Mári Mákó  - Dasein ` being there

A graphic score piece played by an ensemble with a guidance of conductor. The signs of the score will be drawn on the spot to mix the process of creation, along with challenging the commitment of being there all together in the moment. Research about composing while performing and questioning the mysticism on stage. 

Ragnheiður "Erla" Björnsdóttir - Seglskraut: Thoughts About Music And Language

Seglskraut explores the boundaries between music, language and visual art. The piece is an experiment on how to create a music-like experience through a book using words constructed with various techniques. The composition's main focus is the rhythm, phonetics and cadence of language - when logical understanding of it vanishes and moves aside for the feel of music. All drawings in the composition display the anatomy of the voice; empty pages represent silence and drawings transform into sounds. Later the material developed as an experimental improvisation for voice in poetry readings. Seglskraut will be presented as a voice sculpture at Ung Nordisk Musik festival in Pitea 2019.

Ragnheiður "Erla" Björnsdóttir is an Icelandic composer, poet and singer based in Reykjavík. She recently completed a masters degree in Creative Writing at the University of Iceland where the piece "Seglskraut” was her final project. Prior to this she graduated with a BA degree in composition under the guidance of Hróðmar I. Sigurbjörnsson at the Icelandic Academy of the Arts in 2016. Erla composes and writes for various platforms, her most recent projects include a film score for a new Icelandic film, music for the National Theatre in Iceland, a libretto for a children’s opera that will be premiered at Dark Music Days Festival 2019 as well as she is a regular performer at the Icelandic Poetry Brothel.