Happy Halloween Eve!! This freaky Friday, we’re featuring the brilliant composer: Ashi Day.
Ashi Day is a composer and educator whose vocally-driven music explores unconventional intersections between music and theater; using the voice as a compositional tool; strategic use of humor and absurdity; and considering the experience of the performer as much as the audience. She frequently writes pieces designed to expand the canon in ways that allow performers to play against stereotypes and that bring a theatrical lens to instrumental performance. Common themes include who is able to move freely through the world, pressures that influence people to act for or against their stated values, and interconnectedness and sustainability. She also writes a lot of songs about animals.
A performance from Day's Open Your Mouth, performed in February of 2019 for our Freedom of Speech concert.
