Tower Seminar- Harvesting Echoes: Composing Through Voice

Presenters: Dr Óscar Mascareñas and Steve Boyland

Óscar Mascareñas and Steve Boyland will be performing and discussing some of their most recent work and creative processes which emerge from a long-standing collaboration that has included performances and sharings in Ireland, the UK and Germany. Harvesting echoes embraces encounter and discourse, improvisation and composition; it is dialogue and reflection in an environment of sound and silence.

Dr Óscar Mascareñas is a poet, composer, voice artist and musicologist. He has published work, given concerts, conferences and master classes extensively in Europe and the Americas. He regularly collaborates with dance artists, singers and theatre directors in Ireland and abroad. He is a full-time lecturer and researcher at the Academy.

Steve Boyland is one of the UK’s most accomplished improvising voice artists. He creates solo work and collaborative projects with leading international practitioners in improvised music, visual and sound art, innovative poetry, dance and performance, presenting his work in gallery, festival and concert spaces around Europe.