BRANDON
LINCOLN
WOO SNYDER
Give Sound / Receive Sound [2018]
film performance featuring Brandon Lincoln Snyder, Eden Girma, and David Angelo - 24'. Original piece by Pauline Oliveros
Moments from the Premiere: 1, 2, 3, 4 | Vessel Gallery
Program Note
Brandon Lincoln Snyder, Eden Girma, and David Angelo perform Pauline Oliveros’ "Give Sound / Receive Sound," whose entire sheet music is the following:
Listen.
Give sound.
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Listen.
Receive sound.
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Performed in multiple locations over multiple days, "Give Sound / Receive Sound" highlights aspects of listening and music-making not typically acknowledged. These aspects included performance space, the presence of videographers, and the time before and after the performance.
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Keyboard and Electronics – Brandon Lincoln Snyder
Voice and Electronics – Eden Girma
Clarinet – David Angelo
Videography – Tyler Parker
Audio – Brandon Lincoln Snyder
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About the Premiere
Give Sound / Receive Sound was premiered at the Vessel Gallery as a collaboration between Brandon Lincoln Snyder and Essa Li
The event was a night of music and video featuring:
7 by 7 (screening)
"an ethnographic visual album that explores youth culture in San Francisco through a variety of born and raised artists. Directed, produced, and mix/mastered by Kenny Okagaki”
Give Sound / Receive Sound (screening)
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live music by Eden Girma
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Improvisation by David Angelo, Kevin Madison, Bri Tagliaferro, and Dan Reifsteck
Performance History
4/8/2018 - Premiered at GIVE SOUND / RECEIVE SOUND, a night of music hosted at the Vessel Gallery. Cambridge, MA.
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