Resonance features poetry of Portland's beloved James DePreist in final "Under the Overpass" film
JUNE 25, 2021— Today at 3:00 pm (PDT) Resonance Ensemble's "Under the Overpass" series culminates in the world premiere of a new commission by Damien Geter for 16 voices, piano, and flute: “After Time Has Gnawed Away the Shield of Dreams.”
Geter sets a poem about memory and hope for a phoenix rising by the beloved late American conductor and honored laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony, James DePreist.
In addition to marking this moment of transition from our pandemic time into what we hope will become a more just new normal, this work is dedicated to the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, that we may remember that appalling violence of 100 years ago and dedicate ourselves to combating racism in our own time.
Thank you to Ginette DePreist for the rights to set “After Time Has Gnawed Away the Shield of Dreams” and thank you to Damien Geter for setting it to your incredible music.
THE MUSICIANS
Cecille Elliott
DeReau Farrar
Shohei Kobayashi
Dee McDuffey
Derrick McDuffey
Vakare Petroliunaite
Adrian Rosales-Casillas
Madeline Ross
David Saffert (pianist)
THE PRODUCTION CREW
Production Company: Oh! Creative
Liz Bacon - Director/Producer
Danni Parpan - AD/Set Designer
Mike Marchlewski - DP/Editor
Matt Greco - Sound Engineer
Jordyn Jenkins and Bailey Dean - Production Assistants
BTS Photography - Karen Pride
THE LOCATION
Thank you to Charlene Zidell and the Zidell family for the use of Zidell Yards.
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► About "Under the Overpass"
This series of videos celebrates Resonance’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, and the space it provides for Resonance artists to continue to create despite the pandemic. Masked, imperfect, together. Starting in the summer of 2020, singers and spoken word artists met in acoustic spaces around the city - six feet apart, masked, and yet together. Viewers will experience music performed in these gritty, hauntingly beautiful spaces. In collaboration with Oh! Creative, the series features Resonance singers and other local artists and musicians all captured under Portland's famous bridges. All five films are now available to view for free here on our YouTube channel.
All Photos by Karen Pride