Without a doubt an important contributor to the NYC downtown music scene in jazz, rock, and avant-garde, Dean Bowman has recorded with Don Byron, Lester Bowie, Dewey Redman, and Jane Bunnett among many others. For tonight’s performance, Dean sings solo unaccompanied (a cappella) traditional folk songs of the Black Americas.
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“… Go see him. If he doesn’t fill you with joy and make you want to cry at the same time, then your soul must be a sad place…”
Lisa Karrer will perform an eclectic set for solo voice, piano, electronics and video, featuring guest artists Stephanie Griffin on viola and David Simons on percussion and jaw harp. In addition to English (and pseudo-Slavic), Lisa will sing in Batak Indonesian and Pre-Columbian languages. Her compositions include texts by Olive Schreiner, Mark Leyner, Ariel Dorfman and Sitor Situmorang.
Lisa Karrer is a composer, vocalist, performance and video artist, and collaborates with numerous musicians, artists and ensembles. She sings in a variety of languages and is an accomplished stilt dancer. Lisa has produced CDs for ensembles such as Music For Homemade Instruments and Gamelan Son of Lion, and with co-composer David Simons recorded and released their chamber opera “The Birth of George” on Harvestworks’ TELLUS label. Over the years she has received numerous grants to support her multi-arts projects in the U.S. and abroad. In ‘03 Lisa presented her wayang opera “Woman’s Song: The Story of Roro Mendut” at the Kitchen in co-production with World Music Institute; and in ‘07 she premiered her solo project “Schismism: Fractured America” at The Flea Theater’s Music With A View series. Lisa continues to develop multi-arts projects such as “Mary’s SITE”, a video with accompanying composition for live chamber ensemble, based on the animated sculpture of visual artist Mary Ziegler. She is currently mastering several of her compositions for Gamelan Son of Lion’s upcoming CD on Innova Records. http://www.simons-karrer.com
“The one-woman wonder Lisa Karrer creates a vividly staged multi-media re-telling of a 17th century Javanese folktale.” The New Yorker
“Lisa Karrer is a living example of how eastern and western tradition and experimental spirit in music creates innovative qualities.” Evi Arujaru, Postimees, Estonia
“A fluid vocalist…I especially admired Lisa Karrer’s emotively quicksilver vocal techniques.” Kyle Gann, Village Voice