Karen Jolicoeur: Calendar

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Klavierhaus Concert Hall presents Karen Jolicoeur in Recital

Themes of the seasons, love blooming and fading, night and day, endings and beginnings, weave in and out of an engaging mix of late romantic and salon music alongside new works. Music by Strauss, Granados, Charpentier; Rorem, Copland, and Weill; and some of the NYC composers whose work Karen has premiered including Michael Dellaira, Thomas Carlo Bo and David Wolfson. Karen will be accompanied by Bill Lewis at the piano.

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

The Machine Stops

Karen sings the role of Xansah in selections from Geoffrey Kidde's opera in two acts for seven voices and electronics, based on the short story by E.M. Forster.

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Aquitaine Dialogues (Premiere)

June 23rd through 26th. Karen plays Eleanor of Aquitaine in Aquitaine Dialogues: A New Musical Theater Work by Lou Rodgers. A Speculation of the Early Romantic Life of Eleanor - Of What Could Have Happened and What Should Have Happened. For advance reservations, please e-mail GoldenFleeceRSVP@hotmail.com or call 212-691-6105.

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Aquitaine Dialogues (Premiere)

June 23rd through 26th. Karen plays Eleanor of Aquitaine in Aquitaine Dialogues: A New Musical Theater Work by Lou Rodgers. A Speculation of the Early Romantic Life of Eleanor - Of What Could Have Happened and What Should Have Happened. For advance reservations, please e-mail GoldenFleeceRSVP@hotmail.com or call 212-691-6105.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Aquitaine Dialogues (Premiere)

June 23rd through 26th. Karen plays Eleanor of Aquitaine in Aquitaine Dialogues: A New Musical Theater Work by Lou Rodgers. A Speculation of the Early Romantic Life of Eleanor - Of What Could Have Happened and What Should Have Happened. For advance reservations, please e-mail GoldenFleeceRSVP@hotmail.com or call 212-691-6105.

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Tin Angel (Premiere/Atelier)

April 21st & 22nd. Karen will sing the role of Maria in the premiere reading of "The Tin Angel" with music by Daniel Asia and libretto by Paul Pines (based on his novel of the same name).

The creators say, "The Tin Angel is a murder mystery set in a threshold world of sublime music in the heart of no-man’s land. Pablo Waitz, owner of the jazz club, has lost his partner and the club’s cash reserves in a drug deal gone bad. Outside the club, the dispossessed own the street. Inside, an assortment of entrepreneurs and musicians, artists and gamblers, cops and hustlers find themselves connected by the magical quality of the music.

Adding to the crisis, Ponce’s troubled ghost joins that of Pablo’s late father, an Auschwitz survivor who walks the Bowery battlements questioning his son’s dedication to this shadow world. Pablo’s lover, Maria, wants to leave this place, and gives Pablo an ultimatum. But he is possessed by the mission to recover the money, and uncover the underlying mystery of his partner’s violent death. Most of all, he clings to the hope of keeping the Tin Angel alive.

The question raised by this opera is timeless: How do we make a life out of love and loss, recognizing the light in darkness that unites us all?"

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Tin Angel (Premiere/Atelier)

April 21st & 22nd. Karen will sing the role of Maria in the premiere reading of "The Tin Angel" with music by Daniel Asia and libretto by Paul Pines (based on his novel of the same name).

The creators say, "The Tin Angel is a murder mystery set in a threshold world of sublime music in the heart of no-man’s land. Pablo Waitz, owner of the jazz club, has lost his partner and the club’s cash reserves in a drug deal gone bad. Outside the club, the dispossessed own the street. Inside, an assortment of entrepreneurs and musicians, artists and gamblers, cops and hustlers find themselves connected by the magical quality of the music.

Adding to the crisis, Ponce’s troubled ghost joins that of Pablo’s late father, an Auschwitz survivor who walks the Bowery battlements questioning his son’s dedication to this shadow world. Pablo’s lover, Maria, wants to leave this place, and gives Pablo an ultimatum. But he is possessed by the mission to recover the money, and uncover the underlying mystery of his partner’s violent death. Most of all, he clings to the hope of keeping the Tin Angel alive.

The question raised by this opera is timeless: How do we make a life out of love and loss, recognizing the light in darkness that unites us all?"

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Center for Contemporary Opera

A gala evening to benefit the Center for Contemporary Opera. The evening will include scenes from upcoming CCO productions of "The Secret Agent" by Michael Dellaira and J.D. McCLatchy, "Enemies, a Love Story" by Ben Moore and Namha Sandrow, and "The Tin Angel" by Daniel Asia and Paul Pines. These scenes will be presented by CCO's outstanding artists. Ms. Jolicoeur will be featured as Maria in "The Tin Angel," a role which she will premiere with CCO in April.

As part of CCO's outreach program, "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", and "The Mary Shelley Opera" will also be presented by the superb Frost Opera Theater from The University of Miami Frost School of Music.

