December 29, 2020
….they may actually be falling into place.” Chinua Achebe
I am excited to announce that my vocal ensemble, Moving Star, will ring in the new year on January 9th at 8pm ET, with a new virtual program, Falling Into Place, that includes live synchronous singing with new improvisational works as well as new original video pieces like the one above by Sasha Bogdanowitsch.
Moving Star is a collective of singers, composers and vocal improvisers who explore the transformative power and expressive possibilities of the human voice through the synthesis of improvisation and composition.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who continue to deal with the worst effects from the pandemic of 2020. As a live performance-oriented group, we faced the challenges of not being able to sing and meet in person. Instead we met, sang and collaborated online. We explored new ways of improvising and composing, dug into new technologies, and premiered 3 new virtual works:
- 8 Ways of Seeing ‘I Will Wade Out’
- 7 Ways of Seeing ‘Change’
- 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Please consider giving Moving Star a donation through our fiscal sponsor, World in One, to help support these projects and our artists. Your contributions are fully tax deductible, just follow the link below or you visit our website for more information. With you, we look to a new year full of healing, joy, and creativity!
“3 More Important Lessons from 2020 – Part 2”
Lush Tongue: Sound Meditation and More #55
In the newest episode of LTSMM, I share more important lessons I learned from 2020 about what it means to be in the flow of giving and receiving, tracking your energetic budget, and letting the shoe drop.
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Onome is a vocalist, creativity catalyst, facilitator and interdisciplinary artist of Urhobo heritage in the Niger Delta. She incorporates improvisation into her practice as a tool to expand consciousness, creativity, and personal development. Through her audience-interactive performances, workshops and sound installations, Onome embodies joy, enchantment, and infinite possibility. She is a partner artist at Carnegie Hall as a core member of the vocal improvisation ensemble, Moving Star.
She has performed at hundreds of venues nationally, recorded soundscapes for podcasts, and created vocal film scores. She received her MFA in Performance Studies at Pratt Institute. She is the artistic director for Lush Tongue, a vocal improvisation project where sound, creativity, self-discovery, connection, and joy converge through singing—via sound healing sessions, workshops, vocal coaching, retreats, and concerts. She leads Soul Incites, a women’s self-development community. She got her start in spoken word poetry and opera via Nuyorican Poets Cafe and New York University, and now facilitates community vocal immersions at concert halls, conferences, galleries, museums, schools, cultural centers, shelters, prisons, parks, churches, online, wherever voices gather.