CURRENT MUSIC PROJECTS
Life Stories Choir
I’ve formed a multi-lingual choir, which sings songs of freedom, hope and resistance in French, English, Spanish, Persian, and Arabic (for starters), to honour and celebrate the lives and stories of those who have lived under repressive regimes, such as those individuals we have come into contact with, within the context of the Montreal Life Stories oral history project.
This project could not manifest itself without the collaboration of sound artist and choir director, Kathy Kennedy. Performances so far have taken place at the Centre d’Histoire de Montréal (March 8 and March 24) and the Monument National (March 21).
Our next performance is May 5 for the “Voices for Freedom and Justice” concert being presented by the Lea Roback Foundation. Current members of the choir include: Rania Arabia, Sharzad Arshadi, Kevin Batdorj (guitarist), Lilia Bitar, Nance Castonguay, Agnès d’Ornano, Stefan Eguizábal, Sandra Gasana, Lise Gantheret, Oula Hajjar, Christina Howisons, Lawrence Joseph (guitarist) Kathy Kennedy, Caroline Kunzle, Renato Neyra, Masoud Raouf. Past members: Jean- Baptiste Berthet, Chantria Tram.
cmd
Vocal samples for cmd,
cyan‘s deep techno music project
First performance of cmd’s music was @ Cocktail Club Soundsystem
October 15 2011
to listen to cmd’s set, click here
SOUND THEATRE
It Is Only Sound That Remains
In collaboration with artists Shahrzad Arshadi and Moe Clark, I produced a sound theatre performance, entitled It Is Only Sound That Remains, honouring and remembering the life of Montreal photojournalist Zara (Ziba) Kazemi. The project was selected for the Artist-in-residence 2010-2011 by the Oral History as Performance working group of the Montreal Life Stories project and has so far been presented four times in Montreal, in April and September 2011 and our latest performance being on March 29, 2012. See the project website for more extensive details.
MUSIC, SOUND ART, PERFORMANCE
I have performed as a violinist, vocalist, drummer, spoken word and sound artist and in various musical formations in and around Montreal, for the past ten years.
Fear of flight, November 2010.
Sound piece On Time as part of Magic Sound Box
L’Envers, Montreal, November 18, 2010.
Whispered spoken word piece The Little White Lie and improvised violin performance for Into the Magic Sound Box
St George Anglican Church, Montreal, November 19, 2009.
Bearded Axe Wound has spaghetti dinner
Bearded Axe Wound
In collaboration with Nicole Gaston, Cathy Inouye and Corina MacDonald. Vocals, guitar, drums. Bearded Axe Wound is an all-female noise band particularly interested in sonically exploring and challenging all the words and images men have created about women and their bodies. See our myspace.
Violinist and back-up vocalist for folk rock group The Wannados with Chris Barry, Lawrence Joseph, Anne Marie Marko. Various performances. (2008)
Violinist for free jazz ensemble Ad Abstracta
with Lawrence Joseph, Marc Chenard, Johann Schlager. Various performances (2006)
Songs with ukelele for Voix Voisines, performed at Edgy Women Festival
with Nathalie Derome, Kathy Kennedy, Victoria Stanton at La Centrale. (2006)
Vocalist, violinist, drummer with Sous Soul Sessionistas. (2005). With Reya Freedman, Sonia Scarsella, Christine Cossette. Various performances. See our myspace to hear Dats whats make de money.
Violin for free jazz ensemble, Some Trees
Musicians include Justin Evans, Colin Vernon, Gavin Sheehan, Francis Amireault, Jacob Chelkowski, Stephanie Brais, Brian Lipson. Performance at L’Oeil du Poisson, Québec City. (2005)
Spoken word and violin with Marcello Marandola on laptop, performed for screening of Andy Warhol`s film, Empire a Leonard & Ellen Bina Gallery exhibit, Sala Rossa, December 12, 2005. Also performances by: Esther B., Mauro Pezzente, Flüffy Erskine, Michel Meunier & james Schidlowsky; Bruce Cawdron, Gordon Krieger & Jesse Levine; John Heward, Rainer Wiens & Malcolm Goldstein; Matt Lederman; Mitchell Akiyama; Christof Migone; Crackpot.
Violin performed with poet Christine Cossette, in the context of a happening for the vernissage of the ‘’Les mathématiques de l’escribain, + – / x, ” exhibit for the Festival de Poésie de Trois-Rivières, Galerie d’Art Du Parc. (September 2004)
Vocalist and violinist for disco project, GlitterSoul Orchestra, performances in Quebec City and Montreal. A 19-piece disco-soul ensemble formed by the Natacha’s recordings collective, musicians included: Leon Lo, Serene Daoud, James Schidlowsky, Justin Evans, Frieda Abtan, Colin Vernon, Brian Lipson, Gavin Sheehan, Francis Amirault, Marcello Marandola, and others. Performances at Sala Rossa, Montreal and and St-Jean-Baptiste church square, Quebec City. (June, July 2004)
Vocals, violin for for pop music group, Hochelagasti. With Christine Cossette and Sonia Scarsella. Various performances. (2003 to 2005)
Violin and recorded samples for folk-electro-acoustic trio, Cian Ethrie.
With Francis Amireault and Marcello Marandola. Numerous performances including Rad’a gallery, Sala Rossa and airplay on Brave New Waves. (2003 to 2004)
Violin and back-up vocals for francophone folk-rock band, Muse et Hommes
Numerous performances, including 8th edition of les Francouvertes
With Erich and Nance Dauphin, Alain Tanguay, Yannick Brosseau. (2002 to 2003)
“Active screamer” in Gerhard Stäbler’s “Drüber,” for Kore Ensemble, Sala Rossa, October 2002. For project description, see the Kore ensemble website and to listen to the performance recording, click here.
