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URSA – an interstellar cantata | LA Signal Lab
An imagined night sky of words and music: LA Signal Lab presents URSA, an interstellar cantata. Featuring new music by Erika Oba, Nick DePinna, Dan Marschak, Noah Meites, and Hitomi Oba, with a libretto by Sarah Thompson, URSA is a suite of fourteen works linked by the enigmatic mythos of the Ursa Major/Minor constellation. Over the course of this continuous evening length work, audiences follow a path of interrelated musical and literary reference points ranging from Greek mythology, chamber music, and Mark Twain, to Inuit legend, jazz improvisation, and NASA technical data.
Program
LA Signal Lab: URSA: an interstellar cantata (2019)
LA Signal Lab, variousNick DePinna, trombone, synthesizer, concertina, percussion
Dan Marschak, piano, synthesizer, melodica, percussion
Noah Meites
Erika Oba, flute, piano, electric piano, harmonica, vocals, percussion
Hitomi Oba, saxophone
Sarah Thompson, vocals, narration, percussion
An imagined night sky of words and music: LA Signal Lab presents URSA, an interstellar cantata. Featuring new music by Erika Oba, Nick DePinna, Dan Marschak, Noah Meites, and Hitomi Oba, with a libretto by Sarah Thompson, URSA is a suite of fourteen works linked by the enigmatic mythos of the Ursa Major/Minor constellation. Over the course of this continuous evening length work, audiences follow a path of interrelated musical and literary reference points ranging from Greek mythology, chamber music, and Mark Twain, to Inuit legend, jazz improvisation, and NASA technical data.
Program
LA Signal Lab: URSA: an interstellar cantata (2019)
LA Signal Lab, variousNick DePinna, trombone, synthesizer, concertina, percussion
Dan Marschak, piano, synthesizer, melodica, percussion
Noah Meites
Erika Oba, flute, piano, electric piano, harmonica, vocals, percussion
Hitomi Oba, saxophone
Sarah Thompson, vocals, narration, percussion