Desert Magic / Laura Steenberge / Apostasy
Desert Magic is an LA-based trio that specializes in writing rounds/songs about nature and the cosmos. They are releasing their debut album piecemeal on the solstices and equinoxes of the year 2015 on a-round-the-sun.com. Desert Magic is Alex Wand, Steven Van Betten, and Logan Hone.
Laura Steenberge is based in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. As a performer, she sings and plays viola da gamba, contrabass, piano, guitar and other things, in traditional and untraditional song styles. As a composer, she primarily writes vocal music. As a scholar she researches connections between music, language, mythology and the natural sciences. Current research is about: thunder, infrasound and the voices of supernatural beings. Current creative work involves: vocal interference, slow rhythms, songwriting, paper making. She is currently a Doctoral candidate at Stanford University.
Apostasy (Ariane Helou, recorder; Ryan Lambe, treble viol; Saskia Lee, mezzo-soprano; Samuel Shalhoub, lute; Andrew Smith, keyboards) is an early music ensemble specializing in secular medieval, renaissance, and early baroque styles. They will be joined by Larry Polansky and Laura Steenberge for Steenberge’s Cathedrals and Two Ways of Life.
Desert Magic:
[live]
Laura Steenberge:
Cathedrals
Laura Steenberge is based in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. As a performer, she sings and plays viola da gamba, contrabass, piano, guitar and other things, in traditional and untraditional song styles. As a composer, she primarily writes vocal music. As a scholar she researches connections between music and language. Her current research is about the compositional practices of medieval composers of Byzantine chant, a study that has inspired a body of creative work about ritual and metaphors of the supernatural. She will be graduating from Stanford University in June 2016 with a DMA in music composition.
Laura Steenberge:
Two Ways of Life
Laura Steenberge is based in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. As a performer, she sings and plays viola da gamba, contrabass, piano, guitar and other things, in traditional and untraditional song styles. As a composer, she primarily writes vocal music. As a scholar she researches connections between music and language. Her current research is about the compositional practices of medieval composers of Byzantine chant, a study that has inspired a body of creative work about ritual and metaphors of the supernatural. She will be graduating from Stanford University in June 2016 with a DMA in music composition.