Akasha – Rosa Ensemble (2016)
Imagine a sea, an endless sea with ships crossing it. Each wake, every wave stirred up by a ship tells us something about the past, about that ship, when and where it sailed and in what direction it went. The waves contain information, like a memory.
“All goes onward and outward and nothing collapses” – Rosa Ensemble presents Akasha, a brief theatre of everything.
Akasha is a big bang performance. A story of lives, sung and spoken, beyond time and space. All stories, all memories, all relations to others come together in Akasha.
A mesmerizing and seductive kaleidoscope.
With: Florian de Backere, Petra Ball, Floris van Bergeijk, Isa Goldschmeding, Nina Hitz, Peter Jessen, Esther Mugambi, Stephanie Pan and Kevin Walton.
Music & director: Daniel Cross
Texts: Esther Mugambi et al., & thanks to the world wide web
Stage & lightdesign: Mike Rijnierse, Gijs ‘t Hoen
Scenography: Jan Boiten
Dramaturgy: Lieke van Hoogenhuyze
Sound: Thomas Koopmans & Sebastiaan Pos
Costumes: Brenda van Geffen, Amber de Saeger
Design: Rufus Ketting
Photography: Kris van Veen / Ed Janssen
STEIN – Pow Ensemble
Singer/Keyboards/Improviser. A new opera by Luc Houtkamp, text from Gertrud Stein’s Tender Buttons. A mix of songs and live improvisation for singer, keys, saxophone, tuba, tap dancer and live electronics. Compositions: Luc Houtkamp Text: Gertrude Stein (Tender Buttons) Musicians: Stephanie Pan – vocals, keyboards Guy Harries – vocals, keyboards, flute, clarinet Peter Kuit – tap dance…
Singer/Keyboards/Improviser. A new opera by Luc Houtkamp, text from Gertrud Stein’s Tender Buttons. A mix of songs and live improvisation for singer, keys, saxophone, tuba, tap dancer and live electronics. Compositions: Luc Houtkamp Text: Gertrude Stein (Tender Buttons) Musicians: Stephanie Pan – vocals, keyboards Guy Harries – vocals, keyboards, flute, clarinet Peter Kuit – tap dance…
Im•Media #1: Despoiled Shore – Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris
Audience-interactive performance based on Heiner Müller’s Despoiled Shore. A work of Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris, performed by Stephanie Pan @ Blast Theory (Brighton, UK), 25th November 2015
Audience-interactive performance based on Heiner Müller’s Despoiled Shore. A work of Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris, performed by Stephanie Pan @ Blast Theory (Brighton, UK), 25th November 2015
Ob-literate by Zeno van den Broek and Gagi Petrovic (2014)
In the summer of 2014 Gaudeamus brought together audio-visual artist Zeno van den Broek (b. 1982) and composer Gagi Petrovic (b. 1986) and commissioned a large scale composition project. The electro-acoustic piece Ob-literate is the duo’s resulting work for organ, vocal ensemble, electronics and custom built performative objects – world premiered at Nicolaikerk, Utrecht on 6 March 2016.
Concept & composition: Zeno van den Broek, Gagi Petrovic
Soprano: Stephanie Pan, Anat Spiegel
Baritone: Florian de Backere, Kevin Walton, Arnout Lems
Organ: Jacob Lekkerkerker
Electronics (cubes): Zeno van den Broek, Gagi Petrovic
‘What is the current that makes machinery’ – Stelios Manousakis
Performance for female voice and surround live electronics (18′) Stelios Manousakis: Composition, Programming, Live electronics Stephanie Pan: Voice Gertrude Stein: Text ‘What is the current that makes machinery’ is a cycle of short pieces for female voice and surround live electronics, written for vocalist Stephanie Pan and her unique capabilities in extended vocal techniques. The pieces…
Performance for female voice and surround live electronics (18′) Stelios Manousakis: Composition, Programming, Live electronics Stephanie Pan: Voice Gertrude Stein: Text ‘What is the current that makes machinery’ is a cycle of short pieces for female voice and surround live electronics, written for vocalist Stephanie Pan and her unique capabilities in extended vocal techniques. The pieces…
Release: Distrails – Selva de Mar
Selva de Mar is a Barcelona based duo, consisting of Israeli cellist Sasha Agranov and Argentine hang/percussionist Pablo Wayne. They describe their music as ‘aquatic’: a tapestry of timeless, almost utopian atmospheres that bewitch the imagination, constructed over an acoustic base (cello and hang), superimposed with a variety of different objects and ethereal use of…
Selva de Mar is a Barcelona based duo, consisting of Israeli cellist Sasha Agranov and Argentine hang/percussionist Pablo Wayne. They describe their music as ‘aquatic’: a tapestry of timeless, almost utopian atmospheres that bewitch the imagination, constructed over an acoustic base (cello and hang), superimposed with a variety of different objects and ethereal use of…
Release: Shortbreads & Outcakes – Rosa Ensemble
