Kramer E. is a composer, technogogue, percussionist, electronic performer, sound designer, and conductor, currently based out of Seattle, WA. His music, both acoustic and electronic, strives to evoke and create massively rich timbrel spaces and soundscapes, while also attempting to augment traditional performance with new experiments in notation and electronic implementations. Kramer's music has been heard in concert halls and venues across the country, along with many great festivals such...
Kramer E. is a composer, technogogue, percussionist, electronic performer, sound designer, and conductor, currently based out of Seattle, WA. His music, both acoustic and electronic, strives to evoke and create massively rich timbrel spaces and soundscapes, while also attempting to augment traditional performance with new experiments in notation and electronic implementations. Kramer's music has been heard in concert halls and venues across the country, along with many great festivals such as: The Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, The Northwest Electronic Inter-Exchange, Oregon Bach Festival, The SPLICE Institute, The LATEX Festival, The Electroacoustic Barn Dance, and many more.
In addition to his solo career, Kramer is also one of the founding members of The Cmd+Q Laptop Trio, along with composers Jon Fielder and Chris Ozley. A new electronic music ensemble, Cmd+Q seeks to bring a humanistic and musically varied touch to live, all digital electronic performances through the use of self programed software improvisation interfaces.
Kramer holds two Bachelor of Music degrees from Western Washington University (one in Composition and another in Percussion Performance) where he studied with Roger Briggs and Bruce Hamilton (Composition) and Rob Tucker (Percussion). He also holds a Master's degree in Composition from the University of Texas at Austin where he studied with Russell Pinkston, Bruce Pennycook, Don Grantham, and Yevgeniy Sharlat.
