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This spring continues to keep me busy as a scholar! I enjoyed my time in Tacoma, Washington (USA), presenting at the Society for American Music Conference at the end of March, and I am looking forward to being part of Feminale next week in Basel, Switzerland.

I will be part of the podium discussion on Monday, April 14 at 15h on the topic of quotas. I look forward to speaking with colleagues about this important topic! In May, I will again serve on the jury for the international division of the George Shirley Vocal Competition.

The production begins at 1 hour, 4 minutes into the video.

Our Klangraum Festival will take place online this year here: https://klangraum-stuttgart.de/

My video of Zesses Seglias’s “lonesingness” was chosen as part of the online festival Klangspektrum BW–you can view the video here: https://klangspektrum-bw.de/

I’ve had the pleasure of performing my friend Christopher Trapani‘s piece Waterlines several times with the wild and inspirational Brussels-based ictus ensemble, and one of those times: we made a recording!

Today, that recording–after much time in the studio, with some excellent technicians, and after much love–is FINALLY available for your enjoyment: to stream or download, and to listen to while washing dishes or chasing your kids around the house or spending (another) hour answering emails or just hanging out on the couch.

LISTEN & DOWNLOAD HERE

Available for free via streaming, and for sale in three formats (mp3, flac and wav) on BandCamp

Check out my interview with OperaWire about the creation of Nahasdzáán In The Glittering World: http://operawire.com/the-xen-of-opera-exploring-the-creation-of-nahasdzaan-in-the-glittering-world/?fbclid=IwAR0KCjayYoM6EDWi6_pbmhxtvyzr0MlU4gCtU3gRLVI-fB2eK0neegXPuLQ

I am looking forward to being a Gastdozentin (Guest Lecturer) as part of the Interpretation and Performance Practice Days at the HfM Saar (Music Conservatory in Saarbrücken, Germany) at the beginning of November! I will be working with young singers on their interpretations of contemporary vocal music as well as performing selections of Récitations (Aperghis), »Stößt« (a composition by Stefan Litwin, with the composer at the piano and bass clarinetist Michael Riessler), and Beat Furrer’s Spazio Immergente with trombonist Mike Svoboda. It’s going to be a blast working with these musicians, and I can’t wait! See you in Saarland!

Ésprit Apollinaire!!! in collaboration with S-K-A-M (Stuttgarter Kollektiv für aktuelle Musik) was a blast this June and July. Our performances at the NordLabor / Theater Nord Stuttgart and Kulturzentrum Dieselstraße Esslingen were great–thanks to everyone for your support and hard work!

Running a huge project of that nature in my third trimester of pregnancy was truly a challenge, but I had a lot of help. Thanks again, and may Guillaume Apollinaire’s spirit continue to inspire us as artists!

I am thrilled to spend the next two weekends performing in new music festivals! This coming Saturday, April 21, 2018, you’ll find me at the Redcliffe Caves in Bristol, U.K. with one of my favorite works, Aperghis’s Récitations pour voix seule. I am so looking forward to being part of Bristol New Music!

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The following weekend finds me in Hamburg, Germany as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival, again with a work that I can never get enough of: Stockhausen’s Stimmung. Looking forward to some quality time with my colleagues from Forum Neue Vokalmusik!

See you in Bristol or Hamburg!