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Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker + Maggie Nicols

Date

07 April 2023

Venue

The Mackintosh Church, 870 Garscube Rd, G20 7EL

Programme

doors
18:30 – 19:00
performance
19:00 – 20:30

Pleased to welcome two acts whose exploration of song and the voice reaches into the beyond.

Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker present their transcriptions and reinterpretations of traditional folksongs from their birthplace, the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. Touched by the evocative power of female rice-field workers choirs, the ‘Mondine’, and the strength of their community life experience, they sketch an emotional territory where our relationship with the geographical coordinates and the history of the region Emilia resonates with other sounds, other places. They present this work in collaboration with Glasgow’s Glad Community Choir.

Following on from her stunning albums on Cafe OTO’s OTOROKU label, Scottish free-jazz and improvisation vocalist, dancer and performer Maggie Nicols presents a performance celebrating her 75th birthday. Maggie’s work is intensely social, and rooted in the radical possibilities of collaboration. For this rare chance however, we get to see Maggie solo, with her songs and poetry, and the Mackintosh Church’s grand piano.

Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker

For several years Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker have worked on transcriptions and reinterpretations of traditional folksongs from their birthplace, the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. One of the strongest influences was the repertory of choirs of female rice-field workers, the “Mondine”. Read more

Maggie Nicols (Wales)

Maggie Nicols is a Scottish free-jazz and improvising vocalist, dancer, and performer, currently based in Wales. Maggie joined London's legendary Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1968 as a free improvisation vocalist. Read more