Itty Bitty Music Session 1 at Fairmount
Miss Katy teaches a really fun music classes for ages 3-5 at the Fairmount Center for the Arts!
Itty Bitty Music is all about playing with simple rhythms, grooving to music from all kinds of styles, and discovering cool vocal and instrumental sounds. Children and their grown-ups get to team up and show off what they’ve learned in a fun, family-friendly performance during our final share day at the end of each session!
https://www.hisawyer.com/fairmount-center-for-the-arts/schedules/activity-set/1465966?source=semesters
Wanderings at the Brasswood Inn in P-Town!
Rooted in experimentation and a fondness for early music, percussionist Katalin La Favre and soprano Naomi Columna have arranged a set of Medieval and early Renaissance music for modern percussion and voice. Looking at these works with contemporary eyes, the artists infuse this repertoire with unique timbres such as the marimba, drums, bells, and different nuances in the voice. Weaving together different musical eras, you will also hear bursts of operatic drama, minimalist trances, among other unexpected sound worlds. The playfulness with time is also represented by the division of the program into 4 seasons, signaled by the sounds of bells as well as 4 different versions of Guillaume de Machaut’s Puis qu’en oubli.
Mud Window Mud Mirror in Residency at Avaloch Farm Institute
In 2021 I moved back to the United States from France where I had been living for 9 years. Shortly after my relocation, I began to take a ceramics class, in a venture to create clay based musical instruments. To my surprise, this class became more than simply a means to an end. It was in many ways a mental refuge from the sense of great uncertainty I was feeling during this drastic life change. Time seems to stop completely in the ceramic studio. Hours go by in the blink of an eye where you are completely engrossed in your work.
Clay has an incredible calming quality in its various stages; the malleable tactile nature of soft clay, flowing water as you wash bisque, gently brushing on glaze.... As an impatient person by nature, clay has also been a great teacher of patience; waiting for the clay to dry properly before moving onto the next stage, waiting for it to unveil itself out of the kiln...
In an intersection between theatre and music, this Mud Meditation project features the first ceramic instruments I have made in this great experiment, including tongue drums, a keyboard, and an udu, but perhaps more importantly, is an ode to this weekly ritual of ceramic class.
During this residency, I’m very excited to be working with Naomi Columna, who will be creating video to integrate into the show.
No Exit
Katalin will be performing with the No Exit New Music Ensemble! Come and witness premiers of living composers. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, October 23 KSU
Saturday, October 25 Praxis Fiber Arts Workshop
https://noexitnewmusic.com/
Itty Bitty Music Session 2 at Fairmount
Miss Katy teaches a really fun music classes for ages 3-5 at the Fairmount Center for the Arts!
Itty Bitty Music is all about playing with simple rhythms, grooving to music from all kinds of styles, and discovering cool vocal and instrumental sounds. Children and their grown-ups get to team up and show off what they’ve learned in a fun, family-friendly performance during our final share day at the end of each session!
https://www.hisawyer.com/fairmount-center-for-the-arts/schedules/activity-set/1465970?source=semesters
Boulez 100: Celebrating the Pierre Boulez Centenary
Program:
Incises for solo piano, featuring pianist Shuai Wang
Dérive I for six players
Dérive II for eleven players
https://www.clevelandart.org/events/boulez-100-celebrating-pierre-boulez-centenary
Bach’s Music Box in Boston!
Exploring excerpts from J.S. Bach's iconic work, the Goldberg Variations, percussionists Katalin La Favre and Brian Calhoon infuse this timeless music with intriguing timbres of metallic percussion instruments. Beginning the work as a vibraphone duet, the arrangements become increasingly experimental, exploring the unique sounds of tongue drums, tuned glass bottles, and handbells. As the audience wonders what will happen next, these arrangements give a unique spin on this classic.
More info coming soon!
No Exit and Zeitgeist
Katalin will be performing with the No Exit New Music Ensemble! Come and witness premiers of living composers. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, January 8 Trinity Cathedral
Friday, January 9 SPACES Gallery
Saturday, January 10 Heights Arts
https://noexitnewmusic.com/
Wanderings at Heights Arts!
