Paul Chavez

Chavez began writing music for dance in college at UC Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies, where he studied with composers John Carbon, Hagar Kadima and installation artist Ann Hamilton. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition from there in 1987. A native Californian, Chavez's music is strongly influenced by his engineering, visual arts, design and architecture background. His past performances with the group The 4GUNAS (which he co-founded with sound designers Raul Vincent Enriquez and Erik Blank) included theatrical, tableaux vivants of his design that underscored the sculptural nature of his work. Chavez has worked extensively in scoring the work of several choreographer/dancers who specialize in the Butoh style of dance, including Oguri, Roxanne Steinberg, Melinda Ring, Morleigh Steinberg, Carole Kim and Sarah Elgart. In his work as an experience, interaction and audiovisual consultant he has worked as the technical director of Luminex, a video art event in downtown Los Angeles. He has designed numerous systems for museums and galleries, airports, and corporate facilities. ==Selected works==

A more recent project list can be found here. • 2012 Cold Dream Colour (collaboration with The Edge from U2) - for The Arcane Collective • 2011 Fly Away Home - for Sarah Elgart • 2011 Rethink LA • 2011 Fall Water (Evening in 100 Acres) - for Oguri • 2010 LA Beyond Cars • 2008 Mapping Idyllwild - for Stephan Koplowitz and Task Force • 2007 Caddy! Caddy! Caddy! - for Honeysuckle • 2006 Drift - for Sarah Elgart • 1994 Travelling Light - for Morleigh Steinberg • 1994 Clerestory - for Melinda Ring, Roxanne Steinberg and Oguri == References ==