Das wirkliche Leben
Music for theater play
for electronics and children’s choir (2022)
Premiere: May 20, 2022, Ballhof 1, Hannover, Germany
Further performances: May 28, June 6, June 28, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 13, Dec. 16, 2022.
A production of the Staatstheater Hannover, directed by Ran Chai Bar-zvi
by Adeline Dieudonné
in the translation by Sina de Malafosse
in an adaptation by Frederik Tidén and Ran Chai Bar-zvi
Photos by Isabel Machado Rios
Grandmothers
Electronic music for dance performance (2021)
December 18, 2021, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
With Nagao Akemi, Johanna Ackva (dance), Evelyn Saylor (music), Susana Alonso (light), Björn Pätz, Joshua Wicke (dramaturgy)
Photos by Anna Agliardi
Clouds on Clear Sky
Electronic music for dance performance (2021)
Premiere: October 7-10, 2021, Vierte Welt, Berlin, Germany
October 6-9, 2022, Vierte Welt, Berlin, Germany
With Johanna Ackva (choreography and artistic direction), Akemi Nagao, Jan Burkhardt, Sophie Kuhlmann, emeka ene, and Regina Baumgart (dance and co-choreography), Evelyn Saylor (live music), Max Hilsamer (videos and projections), and Bettina Mileta (costumes and design of the space)
Photos by Aïsha Mia Lethen Bird
Fantas Variation for Voices
A recomposition of “Fantas” by Caterina Barbieri
for voices (2021)
Release April 2, 2021 on the compilation album Fantas Variations by Editions Mego
Performed by Evelyn Saylor, Lyra Pramuk, Stine Janvin and Annie Garlid
Album Artwork by Ruben Spini
Encompass
Hommage to Mahler’s 1st Symphony
for small orchestra (2020)
November 29, 2020 via Livestream – Broadcast from Gretchen, Berlin, Germany
Commissioned and performed by the STEGREIF.orchester
Photo by Lucas Kemper
Allongé
Dance performance with live music (2020)
October 31, November 1-3, 2020, Studio 14, Uferstudios, Berlin, Germany
February 25-28, 2021, online stream by Tanzfabrik Berlin
with Julian Weber (choreography & dance), Shade Théret, György Jellinek (dance), Evelyn Saylor (music composition & performance), Annegret Schalke (light)
Photos by Julian Weber and Dieter Hartwig
Cyclus Cygnus
by Evelyn Saylor and Cherilyn MacNeil
Live performance with 12 electric swans and 5 musicians (2020)
Performance: August 29, 2020, Strandbad Rahmer See, Berlin, Germany
August 27, 2021, Strandbad Plötzensee, Berlin, Germany
Installation: September 11-20, 2020, Festival of Lights, Piano-See, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
with Evelyn Saylor & Cherilyn MacNeil (composition, vocals, electronics), Denis Bivour & Florian Giefer (concept & swans), Henrike Wassermeyer (flute), Alexander Glücksmann (clarinet), Sophia Warczak (harp)
Photo by Florian Giefer
Forgot to Remember – Remember to Forget
Performance for dance and loudspeaker orchestra (2019)
Premiere: September 28, 2019, KONTAKTE ’19 – Biennial for Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Film adaptation for livestream and installation – June 27, 2020, Soundance Festival Berlin, DOCK 11, Berlin, Germany
with Ruben Reniers (choreography & dance) and the Berliner Lautsprecher Orchester
Commissioned by the Studio for Electroacoustic Music of the Akademie der Künste for the Festival KONTAKTE ’19 in collaboration with Klangzeitort
Photos by Carlos Collado
Take It Like a Man
Electronic and choral music for theater performance (2019)
A production by The Agency with music by Evelyn Saylor and Nile Koetting
Premiere: October 17 & 18, 2019, Ergo Ipsum, Düsseldorf, Germany – with soloists from the Münchner Knabenchor
Photos by Dirk Rose
Oskar Remixed
Electronic score for short film (2018), film by the Bauhaus Agenten, Philine Sollmann, Ruben Reniers, & Marco Baass
Premiere: January 16-24, 2019, 100 Jahre Bauhaus Exhibition, Akademie der Künste (Hanseatenweg), Berlin, Germany
September 11-15, 2019, Festival Bühne TOTAL, Bauhaus Museum Dessau, Germany
Commissioned by Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
Stills from the film “Oskar Remixed”
Synchromy No. 2
Electronic score for short film (2018), film by Mary Ellen Bute & Theodore Nemeth (1936)
December 6, 2018, Heroines of Sound Festival, HAU 2, Berlin, Germany
