November 13th & 14th, 2015

The Readers Chorus: 11 VARIED NEW WORKS COMPOSED BY OUR MEMBERS AND A SHORT POEM BY ROBERT LAX

The Reader's Chorus consists of composers and musicians, visual artists and filmmakers, writers and poets. Initially brought together to perform Robert Lax and John Beer’s rarely performed Black White Oratorio, we were inspired by this hallucinogenic poem and the possibilities of sound in a group of speaking voices. Sara Roberts and Jordan Biren recruited a dedicated corps to experiment with timbral combinations, rhythms, and the spatialization of voices. Since then members have been creating new works for the Chorus to develop and arrange in laboratory rehearsal.

THE READER’S CHORUS : Casey Anderson, Jenica Anderson, Kate Brown, Lyman Chaffee, Tuni Chatterji, Clay Chaplin, Carolyn Chen, Drew Corey, Morgan Gerstmar, Eric Heep, Samantha Hopkins, Jen Hutton, Heather Lockie, Luke Martin, Laura Steenberge, Davy Sumner, Haruko Tanaka, Christine Tavolacci, Tim Tsang

ORGANIZED BY : Sara Roberts & Jordan Biren