In the midst of a lot of heartbreak in the last few months I’ve been lucky to work with some amazing friends and colleagues on a project that has been slowly developing over the last two years. Zarabanda Variations is a collection of songs and dances inspired by histories and futures of New Spain, or present-day Mexico and the US. It has been an incredible source of imaginative respite for me, and an opportunity to learn from and collaborate with artists whose work is reframing the boundaries of the vernacular, experimental, and baroque in deeply resonant and timely ways.
Thank you to the people and organizations who have given this project the life it’s had so far… I am so excited for the continuation and development of this work. @yellowbarnmusic@carnegiehillconcerts@frequency_festival_chicago_@clarkart@runningamoc
Voice: @mfloresbucio
Flute: #WilfridoTerrazas
Strings: #chrisotto@freyaviol@iva_cl@keir_gogwilt@kylemotl
Guitar: @alecgoldfarb
Percussion: @jonny_jonnyallen
The trailer includes excerpts of compositions by @vicente.wav and @keir_gogwilt
The program features poetry by @edgaresque
Trailer by the one and only @birdfishrabbit
A minute of Bach from rehearsal yesterday. Very grateful to be working again with my dear colleagues in @runningamoc as well as with philharmonia baroque. The No One’s Rose opens on Wednesday, courtesy of @aucoincomposer (music) @winokurz (direction) @bobbijenesmith (choreography)
Thanks to @or_schraiber for the video
turntable opera Timelapse; Matilda and Coleman playing “catch”; magical stardust teleportation captured on film; the verdant LA river; Coleman in Ojai; the crew performing @walkmango How to Fall Apart
I don’t take enough photos but here are some moments from the last weeks in LA. Grateful to play in some extraordinary productions over the past month, including @walkmango ‘s “How to Fall Apart”, and George Lewis’s opera “Comet”, after WEB Dubois’ story.
I’m in St. Pölten, Austria preparing for the final performance (after 4 months!) of Marie & Pierre, looking unbelievably excited for several shows back in the States:
2/17 Marie & Pierre at the Festspielhaus in St. Pölten, AU
2/22 Zarabanda Quartet @ Constellation (Frequency Festival), Chicago
2/24 US premiere of @celesteorama ‘s “Varpcast” @cprnyc in collaboration with @ensembleadapter , Brooklyn NY 3/8 Music from the Gow collections with @ruckusearlymusic at the Clark Museum in Williamstown, MA
Practicing some harmonic trills on an improvised sequence from Marie and Pierre.
This music supports a scene featuring @ophe_l_i_a
Each night sensing better the pacing and cadence of her movements and interactions with others on stage and ornamenting the spaces between.
We have a break from the show til after Christmas but I’m feeling grateful today for the ten(!!!) more opportunities to sink into this piece night after night. Truly a gift from @bobbijenesmith@celesteorama and everyone at Theater Basel that has made this work.
