Seattle Modern Orchestra: Erin Gee’s Mouthpieces
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Erin Gee — Mouthpiece II
Erin Gee — Mouthpiece Remix
Erin Gee — Mouthpiece - segment of the 4th letter
Erin Gee — Mouthpiece XXIX
Erin Gee — Mouthpiece X
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece II
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece Remix
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece (segment of the 4th letter)
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece XXIX
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece X
Kaija Saariaho – Aer
Seattle Modern Orchestra’s season finale will feature composer and vocalist Erin Gee with five of her on-going Mouthpieces works. In an evening of all-female composers, Gee has stated of her Mouthpieces, “The articulatory possibilities of the mouth are often mapped onto the instruments, mirroring and expanding the vocal sounds to form a kind of ‘super-mouth’ that can move beyond the physical limitations of a single vocal tract, merging the voice with both the instruments and with breath, and repeatedly returning to formlessness.” Gee’s sound world is paired with Kaija Saariaho’s Aer, the last movement titled "Phoenix" from her 1991 ballet Maa.
About Seattle Modern Orchestra
Founded in 2010, Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) is the only large ensemble in the Pacific Northwest solely dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Led by co-artistic directors Julia Tai and Jérémy Jolley, SMO commissions and premieres new works from an international lineup of composers, in addition to presenting important pieces from the contemporary repertoire that are rarely if ever heard by Seattle audiences. The ensemble "operates at that exciting cusp between old and new, between tradition and innovation" (Vanguard Seattle) curating new sounds and experiences for concert goers in the region.
SMO provides audiences with performances of the best in contemporary chamber and orchestral music, and develops radio talks, lectures, and other forms of outreach in an accessible and inviting format all designed to expand the listener’s appreciation and awareness of the music of today.
http://www.seattlemodernorchestra.org/