The Western Front

VENUE INFO
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
University of British Columbia
6265 Crescent Road
604 822 9197

Two performances ticketed separately
7:00 & 9:00 PM

IDIOLALLA
Hold onto your seats as two of Canadaʼs most adventuresome vocalists Christine Duncan and DB Boyko impart secrets and lore about public washrooms in the Chan Centre womenʼs powder room. Stall is a newly commissioned work by Victoria composer Christopher Butterfield who understands the gestalt of the voice from classical leanings to pure timbral explorations of sound poetry, cut with an outlandish wit. Utilizing cockamamie spoken word “rizzms”, humorous Gregorian-like chant and a barrage of cut-up text, the piece examines the more subtle aspects of this ubiquitous location.
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“A fundamentalist-free version of speaking in tongues” and an “unfathomable barrage of words” –ALEXANDER VARTY, The Georgia Straight

GLOBE AND MAIL ARTICLE
VANCOUVER COURIER ARTICLE

LIEF AMBROSIA HALL
Other performances during the evening feature Lief Hall, an improvisational singer, audio-visual artist, and curator living and working in Vancouver BC. She currently sings in the improvisational trio Glaciers and sings and makes beats in electro-noise duo MYTHS. The ex-singer of Vancouver’s Punk Noise band Mutators, Hall is known for her abrasive screaming and use of vocal experimentation. Hall’s solo vocal improvisations re-imagine and montage an array of vocal traditions and vocal styles, and often mimic sounds of landscapes and machines in order to create abstract images and/or narrative forms through sound.
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VOXY + ROUNDHOUSE SENIORS’ CHOIR
Duncan and Boyko also conduct Voxy and Roundhouse Seniorsʼ Choir, rolling out an unusual repertoire of minimalist rounds and improvised sonic poetry.

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Book early for this event as seating is extremely limited.

presented by Western Front in partnership with The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts