Canary Lee Burton
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Canary Lee Burton is an American keyboardist, composer and writer. She studied music at the University of Idaho
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...

 at Moscow, Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...

, graduating in the 1970s. After completing her education, she moved to Washington DC and then to Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...

, where she equipped a studio.

Burton founded and played in various rock and jazz ensembles while completing her education. After moving to Cape Cod, she established her own contemporary music radio show "The Latest Score", which features edgy, envelope-pushing classical music on WOMR
WOMR
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 92.1 FM, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

. Selected pieces of her work were included in the published collection Music of Living Composers, 1997.

Works

Selected works include:
  • Chopin Slept for piano
  • String Theory for string orchestra
  • Atlantic Sonata for piano
  • The Promise

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:
  • Piano Music from Cape Cod Audio CD (January 18, 2005) Seabird Studio
  • Women in Harmony, Audio CD, Tempus Floridum
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