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“Our world is a complex matrix of vibrating energy, matter and air, just as we are made of vibrations. Vibration connects us with all beings and connects us to all things interdependently.” —Pauline Oliveros, Quantum Listening 

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Rehearsal for a Forest invites audiences to consider our relations with water, waves, trees, the land — through sound. Rehearsal for a Forest is a live indoor performance bringing the sounds of trees and forests to urban audiences. The Ensemble uses instruments hand-made from remnants and cast-offs of local trees and plants, combined with electroacoustic techniques, and improvisational approaches. The performance features a Tree Voice instrument activated through electromagnetic fields generated by living trees.
 

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Branching Songs Ensemble:

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• Giorgio Magnanensi, resonators + diffusion

• Julie Andreyev, Driftwood and Lightning Stick instruments 

• Keira Madsen, Tree Voice instrument 

• Myles V Feltenberger, Looper instrument 

• Simon Lysander Overstall, Tree-a-kin instrument, software programming 

 

The tree feelers made by Lara Felsing and Julie Andreyev; the Tree Voice Instrument was made by Giorgio Magnanensi and Simon Overstall

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Performances:

The New Media Gallery, New Westminster, April 29, 2023

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