Thomas Buckner

Thomas Buckner (born 1941) is an American baritone who has worked in new and improvised music for more than forty years, using a wide range of extended vocal techniques. Based in New York City since 1983, he has premiered and recorded music by many composers and improvisers, and he runs the label Mutable Music, which issues new recordings and reissues of historic material. Thomas Buckner started in Berkeley, California, where he founded 1750 Arch Concerts and the label 1750 Arch Records and co-led the Arch Ensemble with composer Robert Hughes.