From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #2936 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, January 27 2021 Volume 16 : Number 2936 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- This Wednesday Jan. 27: ASTRONAUTICA: Voices of Women in Space [Paul Blai] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:55:55 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: This Wednesday Jan. 27: ASTRONAUTICA: Voices of Women in Space A new project from Elaine Lachica that may be of interest to ectophiles. Premiere tomorrow night online. - ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Elaine Lachica Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:45 AM Subject: This Wednesday Jan. 27: ASTRONAUTICA: Voices of Women in Space To: Elaine Lachica Dear Friends, Apologies for this mass email - I know itbs been a while since Ibve seen or talked to many of you- I hope this will all be over soon so we can remedy that in the near future. I hope you are all well and safe and healthy! Aaron and I are hanging in there:) I wanted to share that I composed a piece for this exciting program about female astronauts and their experiences in space called: ASTRONAUTICA. Presented by Voices of the New, Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space is a mulitimedia song cycle. Premiering and Performed on January 27 by Trio Triumphatrix: mezzo and curator Hai-Ting Chinn, Kirsten Sollek, alto and Lindsay Kesselman, soprano. This is a newly commissioned work for music, voice and video by nine women composers (Kamala Sankaram, Gilda Lyons, Jane Sheldon, Rashonda Reeves, Elaine Lachica, Jennifer Jolley, Bora Yoon, Hai-Ting Chinn and Renee Favand-See) with a libretto drawn from the words of sixteen women astronauts and their experiences in outer space. My pieces are inspired by astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan. All of the details and a trailer are below. The online premiere is this Wednesday, January 27 at 7pm (EST) and also available on demand afterwards. Tickets are $15 but I have a discount code for $5 tickets. You can use here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4913555 or *https://www.voicesofascensio n.org/astronautica *. Just click on bEnter a password or discount codeb and use the code 2021NEW Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy 2021! Thanks and sending love, Elaine World Premiere January 2021 [image: http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=7e99c2b2-8343-4343-9c94-e9362ee70b35&a=111243162 4543&c=98f8939a-b15c-11ea-b652-d4ae527557ea&ch=98f98a5c-b15c-11ea-b652-d4ae52 7557ea] View this email in your browser [image: https://files.constantcontact.com/f5187120301/bc2557ac-5d09-4736-aade-d0c2900 8849a.png] [image: https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif] This month, Voices of Ascension launches a new kind of musical inspiration *VOICES OF THE NEW* an artistic initiative for vocal chamber ensembles dedicated to exploring new horizons, ideas, and diverse, culturally responsive connections. [image: https://files.constantcontact.com/f5187120301/bbe8dd8a-128a-484b-9372-8bc3f40 4965d.gif] [image: https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif] BE TRANSPORTED on January 27 at 7 pm *ASTRONAUTICA: Voices of Women in Space* WORLD PREMIERE ONLINE A multi-media event interweaving voices, music, images, and NASA footage Brand new compositions commissioned by Voices of Ascension 9 women composers set the words of women astronauts Created and performed by Trio Triumphatrix [image: https://files.constantcontact.com/f5187120301/1dbbb5dd-f5f7-40b9-bbff-803f296 dd6e6.png] Click the image above to watch the ASTRONAUTICA trailer. [image: https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif] This brilliant first offering of our Voices of The New series of innovative, cutting edge programs was delayed because of COVID. Originally scheduled to premiere in May of 2020 at National Sawdust and The Flea Theater, ASTRONAUTICA has made a fluid and inspiring transformation to an online presentation with its stunning multi-media components. Read more here . *Tickets to the world premiere on January 27th at 7 pm are just $15.** Ticket holders will also be able to watch the event on-demand. *GET ASTRONAUTICA TICKETS* *If you are a Season Pass or Founder's Circle member, Astronautica is included in your membership and you will be sent information soon on how to watch. 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