‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 10, our final edition! Can you guess?
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit which is in its final weeks at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info visit: https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 9. Can you guess?
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit which is in its final weeks at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info: https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 8. Can you guess?
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit which is in its final weeks at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
FINAL WEEKS of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit!
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 7. Can you guess?
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit currently running at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
TOMORROW | 4pm | Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
Live Right, Die Right: The Life and Times of Gospel Songwriter, Roxie Ann Moore.
Ambre Dromgoole has dedicated much of her research as a PhD student at Yale to unearthing and preserving the work of renowned gospel artist Roxie Ann Moore. This video is an example of that work and features currently as part of OHAM's 'Maker of a Kindly Permanence' exhibit.
Tomorrow Ambre will be giving a free public presentation that delves into Moore's life, contributions, and the cultures that surrounded and supported her work. It's one that's not to be missed!
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library Yale University Library
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 6. Can you guess?
We will give you a clue: this person is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones!
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit currently running at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library through to May 31. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
FINAL 5 WEEKS of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit!
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 5. Can you guess?
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit currently running at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library through to May 31. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
Commissioned for the Oral History of American Music's 50th anniversary. Composer, performer, songwriter (and former OHAM student worker!) Tanner Porter weaves together her very own music and poetry in a song that celebrates the occasion: The Making of a Memory.
Porter's song features as part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit currently running at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library through to May 31. Featured are many of the artefacts that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
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Music and text by Tanner Porter
Libby Van Cleve - Oboe
Jack Vees - Electric Bass
Megan Sesma - Harp
Tanner Porter - Voice
Remembering Wayne Shorter:
𝘼 𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙣𝙮𝙙𝙚𝙧 & 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙨
"The music I used in the piece is an interpretation of Wayne Shorter’s signature composition 'Footprints', by keyboardist Louis Durra." - Rima Snyder
Based on interviews with Wayne Shorter
Rima Snyder, composer
Dana Karwas, video (Director Yale Center Collaborative Arts & Media)
Featured originally as part of OHAM's reVox project (2020).
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 4. Can you guess?
We will give you a clue: this person was instrumental in bringing OHAM to life!
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit currently running at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library through to May 31. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 3. Can you guess?
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit currently running at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library through to May 31. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
‘Whose voice is this?’ - part 2. Can you guess?
‘Whose Voice is This?’ Is part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibit currently running at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library through to May 31. Featured are many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history.
For more info:
https://library.yale.edu/event/maker-kindly-permanence
As part of our ‘Maker of a Kindly Permanence’ exhibition that opens this Wednesday at Sterling Memorial Library, we will be featuring many of the voices that have been central to the OHAM collections throughout its history. We will be sharing the audio of some of those voices here on our social media throughout the course of the exhibition and challenge you to see if you know “Whose Voice is This?”
Here’s part 1. Can you guess? Whose voice is this?
Since its earliest iterations, gospel music has been a wonderfully powerful tool for communication. Oscar Williams Jr. describes the importance of this idea within his life, as part of an interview for OHAM's brand new "Music in the Black Church" collection.
American Composer Alvin Curran discusses finding himself in Rome in the 1970's, working with Frederic Rzewski, performing with Musica Electronica Viva, and discovering a new freedom in music making.
Oral History of American Music
Interviewee: Alvin Curran
Interviewer: Ingram Marshall
Date: January 11, 2001
Location: New York City, NY
Video editing: Aaron Israel Levin
Check out the full interview here:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositorie...
"My feeling is that, I think art is an extension of life, and life is funny. I think it doesn’t make sense to be like: “I’m only going to be serious,” because that’s not what life is like. I think the most poignant things in life are things that are at once tragic and funny."
Inspiring words from American composer and performer, Pamela Z. Listen to the full OHAM interview with Pamela Z via the link below! 🎧
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/7/archival_objects/3253568