Artist Statement
In my work, vocalists and actors are trained to mimic collages of sound effects, pop songs, and musical ephemera, blurring the line between recording and live performance. Productions start as a collage of recordings, which my ensemble learns to imitate, creating a gestural vocabulary in lock-step with the samples. The work complicates musical culture through often multi-lingual and international musical sources, using a style developed in shows at Lincoln Center Festival, HERE, and Mass MoCA, in what has been called “the most exciting and innovative music theater I’ve seen in years” (Meredith Monk).
Ten Transcendental Etudes will be premiered at Mass MoCA and HERE Arts Center (NYC) just before and after Nick's Marble House residency. Photo Credit: Sue Rees