This playlist features collaborative duos between musician moms. Born out of the unique circumstances of 2020-21, each duo starts from the same electronic track, composed by Zosha Di Castri. The invited musicians were asked to record improvisations to this track (some included additional electronics of their own), Zosha then adds a piano improvisation in response, and edits everything together into a unique, new composition. 

These duos are featured on the B-side episodes of the podcast "The Dream Feed: Musicians on Motherhood", which features conversations between musicians on their experiences navigating the seemingly incompatible worlds of professional music and motherhood. 

To learn more about this project or to follow the podcast visit:
www.thedreamfeedpodcast.com

This project was made possible by a generous grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Participants so far have included:
Olivia De Prato: https://www.oliviadeprato.com
Pauchi Sasaki: https://www.pauchi.com
Alice Teyssier: https://www.aliceteyssier.com
Chloé Dominguez: https://www.chloedominguez.info/

And coming up next:
Aiyun Huang: https://www.aiyunhuang.com

For more information on Zosha Di Castir's work see:
http://www.zoshadicastri.com

4_The Dream Feed_Chloé Dominguez/Montreal and Zosha Di Castri/NYC_August 16 2021

3_The Dream Feed_Alice Teyssier/Brooklyn and Zosha Di Castri/NYC_July 19 2021

2_The Dream Feed_Pauchi Sasaki/San Bartolo and Zosha Di Castri/NYC_July14 2021

1_The Dream Feed_Olivia De Prato/Vienna and Zosha Di Castri/NYC_June8 2021

This is an archival concert recording of Julia Den Boer performing my solo piano piece, Dux (2017)

Daughters of Harlem Workshop - Group A

Group B

Group C_1

Group C_2

Zosha Di Castri, a Canadian “composer of riotously inventive works” (The New Yorker), currently lives in New York. Her music has been performed across Canada, the United States, South America, Asia, and Europe and extends far beyond purely concert music, including projects with electronics, sound arts, and collaborations with video and dance that encourage audiences to feel “compelled to return for repeated doses” (The Arts Desk). She is currently the Francis Goelet Assistant Professor of Music at Columbia University and a 2021 Guggenheim fellow.

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