Join us Monday, September 2nd at the Castle for presentations by current Fellows, Jen Shyu and Anne LaBerge.
Jen Shyu, Fellow, (Music, USA)
Guggenheim Fellow, Doris Duke Artist, Fulbright Scholar, multilingual composer/singer/instrumentalist/dancer, Jen Shyu is “one of the most creative vocalists in contemporary improvised music” (The Nation). Born in Peoria, IL to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants and the 1st female vocalist bandleader on Pi Recordings, she has produced seven albums and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her Song of Silver Geese was among NY Times’ “Best Albums of 2017.”
Anne LaBerge, Fellow (Music, USA)
Composer/performer Anne LaBerge has been led by her passion for the extremes in both composed and improvised music, to the fringes of storytelling and sound art. Her compositions and performances bring together a ferocious virtuosity, a penchant for microtonal textures and her unique array of percussive flute effects, all combined with interactive electronic processing and text. She performs regulary as a soloist with the ensemble MAZE. Based in The Netherlands, she is a founding artist of Splendor Amsterdam and is Managing Director of the Volsap Foundation.
Welcome Cocktail at 6:00 PM
Presentations at 6:15 PM