Canadian composer, performer, producer and multimedia artist Gordon Fitzell has worked with many outstanding ensembles including Norwegian group BIT20 Ensemble, Brazil’s PianOrquestra, the pan-Canadian Ensemble 1534, and American sextet eighth blackbird, whose multiple Grammy-winning album strange imaginary animals features two of his works; Fitzell also appears as co-producer and live electronics artist on strange imaginary animals. His music has been performed across Canada and at numerous international festivals. Three recordings featuring his work are scheduled for release in 2014-15, including Magister Ludi : Musique de / Music of Gordon Fitzell (Centrediscs) by the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), under the direction of Véronique Lacroix. Other conductors to have directed Fitzell’s music include legendary figures Robert Aitken, Reinbert de Leeuw and Bramwell Tovey. In addition to concert music, Fitzell has presented multimedia installations in North America and Europe, most recently for World Music Days in Belgium and Montreal’s Productions Totem Contemporain. An Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music in Winnipeg, Fitzell teaches composition and leads the eXperimental Improv Ensemble (XIE). He also serves as Artistic Co-Director of Winnipeg’s pioneering non-profit new music organization GroundSwell.