Join us for a Listening Lab with Carla Kihlstedt, composer, collaborator, violinist, singer, improviser, educator and instigator. Her musical voice is grounded in the economy and immediacy of song form, which allows her to explore complex worlds – the ocean, dreams, imaginary creatures, the machine age, quarantine – through many different lenses. She will unpack her expansive musical experience for us at JOINT’s beautiful Pearl District office.
Join Club 3A and join us for Listening Labs over the course of the season. Your membership gives you access to intimate conversations with composers and musicians to learn about their creative process and inspirations. Wine and light refreshments are served.
DOORS/REFRESHMENTS AT 3:30 PM, EVENT AT 4:00 PM
RUNTIME: 60 MINUTES
Tickets - $50
Refreshments included with your ticket
Carla Kihlstedt
In her own words:
I have a weakness for old wooden boxes with strings pulled across them: violin, viola, nyckelharpa, marxophone. (I’m also a sucker for a bass harmonica.) I’ve played violin since I was tiny. At this point it might as well be a part of my body. I also love singing.
Singing and playing together — that’s my happy place. Writing songs — that’s my creative nirvana. Art songs, rock songs, pop songs, cabaret songs, experimental songs, metal songs, folk songs — they’re all efficient, intimate and dramatic and can break your heart and remake it in 3 minutes flat.
Improvising, composing, writing, teaching, recording, collaborating — I love all of it with everything I have. They’re different approaches to the same question. Not sure where I’d be without it all, but it wouldn’t be good.
I’ve been turned inside-out by so many different kinds of music that I can’t imagine pledging allegiance to any one way of making music. I’m always working to understand different ways of using sound to move the molecules between humans. I’m not concerned with pinning down a musical identity — Just like your speaking voice: No matter what you’re saying or how you’re saying it, you always sound like you.
About the venue
Public Transportation: The venue is a 4 minute walk from the NS/A/B Streetcar stops on Couch/Glisan. The venue is a a 10 minute from the MAX stops on Couch/Davis.
Accessibility: The venue is wheelchair accessible through the main entrance, and there is elevator access to the second floor.
Parking: On-Street Parking is limited, there are parking garages located on the corner of 12th and Davis, a 3 minute walk away.
