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Voice++ 2013 (Feb 7 till Feb 10)
Festival Passes and Tickets for individual concerts will be also available at the door (cash only).
Voice++ 2013 is Open Space's exploration of the possibilities of the human voice, pushes boundaries and opens minds to the various ways we can use our tongue, lips, throat, and breath to express ourselves. Taking our voice and our ears out of the mundane and into the extraordinary, Voice ++ 2013 showcases three artists with
three different approaches to the instrument we all use every day.
This year's festival features Christian Zehner, Helen Pridmore and Ray Hsu in the following 4 events:
Vocal Workshop with Christian Zehnder Workshop
Thursday February 7, 7:00 p.m. Workshop $10 or Festival Pass
A rare opportunity to explore Christian Zehnder's unique blend of overtone-singing and yodeling. Everyone welcome.
Limited space available. Please email newmusic[at]openspace[dot]ca to reserve your spot.
Christian Zehnder Concert
Friday February 8, 8:00 p.m. Admission $15/$10 or Festival Pass
Switzerland's Christian Zehnder's practice combines yodelling and Mongolian throat singing techniques to create a unique hybrid form of art song, be it with his own projects (Stimmhorn, kraah, melting, etc.) or with various international groups like Huun Huur Tu, Mercan Dede, the Casal Quartet, Don Li, the prestigious Latvian Radio Choir from Riga, or as a soloist in the Amazon contemporary opera at the Munich Biennale; there is always a touch of Swiss mountain air in his singing. Archaic, urban, and spherical sounds with a critical distant view of the faraway Alpine Ridge.
Helen Pridmore Concert
Saturday February 9, 8:00 p.m. Admission $15/$10 or Festival Pass
Coming to us all the way from the other coast (New Brunswick to be exact), Helen Pridmore will treat our ears to a solo recital of contemporary music written for voice. In concert she has performed works ranging from Handel's Messiah to Michael Finnissy's Mr. Punch (most recently with Victoria's Aventa Ensemble). Known for her fabulous and inspiring performances, she will show the possibility of the unaccompanied voice. The concert program will include selections from her recent CD release, including the title track, Martin Arnold's Janet. Also on the program will be Emily Doolittle's Social Sounds From Whales at Night, which leaves you wondering where the recordings of humpback whales end and her vocalizations begin.
Ray Hsu Reading/Performance
Sunday February 10, 7:30 p.m. Not ticketed (however, donations gladly accepted). Sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and the University of Victoria.
One part poet, one part performance artist Ray Hsu will round out our experience of the human voice for Voice++ 2013. Ray Hsu lectures widely on creativity and is co-founder of Art Song Lab, an interdisciplinary platform to create fusions across poetry, music, and performance. He is author of two award-winning books, and his works
have been set to music and adapted for film. His observations of current trends and sense of humour are clearly illustrated by the video of him "unboxing" a copy of his book in the same manner that many film and post to YouTube the opening of recent consumer technologies. thewayofray.com
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510 Fort Street, 2nd Flr
Victoria, BC V8W 1E6
Canada
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