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Chris Peck is a composer who often collaborates with contemporary dance and theatre artists, including David Dorfman, John Jasperse, RoseAnne Spradlin, Jeanine Durning, Mark Jarecki, Abby Yager, Ming Yang/Dance Forum Taipei, and Beth Gill. Recently he has collaborated on numerous pieces with choreographer Milka Djordjevich, including her solo at The Chocolate Factory Theater in NYC last April. Peck performs as an improviser with Crystal Mooncone along with Jon Moniaci and Stephen Rush. The trio's new album Escape Cone Listening Beam III was released in May by the Deep Listening Institute. They are planning a west coast tour for March 2014. Peck collaborated with Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen on Land of Plenty in 2008-2010, and made music for two installments of Weaver's Unreliable Bestiary: Elephant in 2010-11 (performing in the premiere at the Stock Pavilion in Urbana as well as subsequent iterations at the Sundance Film Festival and Salt Lake Arts Center) and Wolf in 2013. Chris is currently working on several projects with Brussels-based choreographer Eleanor Bauer, including music for Midday to Eternity (US premiere January 2014 at the American Realness Festival in NYC). He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition and Computer Technologies at the University of Virginia.