A rare opportunity to hear three fascinating women performer/composers who are all working on the frontiers of modern songwriting. Expect everything from intimate art-songs to electric-jazz arias and experimental, electronic chamber music.
Amy X Neuburg and her Cello ChiXtet (Jess Ivry, Elaine Kreston, and Beth Vandervennett) will present a repeat performance of Amy's song cycle "The Secret Language of Subways", premiered last December to standing ovations in San Francisco. Conceived largely while riding on New York subways, the songs use urban images and metaphors of war to explore love and loss, aspects of deceit, and the artist’s struggle between personal expression and world concern. Using drum pads, faders and pedals, Neuburg processes both her voice and the cellos with effects and real-time looping to build up layered harmonies and counterpoints live in stage.
To open the evening, Oakland sInger-keyboardist Emily Bezar will premiere new songs with Bay Area violinist Alan Lin. And singer-keyboardist Debora Petrina comes all the way from Padua, Italy to make her San Francisco debut with a performance of songs from her "New Eyes Songbook".
Cost: $15