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Milton Cross (who also goes by Tony) has been playing the violin since the age of 4. He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Curtis Institute, and the Aspen Music School. He has performed, recorded and/or toured with Tarentel, No Name Trio, Laughingstock, Dielectric Drone All-Stars, John Vanderslice, Alfred, and many others. Milton has composed and performed soundtracks for several films, including Frozen Angels (Sundance, 2005, with co-composer and longtime co-conspirator Zoe Keating), Oregon (South by Southwest, Seattle International, Odense, Berlin, Taos Talking Pictures, and Sci-Fi Channel), Uncovering Glen Canyon (Taos Mountain, Flagstaff, Durango and Santa Fe Film Festivals) and Alfred (Cannes, 1999 and ResFest, 1998). Other activities include field recording (he has presented work at the Field Effects series in San Francisco), writing (published a few times in McSweeney's Internet Tendency), and working as a Soundscape Monitor in Muir Woods. Milton lives in San Francisco but grew up in New York and Michigan. He has twice completed the swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco. | |