The evening will begin with drinks at 8pm and the program will begin at approximately 8:15. A lovely reception will follow.

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

Concert - "Song New York" - Golden Fleece/Composers Chamber Theatre

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

Concert - "Square One Series" - Golden Fleece/Composers Chamber Theatre

Karen will sing excerpts from Lou Rodgers' "Aquitaine Dialogues" on this program of new works in process.

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Solo Recital - "Turn, Turn, Turn - the cycles of life in song, from the Belle Epoque to the present"

Themes of the seasons, love blooming and fading, night and day, endings and beginnings, weave in and out of an engaging mix of late romantic and salon music alongside new works. Music by Strauss, Granados, Charpentier; Rorem, Copland, and Weill; and NYC composers whose work Karen has premiered including Michael Dellaira, Thomas Carlo Bo and David Wolfson. Karen will be accompanied by Bill Lewis at the piano.

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

DVD Release Party - Peter Westergaard's "Alice in Wonderland"

This DVD on the Albany Records label presents the world premiere recording of Westergaard’s Alice in Wonderland, which features Karen as the French Mouse, one half of the Caterpillar, the March Hare, the Duchess's Cook and others! As the composer says, “No question about it, this is a curious sort of opera. There’s no orchestra, just seven singers, singing 41 roles and providing their own accompaniment on- and off-stage, with voices, hand bells, bird whistles, drums, and occasional sound effects.” Come join CCO as we celebrate the release of our third commercial recording. Karen will also join a panel discussion about the work led by CCO Artistic Director Eric Salzman, which will be followed by a showing of the short documentary, Westergaard in Wonderland. Later, meet the cast and creative team while you enjoy some of CCO's famous wines.

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Shadows of the City (Premiere)

June 24th through 27th, Karen plays Lizzie in the world premiere Thomas Carlo Bo's film noir opera "Shadows of the City." The first half of the program features a separate cast in scenes from Richard Peaslee's musical "Boccaccio."

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Shadows of the City (Premiere)

June 24th through 27th, Karen plays Lizzie in the world premiere Thomas Carlo Bo's film noir opera "Shadows of the City." Program is repeated at 8 p.m. on at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 27th. The first half of the program features a separate cast in scenes from Richard Peaslee's musical "Boccaccio."

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Shadows of the City (Premiere)

June 24th through 27th, Karen plays Lizzie in the world premiere Thomas Carlo Bo's film noir opera "Shadows of the City." Program is repeated at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 26th and at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 27th. The first half of the program features a separate cast in scenes from Richard Peaslee's musical "Boccaccio."

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Center for Contemporary Opera

The evening will be hosted by WQXR's Midge Woolsey.

Ms. Jolicoeur will reprise music from her recent portrayal of Winnie in CCO's atelier performance of The Secret Agent by Michael Dellaira and J.D. McClatchy.

The evening will also feature scenes from other recent CCO productions as well as the New York premiere of the comic opera "Review" by Jeremy Beck and Patricia Marx, presented as part of CCO's outreach program by the very talented opera workshop at James Madison University in Virginia.

Goodie bags for he and she generously donated by Estée Lauder!

Ticket and donation information is available here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95717

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Prima le Parole - Center for Contemporary Opera

The Century for Contemporary Opera presents the Prima le Parole series to give lovers of opera and literature a first glimpse of exciting new works, and their writers a first hearing of their text. This 90-minute presentation offers non-musical readings from new opera libretti by noted playwright Terry Quinn and by well-known feminist, ethicist, and psychologist Dr. Carol Gilligan. Each libretto is based on a work by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Brenda Wineapple, author of Hawthorne: A Life, will provide context and commentary. Light refreshments will be served.

Karen reads the role of Hester Prynne in Carol Gilligan's PEARL: An opera inspired by The Scarlet Letter.

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

The Secret Agent (Premiere/Atelier)

October 22 & 23 - Karen will play Winnie in the premiere reading of Michael Dellaira & J.D. McClatchy''s "The Secret Agent." The opera is based on the Joseph Conrad 1907 novel of the same name, which is in turn based on a real-life attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1896.

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

The Secret Agent (Premiere/Atelier)

October 22 & 23 - Karen will play Winnie in the premiere reading of Michael Dellaira & J.D. McClatchy''s "The Secret Agent." The opera is based on the Joseph Conrad 1907 novel of the same name, which is in turn based on a real-life attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1896.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Movement Research - Open Performance

Karen will perform Karen's Vocalise, written by David Wolfson and choreographed by Julie Turner.

Movement Research is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist and their creative process and vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture and instigate discourse and experimentation.

Open Performance is a program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists' process.

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Bronx Arts Ensemble

Karen performed a Dutch lullaby on this program hosted by New York City Councilmember Oliver Koppell and attended by the Dutch Consul General and various New York City and State elected officials.

