Jessika Kenney is an experimental vocalist, composer, and teacher. Kenney sang the operatic prose for the world premiere of the experimental

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''Kali'' in 2000 and performed at the Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance in Seattle. After the 2012 performance of ''Weathervane'' at

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'' called Kenney's singing "pure tones that emanate not just from the center of her being but seemingly from far back in time." In 2015, Kenney created ''Anchor Zero'', a 5-room solo exhibition including calligraphic scores, a bamboo Ka'aba in collaboration with Otong Durahim, and a 3 channel video/12 channel audio installation, at the

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'' described her exhibit as being like a "cavern filled with disembodied voices and spooky ambient sounds." In 2018, the American composer of experimental music

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invited Kenney to sing the vocals on his reworking of the

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myth "So You (Hermes/Orpheus/Eurydice)". Her husband and musical partner is violinist

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Discography

* ''So You...(Hermes, Orpheus, Euridyce)'' lack Truffle(2018) * ''Atria'' IGE Records(2015) * ''Harrison: Scenes from Cavafy; Piano Concerto with Gamelan; A Soedjamako Set'' (vocals), ew World(2011). * ''Æstuarium'' (with

) deologic Organ(2005) * ''The Face of the Earth'' (with

) deologic Organ(2013) * ''At Temple Gate'' (with

) eyrd Son Records WYS-009(2014)

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- '' Celestial Lineage'' (2011). *

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- '' Monoliths and Dimensions'' (2009). * Hossein Omoumi - "Ava-ye Bahar" (Voices of Spring) Haft Dastgah (2008) *

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'' (2017). *

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- " Hubardo" (2013).

References

External links

Official site
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