Archive for May, 2010
Voxy Choir Concert tonight
by admin on May.28, 2010, under Concerts, Events
The Voxy Improvising Choir concert is tonight at 8 pm. Admission is by donation.
Works by Jay Habuyashi, Steve Bagnell and me will be performed. My piece is titled “Human Geometry”.
Kate Hammett-Vaughn, the choir co-organizer with Carol Sawyer, has posted the info on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125675927458667
Voice Over Mind Festival Performance
by admin on May.09, 2010, under Concerts, Events, Photography
Vocals have always been a large part of my performance practice and I have been working on developing even more techniques in vocal improvisation. Every Saturday at 10am, I am now practicing with the Voxy Choir, directed by Kate Hammett-Vaughn and Carol Sawyer. This ensemble offers workshops every week to stretch our performance preconceptions by introducing us to teachers outside of the mainstream of music.
Kate and I have known each other since I used to write reviews and the Women In Music column for Nite Moves magazine in the late 1980′s. More recently, I recorded, mastered and co-produced her CD, So Lucky To Be Me. Kate is a great vocal teacher and very well connected in the Vancouver and Canadian jazz community. This enables her to bring in a variety of talent to lead workshops with Voxy Choir such as her long time musical collaborator, Ron Samworth.
I only met Carol Sawyer recently, but she impresses me with her diversity in artistic practice that encompasses video, photography and other fine arts as well as her imaginative performance art.
Workshop leaders outside of music have included Jay Hirabayashi, best known for his work with Kokoro Dance and a young man from the theatre, who I was introduced to as Paul. This Saturday, May 8th; the workshop was at The Western Front with NY performance artist/composer Shelley Hirsch.
Shelley Hirsch was in Vancouver to perform on the Friday evening as part of the Voice Over Mind Festival. Some members of the Voxy Choir, including me, had also participated in part of the festival at the Chan Centre on Wednesday evening under the direction of DB Boyco and Christine Duncan. Shelley will be continuing to perform locally in Seattle, WA and Victoria, BC.
The mixed choir was drawn from Voxy and DB’s students, including members of the Roundhouse Senior’s choir. We sang an adaptation of Songbird, written by Vancouver performer/composer Takeo Yamashiro for the Songbird Oratorio, a homage to the plight of birds surviving the encroachment of urban development. This composition was followed by a conducted improvisation led by both choir directors. I sang in the low section, as most of the choir could only sing in the upper range and I have worked hard to expand my range in the low part of my voice.
Pat Metheny-ORCHESTRION PROJECT
by admin on May.02, 2010, under Concerts, Events, Technology
Photo Credit: Jimmy Katz
The evening of May 1st I experienced the Orchestrion Project, conceived and directed by Pat Metheny at The Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver. I obeyed the request not to take photos or make recordings, so I will offer the readily available ubiquitous You Tube examples and links to official sites where some images are available. Pat Metheny has provided some photos by Jimmy Katz on his site (left). The first part of this post is a comment on the memorable guitar collection and the second part on the automated Orchestrion. (continue reading…)
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