I’ve created a dedicated page on this blog that I will use to track the progress of our June 22 Turing event at the Chapel, and to post some of the interesting material that I am working with. As I say on that page: “A. Turing: Automatic Elegy will be a ritualized performance set within a [...]
I enjoyed singing in the premiere of Richard Toensing’s lush new Christmas Kontakion in Portland last night. For the occasion, Cappella Romana morphed into a large double choir, with the numerous solo roles pulled from within the choir, much like a passion. It is a beautiful piece, and Cappella’s just-released recording is worth hearing. After [...]
Byron Au Yong’s Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas is a shapeshifter of a piece. First, it was guerilla art, performed for audiences of one or two or a dozen people from within bodies of water in King County. Next, it was formally packaged, blocked, and turned into a ritual at Bumbershoot. In its current phase, it [...]