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
SUMMER/FALL 2024
July 2024, Artist Residency in Røst, Norway – Røst AiR
Collaboration with Norwegian sound artist Elin Már Øyen Vister
August 19-24, 2024 * Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency with Sideband
Weeklong residency with Sideband Laptop Ensemble, creating a new work to premiere in 2025.
Sept. 19-21 * Carnal Spill West Coast Tour – Los Angeles
Live music with dance performance * Private home * tickets/info
Oct. 3-5 * Carnal Spill West Coast Tour – San Francisco
Live music with dance performance * Private home * tickets/info
Oct. 21-27 * Dresher Ensemble and Artist Residency – Laptopera 2
Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA
Saturday, Oct. 26, 4-5 pm * Excerpts with new instruments for Laptopera 2
Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA
Friday, Nov. 8 at 5:30 pm * Radiance performs at the Los Altos Stroll
Hear Radiance perform excerpts from PWC’s winter concert – FREE
Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 pm * Volti Premieres Becoming Within
New work for chorus and live electronics * St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Walnut Creek * tickets
Sunday, Nov. 17 at 5 pm * Volti Premieres Becoming Within
New work for chorus and live electronics * Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley * tickets
Monday, Nov. 18 at 7 pm * Volti Premieres Becoming Within
New work for chorus and live electronics* Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco * tickets
Friday, Dec. 13 at 7 pm * PWC Performs Cultivating Hope
PWC’s winter concert performed at First UMC of Palo Alto * 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto * tickets
Saturday, Dec. 14th at 2 pm * PWC Performs Cultivating Hope
PWC’s winter concert performed at Mission Santa Clara * 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara * tickets
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!
