Jane Alden

Jane Alden is a director, performer and musicologist with expertise in experimental notation and performance practices of the medieval and modern eras. She is currently working on a book entitled Inscribed Experimentalism: The Music of the Scratch Orchestra, which examines the impetus behind Cornelius Cardew’s notational innovations. Associate Professor of Music at Wesleyan University, Alden formed the Vocal Constructivists in 2011 to realize experimental graphic and text scores. The group has premiered over twenty new commissions and offered radical new interpretations of older works. Their album, Walking Still, is available on the Innova label.