Commissioned by the Heroines of Sound Festival
Stills from the film “Synchromy No. 2”
Change Patterns No. 2
by Evelyn Saylor and Rebecca Lane
for two a cappella voices (2018)
November 7, 2018, Beate Uwe, Berlin, Germany – Evelyn Saylor and Rebecca Lane, voice
Excerpts from the score for “Change Patterns No. 2”
I Am Because You Were
Electronic score for short film (2018), film by Pierre-Yves Dalka (director, fashion design) and Duduzile Voigts (dance)
Premiere: October 19, 2018, Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Online screening: November 6-7, 2020, FILMZ Festival Mainz
Stills from the film “I Am Because You Were”
Change Patterns No. 1
by Evelyn Saylor and Rebecca Lane
for two a cappella voices (2018)
June 24, 2018, Kunstpunkt, Berlin, Germany, curated by A Trans – Rebecca Lane and Evelyn Saylor, voice
Photo by Isolde Nagel,
installation artwork by Mareike Lee & Tomoyuki Ueno
Displacement
Modern dance and theater performance (2018)
Premiere: June 7, 8, & 9, 2018, Dock11, Berlin, Germany
May 16, 17, & 18 2019, Dock11, Berlin, Germany
with Ruben Reniers (choreography & dance), Ana Dordevic | Nora Vladiguerova (dance), Barbara Steinitz (stage design), Nicole Kohlmann (dramaturgy)
photos by Carlos Collado
Flatland
Live electronic score for modern dance (2018)
March 30, 2018, Musikbrauerei, Berlin, Germany – Evelyn Saylor, live music, Ruben Reniers, choreographer, Ana Dordevic, dance
SimulacrumX (Part II)
Modern dance and theater performance (2016)
Premiere: September 28, 29, & 30, 2016, Dock 11, Berlin, Germany – Evelyn Saylor, music and performance, Ruben Reniers, choreographer, Rebecca Jefferson, dance, Paula Dobrowski, text and performance
June 23, 24, & 25, 2017, Dock 11, Berlin, Germany – Evelyn Saylor, music and performance, Ruben Reniers, choreographer, Rebecca Jefferson, dance, Sara Tamburini, performance
Photos by Daniel Nartschick
Gone to Ground
Site-specific playable composition for sonic biking (2016)
July 16, 2016, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
Prelude and Impromptu
4-channel fixed media piece for Fairlight and field recordings (2016)
Premiere: May 29, 2016, Crescendo Festival 2016, Foyer, Konzertsaal der UdK Berlin, Berlin, Germany
July 17, 2016, Studiosaal, Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, Germany
Photo by Kaffe Matthews
Seams and Threads
Context-based composition on Sacred Harp singing for fixed media (2015/16)
February 12, 2016, Wave field synthesis Hall, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
schrittweise
Electronic score for modern dance by Evelyn Saylor, Paul Lansky and Ruben Reniers (2015/16)
February 4, 6, & 7, 2016, DOCK 11, Berlin, Germany – Ruben Reniers, choreographer, Barbara Steinitz, puppetry and performance, Annapaola Leso, dance
Photos by Philine Sollmann
Pulses Round
Fixed media piece for AKS Synthesizer and Loudspeaker Orchestra (2015)
December 6, 2015, Studiosaal, Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, Germany – performed on the Berliner Lautsprecher Orchester
Multiple performances in live solo sets with audiovisual performance
New Prospect
Fixed media piece for Loudspeaker Orchestra (2015)
December 6, 2015, Studiosaal, Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, Germany – performed on the Berliner Lautsprecher Orchester
Perspectives
Fixed media piece for Loudspeaker Orchestra (2015)
September 25, 2015, KONTAKTE’15 – Biennial for Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany – performed on the Berliner Lautsprecher Orchester
Photos by Evelyn Saylor
Sounds For A While
Music theater performance (2014/2015)
June 25, 27-30, and July 2, 2015, Tischlerei, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany – Evelyn Saylor, Vera Buhß, Laura Aragoneses, Weiju Shen, Giacomo Gianetta, Ilya Selikhov, Matteo Spanò, Lucie Vítková, composers and performers, Hans Peter Kuhn, Director
Photos by Thomas Aurin
Observations: Glass on Strings
Four-channel fixed media and amplified piano (2014/15)
Premiere: February 8, 2015, Studiosaal, Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, Germany
