Memory
Created as part of Pechawis’ Media Arts Mini Residency that took place during the month of February. The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII,…
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Rattan Mohan Sharma in Concert
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 3, p. 13, January/February 1996: Co-presented with the Panjit Jasraj School of Music. Rattan Sharma, a…
Old Flames
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 2, p. 9, November/December 1995: The Eminent jazz song duo of sopranist Steve Lacy and vocalist…
The Return of the Return of Steve Lacy & Irène Aebi with Nicholas Isherwood
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 4, p. 10, March/April 1994: Steve Lacy is one of the most prolific songwriters in all…
Lalith Rao: Singing Workshop
The following text is taken from Front Magazine vol. V, no. 1, p. 15, September/October 1993: Lalith Rao is one of the highly respected representatives of the…
Artsong Trio in Concert
A concert with Irène Aebi, vocals and violin; Petia Kaufman, harpsichord; Carol Robinson, clarinet and bass clarinet. The trio performed works by Steve Lacy and…
Puppies
The Artsong Trio (Irène Aebi, Petia Kaufman and Carol Robinson) performed songs by Mary Frazee, set to music by Steve Lacy, with original choreography and…
Direct Sound
Compositions and improvisations on voice and instruments by Carles Santos, Anna Homler and David Moss. The virtuoso singers of Direct Sound had been defining the territory…
Anita Perry in Concert
Composer/performer Perry presented solo piano and vocal ensembles featuring Charlotte Kennedy (alto), Tom Dukowski (tenor) and Howard Meadows (tenor). All compositions by Anita Perry; text…
Sung Paintings
Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, information on this project is currently unavailable.
Joan La Barbara: Concert and Workshop
Extended vocal techniques. Joan La Barbara, Voice and Tape Click here for biography. Pieces include: Space Testing (voice) Shadow Song (voice & tape) Circular Song (voice) Klee…
Fear of Blue
Artist-in-residence. Special production. A metaphoric text on the meaning of the colour blue is illustrated with images of sky and sea. The soundtrack includes original…
An Evening of Comic Performance
Performance includes Busman’s Holiday Reatreat Revue featuring Giddy Up Travel Agent, the three songs ‘Blue Lagoon’, ‘Driving’ and ‘Rap Tune’, and the two segments ‘Mike’…
Don’t Take Candy From Strangers
An acoustic performance that, for the sake of argument, took place as a concert. It was musical (popular music) but the emphasis was on the…
The Original Lou and Walter Story and Excuse Me, I Feel Like Multiplying
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 60 min 17 sec Format: ¾” Umatic Jill Kroesen emerged out of the avant-garde music and art scenes in New…
Brass Tacks Vocal Co. in Concert
A cappella group.
Silly Ceremonies
Music (songs and chants), tea ceremony, five-finger exercises, tightrope walk, birthday, wank, food and dayglo paint/ink ceremony.
Womankind
Woody Simmons (banjo, piano), Christine Bagley, Patty Venice. Other instruments are guitar, bass, saxophone, and vocals, although it is unclear which is played by whom.…
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