Wayward Music Series: Kin of the Moon & Renee Baker
$5-$15 donation
Heather Bentley, violist & improviser
Leanna Keith, flutist & improviser
Kaley Lane Eaton, pianist & vocalist
Gretchen Yanover, cello
Greg Campbell, percussion & brass
Renee Baker, composer
Renee Baker – Tyaga: Divine Life Suite
Composer/filmmaker/artist/violist Renee Baker is one of Kin of the Moon‘s heroes from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in Chicago and they are privileged to have worked with her, to be inspired by her, and be mentored by her. She has been an early supporter of KOTM and it is their deep honor to commission and present her new work Tyaga: Divine Life Suite, a through-composed work for various flutes, viola, voice, cello, percussion and electronics that combines the structure of a notated work with areas of improvised music. Guest improvising artists Gretchen Yanover, cello and Greg Campbell, percussion and brass join KOTM to premiere this passionate new work. The performance will also include Renee’s original projections.
In conjunction with her residency in Seattle, the Seattle Public Library and the Northwest Film Forum will screen two films: one from the 1920s and one from 2015, featuring Renee’s original film scores, recorded by her own ensemble, the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project. Thursday, June 14, 6:30 PM at SPL’s Microsoft Auditorium to be followed by a Q&A about her unique processes, ideas and themes.
About Kin of the Moon
Kin of the Moon is composers Kaley Lane Eaton (voice, piano, electronics), Heather Bentley (viola, cello, violin), and Leanna Keith (flutes). The group explores sonic rituals, promotes cross-pollination of genres, emphasizes the communicative power of specific performance locales and celebrates the creativity that multiplies itself through the collaboration of performers and composers. The artists of Kin of the Moon devote their lives to reaching higher vibrational levels through sound creation.
https://kinofthemoon.org/About Wayward Music Series
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present 10 concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center: contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics.
https://www.waywardmusic.org/