Jessika Kenney

Jessika Kenney is an experimental vocalist, composer, and teacher.[1][2] She is known for performance of Indonesian vocal music (sindhenan),[3] and Persian vocal music (radifs),[4] as well as compositions drawing on elements of both.

Jessika Kenney
Background information
GenresExperimental
Occupation(s)Composer, vocalist, teacher
Websitejessikakenney.com

Kenney sang the operatic prose for the world premiere of the experimental opera Kali in 2000 and performed at the Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance in Seattle.[5] After the 2012 performance of Weathervane at Wellesley College, The Boston Globe called Kenney's singing "pure tones that emanate not just from the center of her being but seemingly from far back in time."[6]

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 Frye Art Museum.[7] The Seattle Times described her exhibit as being like a "cavern filled with disembodied voices and spooky ambient sounds."[8]

In 2018, the American composer of experimental music Alvin Lucier invited Kenney to sing the vocals on his reworking of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth "So You (Hermes/Orpheus/Eurydice)".[9]

Discography
  • Atria [SIGE Records] (2015)
  • Harrison: Scenes from Cavafy; Piano Concerto with Gamelan; A Soedjamako Set (vocals), [New World] (2011).[3]
  • Æstuarium (with Eyvind Kang) [Ideologic Organ] (2005)[10]
  • The Face of the Earth (with Eyvind Kang) [Ideologic Organ] (2013)[11]
  • At Temple Gate (with Eyvind Kang) [Weyrd Son Records WYS-009] (2014)

References
  1. "Award Winners / Artist Profile". Artist Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. "2015 CityArtist Projects". Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. Gimbel, Allen (2011). "Scenes from Cavafy; Piano Concerto with Gamelan; A Soedjamako Set". American Record Guide. 74 (1): 136. Retrieved 17 August 2016 – via EBSCO.
  4. "Jessika Kenney: Singing from the Heart". Sufi Journal of Mystical Philosophy & Practice. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. Berardi, Gigi (1 September 2000). "Mythology Permeates Dance Landscape". Dance Magazine.
  6. Singer, Thea (5 March 2012). "'Weathervane' a Meld of Sound, Movement". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. "Jessika Kenney: Anchor Zero". Frye Art Museum. 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. Upchurch, Michael (16 January 2015). "'Anchor Zero' Turns the Frye Into Mystic Cavern". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. https://blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/so-you-hermes-orpheus-eurydice
  10. Masters, Marc; Currin, Grayson (3 June 2011). "Beyond Fahey: How acoustic guitarists are shedding the shadow of John Fahey, plus interviews with Eyvind Kang, Burmese, and Erik Friedlander". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  11. Burnett, Joseph (23 January 2013). "Dusted Reviews". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  12. "In Rotation: Wolves in the Throne Room's 'Celestial Lineage'". Los Angeles Times. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  13. Guthrie, Sean (2 April 2014). "O'Malley Sidesteps Metal Tag to Focus on Attitude". The Herald.
  14. url=http://animalcollective.dominomart.com/eucalyptus-deluxe-double-lp
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