CoMA Yarn

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CoMA Singers and CoMA London will perform pieces, written this Autumn, that meet the challenge of performance of Zoom head on, rather than trying to get round it. All the pieces welcome, and even exploit, the aspects of Zoom that make conventional music making impossible – not knowing who will be heard when, not being able to sustain full layers of sound – and find other ways to synchronise when using a conductor is not practical.

despite the acronym interesting

 

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and somewhat bananas, i missed this live

00:00 Introductions by Janet Oates (Director of CoMA Singers), David Machell, Sheena Phillips
Stamp Collection by David Machell (and others)
CoMA Singers: Janet Oates, Sheena Phillips, Fiona Clark, John McLeod, Alison Cross, Katie Boot, Sonja Mes, Colin Johnson, David Machell, Jill House, Elizabeth Dobson
03:29 Stamp 1 “Introductory – In a state of heightened alert” by David Machell
04:00 Yarn by Sheena Phillips - CoMA Singers
07:17 Phoneme Dance for/from John Cage (1974) by Jackson MacLow - CoMA Singers
12:31 Stamp 6 “sinister Soundscapes” by David Machell
13:23 Stamp 10 “loss and longing” by David Machell
15:11 Introduction by Matthew Hardy (Music Director of CoMA London)

19:14 A three-tiered journey - CoMA London: Charlotte Way and Tom Whitehouse
25:55 Variations on Cosmological Theories by Colin Johnson - CoMA Singers
35:57 Stamp 3 “bell stamp” by Sheena Phillips
37:40 Autumn - CoMA London: Caroline Star, Gavin McCabe, Richard Gartner, Sabine Hogenhout, Mick Kahn
45:54 Dream Catcher by Janet Oates - CoMA Singers
50:45 Stamp 4 “smooth and calm, with a smile” by David Machell
51:43 Stamp 12 “Medusa by Janet Oates
52:54 Presence/Absence - CoMA London: Jonathan Ticher, Louise Rendell, Dominique Golden, Liz Herbert
57:57 Stamp 11 Fanfare: “Joyous, gleeful celebration” by David Machell

 

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