Space Station 189
a micro opera for Instagram
Synopsis: Space Station 189 envisions a protagonist forced to work a 300-day solo assignment doing manual labor on an industrial space station. Exhausted, isolated, and ignored by indifferent superiors on Earth, they begin to hear terrifying noises that they cannot explain. Reinventing the operatic form to fit into Instagram reels, the story unfolds over seven 1-minute episodes.
Length: 7 minutes
Instrumentation: Voice, Drums, Electronic Percussion, Fixed Media
Roles:
Protagonist: middle-high voice
Performance History:
New Music Gathering (virtual), August 2021
Lisa Neher, voice; Brett Paschal, drums; Chris Whyte, electronic percussion (Portland Percussion Group)
Length: 7 minutes
Instrumentation: Voice, Drums, Electronic Percussion, Fixed Media
Roles:
Protagonist: middle-high voice
Performance History:
New Music Gathering (virtual), August 2021
Lisa Neher, voice; Brett Paschal, drums; Chris Whyte, electronic percussion (Portland Percussion Group)
Recordings:
COMING SOON
COMING SOON
