Kara-Lis Coverdale

Kara-Lis Coverdale (Ontario) is a composer and musician who creates immersive and layered compositions within unique sonic landscapes that challenge conventional perceptions of organ music. She will perform new work that will be presented on the Pacific Spirit United Church’s magnificent Casavant Frères pipe organ, the largest of its kind in Vancouver. With an opening set by Immix, a new solo project by Robyn Jacob (Vancouver) featuring sonic experimentations with natural and synthesized voice through vocal harmonizer, MIDI keyboard and pipe organ.

There will be an Artist Talk after the performance.

Kara-Lis Coverdale

Driven by a patient devotion to sonic afterlife, memory, and material curiosity, Kara-Lis Coverdale’s dynamic work occupies new planes built upon a borderless understanding of electronic music with roots in several interlocking musical systems and languages. Her album Grafts is a set of three pieces in long form that highlight the composer’s distinct approach to digital-based ratio tuning. Previous releases are Aftertouches, a series of narrative-rich experimental miniatures that focus on the composer’s distinct penchant for holographic timbres (named a top album of the year by The Wire and NPR) and A 480, a set of studies accompanied by .nfo scores sourced entirely from the data rendered voice to explore the sonic impermanence of identity signatures. Coverdale has worked with David Sutton (LXV) on their collaborative album Sirens and Tim Hecker (Love Streams, Virgins, Konoyo). She has also written music with the artist and writer Kara Crabb on several projects, including the writing of the score for Royal Jelly and The Reproductive Life Cycle of a Flower.

Immix

Immix’s songs ricochet within the bounds of limited tools to expand the possibilities of natural and synthesized voice. Balanced with intricate sound design made in collaboration with Nancy Tam, Immix’s sound world embraces the magnetism of bodies, the emotions of late-capitalist hearts, and the dreams of ghosts and angels. Accompanying her original songs are collaged videos made by the artist. Compositionally, the project finds varieties of textures using a basic vocal harmonizer, creating a dynamic instrument out of the software, a midi keyboard, and her voice. For this performance, Robyn will expand her exploration of the synthesized voice to include the 74 stop Casavant Frères organ.
Assisting Organist: George Rahi