The New York Times – 24 May 2023
Madness, Royalty and the Music of Screams
Hugh Morris
“Me being onstage as a Black experimental contemporary music vocalist,” Mitchener said, “is in itself a political act.”
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The Wire – May 2023
A Cry of Anguish: Eight Songs For A Mad King
David Grundy
“Eight Songs remains an intensely visceral piece with the capacity to shock. More than that, though, it prompts reflection on the treatment of mental health and the fraught legacies of empire, issues which are still very much with us.”
Field Notes – March 2023
“The Job Is to Make the Score Live.” Elaine Mitchener on On Being Human as Praxis
Kristoffer Patrick Cornils
“On Being Human as Praxis” was conceived by Elaine Mitchener. The vocal artist invited five different composers—Jason Yarde, Matana Roberts, Laure M. Hiendl, Tansy Davies, and George E. Lewis—to respond to the work of the Jamaican feminist and cultural theorist Sylvia Winter.
The Rolling Calf + Pat Thomas at Wigmore Hall
For Wigmore Hall, The Rolling Calf have invited special guest
Lucier’s Bird and Person Dyning
For the first time in public as part of Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Elaine performs Alvin Lucier's
Fragility of Sounds – Album Release
The music released on this album was composed and performed over the years 2019–2021
The Wire – May 2022
Womens Work, Wigmore Hall
Jo Hutton
“The ensemble exit the stage to Alison Knowles’s Shuffle, concluding a powerful evening of profound reflection on women’s influence in the world.”