"That is exactly what Reed College assistant professor/composer/performer Yoon offered. Sons Nouveau began with an inviting acoustic and electronic massaging of voice and viola gently wafting over the orchestra-level audience. Watching Yoon in real time - in live performance - was mesmerizing. The varied timbres in her sound design are meant to elicit a physiological response. Even within the 1,000 seat auditorium through stage speakers the sound did go more than skin deep. Here is Sons Nouveau."
"For Yoon's second offering, Seek and Find, a vocal trio took the stage for a challenging chamber piece with a delicately balanced foundation of electronics above a steady pulse - perhaps a heartbeat - set on groupings of text by Rumi. The three singers, positioned far apart as the work started, slowly merged. And so did the music. What began as several independent ideas converged and ended in a major chord."
A concert at Benson Polytechnic High School auditorium featured a pre-concert chat between Katherine FitzGibbon and Kenji Bunch, followed by performances led by Bora Yoon. Yoon, a Reed College assistant professor, presented Sons Nouveau with layered acoustic and electronic treatments of voice and viola that produced a deep physiological impact even in the 1,000-seat hall. Seek and Find featured a spatially separated vocal trio over electronics and pulse-driven textures set to Rumi text, with independent lines gradually merging into a unifying major chord. Several works showcased individual Resonance musicians, and the vocal trio established a high standard for the evening.
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