Duane Pitre is an American avant-garde composer and performer. His work often focuses on the tensions between electronic sound and acoustic instrumentation, chaos and discipline, as well as site-specificity and performativity. The composer frequently works with long-tones and utilizes alternate tuning schemes that focus on microtonality, enabling him to explore unaccustomed harmonic intervallic relationships. He has scored works for large string/wind ensembles, string quintet, his own Bowed Harmonic-Guitar Ensemble, and solo performers, among other instrumental configurations.

Pitre has presented his works in NYC at such spaces as Roulette, The Stone, MoMA's P.S.1, Phillips de Pury & Co., St. Marks Church, The Knitting Factory, and ISSUE Project Room (where he was the Spring 2009 Artist in Residence). He has also performed in other cities across the U.S., as well as in Europe. He has shared bills with artists such as Marc Ribot, Tony Conrad, Audrey Chen, Sean Meehan, and James Blackshaw.

Pitre has releases on labels such as Important Records, Trome Records, NNA, and Quiet Design. And in 2010 Pitre will have multiple releases of his work on Root Strata. He's appeared on compilations with artists such as Keith Rowe, Sir Richard Bishop, Tetuzi Akiyama, and Jandek; and he has appeared on soundtracks with Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis, and Animal Collective. He recently curated and contributed a track to a Just Intonation compilation (released on Important Records), alongside Pauline Oliveros, Ellen Fullman, Michael Harrison, Greg Davis, Charles Curtis, and others.