Tell! Jonkonnu, Tell! by Mikhail Johnson with Ensemble Klang
Mitchener and Ensemble Klang perform works that explore themes of remembrance. The program includes the premiere of Tell, Jonkonnu Tell! by Jamaican-American composer Mikhail Johnson.
Mitchener and Ensemble Klang perform works that explore themes of remembrance. The program includes the premiere of Tell, Jonkonnu Tell! by Jamaican-American composer Mikhail Johnson.
We caught up with Mitchener in advance of the event to talk about her curatorial perspective.
Needcompany is delighted to announce the laureate of MILL's annual Beauty Reality Salon fellowship: British Afro-Caribbean vocalist, movement artist, and composer Elaine Mitchener!
Moving Eastman, a new collaboration between Elaine Mitchener & Dam Van Huynh to be presented at Fruitmarket and Barbican
” (…) it is both the epitome of a solo record and somehow simultaneously its undoing.”
“(…) this is the aural equivalent of gazing into a crystal-clear night sky.”
“It’s mischievous, transformative material that helps bring lively, confounding poetry into new dimensions. Anyone who’s interested in all the many forms of sound poetry will find a huge amount of inspiration right here.”
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“unknown tongue” might be the most impressive piece of all. Multitracking her vocals, she conjures up a drama of communication beyond language: her two characters seem to meet, argue, scheme, get frustrated, hit an impasse, muddle through, and finally begin to play and harmonise with each other.