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Amy X Neuburg and Solstice vocal ensemble,
Fill as Desired
a song cycle for women's voices and live looping electronics
Now in recording! Finally!
Saturday January 28, 2012
Subterranean Arthouse
2179 Bancroft, Berkeley -- 8:30 PM
Sharing the bill with Sqwonk
bass clarinet duo
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Sunday May 22, 2011
House concert / tea party / fundraiser for studio recording
Chez Neuburg, Oakland
January 23, 2010
San Geronimo Valley Community Center
San Geronimo, CA
January 24 AND 29, 2010
10th annual Women on
the Way Festival at ODC Theater
San Francisco
December 2009
House concert / brunch / fundraiser for Women on the Way festival
November 2009
Speakeasy Supper Club at Shotwell Studio, San Francisco
October 2009
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Premiere of the full 10-song cycle "Fill as Desired"
March 2006
Premiere of "Beliebig Füllen" (8 of the 10 songs) commisisoned
by the Jewish Music Festival
Berkeley Repertory Theater
Avant-cabaret composer/performer Amy X Neuburg appears with the wonderful and versatile Solstice vocal ensemble to present her "Fill as Desired" ("Beliebig Füllen") song cycle for female voices with live looping electronics. Sung in English, German and Czech, the songs are based on recipes that were collected by women in the Terezin concentration camp, cleverly layered with Amy's own texts on fantasy as a means of survival. The music draws from Eastern European folk, German lieder, Weimar cabaret, and the avant-garde, and features Amy as vocalist and looping electronics performer, recording and overdubbing eight voices into a thick multi-layered, multi-language chorus. .
The award-winning Solstice ensemble is known for their brilliant renditions of a cappella world music, classical, pop, and everything in between. Amy composed the song cycle specifically for them. Solstice is Emily Bender, Becca Burrington, Lark Coryell, Krista Enos, Mari Marjamaa, Kim Warsaw, and Sara Webb-Schmitz.
The
Jewish Music Festival
originally commissioned "Fill as Desired" for their 2006 program and
is a co-sponsor of the new expanded version.
 L to R: Sara Webb-Schmitz, Mari Marjamaa, Krista Enos, Emily Bender, Kim Warsaw, Amy X Neuburg. Not shown: Becca Burrington, Lark Coryell. |
 L to R: Amy X Neuburg, Mari Marjamaa, Krista Enos, Emily Bender, Kim Warsaw, Sara Webb-Schmitz. Not shown: Becca Burrington, Lark Coryell. |
 L to R: Emily Bender, Mari Marjamaa, Krista Enos, Amy X Neuburg, Sara Webb-Schmitz, Kim Warsaw. Not shown: Becca Burrington, Lark Coryell. |
 L to R: Emily Bender, Kim Warsaw, Amy X Neuburg, Krista Enos, Mari Marjamaa, Sara Webb-Schmitz. Not shown: Becca Burrington, Lark Coryell. |
Listen to song samples
from the "Fill as Desired" song cycle (all parts sung by Amy)
[These are "guide" versions created by Amy for learning
purposes -- very lo-fi!]
Linzer Torte
Flakey Strudel (excerpt)
Czech Cake (excerpt)
Winter Salad (excerpt)
Rye Schnaps (excerpt)
Listen to Solstice vocal ensemble
Ergen Deda (excerpt)
Katatibusantrakus (excerpt)
Kappee (excerpt) -- downloads
as m3u
