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Zeena Parkins, multi-instrumentalist/composer/improviser and pioneer of contemporary harp practice and performance reimagines the instrument as a 'sound machine of limitless capacity.'
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Scale, 2019 Sistere, 2019 Lace Piece, Movement...
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2020 January 18 (8pm) Son d’hiverEye to Ear band, playing...
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Bio - Zeena Parkins. New York based electro-acoustic...
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The evolution of my electric harp Version 1 was made for the...
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Collaborations SCALE — Zeena Parkins and Jeff Kolar, Two...
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Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion.
Zeena Parkins (Detroit, Míchigan, 1956) es una arpista activa en la música rock, improvisación libre y jazz contemporáneo. Parkins toca varios tipos de arpa - entre ellas el arpa eléctrica -, y también toca el piano, la celesta y el acordeón. Se instaló en Nueva York en 1984.
Bio - Zeena Parkins. New York based electro-acoustic composer / improviser Zeena Parkins is a pioneer of contemporary harp practices. Using expanded techniques, object preparations, and electronic processing she has re-defined the instrument’s capacities.
Zeena Parkins. Mark About Instruments Events Projects Recordings Zeena Parkins recipient of Guggenheim, 2019 Case Study New Release. Contact Booking SoundClou
There’s music inside of lace stitching, and electro-acoustic composer, improviser, and harpist Zeena Parkins has spent years finding it. Her lace pieces use images of lace as musical scores for ensembles to play, building webs of sound that emerge from its contours.
Zeena Parkins. Brooklyn, New York. New York based electro-acoustic composer / improviser Zeena Parkins is a pioneer of contemporary harp practices. Using expanded techniques, object preparations, and electronic processing she has re-defined the instrument’s capacities.