Loom Song Performance & Workshop

Workshop

At this 3 hour workshop session, explore the creative process with Loom Song through voice, rhythm, and movement-based practices for vocal composition and improvisation, drawing from their backgrounds in folk, world music, music theater and contemporary music. 

Best suited for confident singers: no advanced expertise required, but please come expecting “mid-level nerdery”, as we engage with some of the musical complexity that enlivens our music.

Performance

Loom Song is a vocal trio exploring the boundaries of the human voice and the intersections between composition and improvisation. Sasha, Onome and Raffles are Loom Song, who collectively come from a wide variety of musical backgrounds consisting of contemporary music, world music, folk, jazz, choral music, and music theater; all which figure prominently in forming their unique sound and approach to singing. Loom Song’s current repertoire consists of compositions by its members, new improvisational structures, and original arrangements of folk, jazz, classical and world music. The concert is more than an hour of vocal pyrotechnics, and brain-bending complexity, infused with warm, invitational opportunities to join in and sing along.

Schedule & Cost

$35 3-6pm Workshop
6-7:30pm Potluck Dinner
$25 7:30-9pm Concert
$50 combo price for the whole shebang
No one turned away! Please do not be deterred by $$$ — please come and offer any contribution you feel moved to offer.

Artist Bios

Sasha Bogdanowitsch is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and educator, whose work includes music for theater, dance and film, interdisciplinary performance, concert music and original songs. His compositional output is heavily influenced by his studies of world, folk, early and contemporary music. Sasha has performed worldwide and throughout the New York area in venues such as: Carnegie Hall, Whitney Museum, Symphony Space, BAM and Roulette. ‘’…winning authenticity.” NY Times
www.timbretree.com
https://sashabogdanowitsch.bandcamp.com/

Onome is a vocalist, improviser, and interdisciplinary sound artist who leads experiences at the intersection of voice, creativity, and mindfulness – for a wide variety of audiences internationally at colleges, corporations, concerts, cultural centers, and retreats. She has partnered with numerous organizations as an artist-in-residence, teacher, and mentor, including the United Nations, Carnegie Hall, Música do Círculo, Grace Episcopal Church, and Bobby McFerrin’s CircleSongs retreat.
www.onome.org

Raffles is a singer, dancer and theater maker, born and raised in NYC.
Co-Director of Loom Ensemble (2010) and Co-Founder of WildHeart (2022)
Internationally, they’ve performed with the English National Opera in London; Loom Ensemble’s annual performance season in Dubai, three summers with Theater Slava in Stockholm, and with the Art Monastery Project at dozens of venues in Italy, Belgium, Sweden and Berlin. NYC highlights include Lincoln Center with Urban Research Theatre, New York Philharmonic with Constellation Chor, BAM with Meredith Monk, and La MaMa with Loom.
www.raphaelsacks.com