here.here Marie-Cécile Reber - concert #2
Swiss composer and musician Marie-Cécile Reber is the fifth guest composer of the here.here concert series, performed by musicians drawn from the London experimental music scene as well as students and members of the Audio Research Cluster.
Marie Cécile Reber works with field recording and electronic instruments to transform unusual and imperceptible sounds, mostly of Nature (insects, frogs, ants or worms) into pictorial soundscapes, live performances and site-specific installations. At the heart of Reber’s working methods lies the subtle border between concrete noise and musical sounds, natural rhythms and composed ones.
Essentially her work is inspired by breath, deep listening and the constantly changing pulsations of life. She is searching for sound in nature and, having dealt with microscopic noise structures for years, she has found ways to transform them into pictorial soundscapes and audible sounds. The performance of her compositions is often brought back to a natural environment in a subtle and often imperceptible blending of ambient and composed sounds.
Concert #2 - Tuesday, February 25th, 8.00 pm @ IKLECTIK, London
Facebook event -
https://www.facebook.com/events/477707489845339/
Tickets (adv £7/£5 students / otd £10/£7 students) -
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/iklectik/339618?fbclid=IwAR250zchfY1MlEJ4xG7d9yMUcyMhNQlkbx4OYIflvGxgigP4vZP-0AcuBkQ
Featuring: James E Armstrong (ukulele), Gabrielle Hb (voice), Petri Huurinainen (acoustic guitar), Artur Vidal (saxophone) Emmanuelle Waeckerlé (voice, objects), Harry Whalley (Synths/Percussion) and Yifeat Ziv (voice)
List of works:
- Solo: a little story (2016-2020) Little acoustic stories developed through my listening to the world and collecting noises.
- Breath (2019) The soft sound of breathing unfolds, spreads, travels, mixes with the wind.
- Floating moment (2019) A moment in time is narrated through a precise written description of sonic and visual events, thus becoming a score that can be reproduced in musical form.
- Approchoaches and Departure - Appearance and Disappearances (Pauline Oliveros 1994) the score provides each performer with a strategy for approaching or departing from a pitch of his or her own choosing.