In the Summer of 2021, Abigail and collaborative pianist Ria Kim participated in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s inaugural Evolution Classical Program. The program saw interdisciplinary mentors and 12 musical entities from across North America come together to workshop 12, 40-minute original concept recitals that were live-streamed by the Banff Centre as part of the EvoFest: Evolution Concert Series.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has undoubtedly provided great challenges for collaborative music-making, forcing musicians and listeners to grapple with rapidly changing ways of writing, performing, and experiencing music. Green Room Sound Collective has seen these obstacles as a chance to explore new territories in music creation and delivery. The result of this period of experimentation is The Gallery, a work involving elements of collaborative composition, multimedia arts, artificial intelligence, and elements of chance.
Through its collaboration with Canadian contemporary performance group, Women On The Verge, Green Room Sound Collective composers and performers collaborated on the creation of new art songs. The first public performance of these pieces took place through a masterclass administered by acting members of the Women On The Verge. During this workshop, soprano Elizabeth McDonald and pianist Kathryn Tremills discussed the dramatic interpretation of the pieces with the performers while engaging the composers in a discussion regarding their creative choices from a practical standpoint.