2011: Theresa Wong

Theresa Wong is a cellist, vocalist, composer and improviser whose work encompasses music, theater and the visual arts. Her training in classical music and design fused during a fellowship at Fabrica Center in Treviso, Italy where she recognized the possibility of creative performance through improvisation and the synergy of multiple disciplines. Bridging areas of musical and visual expression, Wong seeks to find the opportunity for transformation in each work for both the artist and receiver alike. Her current projects include: O Sleep, a multi-faceted improvised opera which explores the conundrum of sleep and dream life and The Unlearning, a collection of songs for cello, violin and two voices inspired by Francisco Goya's Disasters of War etchings to be released on Tzadik Records in 2011. Wong has collaborated with such artists as Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia, Ellen Fullman, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Carla Kihlstedt, Olympia Dukakis, ACT director Carey Perloff and dance pioneer Anna Halprin. Her performances have been included at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Festival Internacional de Puebla, Mexico, Unlimited 21 Festival in Wels, Austria, Radio France broadcast, A L'improviste and at The Stone in New York City. Wong currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. Theresa Wong will create a performance centered around vocal improvisation. Through amplification and manipulation with various objects, instruments and facial expressions, she will explore the expanses of vocal possibility, combining song, text, noise and gesture in a transformative ritual of sounding.

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