Roulette: Charmaine Lee with Joanna Mattrey & Lester St. Louis
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Charmaine Lee, voice & electronics
Joanna Mattrey, viola
Lester St. Louis, cello
Charmaine Lee will debut new solo work followed by first time collaboration with Joanna Mattrey and Lester St. Louis.
Charmaine Lee (b. 1991) is a New York-based vocalist from Sydney, Australia. Her music is predominantly improvised, favoring a uniquely personal approach to vocal expression concerned with spontaneity, playfulness, and risk-taking. Beyond extended vocal technique, Charmaine uses amplification, feedback, and microphones to augment and distort the voice. She has performed with leading improvisers id m theft able, Ikue Mori, Sam Pluta, Tyshawn Sorey, Nate Wooley, and C. Spencer Yeh, and maintains ongoing collaborations with Conrad Tao, Victoria Shen, Zach Rowden, and Eric Wubbels. Charmaine has performed at ISSUE Project Room, the Kitchen, Roulette, The Poetry Project, and MoMA PS1, and participated in festivals including Resonant Bodies, Huddersfield Contemporary, and Ende Tymes. She has been featured in group exhibitions including The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory, and Belonging at the Museum of Chinese in America (2019). As a composer, Charmaine has been commissioned by the Wet Ink Ensemble (2018) and Spektral Quartet (2018). In 2019, she was an Artist-in-Residence at ISSUE Project Room, and is a current 2021 Van Lier Fellow at Roulette. Charmaine is currently a member of the Editorial Board of Sound American.
The livestream will take place at 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific.
Attending in person: Proof of vaccination will be required to attend this performance in person. All tickets must be purchased in advance of the performance. No tickets will be available for purchase at the door. Doors will open one hour before the performance. Please arrive at least 20 minutes prior to show time and depart immediately afterward. Everyone entering Roulette must abide by the guidelines outlined here: http://roulette.org/safety
The performance will take place at:
Roulette
509 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(Entrance on the Corner of Third Avenue; Accessible Entrance on Atlantic Ave)
In-person tickets: $20 online, $25 at the door
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