* Rozanne Levine, clarinets/bamboo flute
* Perry Robinson, clarinets
* Mark Whitecage, clarinet/alto saxophone
* Rosi Hertlein, vocals/violin
Event Details
In Chakra Tuning, Rozanne Levine brings her love of improvisational spontaneity and organic, subtly shifting sounds to the fore. Sonic conversations emerge and develop as the group explores textures, sonorities and space. The music of Chakra Tuning weaves in and out of melodies, exploring rhythms, moods and inner space in a transforming, unfolding journey. Ms. Levine's compositions form the thematic material from which the musicians improvise. Electronic manipulation plays a part in the group sound, as do storytelling, bird whistles, ocarinas, half horns and percussion. Chakra Tuning was featured at 28 Hours of Innovative Art, Roulette and Tonic in New York City, and at the First Annual Hudson County Performing Artists' Showcase in Union City, NJ. Chakra Tuning released their debut CD "Only Moment" on the Acoustics label in 2009....
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* Rozanne Levine, clarinets/bamboo flute
* Perry Robinson, clarinets
* Mark Whitecage, clarinet/alto saxophone
* Rosi Hertlein, vocals/violin
Event Details
In Chakra Tuning, Rozanne Levine brings her love of improvisational spontaneity and organic, subtly shifting sounds to the fore. Sonic conversations emerge and develop as the group explores textures, sonorities and space. The music of Chakra Tuning weaves in and out of melodies, exploring rhythms, moods and inner space in a transforming, unfolding journey. Ms. Levine's compositions form the thematic material from which the musicians improvise. Electronic manipulation plays a part in the group sound, as do storytelling, bird whistles, ocarinas, half horns and percussion. Chakra Tuning was featured at 28 Hours of Innovative Art, Roulette and Tonic in New York City, and at the First Annual Hudson County Performing Artists' Showcase in Union City, NJ. Chakra Tuning released their debut CD "Only Moment" on the Acoustics label in 2009.
Rozanne Levine
Rozanne Levine was introduced to the jazz/new music community as a performer with William Parker and Patricia Nicholson Parker's Centering Music/Dance Ensemble during the late 1970's. Her work with the Parkers is documented on the Eremite release, Through Acceptance Of The Mystery Peace/The Music Of William Parker (Eremite). Throughout the1980's and 1990's she performed in saxophonist/clarinetist Mark Whitecage's Glass House Ensemble, playing both clarinet and Whitecage's sound sculptures. In 1993 she rejoined the Parkers as a founding member of their New York-based Improvisors Collective, performing in the Collective Orchestra and with Collective members in smaller ensembles as well as at Collective Festivals. During her 3-year tenure with the Collective she formed two ensembles , Crystal Clarinets and the Clarinet Choir, which performed at Roulette and the Tri-Centric Festival in New York City and The Buttonwood Tree in Connecticut. In 1999 Levine and Whitecage formed a touring duo, RoMarkable, which toured the US in the summer of 2002 and was featured at the "Converge" art/science series at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ as well as at The Bop Shop in Rochester, NY and The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, CT. They performed in Portland, Oregon at various clubs and festivals with the Bi-Coastal Orchestra in 2004 and 2005. Some of their work together is documented on Tres Gone Presents The Bi-Coastal Orchestra "Live" at the Dunes with Robert Mahaffay, Armen Halburian, Scott Steele, Eric Hausmann, Mark Whitecage and Rozanne Levine (Mahaffay Musical Archives). She has performed with Anthony Braxton, The New Reed Quartet, Jason Kao Hwang, Jackson Krall, Theo Jorgensmann, Blaise Siwula, and Richie Nagan & Who Knows?, among others. She appeared in Johnny Reinhard's Microtonal Festival and appears annually in vocalist Nicki Mathis' Many Colors of a Woman Jazz Concert, and she has been a staple of various Clarinet Choirs.
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