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The Canopy

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Label: Neuma Records
Released: 2024
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The Serving; Also Known As; Laevinic Defeat; Culture; Four Words; Mirror; Day By Day; Deluge; Darkness Into Light

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All tracks composed, performed, sequenced, recorded by Ken Field

Album Description

Music for The Canopy was commissioned by choreographer and dancer Joanie Block (selmadanse.com) for her 2024 production of Under the Canopy which focused on expressions of love, loss, and resilience from members of the Boston dance community. The death of Block’s husband in 2021 led to a desire to capture her subsequent emotional journey, through memory, grief, acceptance, and resilience, with a performance in his memory, incorporating dances by other artists who had experienced significant loss in their lives. Block was referred to Ken Field as a potential source of music for the performance, not knowing until they met that he himself had experienced the loss of his wife, animator Karen Aqua, in 2011. Their shared experience deepened the emotional impact of this buoyant and richly nuanced celebration of life amidst struggle. The instrumentation varies widely, from solo saxophone, to saxophone trio, to layered guitars, to bamboo “clarinet” and hand percussion, to flute with sequenced material – together showcasing Ken Field’s astonishing musical versatility. In addition to notated compositions, the release includes a number of Field’s improvisations, created in response to words or phrases from each dancer that referenced the emotions and moods that they hoped to communicate through their dance piece.

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