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Risking Innovation Conference

Co-facilitating a workshop on Experience Bryon's Integrative Performance Practice

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Experience Vocal Dance Company

Workshop Facilitators
Artistic Director: Pioneer of Vocal Dance Theatre Experience Bryon
with EVDC's Principal Artist Karen Jolicoeur
& Associate Movement Facilitator Ros Philips

Integrative Performance Practice is a biodynamic practice rooted in the breath body designed to allow the performer the freedom to completely integrate unlimited movement and uncompromised bel canto singing. This workshop is for those who wish to step beyond training systems that isolate the disciplines of singing/sounding, dancing/moving and acting, and open their work to new possibilities.

Participants of this workshop will leave with:
· embodied experiences of an integrated instrument;
· clear strategies to coordinate and condition as an integrated performer; and
· a series of exercises emerging from the latest research into the physiology of the breath body and psycho-physical approaches to performance.

The completion of the workshop will qualify the participant to audition for a forthcoming London sister company to EVDC NYC if they so wish.

This emerging practice has, in recent years, been workshopped in Moscow, Toronto, Hanover, New York, London and Mexico and performed by Experience Vocal Dance Company at Westside Dance Project, The Embassy Studio, The Playhouse at the Abrons Arts Center, Staatsoper Hanover Ballet Studio as a part of the Tanz und Musictheatre conference, Dance Theatre Workshop, The New Dance Group, The Exchange, JanJus Church Composers Series and at the 92nd Street Y "Fridays at Noon" series.

To register email or call:
info@experiencevocaldance.org
Phone 0207 624 1663
**Places Strictly Limited**

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Zoë's Musical Fairy Tale, Upon A Time

Karen sings the lead role of Serafina in a concert version of 'Zoë's Musical Fairy Tale, Upon A Time' written and composed by Zoe Vandermeer. A New York City cast with Lars Woodul as the Cruel King and others.

Friday, February 27th, 2009

92nd St. Y Fridays at Noon

These free one-hour, mixed-bill events focus on the process of creating choreography. Three to four choreographers show finished or in-progress choreography with audience discussion following each work. Fridays at Noon is co-curated by Catherine Tharin and Krista Nelson and takes place on the 2nd floor of the 92nd Street Y, in Buttenwieser Hall.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

"Opera and the Undoing of Women"

See July 17th listing for details

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

"Opera and the Undoing of Women"

Details to follow!

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Uptown Arts Stroll / Make Music New York

Karen will be performing selections from "The Dream That You Wish" Details to follow.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Alice in Wonderland by Peter Westergaard

See June 3rd listing for details

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Alice in Wonderland by Peter Westergaard

Karen played multiple roles (and bells and whistles - literally!) in the premiere of the first half of this opera with the Center for Contemporary Opera in June of '06 (see the Press page for the New York Times review). She has been asked back to join the cast of the complete opera, to be fully staged at Symphony Space in a joint production by the Center for Contemporary Opera and Princeton University. Details to follow!

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Alice in Wonderland by Peter Westergaard

Karen played multiple roles (and bells and whistles - literally!) in the premiere of the first half of this opera with the Center for Contemporary Opera in June of '06 (see the Press page for the New York Times review). She has been asked back to join the cast of the complete opera, to be fully staged at Symphony Space in a joint production by the Center for Contemporary Opera and Princeton University. Details to follow!

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Experience Vocal Dance Company at Movement Research

Karen's work as a Principal Artist with the Experience Vocal Dance Company will be featured at this program of experimentation and work-in-progress, followed by a moderated audience discussion.

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Experience Vocal Dance at Fielday-Doubled!

Excerpts from "Opera and the Undoing of Women" to be performed on the Fielday - Doubled! program at the Henry Street Settlement. Details to follow!

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Experience Vocal Dance Co. at New Dance Group's Exchange

EVDC performs "Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women," from the larger program in development called "Opera and the Undoing of Women" Come experience vocal dance and share your thoughts in the exchange of ideas afterwards. Admission $5. More info at http://ndg.org

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Experience Vocal Dance Company - Video Shoot

at Merce Cunningham Dance Studio

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Experience Vocal Dance at Fielday - Henry Street Settlement

Premiere of "Edge II" with fellow soprano and Vocal Dancer Sara Paar. Created by choreographer Lynn Wichern with music by David Wolfson and text by Sylvia Plath. More info: http://www.thefield.org/c-6-fieldday.aspx

Monday, June 25th, 2007

CD Release!

Karen releases her long-awaited lullaby album, "The Dream That You Wish," on the What's Left Records label. Purchase through CD Baby at www.cdbaby.com/karenj

January 2007

Experience Vocal Dance on "Art or Something Like It" on CUNY TV

See Karen rehearse the Piangero from Handel's Giulio Cesare with the Experience Vocal Dance Company. If you missed it, you can watch it on Real Video here: http://tinyurl.com/333v35

December 2006

Vivaldi "Gloria"

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Experience Vocal Dance at Movement Research - Dance Theater

Performance of a selection from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Experience Vocal Dance at Fielday - Henry Street Settlement

Performance of a selection from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Alice in Wonderland, Center for Contemporary Opera