Cascadia Composers: Cycles of Life
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- Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
- Dianne Davies, piano
- Lindsey Rae Johnson, soprano
- Kaleb Davies, percussion
Lisa Neher — Sense of Self
Dianne Davies — Selected works
Lisa Neher — A sonnet at the edge of the reef
Dianne Davies — Selected works
"Cycles of Life" is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more."Cycles of Life" is a unique concert. The performers – Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano – are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program. Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson joins them for several vocal duets and Kaleb Davies joins on percussion. Experience "Cycles of Life" in an intimate house concert venue in West Linn, Oregon, while enjoying appetizers and wine, and get to know the artists after the concert.Hosted by Linda and Connelly Woody. Exact address listed here: https://lisaneher.ticketleap.com/cycles-of-life/get-there/Tickets include wine (for audience members 21 years and up) and appetizers.Performances on Saturday, February 10 at 7pm & Sunday, February 11 at 3pm.ing a time of climate crisis, and more.
"Cycles of Life" is a unique concert. The performers – Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano – are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program. Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson joins them for several vocal duets and Kaleb Davies joins on percussion. Experience "Cycles of Life" in an intimate house concert venue in West Linn, Oregon, while enjoying appetizers and wine, and get to know the artists after the concert.
Hosted by Linda and Connelly Woody. Exact address listed here: https://lisaneher.ticketleap.com/cycles-of-life/get-there/
Tickets include wine (for audience members 21 years and up) and appetizers.
Performances on Saturday, February 10 at 7pm & Sunday, February 11 at 3pm.
About Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
Dr. Lisa Neher (she/her, "NEER") is an award-winning composer and new music mezzo on a mission to transform audiences through sound, story, and vulnerability. With a voice praised as "full and rich" and "especially alive" (Oregon ArtsWatch), Neher's performance credits include Third Angle New Music, Really Spicy Opera, Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre Oregon, New Music Gathering, Resonance Ensemble, Experiments in Opera, Renegade Opera, and Big Mouth Society. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus and President of New Wave Opera.
Described as a "supremely talented," "visionary composer" (Willamette Week), "maestro of beautifully wacky noises" (Oregon ArtsWatch), and author of "liquid, impressionist piano writing and fluent melding" of voices (New York Classical Review), Neher's compositions are inspired by the climate crisis, the tender love of family and friends, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life. She is Composer in Residence for the Beaverton Community Band. She has been commissioned and performed by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Third Angle New Music, FearNoMusic, Dinosaur Annex, New Opera West, Mirror Visions Ensemble, Alma Ensemble, Opera Elect, and Opera Santa Barbara, among others.
Her awards include the Flute New Music Consortium Competition, ICDA/ICF Choral Competition, Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition and the Celebris Ensemble Choral Competition.
http://www.lisanehermusic.com/