Special 15-year anniversary CD release from Rosa Ensemble on Rumble Dish Records [RD0713] http://rosaensemble.bandcamp.com/album/shortbread-outcakes-2013
Special 15-year anniversary CD release from Rosa Ensemble on Rumble Dish Records [RD0713] http://rosaensemble.bandcamp.com/album/shortbread-outcakes-2013
BlueBeard – 33 and 1/3 collective (2012)
Singer/Improviser. Experimental mixed-media opera based on the classic Bluebeard. Soundtrack with and by: Michael de Roo, Mete Ensemble, Stephanie Pan, Daniel Cross, Wilbert Bulsink, Jelte van Andel, Koen Kaptijn and Diederik Rijpstra Performances include: [2013] Music Theatre NOW, Jönköping, SE [2012] Sonica Festival, Glasgow, UK; Prototype Festival, New York, US
Singer/Improviser. Experimental mixed-media opera based on the classic Bluebeard. Soundtrack with and by: Michael de Roo, Mete Ensemble, Stephanie Pan, Daniel Cross, Wilbert Bulsink, Jelte van Andel, Koen Kaptijn and Diederik Rijpstra Performances include: [2013] Music Theatre NOW, Jönköping, SE [2012] Sonica Festival, Glasgow, UK; Prototype Festival, New York, US
Götterfunken – Rosa Ensemble (2011)
Experimental music theater performance in collaboration with composer Wilbert Bulsink and illustrator Geert Glas, based on their 9,000km bike-tour through Europe. Credits Percussion – Daniel Cross (Double) Bass (Guitar) – Peter Jessen Keys – Laurens de Boer Guitar – Jeroen Kimman Vocals – Stephanie Pan Vocals – Esther Mugambi Composition – Wilbert Bulsink, Jeroen Kimman…
Experimental music theater performance in collaboration with composer Wilbert Bulsink and illustrator Geert Glas, based on their 9,000km bike-tour through Europe. Credits Percussion – Daniel Cross (Double) Bass (Guitar) – Peter Jessen Keys – Laurens de Boer Guitar – Jeroen Kimman Vocals – Stephanie Pan Vocals – Esther Mugambi Composition – Wilbert Bulsink, Jeroen Kimman…
De Kellner en De Levenden – Rosa Ensemble & Jan Jaap van der Wal (2010)
Performer/Composer. Music theater show in collaboration with comedian Jan Jaap van der Wal, based on the novel De Kellner en De Levenden by Simon Vestdijk. In Vestdijks famous novel a group of travellers is assembled in a waiting lobby. The last judgement is near, their lives are being scrutinized. Jan Jaap van der Wal and…
Performer/Composer. Music theater show in collaboration with comedian Jan Jaap van der Wal, based on the novel De Kellner en De Levenden by Simon Vestdijk. In Vestdijks famous novel a group of travellers is assembled in a waiting lobby. The last judgement is near, their lives are being scrutinized. Jan Jaap van der Wal and…
Facts to Suit Theories – Stelios Manousakis (2009)
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…
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…
Two Poems by E. E. Cummings – Stelios Manousakis (2006)
For Voice and Live Electronics (10′) Stephanie Pan: Voice Stelios Manousakis: Live Electronics E. E. Cummings: Texts This piece is a setting of two poems by Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962), an American poet, painter, essayist and playwright, best known for his poems and their unconventional use of language and writing. The two poems are characteristic of…
For Voice and Live Electronics (10′) Stephanie Pan: Voice Stelios Manousakis: Live Electronics E. E. Cummings: Texts This piece is a setting of two poems by Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962), an American poet, painter, essayist and playwright, best known for his poems and their unconventional use of language and writing. The two poems are characteristic of…
Ghostbusters #1 – Touki Delphine (2005)
Experimental music theater piece for seven players on fear and anxiety, and being a hero. Language: Dutch Project page Visit Touki Delphine Touki Delphine / Ghostbusters #1 is de eerste van een drietal voorstellingen die de jonge garde van de VeenFabriek maakt. Zij jagen in deze reeks op het spook ‘angst’ dat onze samenleving steeds…
Experimental music theater piece for seven players on fear and anxiety, and being a hero. Language: Dutch Project page Visit Touki Delphine Touki Delphine / Ghostbusters #1 is de eerste van een drietal voorstellingen die de jonge garde van de VeenFabriek maakt. Zij jagen in deze reeks op het spook ‘angst’ dat onze samenleving steeds…
Release: Krone und Schleier – Sequentia (2005)
CD release with Sequentia, released by Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD (Bonn), Ruhrland Museum and WDR Köln; member of 5-woman schola
CD release with Sequentia, released by Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD (Bonn), Ruhrland Museum and WDR Köln; member of 5-woman schola
Ordo Virtutum – Scivias Choir (2003)
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,…
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,…