Voice, effect pedals, objects

A continuous investigation into the extended properties of the voice within improvisation and composition. Working with conceptual ideas and free improvisations I navigate the voice through selected effect pedals to elongate, layer, construct and deconstruct a piece and/or work. Sometimes done together with performative aspects that I believe to be integral to the music. The aim is to listen with subtle precision and find balance in the midst of the wildness of all things spontaneous and predetermined.

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Casey Moir, Hannah Tolf, Klara Ahlersten, Matilda Andersson

Viva Vocal Ensemble is a 5-piece ensemble founded in contemporary vocal practice and the rich spectra of the voice. Building a new repertoire through collaborations with composers, this ensemble has a focus on new works and all things experimental.

Integral to the concept are two main things: one being an exploration of the capabilities of the voice, interpreting gestural extensions, sounding guttural expression, navigating intricate microtonality, and deconstructing vocal conventions; the other is an exploration of room and spatiality in performance. Fusing these together is the aim to establish an irrevocable interconnection between voice, body, and movement, in space and time.

​All members are established in their musicality, having developed their own distinctive artistic perspectives and expression, enriching the group sound and performative possibilities.