Din of Shadows VII: Museum of Quiet Sounds
April 26-27, 2024
The Music Gallery
Din VII was our first museum-style show: we presented 10 simultaneous musical exhibits in different rooms of The Music Gallery, and audience members were free to walk around between exhibits, talk, drink beverages, and enter/ exit the venue throughout the show. Our primary goals with this show were accessibility (physical/ cognitive/ social) and autonomy, allowing a broad audience to experience our show in any way they liked. This was by far our largest outing yet, involving 30 composers, 15 performers, and three shows across two days.
Interro Quartet (string quartet)
1. Selection from Museum Pieces (2012), Jordan Nobles
2. Sprout (2019), Roydon Tse
3. Cursor 9 (2016), Hiroki Tsurumoto
4. O virtus Sapientæ (12th C.), Hildegard von Bingen
5. Endless Hold (2022), James Hamilton Lowrie
6. Soundwalk II (2019), Alexandra Fol
ék (brass/ mime duo)
1. Bleeps, Kumbaya, Bloops, Fly Me to the Moon, More Bleeps, Improvisation (2024), ék, traditional, Bart Howard
2. Soundwalk II (2019), Alexandra Fol
Duo Holz (violin/ percussion duo)
1. Selection from Museum Pieces (2012), Jordan Nobles
2. Alone, Together (2019), Paolo Griffin
3. Soundwalk II (2019), Alexandra Fol
Hillary Jean Young (voice + electronics + video)
1. weirdtok_2021 (2024), Joseph Glaser & Hillary Jean Young [*premiere]
2. Soundwalk II (2019), Alexandra Fol
Wesley Shen (piano)
1. Selection from Museum Pieces (2012), Jordan Nobles
2. Simple Lines of Enquiry (2007), Ann Southam
3. Improvisation, Wesley Shen
4. woolgathering (2021), Anna Höstman [*premiere]
5. Soundwalk II (2019), Alexandra Fol
Grace Scheele (harp + electronics + video)
1. i count it all joy (2024), Grace Scheele & Kim Farris-Manning [*premiere]
2. Soundwalk II (2019), Alexandra Fol
Sara Constant (sound installation)
1. I've been wanting to tell you (2024), Sara Constant
Acousmatic Exhibit
1. Weekend Rain (2021), Juro Kim Feliz
2. wonted I, II, III (2017), Julia Mermelstein
3. Water Sky (2018), Chiyoko Szlavnics
4. Hanggang sa Takipsilim (2018), Juro Kim Feliz
5. Coupling Drone (1996), Bruce Russell
Silent Exhibit
1. 4'33" (1952), John Cage
2. Two Minutes Silence (1969), Yoko Ono & John Lennon
3. One Minute of Silence (1988), Soundgarden
4. 23 Seconds of Silence (1999), Wilco
5. Ad Interim (2008), Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Din of Shadows VI: Mortal Chorus
June 18, 2022
The Music Gallery
Din's second Music Gallery co-production was an ode to the human voice in its many forms: singing, speaking, screaming, whispering, and noise-making; live, pre-recorded, natural, and processed. The venue's cavernous, vaulted main hall was explored to the fullest, with performances on two stages, chairs facing all directions, offstage performers, and video projections. The voice was complemented by percussion, piano, violin, cello, electronics, and four dancers.
1. Voice Piece for Soprano (1961) - Yoko Ono
2. a frame through bodies move (2022) - Angela Blumberg and Julia Mermelstein [*premiere]
3. Vox Interior (2022) - Quinn Jacobs [*premiere]
4. Whisper Piece (1961) - Yoko Ono
5. Strange Flesh (2016/2022) - Music by Cecilia Livingston, Choreography by Angela Blumberg [*choreo premiere]
6. The Yellow Wallpaper (1892/2019) - Text by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Music/Staging by Matt Curlee
din v: social media miniatures
March 1-31, 2022
Virtual
din v represented our first foray into the virtual space, presented exclusively on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. This month-long exhibition featured a world premiere every day of the month of March 2022, in the form of 31 audiovisual miniatures by 5 mixed media masters. The show boasted our largest audience to date, with over 5,500 total audience members and 22,000 video views!
Our fourth event was graciously presented by The Music Gallery's Emergents series, curated by Sara Constant and supported by Roger D. Moore. A pair of mesmerizing marimbas anchored the programme, summoning glimpses of cloud landscapes, utopian structures, pedestrian reality, and bleak underworlds.
1. Selections from Glass Houses (1981) and Rivers (1979) - by Ann Southam, choreographed by Ming-Bo Lam in collaboration with Serena Finlayson and Brianna Salmon [*choreo premiere]
2.Last Song(2019) - by Angela Blumberg, music by Domenic Jarlkaganova [*premiere]
3. Outside Inside(2019) - Quinn Jacobs [*premiere]
4. Living Room Music (1940) - John Cage
5. out of grains, within clouds (2019) - by Julia Mermelstein, choreographed by Angela Blumberg [*premiere]
Din of Shadows III
March 8, 2019
Arraymusic
Inspired by the sounds of popular music, our third outing featured electric guitar and bass, drum set, turntable, electronics, and a pair of screaming horns! Our final double-header at Array.
1. Visual EQ'd (2019) - Cheldon Paterson [*premiere]
2. Invisible Evil (2019) - Quinn Jacobs [*premiere]
3. Ancient Rhymes Unwinding (2018) - Quinn Jacobs
4. Now Lost Text (2019) - by Andrew Noseworthy, text by Bekah Simms [*premiere]
Din of Shadows II
May 5, 2018
Arraymusic
Our second show, our second double-header, and a double-bill! Showcasing two extended works for an interdisciplinary ensemble of two dancers, actor, bari sax, viola, piano, percussion, and electronics.
1. Drifting, Vividly (2018) - by Julia Mermelstein, choreographed by Angela Blumberg [*premiere]
2. Anima Sequentia (2018) - by Quinn Jacobs, choreographed by Angela Blumberg [*premiere]
Din of Shadows I
October 7, 2017
Arraymusic
Din of Shadows is born! Presented twice in the same night, our first show doubled down on Din's ominous origins with works about holy journeys, unholy realms, altered memories, and eerie premonitions. Featuring two dancers, voice, two clarinets, trumpet, percussion, electric guitar, and cello.
1. Visions I (2017) - Quinn Jacobs [*premiere]
2. Poveglia (2016) - Sophie Dupuis
3. Known Territories (2017) - by Sophie Dupuis, choreographed by Brianna Clarke and Margaux Labossière [*premiere]
4. Genesis Lumina (2017) - by Quinn Jacobs, choreographed by Angela Blumberg [*premiere]
