Meet Amy Denio – CanvasRebel Magazine

Researching photos to submit, came across this shot from Slovenia on the last day of a Kultur Shock tour, taken by Photo Zula, our friend Alen Zulic 🙂

ALEN ZULIĆ Fotografija

Raven Chronicles Press commissioned me to create a theme song for their website!

I employed my musical alphabet to compose RAVEN WALTZ.

The letters R-A-V-E-N spelled out the tonalities (F# – A – C# – E – G) and I put my alchemical skills to work.

Enjoy!

Darek Mazzone and I have been exploring music together for nearly 25 years. Our first encounter was improvising together at the OK hotel in 1999, and the forces of nature have kept our creative paths crossing through the years.

Darek founded Old Age Records in Seattle. Their first release is Kultur Shock: Acoustic Live, from Kultur Shock’s acoustic concert at Town Hall in Seattle in February, 2023:

The Stranger published an informative interview with Darek and his globe-spanning projects, check it out!

I’ve been collaborating with Abel Rocha (venezuelan harp, guitar, cuatro, voice) and Madeleine Sosin (violin, jarana, voice, bombo, maracas, other percussion) for nearly 20 years, and our pan-Latin repertoire is mesmerizing. Sometimes we even throw in one or two of my compositions…

In Latin culture, music creates the bridge between the living and those beyond. Let us honor those in our lives who have passed, but whose spirits are still shining brightly. Please join us at this upcoming concerts.

Friday 10/27/23 ~ Correo Aereo Trio @ Seattle Art Museum, celebrating El Dia de los Muertos

Saturday 10/28/23 ~ Correo Aereo Trio @ The Goat, INDIANOLA WA

Nos vemos!

IT’S TIME FOR KULTUR SHOCK’S ANNUAL SHOCKTOBERFEST! Meet us @ the CLOCKOUT LOUNGE in Seattle to celebrate two new releases: Live at Town Hall acoustic recording (Old Age Records) 2-song vinyl release (on Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles Records)We’d love to see your shiny dancing faces! FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER ~ ACOUSTIC NIGHT Live at Town Hall CD release party Support: Orkestar Zirkonium Special guest: DJ @darek_mazzone (WoPop, KEXP, Old Age Records) SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER ~ ELECTRIC NIGHT Alternative Tentacles 7″ vinyl release party Support: Redshift (also on Alternative Tentacles) TICKET LINKS: FRIDAY: https://bit.ly/3qJs1Cn SATURDAY: https://bit.ly/47J4kKY

KULTUR SHOCK

TOP: Guy Davis (bass) Amy Denio (alto sax, clarinet, guitar, voice), Val Kiossovski (guitar, voice

BOTTOM: Chris Stromquist (drums & percussion), Eleni Govetas (violin, oud, voice), Gino Jevdjevic (voice, percussion)

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.

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Enjoy this lovely Italian review of Gli Autopiloti: AVANTI!

Gli Autopiloti – Avanti!

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SATURDAY, JUNE 3 ~ 6-8pm

CORREO AEREO Trio @ Finn River Cidery, Chimacum WA

Abel Rocha: Venezuelan harp, guitar, cuatro, glass, voice / Madeleine Sosin: violín, bombo, maracas, percussion / Amy Denio: accordion, clarinet, guitar, voice

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SUNDAY, JUNE 4 ~ 2-4pm

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

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SATURDAY, JUNE 10 ~ 8pm

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SUNDAY, JUNE 18 ~ 8pm

SAWT OUT featuring Mazen Kerbaj (Beirut)

An evening of sound exploration from masters of improvisation!

@ Royal Room, Columbia City (Seattle)

Presented by Royal Room and Spoot Music

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 AND BRASS, 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

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