Music, Theatre, Dance Faculty & Staff
Last Name
Bliton
First Name
Nate
Email
blitonn@gvsu.edu
Title
Equipment & Performance Space Technician
Website
Office Address
1313 The Haas Center for Performing Arts
Office Phone
616-331-8146
About
Nate Bliton is the Equipment & Performance Space
Technician for the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Grand
Valley State University. At GVSU, Bliton is responsible for
audio/video recording, production, and inventory, managing the stage
for many performances in the Louis Armstrong Theater and Sherman Van
Solkema Recital Hall, and the inventory and maintenance of Music and
Dance equipment.
He holds M.M. and B.M. degrees in Music Composition from Michigan
State University, and is an active performer, composer, educator and
hobbyist. He has written music for and performed in many settings,
including a variety of Michigan Orchestras, chamber music groups,
Indie Rock and Folk bands, Salsa and other Latin music ensembles,
theater companies, film scoring and sound design projects, dancers,
and live improvising painters. With a special emphasis on interactive,
low-budget physical electronics, his programming and electronics work
has been featured in Make Magazine, appeared in art installations and
professional theatrical productions. Additionally, he has instructed
individuals and groups in computer music composition and open-source
hardware in settings ranging from college courses to middle-school
after-school workshops and individual lessons.