To Actually Create Everywhere with Kaley Lane Eaton
$10-$20 sliding scale
- Rebekah Ko, percussion
- Kate Mackenzie, bassoon
- Jahnvi Madan, clarinet
- Kelsey Mines, double bass
- Audrey Stangland, trombone
- Anna Thielke, double bass
- Kaley Lane Eaton, piano & voice
Kaley Lane Eaton — Cedar
Kaley Lane Eaton — the end of the line
Presented by The Sound Ensemble:
Written by Kelsey Mines and Em Nitz-Ritter, To Actually Create Everywhere explores the gendered experiences of making art through music and spoken word. The piece, composed for instruments historically considered "just for men," is performed by women and trans people – a testament to the need for, and value of, creative spaces that do not center cis men, especially in male-dominated professions. This project plays with gender nonconformity, joy, and collaboration.
Featuring a set of original music by Kaley Lane Eaton -->
"As someone who has lived and worked as a composer of chamber music, and an ensemble improviser, for many years, I’ve recently committed to rediscovering what it means to be a solo singer-songwriter, combining my parallel deep histories with singing, poetry, electronics, and piano. In this set I'll explore new versions of songs from my debut solo release cedar and a work in progress, the end of the line, using beat-based ambient textures from Ableton and SuperCollider, along with some classic voice and piano pairings. The songs reference relationships with nature, motherhood, daughterhood, mortality, and ecstasy, and the complex relationships therein."
About Rebekah Ko, percussion
Rebekah Ko is a percussionist based in Seattle, WA. Rebekah’s artistic philosophies are rooted in the integration of the traditional with the modern, merging her classical roots with her love for new and experimental music. She strives to create unusual and exciting concert experiences through exploration of performance methods in non-traditional venues, taking contemporary classical music out of the concert hall and into the community. Ensemble. Rebekah performs with the Harry Partch Ensemble, The Sound Ensemble, and is a founder of re·create percussion and Striking Music.
http://www.rebekahko.comAbout Kate Mackenzie, bassoon
About Jahnvi Madan, clarinet
Jahnvi Madan is a 21-year-old clarinetist, composer, and songwriter born and raised in Bellevue, Washington. Growing up in the greater Seattle area, she played under the direction of fixtures of the Seattle Jazz and improvised music scene such as Clarence Acox and Wayne Horvitz, who gave her a formative understanding and love for Jazz, stretching from the music of Ellington up through contemporary free improvisation. In parallel, Madan led her own all-girl trad jazz combo throughout high school that performed widely.
Jahnvi later went on to study under inspirations like Dominique Eade and Melissa Aldana at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she developed a passion for composition, some of which she has so far self-produced and released. Her music stems out of a love for both Jazz and songwriting, and centers themes of family, loss, and love, through the lens of her experience as a first-generation Indian American.
Since returning to Seattle last year, Jahnvi Madan has involved herself deeply with music education through organizations like Seattle JazzED and is showing herself to be a new and emerging composer and performer, playing around the city, and actively recording with both Seattle and NY musicians. She recently performed at the Washington DC Women in Jazz Festival, after being selected as an Emerging Artist.
https://jahnvimadan.weebly.com/