Vocal Improvisation

Excerpt from a performance in "Lessons" by William Earl Kofmehl III at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh PA 6-29-19. WEK III built a working shower within a gallery at the Mattress Factory during his artist-in-residence project there, and invited a series of guests to "lecture" from within.

Excerpt from a vocal improvisation for the Hallet's Cove performance series at the Salt Tree Arts Mushroom Festival, June 2019

Blast Tones - Archeology of Another Possible Future
Where the Fuck Am I - Archeology of Another Possible Future

I’ve collaborated multiple times with Liz Glynn on performances that take place within her large-scale installations. For “Archeology of Another Possible Future” at MASS MoCA in 2018, I created vocal improvisations according to several different concepts addressed in the exhibition as described by Liz, which she recorded on analog tape and had pressed to vinyl, playing from a turntable housed in a large pallet pyramid toward the front of the installation. During the run of the show, I also joined her and percussionist Corey Fogel for a five-hour performance that moved through each of the exhibition’s five sections.

One of the first vocal improvisations I ever performed was in collaboration with Dawn Kasper for her performance at Human Resources for the Action Bureau's "Free Clinic II" on 10-13-2011, also featuring percussion amplified by contact microphones and handmade ceramic beads by Tara Jane ONeil. Dawn created a collage she wanted me to use as a vocal score, a challenge that significantly expanded my vocal practice. She has invited me to vocalize in several of her performances in the years since.