Jenna Lyle
Jenna Lyle (born 26 November 1984 in Carrollton, Georgia) is a composer, performer, and installation artist.[1]
Education and career
After receiving a bachelor's degree from Birmingham–Southern College and a master's from Cleveland State University,[2] Lyle studied composition at Northwestern University with Lee Hyla, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim.[3] While still studying at Northwestern, her piece Inkblot (2012) for string quartet, soprano, and amplified heartbeat, on texts by Virginia Konchan, was performed by the Spektral Quartet with Lyle performing the soprano part "with wordless primal gulps and gurgles".[4] Her work Grafter (2015-2017), for "voices, bodies, hanging speakers, and live electronics",[5] was premiered by Jessica Aszodi as part of the 2015 Resonant Bodies Festival.[6]
She is a performing member of the Chicago-based ensemble/collective Mocrep,[7] with whom she gave a showcase concert and also participated in the workshop 'Just beyond our instruments is the world', led by Steven Takasugi, at the 2016 Darmstädter Ferienkurse.[8] As a solo performer and composer, Lyle returned to Darmstadt in 2018, presenting on 'Bodies as Technology'[9] and performing her piece Let them stop swaying; then there won't be any wind (2017).[10]
Lyle is also programs manager of the Arts Club of Chicago.[11]
Music
Lyle's music is preoccupied with embodiment, especially the interaction of the human body with digital technology.[12] According to Lyle, in her works, "sound is usually the result of a prescribed movement or type of body awareness."[13] In Inkblot, this "awareness" arises from the interaction between the violinist's amplified heartbeat and the vocalizations of the soprano.[4] Consequently, performers are often required to make movements and gestures disconnected from or excessive to instrumental performance and sound production: in Let them stop swaying; then there won't be any wind, the performer counterintuitively interacts with a contact microphone so that large, sometimes violent movements are entirely silent, while minute movements are extremely loud.[9]
Selected Works
Theater
By/Of (2015) for 5 corporeally-amplified movement artists, live electronics, projection, and mobile lighting
Solo and duo
Let them stop swaying; then there won't be any wind (2017) for solo performer and electronics
Grafter (2015–2017) for voices, bodies, hanging speakers, and live electronics
…So Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about cause and effect…(2014) for electric guitar and talkbox
Aqualung (2013) for soprano and singing violinist
Crumple (2012) for solo percussion
Suite for Extended Voice (2012) for amplified soprano, electronics, and piano
Granulate (2011) for soprano saxophone and electronics
Ensemble
Plank Rodeo (2016) for 4 movement artists on amplified wooden planks, lights, and controlled feedback
Falterer (2014) for soprano, oboe, percussion, prepared harpsichord, and double bass[14]
Inkblot (2012) for amplified heartbeat, amplified soprano, and string quartet
Spoonbill (2011) for flute, clarinet, harp, piano, violin, viola, and cello
Orchestra
And in doing so, she very nearly lost her will to do it in the first place. (2015) for orchestra and Taiko drumming ensemble
How to Accidentally Kill a Crow (2012) for chamber orchestra
Thistle (2009) for chamber orchestra
References
- ↑ "MATA " Jenna Lyle". matafestival.org. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ "Jenna Lyle". New Music USA. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ "Jenna Lyle". A/B Duo. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Spektral Quartet's Sampler Pack at The Empty Bottle in Chicago". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ "Music". Jenna Lyle Composer, Vocalist Movement Artist. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ "Review: The Resonant Bodies Festival Completes Its Third Year". Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ "About". mocrep. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ Erwin, Max (2016). "Wet Hot Kranichstein Summer: Darmstadt 2016". Tempo. 71, 279 (279): 87–91. doi:10.1017/S0040298216000735.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Bodies as Technology: Viola Yip and Jenna Lyle - Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt". Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ Erwin, Max (January 2019). "Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2018". Tempo. 73 (287): 96–101. doi:10.1017/S0040298218000736. ISSN 0040-2982.
- ↑ "The Arts Club of Chicago " Board of Directors & Staff". www.artsclubchicago.org. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ CacophonyMag (2016-05-16). "People Doing Things". C a c o p h o n y. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ↑ "A few moments with Jenna Lyle | www.riotensemble.com". riotensemble.com. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ↑ Recorded on the CD 'Approaching Dutilleux', The Riot Ensemble, Coviello Classics COV 91503 (2015).[1]
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