Music of Images
Experimental sound and theater pieces
Written, designed, and directed by three Bay Area composers
Friday May 12, 9:00pm
Saturday May 13, 9:00pm
Orange Room, Oakland, CA
Advance tickets available at brownpapertickets.com"EXUVIAE" by Julie Moon
"Entanglementing: Act 2 - Excrement of Empire" by Sam Genovese
"Mary's Dilemma, or That Sinking Feeling" by
Brett CarsonEXUVIAE
Julie Moon - director, performer, music, staging
Adria Otte - music, installation
exuviae:
1. the cast-off coverings or skin of various organisms after molting, such as the shells of lobsters, cuticles of snakes, the exoskeleton of larvae and nymph of insects
2. Roman military term for weaponry stripped from the person of a foe
Latin, from exuere, to strip off (the body)
Entanglementing
Act 2 - Excrement of Empire
Sam Genovese
Sam Genovese - Libretto, music, video, staging, performer
A “new opera,” Entanglementing is chiefly about the desire to escape one’s dark past and acting on that desire. In this way it’s fairly direct, but the manner in which the narrative takes us on that journey is indirect and multi-layered. Act 1 is available to watch at samgenovese.com.
Sam is an experimental sound artist and filmmaker. His work takes the form of albums, short films, opera, installations and live free improvisation.
Mary's Dilemma, or That Sinking Feeling
Brett CarsonJulie Moon - Mary Thomas
Megan Meyer - The Magician
Andrew Jamieson - The Specialist
Mark Clifford - Vibraphone
Theo Padouvas - Trumpet
Crystal Pascucci - Cello
Adria Otte - Sound designer
Brett Carson - Composer, director, designer
The text derives from excerpts of Dr. Mary Thomas's journals, chronicling her descent into a mysterious structure in the woods for a period of a little over two years (2012-2013) and the experiences she had there. "Through half-closed fingers I watched, partly in expectation and partly in horror, as the full moon dropped down into the sea and disappeared."
Brett Carson explores the dynamic intersection of materials and the excavation of myth through his compositions, at once volatile and highly structured. Using architectural elements borrowed from composers such as Braxton, Cage, and Messiaen, and deriving inspiration from such fields as mysticism, science, and archaeology, his work aims toward the deconstruction of a musical reality, to be reassembled in a way that is fragmented though still recognizable.
(brettcarson.weebly.com)
Cost: $15 door, $10 advance