Commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts, Songs of Ascension is the latest in a long line of major works for an ensemble of voices and instruments by MacArthur "Genius Award" recipient Meredith Monk. Fusing movement, vocalization, and imagery into an organic and powerfully communicative whole, Monk explores musical and spatial motifs that highlight rising sound and movement to convey the spiritual or otherworldly. Monk is joined by her own ensemble plus multimedia artist and fellow MacArthur honoree Ann Hamilton, a string quartet directed by the genre-weaving violinist and Ethel co-founder Todd Reynolds, and members of the Pacific Mozart Ensemble.
Songs of Ascension Performance at Stanford:
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/event.php?code=MERE
Stanford Lively Arts:
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu
Stanford Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford/
Is any of this recorded and available as download etc??
ubergeraldine 9 months ago
I thought this was black ops XD
joeybona123 1 year ago
very nice, now i know what to expect when i do it on oct 29,08
composerlee 3 years ago
Nice preview, but got no time to watch the whole thing right now.
Will take a look at the whole performance later.
Lihinel 3 years ago