Adaptation for Wave field synthesis: March 14, 2015, Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Excerpted as dance score: June 28, 2019, Solo Dance Festival, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
Photo by Bruce Saylor
SimulacrumX
Electronic score for modern dance (2014)
with Ruben Reniers, choreography and dance
Premiere: September 26, 2014, Solo/Duo Festival, Barnes Crossing, Cologne, Germany
January 17, 2015, Solo/Duo Festival, MOHA, Budapest, Hungary
June 9, 2015, Gdansk Dance Festival, Club Zak, Gdansk, Poland
July 3-5, 2015, Dock11, Berlin, Germany
September 16, 2015, Teatro Erba, Torino, Italy
February 4, 6, & 7, 2016, Dock11, Berlin, Germany
January 27, 2018, Solocoreografico Festival, Gallus Theater, Frankfurt, Germany
Photos by Virginia Chiodi Latini
By A Thread
Composition for piano, percussion, and synthesizer by Evelyn Saylor, Edoardo Calgari, and Diana Restrepo (2014)
Released on the album “GRAVITY” (2015, label: betont) – Evelyn Saylor, piano, Edoardo Calgari, synthesizer, Diana Restrepo, percussion
Photo by Evelyn Saylor
Reckless Poem
Composition for soprano, violin, and piano (2014)
May 3, 2014, Trinity Lutheran Church, New York City – Amanda Gregory, soprano, and the Orfeo Duo (Vita Wallace, violin, Ishmael Wallace, piano)
Commissioned by the Orfeo Duo
Character Pieces
Composition for cello and piano (2013)
Premiere: April 30, May 8, & May 18, 2013, Lyman Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA – Audrey Dunne, cello, Evelyn Saylor, piano
January 8, 2017, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City – Laura Melnicoff, cello, Evelyn Saylor, piano
Exuberance
Composition for bass-baritone and piano (2013)
April 30 & May 7, 2013, Lyman Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA – Adrien Redford, bass-baritone, Hannah Hudson, piano
Song for Woodwinds and Strings
Composition for flute, clarinet, violin, and two cellos (2012)
December 13, 2012, Lyman Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA – Kimi Beck, flute, Shannon Burns, clarinet, Albert Chang, violin, Audrey Dunne, cello, Allison Sherris, cello
Tech Tonic Plates
Composition for Electronics (2012)
September 27, 2012, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Made possible by the Summer Experience in the Arts Award from the Mellon Foundation’s Elemental Arts Initiative
Installed as audiovisual installation by Mari Matsutoya & Evelyn Saylor, June 27-29, 2014, in Gallery Dzialdov, Berlin, Germany
Photos by Holger Mann and Mari Matsutoya
Stirrings
Electronic score for modern dance (2012)
May 3, 2012, Pendleton Dance Studio, Pomona College – Ava Untermeyer, choreographer
The Bells
Composition for Electronics, alternate version for pitched percussion (8 players) (2012)
June 3, 2014, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, The Playhouse, Abrons Arts Center, New York City
Diabolical Cathedral
8-channel Composition for Electronics (2011)
May 10, 2011, Lyman Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Klang Fabrik
Composition for Electronics (2010)
December 13, 2010, Lyman Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
This Land Is Your Land
Composition for Balinese Gamelan Ensemble (2010)
Scenes of Paris: Gray and Brilliant
Composition for cello, piano, and French horn (2009)
December 14, 2009, Lyman Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA – Leah Loversky, cello, Laura Collins, horn, Tracy Zhao, piano
Prayer for My Heart
Anthem for SA chorus and organ (2006)
Premiere: October 22, 2006, Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York City – the Choristers of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Mollie Nichols, conductor, Steven Lawson, organ
2007, Harvard Memorial Church – Harvard University Choir, Harry Huff, organist and
2008, Trinity Church Wall Street – massed children’s choirs for telecast
Sister Pact
Modern dance with original electronic dance score (2006)
June 2007, Dance Theater Workshop, New York City – Evelyn Saylor, composer, choreography & dance, Elizabeth Saylor, Meredith Saylor, Lydia Saylor, dance
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