Jennifer Butler

Jennifer Butler is a composer, teacher, and flutist living in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Her music, described as “beautifully remote” (Vancouver Sun), “intimate” (Globe and Mail), and “disquieting” (Vancouver Observer), has been commissioned, performed, and broadcast across Canada, in the United States, Australia, and Europe. She holds both a Master’s degree and Doctorate in music composition from the University of British Columbia.

Recent projects include: This is Winter, a commission for mezzo-soprano (Marion Newman) and string orchestra, for the Vancouver Island Symphony with Poetry by Tina Biello; The Stakes Have Never Been Higher, a commission from Redshift and the Vertical Orchestra for 30 percussionist performed in the stunning atrium of the Vancouver Public Library; and Vigil, for soprano Heather Pawsey and pianist Rachel Iwaasa with poetry by Rae Crossman. In the spring of 2023 she was composer-in-residence for the Sonic Boom Festival, and this fall released her first album, One More Way to See, on Redshift Records. 

Jennifer has been commissioned and performed by outstanding artists such as the Vancouver Symphony, The Emily Carr String Quartet, the Vancouver Island Symphony, Rachel Iwaasa and Mark McGregor, Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto), The Victoria Symphony, the Western Front (Vancouver), Redshift (Vancouver),  the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra, The Motion Ensemble (Seattle), Vancouver New Music, and Aventa (Victoria). 

Jennifer teaches composition as a Sessional Instructor at UBC, and is Composer Mentor for the Okanagan Symphony’s Young Composer Program. She is currently the Chair for the Advisory Committee for the BC region of the CMC, Chair of the Composer Committee for CMC National, and is an active board member for Redshift and the Standing Wave Ensemble. Jennifer lives in East Van with her husband and two kids. 

https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/one-more-way-to-see