SPLICE SERIES, Chicago, IL.
Noelia Cruz, violin
Hunter Brown, live electronics
Zachary Good, clarinet and woodwinds
Peter Maunu, guitar, violin, mandolin
Hunter Brown, live electronics
Zachary Good, clarinet and woodwinds
Peter Maunu, guitar, violin, mandolin
Ceremonies
Composer and Artist in Residence: Noelia Cruz
Ceremonies
is a composition dedicated to Bodéwadmi Astronomy, to the ancestors’ star-land relationships and the knowledge keeping across generations mirrored in the beauty and assertion of ceremony, art, storytelling and resistance. Exploration Institute STEAM Residency
Eighth Blackbird & Yerkes Observatory
June 2025
Kishwauketoe, Wishkosnak
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Eighth Blackbird & Yerkes Observatory
June 2025
Kishwauketoe, Wishkosnak
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
For piano, unrepatriated flute (tenor flute), bass voice, prepared violi-maraca; violi-güiro, violi-mayohabao & birch bark sticks, cello, flute, mbira, maple sap & wabgen (clay beads).
Ensemble
Noelia Cruz, composer, violigüiro, violimaraca, mayohabao.
Ethan Cowburn, percussion arrangements
Zachary Good, tenor flute
Lina Andonovska, flute
Aaron Wolff, cello
Garrett Obrycki, piano & bass voice
Zachary Good, tenor flute
Lina Andonovska, flute
Aaron Wolff, cello
Garrett Obrycki, piano & bass voice
Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab 2O23
Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, WI
Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab 2023
Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, WI
Audio engineer: Matthew McCabe
Video: Brian Ashby
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