In this program, singer Naomi Columna and percussionist Katalin La Favre explore vocal works from the Medieval and Renaissance period navigating through the various colors of an instrument that was not yet in existence in Western culture, the marimba.
Free admission. We recommend that you reserve your seat!
https://www.heightsarts.org/events/
No Exit
Katalin will be performing with the No Exit New Music Ensemble! Come and witness premiers of living composers. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, March 12 Praxis Fiber Arts
Friday, March 13 CMA
Saturday, March 14 SPACES Gallery
https://noexitnewmusic.com/
No Exit
Katalin will be performing with the No Exit New Music Ensemble! Come and witness premiers of living composers. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, May 28 Waterloo Arts
Friday, May 29 The Bop Stop
Saturday, May 30 Heights Arts
https://noexitnewmusic.com/
Itty Bitty Music Classes at Fairmount
Itty Bitty Music is all about playing with simple rhythms, grooving to music from all kinds of styles, and discovering cool vocal and instrumental sounds. Children and their grown-ups get to team up and show off what they’ve learned in a fun, family-friendly performance during our final share day at the end of each session!
sign up here:
https://www.hisawyer.com/fairmount-center-for-the-arts/schedules/activity-set/1244150?source=semesters
Wanderings
Wanderings
In this program, singer Naomi Columna and percussionist Katalin La Favre explore vocal works from the Medieval and Renaissance period navigating through the various colors of an instrument that was not yet in existence in Western culture, the marimba.
Free Admission, No Reservation Required
http://benfranklincommunitygarden.org/music.htm
World Premier: Medieval Marimba
In this program, singer Naomi Columna and percussionist Katalin La Favre explore vocal works from the Medieval and Renaissance period navigating through the various colors of an instrument that was not yet in existence in Western culture, the marimba. The marimba takes on different musical roles, at times accompanying Columna’s nuanced voice with what was originally the gentle plucking of lute accompaniment, and at other moments, taking on the role of the voice in medieval duets harmonizing with Columna. Extended techniques, such as bowing the bars and adding preparations to the marimba explore unique sonic possibilities in this repertoire rarely heard on the instrument. Columna and La Favre look upon these early music masterpieces with contemporary eyes, performing works by composers such as John Dowland, Claudin de Sermisy, Alfonso Ferrabosco and Guillaume de Machaut.
https://www.trinitycleveland.org/event/medieval-marimba-and-song-with-naomi-columna-katalin-la-favre/
No Exit: The Music of Greg D’Alessio
Free and open to the public!
More info here: https://noexitnewmusic.com/
No Exit: The Music of Greg D’Alessio
Free and open to the public!
More info here: https://noexitnewmusic.com/
No Exit: The Music of Greg D’Alessio
Free and open to the public!
More info here: https://noexitnewmusic.com/
Softlaunch at Cleveland Public Theatre
Join us for this groundbreaking festival that seeks to reinvent what theatre and art can be. With Fractal Images of Us, Emergence invites audience to join in creating a song unique to the people and energy in the room. Collaborating with classical percussionist Katalin LaFavre and bassist Nikki Charise, we will weave a sonic landscape with some “pre-made ingredients,” accessible points of entry, and open space for play.
https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/soft-launch-2025/
Softlaunch at Cleveland Public Theatre
Join us for this groundbreaking festival that seeks to reinvent what theatre and art can be. With Fractal Images of Us, Emergence invites audience to join in creating a song unique to the people and energy in the room. Collaborating with classical percussionist Katalin LaFavre and bassist Nikki Charise, we will weave a sonic landscape with some “pre-made ingredients,” accessible points of entry, and open space for play.
https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/soft-launch-2025/
Softlaunch at Cleveland Public Theatre
Join us for this groundbreaking festival that seeks to reinvent what theatre and art can be. With Fractal Images of Us, Emergence invites audience to join in creating a song unique to the people and energy in the room. Collaborating with classical percussionist Katalin La Favre and bassist Nikki Charise, we will weave a sonic landscape with some “pre-made ingredients,” accessible points of entry, and open space for play.
https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/soft-launch-2025/
Itty Bitty Music at Fairmount
Itty Bitty Music focuses on composing simple rhythms, moving to music of various styles, and exposure to a variety of vocal and instrumental sounds. Students and their grownups will have the chance to share what they've learned and perform together during a final share day at the end of each session.
https://www.fairmountcenter.org/music
No Exit at Spaces Gallery
Thrilled to be joining the Cleveland based New Music Ensemble, No Exit, Katalin will premier an original composition called Speaking in Silence for aquarian (a glass keyboard) and backing track.
