Laura Moody: The Open Fund for Music Creators
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Parallelist - Premiere Performance
An isolated telephone operator connects calls alone in her exchange. She has never existed outside of this booth and her only understanding of the world beyond is through the subscribers who call in and the connections she makes. How close to this outer “reality” can she ever reach? And what happens when she receives a call which doesn’t appear to be for anyone at all?
Laura Moody‘s song-based drama, set within Clay Gold‘s sonic environment of crackling devices, premieres at the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival, presenting an intimate tale of alienation, connection and transformation. With voice, cello, tape machines and a working telephone exchange system, Parallelist explores the rich poetry embedded in consciousness theory.
Laura Moody is a cellist, vocalist, songwriter, composer and theater performer. In her solo work Laura draws on the infinite possibilities available from her solo cello and voice to create emotive songs that inhabit a unique space between the avant garde, classical music, pop and singer-songwriter tradition. In November 2014 she released her debut solo album Acrobats to major critical plaudits. She has since toured the album extensively in the UK and to major festivals. Other recent works include Medium for vocalizing string quartet, which was commissioned by Phaedra Ensemble, and award nominated scores for dreamplay at The Vaults Theatre and Mary Rose for BBC Radio 3. She is currently an Open Space Artist in Residence at Aldeburgh Music where she has been collaborating with the sound artist Clay Gold.