Friday, February 19th, 2010
Gala Benefit - 8:00 p.m.
National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South
New York New York 10003
Uni 347-265-8943
Price: $25 - $99
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
"First the Words" - Libretti by Carol Gilligan and Terry Quinn - 7:00 PM
New York Society Library, 53 E. 79th St.
New York New York 10075
US 347-265-8943
Price: Free with reservation
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 (Dellaria - Atelier) - 8:00 PM
The Cell Theatre - 338 W. 23rd St.
New York, New York 10011
US (347) 265-8943
Price: $20
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 (Dellaria - Atelier) - 8:00 PM
The Cell Theatre - 338 W. 23rd St.
New York, New York 10011
US (347) 265-8943
Price: $20
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
Experience Vocal Dance Company - Karen's Vocalise - 8:00 PM
Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street (7th/8th), 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10011
Price: Suggested donation $3
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
400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson's Arrival in NYC - 1:00-3:00 PM
New York US
Price: Free
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
Association for Theatre in Higher Education - 1:45 PM
Marriott Marquis
New York, NY 10036
United States
Price: Open to conference attendees
Co-facilitating a workshop on Experience Bryon's Integrative Performance Practice
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Workshop in Integrative Performance Practice - July 11th & 12th, 10a-4p
Pineapple Studios
London WC2H 9JA
UK 0207 624 1663
Price: L125
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
St. John's Episcopal Church, 7 Whittlesey Avenue - 5:00 PM
New Milford CT 06776
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
"Lied und Tanz" - Experience Vocal Dance Company -
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York NY 10128
United States 212-415-5553
Price: Free
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"
Experience Vocal Dance Company - 8:00 PM
West Side Dance Project, 260 W 36 Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10018
See July 17th listing for details
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
"Opera and the Undoing of Women"
Experience Vocal Dance Company - 8:00 PM
West Side Dance Project, 260 W 36 Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10018
Details to follow!
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Uptown Arts Stroll / Make Music New York
Time TBD
Fort Tryon Park - Anne Loftus Playground
New York NY 10040
Price: Free
Karen will be performing selections from "The Dream That You Wish" Details to follow.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Alice in Wonderland by Peter Westergaard
Center for Contemporary Opera -
Symphony Space
New York, NY
See June 3rd listing for details
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Center for Contemporary Opera -
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Price: $20-50
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
Center for Contemporary Opera - 8:00 p.m.
Richardson Theater, Princeton University
Princeton NJ 08544
Price: $20-50
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
Dance Theater Workshop - 7 p.m.
219 W. 19th Street (7th/8th)
New York NY 10011
(212) 598-0551
Price: $3 Suggested Donation
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
Multiple Broadcasts
New York NY
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