Dina Maccabee – The Sharpening Machine

04.06.2024 KM28
Dina Maccabee & Evelyn Saylor
Dina Maccabee – voice, live electronics, composition
Evelyn Saylor – voice, live electronics, composition
Johanna Ackva – voice
Marco Wessnigk – voice

The program explores the composers’ shared engagement with modal harmony, looped and cyclical structures, interlocking rhythmic play, and communal singing practices.

Dina Maccabee – The Sharpening Machine — The Sharpening Machine von Dina Maccabee
**Dina Maccabee**: vocals, violin, viola, synths, guitar (7)
**Evan Collins Conway**: electric bass (3,5,8)
**Brett Farkas**: acoustic guitar (3,5,9) electric guitar (2,5)
**Roger Riedlbauer**: electric guitar (5,7)
**Ben Brown**: electric guitar (5)
**Toby Summerfield**: electric guitar (4)
**Sam Broido**: acoustic guitar (4) vocals (3)
**John Kibler**: upright bass (6)
**Devin Hoff**: electric bass (1,2,6) upright bass (1)
**Ben Peeler**: pedal steel and Weisenborn (6,7,9)
**Elizabeth Goodfellow**: drums (2,4,5)
**Caitlin Moss**: drums (1,7,8)
**Corey Fogel**: drums (6) objects (3) vocals (3)
**Jonathan Zorn**: analog synthesizers (1,8)
**Eli Crews**: drum machine (1)
**Robin Lynn**: piano (2,4,5,6)
**James Waterman**: vibraphone (8)
**Ben Townsend**: banjo (3)
**Marc Bolin**: tuba (4) trombone (9)
**Sylvain Carton**: alto and baritone saxophones (2,5,8)
**Mark Orton**: marxophone, dobro, autoharp (9)
**Dan Cantrell:** accordion, organ, musical saw (9)
**Brett Hool**: vocals (3) Julia Holter: vocals (3,4)

Das Programm erforscht die gemeinsame Auseinandersetzung der Komponisten mit modaler Harmonik, Schleifen- und zyklischen Strukturen, ineinandergreifenden rhythmischen Spielen und gemeinschaftlichen Gesangspraktiken.