WELCOME
Since 2008, I have thought of all my work under the title, the things that keep us human. I strive to support listening, attention, presence, and awareness of the body in my work as a composer, singer, performer, conductor, instrument builder, and writer. I write music and build instruments that invite people to be present with their broad, ageless, all-remembering self. – Anne Hege
HAPPENINGS
Spring 2025
Jan. 13-18 * Dresher Ensemble and Artist Residency * Developing electronic instruments for The Glance: Laptopera 2 * Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA
Saturday, Jan. 18, 4-5 pm * Demonstration of Excerpts and Instruments (2nd Iteration) for The Glance: Laptopera 2 * Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA
Podcast: Bodies Making Music: Composer Anne Hege * The Babblery* Released Jan. 21st, 2025
Jan 25-26 * Workshop with Stanford Graduate Composers and PWC’s Radiance Ensemble * Stanford University
Saturday, March 8, 9-5 pm * Final Workshop with Stanford Graduate Composers and PWC’s Radiance Ensemble * Stanford University
Sunday, March 9, 7:30 pm * PWC’s Radiance performs as a guest ensemble with the Stanford Graduate Composers * Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Saturday, March 28th 9:30-5 pm * PWC’s New Music for Treble Voices Festival * public workshop at 2 pm, concert at 2:30 pm * First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto * 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto * tickets
Sunday, March 29th * Collaboration with Lynn Marie Kirby * Roxie Theater * Info TBD
Friday, May 2nd, 7:30 pm * PWC presents Break Open to Beauty * First Congregational Church of Palo Alto * 1985 Louis Rd, Palo Alto * tickets
Sunday, May 4th, 4:00 pm * PWC presents Break Open to Beauty * Transfiguration Episcopal Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo * tickets
June 2 – 15 * Dresher Ensemble and Artist Residency * Developing electronic instruments for The Glance: Laptopera 2
June 13-14 * Demonstration of Excerpts and instruments (Third Iteration) for The Glance: Laptopera 2 * Info TBD
ONLINE VIEWING
The Furies: A Laptopera Trailer * in three minutes, see the what, why, and how The Furies happened! * on my new Youtube Channel.
**The Furies: A Laptopera** new opera for laptop orchestra and live vocalists based on the Electra story * watch Live-Stream recordings here
New Prosthetics self-titled album is out on FREAKS! Listen here, watch videos Experiment, Put Me Under, In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Online release of Annabel Lee (2005) for solo voice and tape track
EXCITING PRESS:
My work was profiled by I Care If You Listen in an article “Anne Hege Breathes Life into Hacked Cassette Players and Singing Laptops” by Esteban Meneses (I love the title of this article).
it sounds like all my dreams commissioned by Volti SF , for live distanced chorus, virtual chorus, and electronic interludes received some nice reviews! SF Classical Voice published this review, and Stephen Smoliar published this one! You can watch it here.
You can find an article in SF Classical Voice about PWC’s first season with me as AD here.
Here is a pamphlet I wrote to complete my Deep Listening Certification called Deep Listening Through Parenthood: Sonic Meditations for Birth, the NICU, and Beyond. It is free to share. I put it out there as a testament to the power of the Deep Listening practice, the work of Pauline Oliveros, Ione, and Heloise Gold, and the values that have been central to my work as a composer, musician, and human over the last twenty years. Enjoy!
