component sounds, similar to Picasso’s fracturing of the human face into planes through cubism..." The Toledo Blade, October 14, 1994
Reviews of WOW'EM
The Third Millennium Education Project
"An empowering introduction for young women to career opportunities in digital media. This insightful, highly-integrated site successfully blends technology and art resources and discussions to challenge female users to use their talents in the third artform--multimedia or intermedia." <http://www.millennaire.com>
Suite101.com
"...a delightful site...Meant to encourage young women to avail themselves of all areas of art and technology. I don’t think they'd protest if a gentleman or two wandered over to learn a few things." <http://www.suite101.com>
Electronic Musician, "Desktop Musician: Back to School Online," May 1998
"In addition to a huge amount of useful information intended for women just starting their careers in music, there are many well-written articles on electronic music topics."
Reviews of Women and Music in America Since 1900: an encyclopedia
Library Journal (Starred Review)
"no other source so comprehensively covers American women and music simultaneously. Enthusiastically recommended for large public libraries and music libraries."
Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin (American Library Association)
"combining selective biographical coverage with entries for topics that address a variety of related issues provides useful context and a unique perspective. This set would be a valuable addition to academic and larger public libraries as well as any library that specializes in music or in women's studies"
CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
"This set will become an essential reference took. Highly recommended [for] all collections."
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copyright 1996, updated December 2006.
Dr. Kristine H. Burns
Florida International University, Miami,FL