The McIntire Department of Music presents The Coastal Futures Conservatory concert featuring Eighth Blackbird and the Rivanna String Quartet on September 23 in Old Cabell Hall. The Coastal Futures Conservatory integrates arts and humanities into the investigation of coastal change. Working with scientists at the Virginia Coastal Reserve, an NSF-supported Long-Term Ecological Research site, the Conservatory aims to deepen understanding and stimulate imagination by opening ways to listen to the dynamics reshaping coasts.
Program:
Matthew Butner: Festival of Whispers
Evans: Eroding
Holland: The Clarity of Cold Air
Program:
Nina Shekhar: ice ‘n’ SPICE
Viet Cuong: Electric Aroma
Fjola Evans: Eroding
Holly Harrison: Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup
Intermission:
Andy Akiho: Karukeranai
Jonathan Bailey Holland: The Clarity of Cold Air
Pamela Z: Ways of Looking (Chicago Premiere)
Performance will take place in Fullerton Hall. Pamela Z’s appearance is supported in part by a partnership with the Sound Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Program:
Nina Shekhar: ice ‘n’ SPICE
Andy Akiho: Karakurenai
Fjola Evans: Eroding
Holly Harrison: Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup
-intermission-
Jessie Marino: Rot Blau
Viet Cuong: Electric Aroma
Jonathan Bailey Holland: The Clarity of Cold Air
Julius Eastman: Stay On It
NYC Premiere and Album Release
FANM D’AYITI
A celebration of iconic yet under-recognized Hatian female artists, Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti) is an evening-length work for voice, flute, string quartet and electronics developed by composer/performer Nathalie Joachim and featuring Chicago’s own Spektral Quartet.
Equal parts an encounter with her own Haitian heritage and an effort giving voice to marginalized artists, Fanm d’Ayiti is iridescent in its exhibition of powerful women – in revolution, on stage, or in the home. From the deeply personal – including recorded voices of Joachim’s grandmother and the girls choir from her family’s farming village of Dantan – to the inspiringly prominent – featuring arrangements of songs by some of the greatest known female voices in Haitian history and recorded interviews with them about their fight for social justice – Fanm d’Ayiti is an uplifting and thought-provoking sonic experience.
Go behind the scenes of Fanm d’Ayiti with Nathalie Joachim’s recent appearance on NPR’s On Being
NATHALIE JOACHIM
Nathalie Joachim is a Brooklyn born Haitian-American flutist, composer, and vocalist known for creating “a unique blend of classical music, hip-hop, electronic programming and soulful vocals reminiscent of neo-R&B stars like Erykah Badu.” (The Wall Street Journal) She is co-artistic director and flutist of the four-time Grammy winning contemporary chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird, and co-founder of the critically acclaimed urban art pop duo, Flutronix.
SPEKTRAL QUARTET
Two-time Grammy award nominees, the Spektral Quartet actively pursues a vivid conversation between exhilarating works of the past and the extraordinary works of today. With the New York Times writing that, “they have everything: a supreme technical command that seems to come easily, a capacity to make complicated music clear, and, most notably…an ability to cast a magic spell”, Spektral is regarded as one of the boldest ensembles working today.
Program:
Nina Shekhar: ice ‘n’ SPICE
Andy Akiho: Karakurenai
Fjola Evans: Eroding
Holly Harrison: Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup
-intermission-
Jessie Marino: Rot Blau
Viet Cuong: Electric Aroma
Jonathan Bailey Holland: The Clarity of Cold Air
Julius Eastman: Stay On It
Venues:
November 19: Sound of Stockholm, Nathan Milstein Hall, Royal Academy of Music
November 20: Jämtland
November 21: Arlanda-Västerås
November 22: Sörmland, Musikens, Katrineholm
November 23: Skinnskatteberg
Program:
Nina Shekhar: ice ‘n’ SPICE (2018)
Andy Akiho: Karakurenai (2007)
Fjola Evans: Eroding (2017)
Holly Harrison: Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup (2016)
-intermission-
Viet Cuong: Electric Aroma (2017, arr. 2018)
Jonathan Bailey Holland: The Clarity of Cold Air (2013)
Pamela Z: Ways of Looking (2019 – Bay Area Premiere)
FANM D’AYITI
A celebration of iconic yet under-recognized Hatian female artists, Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti) is an evening-length work for voice, flute, string quartet and electronics developed by composer/performer Nathalie Joachim and featuring Chicago’s own Spektral Quartet.
Equal parts an encounter with her own Haitian heritage and an effort giving voice to marginalized artists, Fanm d’Ayiti is iridescent in its exhibition of powerful women – in revolution, on stage, or in the home. From the deeply personal – including recorded voices of Joachim’s grandmother and the girls choir from her family’s farming village of Dantan – to the inspiringly prominent – featuring arrangements of songs by some of the greatest known female voices in Haitian history and recorded interviews with them about their fight for social justice – Fanm d’Ayiti is an uplifting and thought-provoking sonic experience.
Go behind the scenes of Fanm d’Ayiti with Nathalie Joachim’s recent appearance on NPR’s On Being
NATHALIE JOACHIM
Nathalie Joachim is a Brooklyn born Haitian-American flutist, composer, and vocalist known for creating “a unique blend of classical music, hip-hop, electronic programming and soulful vocals reminiscent of neo-R&B stars like Erykah Badu.” (The Wall Street Journal) She is co-artistic director and flutist of the four-time Grammy winning contemporary chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird, and co-founder of the critically acclaimed urban art pop duo, Flutronix.
SPEKTRAL QUARTET
Two-time Grammy award nominees, the Spektral Quartet actively pursues a vivid conversation between exhilarating works of the past and the extraordinary works of today. With the New York Times writing that, “they have everything: a supreme technical command that seems to come easily, a capacity to make complicated music clear, and, most notably…an ability to cast a magic spell”, Spektral is regarded as one of the boldest ensembles working today.
Program:
Nina Shekhar: ice ‘n’ SPICE
Fjola Evans: Eroding
Andy Akiho: Karakurenai
Holly Harrison: Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup
-intermission-
Jessie Marino: Rot Blau
Viet Cuong: Electric Aroma
Jonathan Bailey Holland: The Clarity of Cold Air
Julius Eastman: Stay On It
Performance will take place in Schmucker Hall 222 Recital Hall.