Ian Ferrier, spoken word & guitar
Louise Campbell, clarinet and loop station
Performed at Words and Music Series 2017 
Casa del Popolo, Montreal
Text from Bear Dreams, Popolo Press, 2016

O my sisters

O My Sisters

Bertold Brecht, Concert for Clarinet
Louise Campbell, clarinet

I developed this site-specific work on location using a creative process similar to dance. The Gesù is a very large cathedral in which the audience is placed in the middle of the space in such a way that the Stations of the Cross form alcoves around the audience. The final work is a series of miniatures that moves spatially around the audience, exploring the sound and resonance of the venue from the vantage point of each alcove.

May 14, 2015
Centre de la creativité Gesù, Montreal Qc
Racines et resonances, a concert self-produced by In Extensio,

Concert for clarinet

Bertold Brecht, Concert for clarinet

Nicholas is a high school student in Secondary III who start playing the violin 7 months ago. The loops featured here represent his first time playing with a looper (delay setting). He created two loops, one rhythmic and the other featuring rising and falling glissandi. I then used these two loops for an arrangement in order to show one example of how two contrasting loops could be turned into a piece. Next step: the students mixing their own loops!

Nicholas Violon Solo Sec III

This recording features musical snippets of different lengths and styles separated by unexpected silences - just to keep you on your toes! 
Rules of the game: move or dance to the music in any way you like and freeze when the music stops.
Music freeze dance encourages listening and self-regulation while being active. 
Appropriate for Pre-K, K, Gr. 1 and Gr. 2.

Music Freeze Dance

At a time when 'alone' can mean many different things, Fair Jenny Alone is an exploration of the experience of singing through the feel of sound and breath in your own body. A work for at-home choir, all choristers sing with this track, imitating the sounds using open adn closed hums and open and closed vowels. Choristers can submit an audio recording of themselves, for compilation into one audio file, giving us a chance to hear each other singing alone together in our homes.

Fair Jenny Alone for at-home choir

At a time when 'alone' can mean many different things, Fair Jenny Alone is an exploration of the experience of singing through the feel of sound and breath in your own body. A work for at-home choir, all choristers sing with this track, imitating the sounds using open and closed hums and open and closed vowels. The Concordia Chamber Choir Choristers submitted audio recordings of themselves, for compilation into one audio file, giving us a chance to hear each other singing alone together in our homes.

Fair Jenny Alone Concordia Chamber Choir Nov 4

Musician: improvised to composed musics, clarinettist to conductor, pedagogue for all ages & community arts facilitator, musicians’ health therapist. Specializations: improvisation and creation with untrained musicians (aka amateurs), improvised conducting, cross-disciplinary creation, works in situ, public engagement. For more info: louisecampbell.ca

Louise Campbell

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