Alone / Together

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Description

Creativity doesn’t stop for a pandemic! Heliconian Club composers, poets, visual artists and dance artist are responding to each other’s works in a multi-disciplinary film creation. They explore musical styles from classical to jazz and from Persia to the Baltic Sea.

Panacea A poem by Josie di Sciascio-Andrews
Responded to in music by Erika Yost
And responded to in a photo series by Patricia Stamp

Venice Night A photograph by Sara Craig
Responded to in music by Jana Skarecky

The Return Composed by Kye Marshall
Performed by Velma Ko, violin; Kye Marshall, cello; Louise Morley, piano
Responded to in a photo series, Release: Ode to the Birds by Linda Briskin
And responded to in poetry (an excerpt is heard here) by Josie di Sciascio-Andrews

Miniature No. 2: Awaiting Composed by Afarin Mansouri
Performed by Kari Koko, Hammered Dulcimer and Lucas Tensen, Cello
Recorded at Maureen Forrester Hall in 2008
Responded to in visual art by Brenda Bisiker
Also featured: Fractured, a photo series by Linda Briskin

Beyond the Sea II Composed by Taivi Alexander and Kye Marshall
Performed by Taivi Alexander, piano and Kye Marshall, cello
1. Responded to in visual art by Rachael Grad
2. Responded to in dance by Tavia Christina
Created in film by Alaina Viau

Driven to Abstraction A painting by Susan Power
Responded to in music: To the Fifth by Taivi Alexander

The Baltic Sea Music composed and performed by Erika Yost
Lyrics by Natalie Fraser and Erika Yost
Responded to in visual art by Janet Read

View from Delphi, Greece A painting by Jana Skarecky
Responded to in music by Maria Soulis

SeaFoam A Dance, choreographed and performed by Tavia Christina
Created in film by Alaina Viau
Responded to in music by Victoria Yeh
And responded to in a video submission by Sara Craig

Creative Team

• Alaina Viau, Director, Director of Photography and Editor
• Erika Yost, Concept and Produced by
• Erika Yost, Kye Marshall and Taivi Alexander, Concert Convenors