Samavesha presents
Novilunio
a new musical project by
Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer with Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist)
Sunday, January 8, 2012 6pm
Numi Tea Garden
2230 Livingston Street
Oakland, CA 94606
www.numiteagarden.com
FREE admission!
We rely on your generosity!
20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup
will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.
www.novilunio.org
Laura Inserra is a vibrant and talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and artistic director. She is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background who utilizes multiple musical and performance skills. A native of Sicily, her work in Italy is well- known, including integral participation in the composition of numerous movie scores and the artistic direction of innovative live productions. In 2007, Inserra founded SAMAVESHA, an international non-profit multidisciplinary performing art organization. Audiences worldwide are mesmerized by her musical virtuosity and captivated by the passion she brings to the stage. More info...
Elizabeth Setzer is an American musician, she received the BA in music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Elizabeth studied Bulgarian folk singing with Svetla Stanilova at the Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on a Fulbright grant for one year. During this time she performed with the Phillipopoly Folk Ensemble, and studied the tambura with Vladimir Vladimirov. In January 2009 she began to sing with KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble in Oakland, California, and now she is the group’s Music Director. More info...
Evan Fraser is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and recording artist currently based in the Bay Area. Evan graduated from CalArts in LA with a BFA degree in World Music. His teachers include: John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Alfred & Kobla Ladzekpo, Sulley Imoro, Nyomen Wenton, Jim Santi Owen, Mark Growden, Hamsa Lila, Mamadou Sidibe & Yakouba Diarra. Some of the instruments Evan plays are: electric kalimba, mbira, marimbula (bass kalimba), kalimbas in different keys, jaw harp, (jew's harp, mouth harp) in all keys from many different countries, frame drums, berimbau, pandeiro, dumbek, zabumba (bass drum), calabash, caxixi, clave, guiro, bells, quarkeba (metal castentets), tamborine, bottles, overtone flute, ney, spoons, bones, & shakers (so many kinds!). Kamale Ngoni (an african harp similar to a kora) in several keys, lap steel slide guitar, electric lap steel, dan bau, cigar box slide guitar, & resophonic slide dobro, harmonica in several keys, and anything else he can get his hands on! More info...
