Richard Garet's approach to working with sound focuses on interacting with materials' sonic properties as both source and instrument. Such materials are amplified EMF emissions, modified audiocassettes, dysfunctional tape players, circuit boards, sonification of light, and computer processing, among other explorations and with no particular hierarchy. Over the years, his work has evolved from laptop playing to a more active hands-on approach by embracing tactile malleability and establishing durational concrete methods and less digital playback.

The Artist

**Kerrith Livengood’**s music features complex grooves, lyricism, noise, and humor. She has composed works for the JACK Quartet, Third Angle Ensemble, Duo Cortona, Altered Sound Duo, Albatross Duo, soprano Amy Petrongelli, and the h2 Quartet. She is also a flutist, drummer, technologist, and improviser, who has performed many collaborative and experimental works with many different groups. Kerrith is interested in creating music with live processing and interactive scores. She received her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh, and previously taught at the University of Illinois. Kerrith is also Assistant Director of the New Music On The Point Festival (NMOP). http://kerrithlivengood.com

Soundweaving

Presented by FETA Foundation and Edge Zones

Saturday, August 31, 2024, 8PM

Soundweaving techno-wizard Kerrith Livengood will present several shimmering chains of sounds to delight and tantalize you. Her musical language evokes the classic sounds of analog synths, the vastness of the echoing cosmos, and the glitter of ‘90s anime magical girls. “punish me with love” from her 2024 album In The Name of the MOON summons the spirit of Sailor Venus, represented by AM distortion and erratic noise injected into a shifting field of white noise. Following that, she will make a whole lot of blips and bloops and some fluting with live processing, and you will be astounded at her musical inventiveness and humorous versatility.