Free Admission.
https://noexitnewmusic.com/?upcoming_events=no-exit-fall-2024-concert-series-at-spaces
No Exit at Waterloo Arts
Thrilled to be joining the Cleveland based New Music Ensemble, No Exit, Katalin will premier an original composition called Speaking in Silence for aquarian (a glass keyboard) and backing track.
Free Admission.
https://noexitnewmusic.com/?upcoming_events=no-exit-fall-2024-concert-series-at-arts-collinwood
No Exit at CSU
Thrilled to be joining the Cleveland based New Music Ensemble, No Exit, Katalin will premier an original composition called Speaking in Silence for aquarian (a glass keyboard) and backing track.
Free Admission.
October 17, 7 PM at Cleveland State University, Drinko Hall
https://noexitnewmusic.com/?upcoming_events=no-exit-fall-2024-concert-series-at-cleveland-state-university
Ceramic Instrument Making Workshop!
Create a unique ceramic tongue drum using slab and coil handbuilding techniques. A tongue drum is an accessible instrument anyone can play. Usually made from metal, this special ceramic version creates uniquely mellow sounds. All levels welcome. All supplies included.
Thu, Aug 8, 2024 - Aug 29, 2024
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Check out my blog to get an idea of what we will be doing in this class.
Register here! Fairmount Center - Art
Preschool Half Day Camp at Fairmount, Jungle Safari
Head out on an art safari! Campers will create art, explore creative movement. Each week will culminate in a Friday share performance or presentation for friends and family. Check the catalog for exact times.
Fairmount Center for the Arts - Preschool Half Day Camp (AM): Jungle Safari (hisawyer.com)
Mud Meditation- World Premier!
As part of the CUSP series, I am very excited to present the world premier of Mud Meditation.
In 2021 I moved back to the United States from France where I had been living for 9 years. Shortly after my relocation, I began to take a ceramics class, in a venture to create clay based musical instruments. To my surprise, this class became more than simply a means to an end, it was in many ways a mental refuge from the sense of great uncertainty I was feeling during this drastic life change. Time seems to stop completely in the ceramic studio. Hours go by in the blink of an eye where you are completely engrossed in your work. Clay has an incredible calming quality in its various stages- the malleable tactile nature of soft clay, flowing water as you wash bisque, gently brushing on glaze.... As an impatient person by nature, it has also been a teacher of patience, waiting for the clay to dry properly before moving onto the next stage, waiting for it to unveil itself out of the kiln... In an intersection between theatre and music, Mud Meditation features the first ceramic instruments I have made in this great experiment, but perhaps more importantly, is an ode to this weekly ritual of ceramic class.
Follow the blog on how these instruments were made.
$15 recommended donation
No one will be turned away for a lack of funds
More information: Concert Series — Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (uncommonsoundcle.com)
Sound Nap at Grounded Retreat
A sound nap is a musical experience where the audience is invited to lie down and relax completely, entering into a tranquil state and exploring a sonic landscape of total beauty. The gentle calming music transports the listener to the corners of their imagination, causing the sense of time to completely fade away.
More information coming soon.
Preschool half day camp at Fairmount- Space Explorers
3, 2, 1...Blast off! Go on a galactic adventure filled with artmaking and creative movement. Each week will culminate in a Friday share performance or presentation for friends and family.
Fairmount Center for the Arts - Preschool Half Day Camp: Space Explorers (hisawyer.com)
She Scores 2024
Katalin will be performing chamber works as part of the She Scores Festival, featuring female, regional, living composers.
