A 30′ minute open work for voice, zither, wine glasses, loopstation and live electronics. Stelios Manousakis: Composition, Programming, Live electronics Stephanie Pan: Voice, Zither, Wineglasses, Loopstation Facts To Suit Theories is a 5-part open composition exploring the continuum between composition and improvisation. The overall structure of the piece and of each part is pre-defined, but its actualization…
Kirstin Gramlich: pipe organ and keyboards: Stelios Manousakis: programming and live electronics Stephanie Pan: voice, electronics, instruments Computer Aided Breathing is a trio formed in 2006 and devoted to the many different shades of live improvisation, from totally free to compositionally guided. The three members met while studying at the Koninklijk Conservatorium, The Hague, the Netherlands, where…
Our Lady of Late is a study on the use of the voice as a pure and primitive expressive instrument, stripped of the layers and conventions established by culture and society that mask our attempts to communicate. The performance incorporates both improvisations inspired by and excerpts from the 16-movement piece by Meredith Monk of the…
Semi-staged performance of Ordo Virtutum by Hildegard von Bingen with Berlin-based Scivias Chor, Performance highlights include: Festival Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Regensburg, DE; Festival Musica Cortese, Gorizia, IT; Basilika St.Martin Bingen, Bingen, DE; Schnüttgenmuseum, Köln, DE; Festival Neuyenburg, Montalbane, DE Direction: Gilslinde Strunz (scene) and Norbert Rodenkirchen (music) Singers: Rebecca Bain, Katherine Hill, Cora Schmeiser,…