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Roomful of Teeth
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis and Clark College
Portland, OR
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The cutting-edge vocal octet Roomful of Teeth will make its Portland debut on Friday, September 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Agnes Flanagan Chapel on the campus of Lewis & Clark College. The concert will include excerpts from the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winning composition, Partita for Eight Voices, composed by group member Caroline Shaw. At 30, Shaw is the youngest ever recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Roomful of Teeth is a vocal octet dedicated to re-imagining singing in the 21st century. Through study with vocal masters from non-classical traditions the world over, Roomful of Teeth continually expands their vocabulary of singing techniques and, through an on-going commissioning project, invites today's brightest composers to create a repertoire without borders. Winners of the 2010 American Prize, two-time TimeOut New York Critic's Picks, and featured ensemble in the 2011 Merkin Hall Ecstatic Music Festival, the group brings audiences to their feet with vibrant performances of all-new music.

The ensemble gathers annually at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), where they've studied Tuvan throat singing, yodeling, belting, Inuit throat singing, Korean P'ansori, Georgian singing and Sardinian cantu a tenore  styles with some of the world's top performers and teachers of the styles.  Commissioned composers include Rinde Eckert, Judd Greenstein, Caleb Burhans, Merrill Garbus (of tUnE-yArDs), William Brittelle, Sarah Kirkland Snider and Missy Mazzoli.  Upcoming collaborators include Holly Herndon and Sam Amidon.

The project's debut album, Roomful of Teeth, was released in 2012.  The New York Times  called it "sensually stunning."  Included on many Best of 2012 lists, topping the classical charts on iTunes and Amazon, even breaking into the top 10 on the Billboard  charts, the album was deemed "fiercely beautiful and bravely, utterly exposed" (NPR); Pitchfork predicted "it will send an unnameable thrill down your spine"; and Textura declared, "The group re-writes the vocal rulebook."

This performance is presented by Resonance Ensemble and FearNoMusic, with the sponsorship of Lewis & Clark College.
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Location

Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis and Clark College (View)
0615 SW Palatine Hill Road
Portland, OR 97219
United States

Categories

Arts > Performance
Music > Choral
Music > Classical
Music > Experimental
Music > World
Arts

Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

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Owner: Resonance Ensemble and FearNoMusic
On BPT Since: Sep 05, 2013
 
Resonance Ensemble and FearNoMusic


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