Vocalist . Composer . Arranger
“Magpie” World Premiere
Thu, Apr 06
|The Music Gallery
A woman meets a mysterious bird and is transported into a dark, spellbound otherworld. Sarah Jerrom’s Magpie blends sound and visuals, narrating a new fairytale.
DETAILS
Apr 06, 2023, 8:00 p.m. EDT
The Music Gallery, 918 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5R 3G5, Canada
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Contemporary jazz, dance and video installation intertwine in Magpie, a passion suite for large ensemble created and led by vocalist and composer Sarah Jerrom. The story is set in a fairy-tale world inspired by the Canadian Rocky Mountain landscape. Highlighting themes of birds, feminism, infertility and grief, “Magpie” is dedicated to removing the stigma and taboo surrounding pregnancy loss.
The ensemble, conducted by Christian Overton, features four voices alongside seventeen instruments, two dancers and live graphic video. Featured soloists include some of the most in-demand professional musicians in the Canadian jazz scene. Dancers Savannah Neudorf and Nicole Decsey interact artfully with the music, and live video projections by Yesim Tosuner tackle themes from the multi-movement suite. Directed by Micaela Morey, these visual and musical elements work together to bring the story of Magpie to life.
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