Racer Session #546 | Leanna Keith | Sunday July 17th, 2022

Hello, Racer Community!

We’re excited for the second of three Racer Sessions this month, this time featuring our friend Leanna Keith! This session will take place on Sunday, July 17th at 7pm.

A freelance flutist, artist, improviser, and composer in the Seattle area, Leanna Keith delights in creating sound experiences that make audiences laugh, cry, and say: “I didn’t know the flute could do that!” She also teaches as the flute professor at Cornish College of the Arts. Her performance artworks have focused on cultural connection and the breaking of audience/performer boundaries. In 2021 she released her first solo album, TAROT Album, which she composed, performed, recorded, and mixed. The album release show premiered online, featuring collaborations between choreographers, digital media artists, stop motion artists, puppetry, and more. Leanna is currently a co-director of the chamber music ensemble Kin of the Moon, with violist/improviser Heather Bentley and composer/vocalist Kaley Lane Eaton. Kin of the Moon is an improvisation-centric, technology-friendly chamber music series incubated in Seattle's rich musical scene. The series explores sonic rituals, promotes cross-pollination of genres, emphasizes the communicative power of specific performance locales, and celebrates the creativity that multiplies itself through the collaboration of performers and composers.

When chatting with Leanna about the work she plans to share at Racer Sessions, she told us this material had been compared to Beijing opera mixed with western classical techniques and the weirdness of Bjork.

Expect to see:

many different flutes
voice
a whole bunch of pedals
Live looping
experimentation
improvisation

We can’t wait to welcome Leanna back to the Racer stage, and hope that you’ll be able to join us this Sunday to watch, listen, and collaborate after Leanna’s set for the jam session!