Free Admission
For more information:
PERFORMANCES | l4mf (local4musicfund.org)
Persephone's Garden Sound Nap at the Center for Sound Therapy
In this hour long sound nap, Katalin La Favre takes the listener on a journey through the seasons. Bees buzz and butterflies flutter through the warm sounds of the balafon. The sweet coppery tones of the hammered dulcimer sweep autumn leaves through the imagination. Crystalline glockenspiel notes shine the winter sun on glittering snow, which melts as the harp brings the listener into the blooming liveliness of spring.
Ticket information coming soon.
Marimba Cabaret with Brian Calhoon
Marimba Cabaret is an evening of songs and stories featuring show tunes and pop covers re-imagined for marimba, vibraphone and voice. Brian Calhoon will sing and play marimba joined by Evan Mitchell (drums) and Katalin La Favre (vibraphone). Winner of the 2017 Critic’s Choice Award at PortFringe Theater Festival, Marimba Cabaret invites you to undo the taboo in this award-winning musical coming out story.
Katalin will also be accompanying singer Molly Andrews-Hinders in the opening act!
FREE ADMISSION!
Bach's Music Box
Exploring excerpts from J.S. Bach's iconic work, the Goldberg Variations, percussionists Katalin La Favre and Brian Calhoon infuse this timeless music with intriguing timbres of metallic percussion instruments. Beginning the work as a vibraphone duet, the arrangements become increasingly experimental, exploring the unique sounds of tongue drums, tuned glass bottles, and handbells. As the audience wonders what will happen next, these arrangements give a unique spin on this classic.
FREE ADMISSION!
Click here to learn more about this project.
For more information: 2023-2024 Music in a Sacred Space Concert Series - Church of the Resurrection (churchofresurrection.org)
Itty Bitty Music Classes at the Fairmount Center for the Arts
March 5- April 23 from 5:15- 6:15pm. Itty Bitty Music focuses on composing simple rhythms, moving to music of various styles, and exposure to a variety of vocal and instrumental sounds. Students and their grownups will have the chance to share what they’ve learned and perform together during a final share day at the end of each session.
Sign up HERE.
Fairmount Spring Faculty Recital
Enjoy an afternoon of free music performed by Fairmount’s talented music faculty members. Free event- advance registration requested.
Katalin will be performing 2 pieces on the Marimba.
Spring Music Faculty Recital - Fairmount Center for the Arts
Aqua Dreams Sound Nap at the Center for Sound Therpay
A sound nap is a musical experience where the audience is invited to lie down and relax completely, entering into a tranquil state and exploring a sonic landscape of total beauty. The gentle calming music transports the listener to the corners of their imagination, causing the sense of time to completely fade away.
In the Aqua Dreams sound nap session which explores the calming theme of water, the music washes over and immerses the listener into an aquatic world. Through gentle gliding of the glockenspiel we hear a babbling brook, voice harmonies swim through a river bringing the listener to the deepest depths of the ocean through the resonant sounds of the vibraphone.
Christmas Cocoon Sound Nap
Join us for this special holiday event with Katalin LaFavre! Based on beautiful Christmas Carols, this Sound Nap offers a moment of peace for a busy holiday season, and will be followed by a festive play shop to create your own unique sounds and sing carols.
Let's Make Noise! for ages 2-5 at the Geauga West Library
Discover rhythms, beats and sounds made with musical instruments such as tambourines, drums, shakers, and rhythm sticks. For children ages 2-5 with a caregiver.
Christmas Cocoon at the Center for Sound Therapy
Based on beautiful Christmas Carols such as Oh Christmas Tree, Greensleeves, and Silent Night, this 45-minute sound nap is meant to give a moment of peace during the hectic holiday season.
Christmas Dreams ~ Sound Nap Experience - Center for Sound Therapy
Itty Bitty Music Class at Fairmount Center for the Arts
Itty Bitty Music focuses on composing simple rhythms, moving to music of various styles, and exposure to a variety of vocal and instrumental sounds. Students and their grownups will have the chance to share what they've learned and perform together during a final share day at the end of each session.
3-5 years old, with an adult
Tuesdays, 5:15-6:15 PM - October 24-December 5, 2023
Sign up here: Fairmount Center for the Arts - Itty Bitty Music Session 2 (hisawyer.com)