Program 834: Kristin Norderval and the Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
KALW Broadcast Date: July 20, 2025 | Host: Joseph Bohigian
The first half of this edition of Music from Other Minds features an interview with the vocalist, composer, and improviser Kristin Norderval. Norderval combines her operatic lineage with electronic experimentation in her compositions, placing special emphasis on small-scale opera, cross-disciplinary work, and interactive technology. The program features live recordings of her music, including Back to Square One, From the North, and her opera The Trials of Patricia Isasa. In the second half of the program, you’ll hear a recording from the Other Minds Archives of a live concert and interview by the Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble, recorded at the KPFK studio in Los Angeles in 1980 and hosted by Carl Stone. The ensemble; soprano Deborah Kavasch, alto Linda Vickerman, tenor Ed Harkins, and bass-baritone Philip Larson; was formed in 1972, and the archival recording includes their performances of music by Kavasch and Robert Erickson.
Program Audio
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Track Info & Links
Title: Back to Square One
Composer: Kristin Norderval
Performer: Studio Dan
Title: From the North
Composer: Kristin Norderval
Performer: Kristin Norderval, voice and Expanded Vocal Improvising Instrument
Title: The Trials of Patricia Isasa, Act 2 (excerpt)
Composer: Kristin Norderval
Performers: Kristin Norderval, soprano; Rebecca Woodmass, coloratura soprano ; Dion Mazerolle, baritone; Claude Lemieux, actor; Vincent Ranallo, baritone ; Daniel Pincus, tenor ; Marie-Annick Béliveau, mezzo-soprano ; Daniel Binelli, bandoneón; Francis Perron, piano; Nick Danielson, violin; Isabel Castellvi, cello; Pablo Aslan, double bass; Marc-Olivier Lamontagne, guitar; Eric Phinney, percussion; Ensemble Kô; Cristian Germán Gort, conductor
Title: Imaginary Landscape: A Concert by the Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble (EVTE), 2 of 2
Record Label: Other Minds Archives
