ABOUT RE:SOUND

Re:Sound is an annual 4-day new and experimental music festival presented by Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP). Traversing the city, concerts take place in some of Cleveland’s most intimate spaces and bring together pioneering local, regional, and national artists, strengthening the new music community in Cleveland and demonstrating the city’s unique qualities that make it an ideal place for new art to flourish.

ANNA ELDER
Andrew Hamilton – O’ROURKE (2013)
Brian Riordan – Succubus (2019)
“At about ten, I just started writing music. It was a natural thing – just spontaneous, it was never a decision – it’s play. You know, all children draw, so it’s as natural as drawing. I’m the son of a Methodist minister, so I was brought up with lots of hymns all the time. My mother says I was always singing…”, say Andrew Hamilton. O’ROURKE explores everyday vocal sounds that become a playful hymn in which the vocalist is both the soloist and the accompanist for their own piece. The text explores themes of life and death with words from from a tombstone in Ashby, MA, text from St. Theresa of Avila, and Adittapariyaya Sutta’s “The Fire Sermon.”
Riordon writes, “did you know it’s possible to write music for soprano and live processing without angelic reverb? Succubus was written as a way to explore underutilized real-time vocal processing techniques. This piece was commissioned by Anna Elder for Re:Sound 2020.”
https://www.bleepbloopvoice.com/
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ANTHONY R. GREEN
Zoom In
The Zoom In performance project consists of separate works of music, movement, and performance art, that work together to convey the emotional depths of Black oppression and the power of Black resilience. For this project, Black specifically refers to North Americans of African descent, particularly in the US. The project currently consists of 8 works by 4 different composers, as well as controlled/structured improvisations. Since its inception, the project has been presented 10 times in 5 different countries. This particular set will highlight works by Darian Thomas, Anthony R. Green, and Renée C. Baker. Tiffany Skidmore is the collaborator/producer of the project.
www.anthonyrgreen.com