As a performer, Bird on a Wire is Terri Hron’s ongoing project to commission, perform and record new pieces for recorder and electronics. The first album was released in 2009 and the second, Flocking Patterns, involving eight composers writing in multichannel (Daniel Blake, Jorrit Dijkstra, Jenny Olivia Johnson, Emilie Cecilia LeBel, Paula Matthusen, Darren Miller, Robert Normandeau, and Elliott Sharp) was premiered and recorded in 5.1 surround in 2011.

Terri Hron’s compositions span the range from chamber orchestra to acousmatic pieces. Her current projects include Sharp Splinter, a cycle for instruments and electronics based on her family archive, and a new work for Spiritus Chamber Choir (Calgary, Canada). Her own experience as a performer and her interest in working on individuality has led her to research creative collaboration between composers and performers, especially within settings involving technology.

Using her own projects as case studies, her current doctorate in composition at the Université de Montréal with Philippe Leroux and Isabelle Panneton focuses on composing collaboratively with what she calls “idiomatic” performers.

She is the recipient of numerous scholarships, prizes and residencies, including the: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music and Media Technologies, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Alberta Foundation for the Arts.