An evening of three solo performances.
Jessika Kenney is a vocalist and composer based on Vashon Island, Washington. Her work demonstrates a deep appreciation and understanding of both traditional musics and experimental methods. She has performed and recorded classical Persian vocal repertoire with ney master Ostad Hossein Omoumi, new and traditional Javanese music with Gamelan Pacifica and Gamelan Madu Sari, overtone singing with Seattle Harmonic Choir, and the music of contemporary composers such as John Cage, Hans Eisler, Lou Harrison, Eyvind Kang, and Tadao Sawai. Her teachers include the jazz vocalist Jay Clayton at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and Nyi Supadmi in Central Java, Indonesia, where she studied traditional Javanese vocal music and collaborated on music and theater in experimental settings. Her recordings can be found on the Endless, Haft Dastgah, Ipecac, Koto World, Mimicry, Present Sounds, and Tzadik labels, and include The Stonehouse Songs with Jarrad Powell, the voice/viola duet Aestuarium with Eyvind Kang, and Voices of Spring with the Hossein Omoumi Ensemble. She has created numerous experimental wayang (shadow plays) including Maya in the Bardo (1996), and Atria (2006), as well as many other works for voice and mixed ensembles. Kenney is known for her unique vocal practice, a blend of a sense and sound. She was the singer for punk bands Cause and Ex Nihilo, and later for ASVA. Her compositions include the vocal music for the film Midsommar.
Layer Meat is Anna Young. Artist, composer and performer. Born in the midwest, living in Philly performing world wide.
Reid Hoffman is a songwriter and experimental musician living in Philadelphia, PA. His most recent recording was "canticles of entropy" released under the name thrumquivers. He was a member of the groups Invasive Species & The Horrible Department among others, and has frequently collaborated with visual artist Erik Ruin.
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