Adriano Lanzi, Roberto Fega and I played a trio concert in Rome in December. Max Costa recorded and mixed it, and now it’s out as a co-production between Right Brain Records and my label Spoot Music.
We decided to call the group Gli Autopiloti, since improvising is similar to being on autopilot ~ plus I was inspired by the fact that our recording engineer Max was a pilot for Alitalia for many years.
HELL’S BELLOWS! Accordion Quartet @ Genesee Park, Seattle WA
Marchette DuBois / Scott Adams / Eli Kaufman / Amy Denio: accordion, voice
Seattle Composers Alliance SPARKS series, sponsored in part by the Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, in cooperation with the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation
SEATTLE COMPOSERS ALLIANCE SPARKS SERIES CALL FOR SCORES
The Seattle Composers Alliance’s SPARKS summer series features four family-friendly, free concerts in Seattle Parks! SPARKS is supported by Seattle Parks and Recreation in collaboration with the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.
Four elemental ensembles will perform a mix of their traditional repertoire and jury-selected new music composed by members of the Seattle Composers Alliance. Submit scores to board@seattlecomposers.org.
Sunday June 4, 2023 @ 2pm HELL’S BELLOWS! (Accordion trio) Marchette Dubois / Scott Adams / Amy Denio Genessee Park, Seattle Score submission deadline: Saturday, May 20.
Sunday August 6, 2023 @ 2pm ELENI GOVETAS ENSEMBLE (Balkan Original) Ravenna Park, Seattle Eleni Govetas / Bobby Gobetas / Mik Bewsky / Niko Sophia Score submission deadline: Saturday, July 15.
Sunday September 3 @ 2pm AMA TRIO (Denio/Correo Aereo) Aki Beach, Seattle Abel Rocha / Madeleine Sosin / Amy Denio Score submission deadline: Saturday, August 20.
Sunday October 1 @ 2pm BAMBOO ANDBRASS, LTD (Sax Quartet) Gasworks Park, Seattle Score submission deadline: Saturday, September 17
On Saturday 20 May I’ll be accompanying veteran butoh master Joan Laage at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center . Please join us.
This evening, directed by Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh and composer Amy Denio, and co-created with the performers, celebrates the wayward girls who lived in the Good Shepherd Center, their lives real and imaginary.
While attending a performance at the Chapel, which we do frequently, my husband exclaimed, “the house of the pregnant girls,” and I suddenly decided to create a piece inspired by the center’s history and occupants. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd order started in France, spread to the US and in 1890, a train brought five nuns through the forest and mountains to Seattle. The center provided shelter, education, and guidance to young girls so they could become caring, responsible, and moral young women. An emphasis on morality was most likely strongly linked to sexuality. Today’s increasing restrictions on sex education coupled with the denial of fluid gender identity are also burdened by what might be called the “moral imperative.” There is great political pressure on women concerning their rights as sexual beings, potential mothers, etc., with the self-determination of women’s bodies being eroded.
~ Choreographer/Director/Dancer Joan Laage
Amy Denio: voice, clarinet, accordion Randy Shay: guitar, piano Greg Campbell: French horn, percussion Joey Largent: accordion Sheri Brown & Robyn Bjornson: butoh dance
On February 2nd, Kultur Shock will play in the Global Rhythms series at Town Hall. We’re preparing a very special unplugged / acoustic show, something we have not done in several decades 🙂
The word is it will be webcast live, details coming. With Darek Mazzone being our gracious host.
Just composed my new creation for string quartet. Diabolical Thing is based on a simple melody I co-wrote with my 9-year old piano student Simon Englehardt. It’s always fun creating music with him. Our piece will premiere on Thursday, February 16 at the Chapel Performance Space in Wallingford for the next Seattle Composers Alliance Live Sessions.
Thanks to the folks supporting my projects on Patreon and my music on Bandcamp, I recently invested in a nice MacBookPro to start making short videos again. It was like getting on a bicycle after a long hiatus. I was enthralled, and would laugh hysterically.
The first short film, Hansville with Grits is made with love for my fiance. A year ago we moved into a rustic twin peak chalet on the edge of a wildlife sanctuary in north Kitsap Peninsula. It’s what we both needed.
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HÍSW̱ḴE SIAM(pronounced HAISH-ka see-EM) is a respectful Coastal Salish greeting. I made it with reverence for all of the ancestors, on whose dust we walk.
My fiance Grispapi and I started a new life in Hansville WA about nine months ago. There are few things better than living on the edge of a wildlife sanctuary.
Enjoy the new video I made for Grits and his son. Our daily walks are stupendous. WATCH VIDEO
My fiancé Gritspapi took this photo after we finished the epic David Bowie tribute night SMASH-Seattle benefit at the Moore Theater on November 20, 2022. https://www.smashseattle.org/.
This week I’m preparing for next week’s trip to play music in Rome, Italy!
I will play a concert or two, teach a fantastic vocal workshop called IMPROVOKALL and also record on and produce the third album by chamber jazz sextet OU!
DENIO A ROMA dal 1-9 dicembre
3 dicembre: Boogie Club con Adriano Lanzi (chitarra) e Roberto Fega (suoni)
4 dicembre:IMPROVOKALL! Vi invito a partecipare nel mio laboratorio! Esplora e impara modi per rafforzare la voce ed espandere le gamme di espressione andare oltre i limit personali come improvvisatore. Da je! Cantiamo!
Poi la cOUrte reale si riunirà! Gli OU mi hanno chiesto a produrre la loro terza registrazione per FOLDEROL Records a Roma.
La cOUrte: la Rex (Ersilia Prosperi: tromba, flicorno, ukulele, voce) la Regina (Amy Denio: sassofono, clarinetto, voce, produzione) il Marchese (Andrea Pesce: pianoforte, tastiere voce) il Principe (Claudio Mosconi: basso, voce) il Principe Illegittimo (Cristiano DeFabritiis: batteria, voce) Valeria Sturba (violino, theremin e voce) e altre amate cortigiane.
Non vedo l’ora di scolpire i suoni delle composizioni ribelli della mia compositrice preferita Ersilia Prosperi!
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