Ikue Mori: Tracing the Magic
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20 advance, $25 at the door)
- Charmaine Lee, voice & electronics
- David Watson, bagpipes
- Ikue Mori, electronics
- Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
- Ned Rothenberg, clarinet & shakuhachi
- Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Live version of Ikue Mori's new album Tracing the Magic. Each piece is inspired by different artists like Joan Jonas, Carrington, Bourgeois, and Toko Shinoda. On the album, each piece features a guest musician adding tracks on Mori's original tracks remotely and for this live version, they perform altogether like an ensemble.
Attending online: A live stream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.
Attending in person: Doors open at 7pm. Please review Roulette's current COVID-19 Safety Guidelines before attending: https://roulette.org/safety/
About Charmaine Lee, voice & electronics
Charmaine Lee (b. 1991) is a New York-based vocalist from Sydney, Australia. Her music is predominantly improvised, favoring a uniquely personal approach to vocal expression concerned with spontaneity, playfulness, and risk-taking. Beyond extended vocal technique, Lee uses amplification, feedback, and microphones to augment and distort the voice. Lee has performed with leading improvisers id m theft able, Sam Pluta, Tyshawn Sorey, Nate Wooley, and C. Spencer Yeh, and maintains ongoing collaborations with Ikue Mori, Conrad Tao, and Eric Wubbels. She has performed at the Lincoln Center, the Kitchen, and MoMA and participated in festivals including Resonant Bodies and Huddersfield Contemporary. Lee has been featured in group exhibitions including The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory and Belonging at the Museum of Chinese in America (2019). As a composer, Lee has been commissioned by HBO Max, International Contemporary Ensemble, the Wet Ink Ensemble, and Spektral Quartet. She has lectured at institutions including Princeton University, Harvard University, Columbia University, Stanford University, and The New School. Lee was an Artist-in-Residence at ISSUE Project Room (2019) and Van Lier Fellow at Roulette (2021). She currently serves on the Board of ISSUE Project Room and on the Editorial Board of Sound American.
https://charmainelee.com/About David Watson, bagpipes
About Ikue Mori, electronics
About Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
About Ned Rothenberg, clarinet & shakuhachi
About Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Sae Hashimoto (sa-eh ha-shee-moh-toh) is a Japanese-born percussionist whose multifaceted career extends beyond barriers of genre and classification. Her unique approach to performance is cultivated by her intensive classical training and a decade of freelance experience in NYC performing symphonic, baroque, contemporary, and avant-garde music.
https://saehashimoto.com/