VOX RISK HOLLER a chorus happening

this chorus represents an experiment in community, in composed freedom and channeled energy and is open to anyone who has the desire to sound the vocal fire and the ability to commit. Don't worry, at the moment it's a short-term commitment and it happens to be directed towards a goal of performing, so think it through before you say YES! (enthusiastically, numerous repetitions). The occasion of public exposure will come at Dixon Place on October 18 as part of an evening curated and hosted by Lynn Book's Voicelab. The VRH enterprise is conceived of as an opportunity for group singing, sounding and otherwise vocally emitting material that is composed and/or structured by Lynn, although we might perform a piece for multiple voices by another contemporary composer - you will definitely be invited to improvise within the structure (there is no special vocal training required for this kind of singing). Lynn will also guide the process and conduct the actual performance. Not much four part harmony here, but plenty of complex sounds and tones to create aural textures and dynamic vocal events.

M = Desire the place where mystery and meaning interrupt each other.

Speculation: Site - the mouth is where the whole bungling, veering, streaming process of life blows out voice like fire that's swallowed in reverse. Voice sounds the body open, spilling into the world or splitting words li/ke seconds. Voice drifts dangerously, moves distance with a fulminating hum. Quiet spells possible, spells love. Lynn Book plays the mixed-up with startling ease, presenting hybrid compositions for voice, body, electronics and objects to create work that shifts between music and performance - visible writing and melodic physicale. Known for her interdisciplinary performances ("strange and captivating." Tom Murrin), Book has also been characterized as an "outrageous vocal explorer" (John Corbett). With the inimitable christine bard on drums, percussion and noise.

beg : a question in progress, a performance for narrator(s) and chorus written, directed and performed by Lynn Book, was presented at C.U.A.N.D.O. in October as part of a benefit evening curated by Ellie Covan of Dixon Place.  Special guest, Diane Torr also performed along with a chorus of 11 women: Allison Farrow, Astrid Lewis-Reedy, Andrea Halvorsen, Anitra Brooks, Eleanor Dubinsky, Catherine Rogers, Bekah Barnett, Nancy Brandt, Vicki Genfan, Jocelyn Meltzer and Lehni Davies.  Elke Bartholomeus assisted.  The piece is a contemporary response piece to the ever-changing events of the world since September 11th. Posing a shifting set of questions that have their roots in a critique of dominant powers and forces and poetic shivers of 'cries and whispers', Lynn strikes a chord with the desperation that is at heart of the actions of the day. This performance becomes a model for communal action and public expression, with questions and concerns from the respective communities involved coming to the fore along with larger world views reshaped into 'a question in progress' by Lynn. This performance model is available for workshops and residencies and is an opportunity for individuals to 'give voice' to their lived experience within the context of a social interaction. It can be performed as an intervention as a presentation or in collaboration with other acts of resistance and inquiry into the disturbed state of the world.

For booking information: contact Lynn Book's Voicelab 212-529-8991 or lynnbook@voicelabnyc.com