Listen to new music by Princeton, NJ-based Shelley Washington, for the PUBLIQuartet, and the world premiere of songs by German composer Alev Lenz, featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Also, hear music by keyboard player, composer, and producer Kelly Moran and Canadian musical scientist and video artist Nicole Lizee, who play with expectations of sound.
Southern-born, Midwest-raised, and now Princeton, NJ-based saxophonist (primarily baritone), vocalist, poet, and composer Shelley Washington has performed and recorded - “anything from Baroque to Screamo.” Washington is also a founding member of the composers’ collective Kinds of Kings. Hear one of the motoric chamber works, “Middleground” that she has written for the string ensemble PUBLIQuartet and their excellent 2019 album Freedom and Faith.
Then, listen to music by London-based German-born Alev Lenz, in world premieres of her songs, arranged for voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, recorded at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in March 2019, as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival.
Hear music by Canadian composer, video artist, and “musical scientist” Nicole Lizée for the Bang on a Can All-Stars from the annual Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert themed around works for dance, also recorded at Merkin Hall. Plus, listen to Kelly Moran’s “Helix Piano Solo”, whose prepared piano sounds approach zither territory, from her 2019 Origin EP. - Caryn Havlik
ARTIST: Bang on a Can All-Stars
WORK: Nicole Lizée: Dancist [1:00]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, 3/6/2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available
INFO: nicolelizee.com
ARTIST: Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Alev Lenz
WORK: Alev Lenz: Aimee Mann [2:41]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, 3/21/2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: info@alevlenz.com
ARTIST: Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Alev Lenz
WORK: Alev Lenz: I am Winter [3:26]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, 3/21/2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: info@alevlenz.com
ARTIST: Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Alev Lenz
WORK: Alev Lenz: Splendid Soldiers [5:21]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, 3/21/2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: info@alevlenz.com
ARTIST: Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Alev Lenz
WORK: Alev Lenz: The Chair [1:38]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, 3/21/2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: info@alevlenz.com
ARTIST: Bang on a Can All-Stars
WORK: Nicole Lizée: Dancist [6:32]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, 3/6/2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available
INFO: nicolelizee.com
ARTIST: Kelly Moran
WORK: Helix Piano Solo [8:49]
RECORDING: Origin EP
SOURCE: Warp Records WAP422D | Due out May 17, 2019
INFO: warp.net
ARTIST: PUBLIQuartet
WORK: Shelley Washington: Middleground [9:21]
RECORDING: Freedom and Faith
SOURCE: Bright Shiny Things
INFO: brightshiny.ninja/publiq