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Imaginary Landscape: A Concert by the Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble (EVTE), 1 of 2

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Event Type
Music
Origin
KPFK
Identifier
IL.1980.12.19.A
Program Series
Imaginary Landscape
Program Length
116 min
Part
1 of 2
Dates
| broadcast
| 1980-12-19 | created
Description
A live concert by the Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble (EVTE), recorded at the KPFK studio in Los Angeles. The vocal quartet, Deborah Kavasch, soprano, Linda Vickerman, alto, Ed Harkins, tenor, and Philip Larson, bass-baritone, perform a selection of works for unaccompanied amplified voice, as well as works for tape and voice, and one piece, Robert Erickson’s “Kyrl,” which is scored for trumpet and voice. The ensemble, which formed in the mid 1970s, specializes in producing an amazing variety of vocal sounds all without any electronic enhancement or manipulation. During the intermission the members of EVTE discuss their work and give examples of the techniques they use to create their music. After the concert there is a panel discussion with the members of EVTE during which they discuss their personal backgrounds.


This concert was sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts.
Genres
Avant-garde
Musical Selections
Four Madrigals: The Silver Swan [after a text by Orlando Gibbons] (2:49) ; Bad Bottle Blues (2:07) ; Osannga (4:48) ; Nellie was a Lady [after a text by Stephen Foster] (4:38), for vocal quartet (1977-78) / William Brooks -- Pastoral, for four channel tape and voice (6:27) / David Evan Jones -- Not a Soul but Ourselves, for vocal quartet (1977) (13:03) / Roger Marsh
Performers
Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble: (Madrigals ; Not)
Edwin Harkins, tenor (all)
Deborah Kavasch, soprano (Madrigals ; Not)
Philip Larson, bass-baritone (Madrigals ; Not)
Linda Vickerman, alto (Madrigals ; Not)
Subjects
Avant-garde (Music)
Vocalises (Vocal ensemble), Unaccompanied
Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied
Vocalises with electronics
Related places
Los Angeles (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Los Angeles (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
EVTE
Stone, Carl, 1953-
Brooks, William, 1943-
Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Jones, David Evan
Marsh, Roger, 1949-
Harkins, Edwin
Kavasch, Deborah H. (Deborah Helene), 1949-
Larson, Philip
Vickerman, Linda