The Vital Vox festival that was supposed to happen last fall was rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy. Here is the new info:
VITAL VOX FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE AT BROOKLYN’S ROULETTE ON MARCH 25 & 26, 2013
Artists include: Pamela Z, Lisa Karrer and David Simons, Sarah Bernstein and Satoshi Takeishi, Philip Hamilton, Sabrina Lastman, and Sasha Bogdanowitsch.
Over the course of two diverse evenings, the Vital Vox Festival will explore the theme of ‘vox electronics,’ featuring artists who expand their sonic vocabulary with electronics of all kinds. Performances will draw from wide-ranging international influences and genres including jazz, experimental, contemporary, free improvisation, interactive electro-acoustic and world music, as well as audio sampling.
VITAL VOX 2013 PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 8pm
Event link: http://roulette.org/events/vital-vox
PHILIP HAMILTON – Vocalscapes: Solitude
Vocal explorer Philip Hamilton takes audiences on a journey of sounds using his voice, percussion and electronics. Hamilton, creator of the hit a cappella show “VOICES”, uses vocal styles from across the globe to expand the imagination. (www.voicestheshow.blogspot.com)Video link: http://youtu.be/3aDjZXEMr3E
SABRINA LASTMAN – An Encounter with ‘El Duende’
Sabrina Lastman will present excerpts from her original piece “An Encounter with ‘El Duende’”, a multidisciplinary music performance for voice, sound, bowed psaltery, megaphone, percussion & visuals. Federico Garcia Lorca‘s eerily passionate world comes to life through this re-imagination of his written & visual artistry. Visuals by Shige Moriya. (www.sabrina-lastman.com)Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mIFEKZlNg
SARAH BERNSTEIN – UNEARTHISH
Unearthish is the duo of Sarah Bernstein (voice, violin, electronics) with Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), performing Bernstein’s compositions. Minimalist motifs meet avant-jazz formations, integrating sung and spoken poetry with acoustic and electric sound sculpture. (www.sarahbernstein.com)Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbfFJA3qTI&feature=player_embedded
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 8pm
Event link: http://roulette.org/events/vital-vox-2
LISA KARRER – Collision Theory: Works & Premieres for Voice & Multi-Media
Lisa Karrer (in collaboration with composer/multi-instrumentalist David Simons) will present works for voice, electronics, interactive video, triggered theremin and keyboard, including premieres of Karrer’s “Meeting Max: Vocal Experiments with Interactive Video Mixer”, and Simons’s “The Opera Within the Opera”. (http://www.simons-karrer.com)Video links:
1) Ziarah Dalam Gereja Gunung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCR-Qwb8clY
2) Molecular Self Assembly (excerpt): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s20T2CxgcvcSASHA BOGDANOWITSCH with Loom Ensemble – Timbre Tree seeds
A new song cycle for solo voice, vocal trio & instruments that explores the ‘reflecting glass’ of live looping & processing. The work delves into the intersection between sung text and vocables, and is accompanied by an assortment of original instruments, such as wind instruments like the syrinx, fujara, and koncovka. All of this is intermingled with the tenori-on, a unique visual electronic instrument. The work will also feature dance and vocals from interdisciplinary theater group Loom Ensemble (Andrew Broaddus, Helen Joyce, Raphael Sacks, Kate Hamilton and Michael Bauer on Cyr Wheel). (www.sashabmusic.com)Video link: https://vimeo.com/47147891
PAMELA Z – Works for Voice, Live Processing, and Video
Pamela Z will perform short works for voice, live processing, gesture-controlled samples and interactive video, including excepts from her piece “Memory Trace”. (www.pamelaz.com)Video link: https://vimeo.com/channels/pamelaz/18225668
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