Join us for a new music series at PWNW featuring new and in-process works by Ashlin Aronin, Junianna Lanning and Catherine Lee.
Saturday June 1st 7:30pm
Performance Works NW | 4625 SE 67th, Portland
$10-15 sliding scale
workshop is a series for musicians and artists working in sound to present new and in-progress works and compositions. workshop supports experimentation, improvisation and composed sound and noise, maybe even “songs”. it is an informal showing, a moment to work through new ideas, or old ideas in a new way.
curated by stephanie lavon trotter and presented by PWNW, the space supports acoustic and electronic works, as well as work that includes projection, lighting and movement.
Historically, in Juniana’s career, she’s been primarily a studio artist, engineer and collaborator. She has done recording and mixing in her own studio for artists Catherine Lee, Janne Lundberg, Doug Theriault and Sarah Dumuzio, as well as various full bands. She has engineered and mixed records for countless artists and groups at Fluff and Gravy studios, and has occasionally run live sound for various events. Acting as sound designer, she has worked with dancers and choreographers Linda Austin, Allie Hankins, Jen Richardson, Marissa Rae Niederhauser and Danielle Ross. Juniana has gradually entered the performance realm, playing in collaborations with Kyle Bouchard, Vacilando, members of the Creative Music Guild, and the Extradition ensemble. While collaboration and support are the roles where Juniana has felt most comfortable, it is now time for her to look inside for a change, and find her own inspirations for sound exploration and performance.
Ashlin Aronin is a sound artist and technologist based in Portland, OR. Their work explores affectivity under capitalism through a lens of ecology and the sacred, aiming to capture the possibility for deep joy and hold it in concert with a fundamentally flawed world. They have exhibited, performed and been in residency throughout the United States, Germany, Panama, Sri Lanka, the Arctic Circle and a variety of online platforms.
Considered a “new breed of instrumental specialist,” (New Music Buff) Dr. Catherine Lee offers “immaculate, masterful oboe playing” (The Double Reed) in combination with inspired and discerning musicality across an impressive range of genres and styles. With a Juno Award nomination for Classical Album of the Year (solo artist), Lee’s second solo album, Remote Together (2021 – Redshift), received unanimously positive reviews from an international array of media. Lee is on faculty at Lewis and Clark, and Willamette Universities, and holds a Doctor of Music in Oboe Performance from McGill University, and certification from the Deep Listening Institute.
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