Mix of international voices singing, "Where is Justice? where is kindness? Why is this so dificult?" to the first bars of Puccini's Vissi d'Arte.

Chorale CAMP Aviva Rahmani Tree Singing V2

The score for "Blued Trees" is both a spatial map and a musical composition. In this clip, artist Aviva Rahmani working with her singing teacher Debra Vanderlinde, completed the transposition of the spatial score for performers. For more information about the "Blued Trees" project and instructions for participating please visit: http://pushingrocks.blogspot.com
Photo by Frank Spinelli.


"Blued Trees" audio work

This is WIP for the last movement of The Blued Trees Symphony, composed by Aviva Rahmani in collaboration for the audio composition with Maile Colbert. It will be the core of the libretto for an opera.

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Contributors: lyric sopranos Aviva Rahmani and Debra Vanderlinde, actor Dean Temple on vocals, subsequently integrated with Maile Colbert’s audio scoring.
Brief Synopsis: Coda excerpt of The Blued Trees Symphony with libretto by Rahmani based on legal premises challenging eminent domain takings for natural gas. Occasion: 2016 American Election night.

Excerpt From The Coda Of The Blued Trees Symphony

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Excerpt from the First Movement of the Blued Trees Symphony for installation.
http://www.ghostnets.com/projects/blued_trees_symphony/blued_trees_symphony.html

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Second movement of the Blued Trees Symphony composed 2016 based on transposing sites of monitoring for toxicity at the Newtown Creek superfund site/