Sunday, August 1, 2010.
Tickets $20 in advance, $22 at the door
Summer Soirée Festival Pass $75
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The Aeolian’s 6th Year Anniversary Gala Celebration: Manifesting the Dream. 2-5 pm.
Art Exhibition Opening with Marion Drysdale, Anya Romanenko, Kim Harrison, Mary-Ann Jack-Bleach.
Stay on for a bite to eat and a show!
5-6 pm. Our sound opera, Dream Sequins, also celebrates The Aeolian's sixth anniversary and the art show. The DVD, Five Eerie Pieces, will be premiered. We’ll also screen a video homage to Frida Kahlo,Viva la Vida de Frida, by Daniela Sneppova, with Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy and Penn performing their poetry.
Five Eerie Pieces: Visual, Sound and Music Envisionings of five short poems by Penn.
In collaboration with multimedia artists who are inspired by and interpret Penn's poetry.
1. Poem for Peace in Many Voices directed by Rachel Thompson
2. “From an Upstairs Window, Winter” from Bill Gilliam’s CD, Memory Vision
3. “Altar Ego” from Bill Gilliam’s CD, Memory Vision
4. “Not Waving but Drowning” with animation by Jeff Dawson
5. “Celebrating Sky”, Brenda McMorrow, featuring Marion Drysdale’s Black Madonnas at Aeolian Hall. From the DVD, Luminous Entrance:a sound opera for climate change action.
6 PM .“Dream Sequins: a sound opera for Midsummer Soirée”. Poems by Penn Kemp with jazz pianist/new music composer Bill Gilliam and singer/songwriter Brenda McMorrow. Several of Penn's poems conjure the Aeolian Hall, that magic sphere. One portrays “Age Friendly” London. Others portray the dream life of London, including some adventures with the 19th century Londoner and world traveller, Teresa Harris. The participatory finale celebrates In Good Company! The evening will be recorded by John Magyar and filmed by Dennis Siren.
Primarily known as a poet, Penn Kemp has accomplishments as a playwright essayist, and editor. She has been celebrated by the League of Canadian Poets as one of the foremothers of Canadian Poetry, working across a variety of poetic practices to engage her audience. The University of Western Ontario’s recent writer-in-residence, Penn Kemp, is a one woman literary industry.
Bill Gilliam is from London, England and moved to Toronto after completing his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has composed for experimental film; dance, theatre and many Canadian new music artists and ensembles have performed his works.
Canadian Devotional Chant artist, Brenda McMorrow, began her musical career in the early 1990’s as a singer/songwriter. She co-founded the London, Ontario folk/rock band Julia Propeller – a campus radio and CBC favourite – which opened for and shared festival rosters with acts like Ani Difranco and Bruce Cockburn. Brenda’s rich musical exploration led her from folk to bluegrass to jazz and now her true heart offering is to share her unique blend of original melodies, world beats and sacred Indian devotional chants.