Composer Anne Hege will present "Divining Wisdom," a continuous performance that will call forth wisdom through song and movement using texts and chants written by Hildegard von Bingen, St. Francis of Assisi, and Bertolt Brecht played on a homemade live looping machine, video game tether controller, and iPhone.
Born in Oakland, CA, Anne Hege began her musical studies singing with the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir and the Oakland Youth Chorus. Hege received a BA in music with honors from Wesleyan University, CT and an MA in music composition from Mills College, CA. In 2014, she completed her PhD in Music Composition at Princeton University where she studied the role of the body in the creation of meaning in musical performance. Her research was guided by and has influenced her work as a vocalist, composer, and conductor.
Cost: FREE