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Meara O'Reilly's Hockets For Two Voices is performed by Mingjia Chen + Linnea Sablosky. West Willow is a choral octet formed by the late Peter Amidon to perform some of his arrangements. Featuring Stefan Amidon and Zara Bode, the Brattleboro-based singers range from shape note to classical & beyondWest Willow is a vocal octet formed by the late Peter Amidon to record and perform some of his arrangements. The singers, all local to Brattleboro Vermont, are Stefan Amidon and Zara Bode (Starry Mountain Singers, Sweetback Sisters, Zara Bode's Little Big Band), Anna Patton (who also leads the Soubrettes and the Brattleboro Women's Chorus), Fred Breunig, Arthur Davis, Emma Schneider and Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin (all four of whom are a part of the annual Sing Nowell concert), and Hannah Cressy North. Each member has their own long history with choral singing, ranging from classical to shape note to English pub songs to swing and back again. Together they make up a beautiful blend of harmony presented with compelling arrangements of moving songs.
Meara O'Reilly is a composer and artist, focusing on perception and new musical interfaces. Her Hockets for Two Voices album was released on Cantaloupe in 2019. It was named in several year-end best of lists, including Art Forum, Bandcamp, and Second Inversion. Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo reviewed the album for Talkhouse, saying it “sends you, moves you, destroys you with beauty“. Her music served as score for Daniel Soares’ short film “Bad for a Moment”, which won Mention Spéciale at Cannes in 2024. She wrote, performed, and recorded vocal arrangements for several tracks on the 2020 grammy nominated Fleet Foxes album, Shore. Most recently, she co-created a musical primate language for Isaiah Saxon’s A24 fantasy film “The Legend of Ochi”. She is co-creator of the Rhythm Necklace app, a musical sequencer that uses two-dimensional geometry to create rhythm. Her collaboration with design firm Snibbe Interactive on sound-based 'cymatic' concert visuals for Björk's Biophilia album was included in the world tour. Her work has been presented at Carnegie Hall, Bang on a Can, National Sawdust, Los Angeles' Walt Disney Hall, SF Davies Symphony Hall, the Bauhaus Dessau, and as part of Wild Up’s Endless Season. She toured internationally as a solo musician and in the bands Feathers and Brightblack Morning Light.
Linnea Sablosky is an LA-based musician with a passion for close harmony and intricate rhythms. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, they grew up studying Balkan singing and West African drumming. Linnea has toured internationally with world folk choir Northern Harmony, and released records with vocal ensembles Stone Fruit Trio and Wheeler & Sablosky. Their current project is Kidi Band, which released its sophomore record in March 2021. In addition to performing, Linnea teaches ear training, music theory, and harmony singing courses through schoolofsong.org, as well as private lessons and in-person group workshops. They hold a BFA in World Music Performance from California Institute of the Arts.
Mingjia Chen sings, composes, improvises, writes songs, writes words, curates shows & events, draws, is usually in Los Angeles or Toronto, was born in beijing, makes original music (her debut LP ‘star, star’ just came out on new amsterdam records!), leads the chamber ensemble tortoise orchestra, is 1 half of the band uoou, belts & yodels with roomful of teeth, oo’s & ah’s with pleasure craft, runs the secret-santa-style songwriter showcase series not my song, is described as “one to watch” by i care if you listen & “beautiful, mature and exceptionally coherent” by the whole note, recently graduated from the university of southern california with a M.Mus in composition, calls a lot, cooks poorly, owes everything to Nina Simone, admits to forgetting, needs to drink more water, is having a great time, thanks you for being here <3
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