Saturday, June 13, 2009

San Francisco meets Saskatchewan

...was the name of the wonderful event hosted by Buz and Sarah Trevor of Denare Beach last night. I was delighted when Sarah approached me with the idea earlier this spring. It was a full house and a perfect space. The sound was incredible.

The evening opened with Mystic Lake Road Corridor, a new suite of poems that I decided to take for a test drive at this event as the setting is specific to this place. After each of the ten poems, San Francisco's Andrew Voight, an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser, responded to the poems with improvisations. He was brilliant. I loved the way the bass flute worked with the rural gothic nature of my work.

After the intermission, San Francisco singer-songwriter Lori B took the stage and delighted the audience with her performance. It was a show perfectly suited for intimate home concerts. The audience was lively and interactive.

Hats off to Buz and Sarah Trevor for bringing this together. It was truly wonderful.

4 comments:

Ariel Gordon said...

Wah! I should have been there!

Brenda Schmidt said...

You should have! It was a dandy!

tracy said...

Excellent! Sounds like it was a blast!

Brenda Schmidt said...

Twas! Well, other than my orchid goof-up. I really should strap on field guides before I leave the house.