Afternoon Concert 18

This past week I was fortunate to perform with friends Christian Coleman’s chamber work “fALATIMI” as part of Afternoon Concert 18 which was supported in part by a grant from the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Japanese Association of Greater Boston Women’s Group.  Some may recall that this work is the soundtrack for short film Fate Scores and I had the good fortune to sing on the original recording.  Below are a few of my favorite photos from the rehearsal and June 6 performance.  There are more in the fALATIMI flickr album.  Thank you to everyone who came out on that stormy, steamy Sunday afternoon!  Your support at our performance is very much … Read more »

June 12th, 2010 | Alecia
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fALATIMI

I’ve been hastily trying to learn some challenging music. It’s not so difficult, but it is dissonant. The piece is fALATIMI, a single-
movement work composed by Christian Coleman as the score to short film Fate Scores (I was AD!). It’s a silent short and, as such, it does need something to jazz it up a bit. So my good friend, Albert (the director), called on his good friend Christian to compose something appropriate. May I just say how nice it was for Christian to compose a part for voice and ask me to sing it!

The piece is written for soprano, violin, cello, marimba and piano, and is clearly designed to enhance what the viewer is watching on screen. We’re slated to record on April 15 and the ensemble has two rehearsals scheduled before that. In a exciting twist, we may actually get to perform it at Longy School of Music on April 9, which means … Read more »

March 24th, 2008 | Alecia
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