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Water Garden

9/18/2021 / 1pm-4pm / Brooklyn Botanical Garden - 990 Washington Avenue (40.6655240,-73.9624815)

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Clara Warnaar is a NYC based drummer and percussionist who plays with the band Infinity Shred and as a guest with the International Contemporary Ensemble. Her solo work is mainly ambient and experimental.

Emily Haughton

Emily Haughton has been a freelance dancer in New York City for about 2 1/2 years. She has had the pleasure of working with Gwen Gussman’s Holdtight company, the Warp Trio, Heidi Latsky, and being in a few short films in NYC. Before she came to New York City, she spent two years in San Francisco completing the Alonzo King Lines Training program. There she had the privilege of working with and performing works by Maurya Kerr, Gregory Dolbashian, Christian Burns, Kai Davis, Arturo Fernandez, Sidra Bell, Greg Dawson, Alex Ketley, and Alonzo King. Emily is thrilled to be a part of this biophony and is excited for the opportunities ahead.

Mikael Darmanie

Mikael Darmanie has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Russia and the Caribbean. Recent festival appearances have included: The Weil Institute at Carnegie, Trinity Wall Street, Prototype, Bang on a Can Marathon, Close Encounters With Music, Berkshire High Peaks Festival, Cape Cod Symphony Nth Degree, Pianofest in the Hamptons, the Mozarteum, Mainly Mozart, and L’Acadèmie de Musique de Sion.

Lauren Cauley

Violinist and improviser Lauren Cauley has quickly risen in New York’s avant-garde as an artist known for genre-breaking performances that expand the sonic possibilities of her instrument. Now a “mainstay of the local new-music scene” (New York Times), she’s built a reputation as an interpreter of “fierce precision” and “excellence uncompromised” (Cleveland Classical)…

Erika Dohi

Described as "virtuosic" (NY Times) and "barrier-defying artist" (Mix Magazine), Osaka-born and New York-based pianist Erika Dohi is a multi-faceted artist with an eclectic musical background. From highly polished traditional classical to bold improvisation, she is a dynamic performer whose timeless style and unidiomatic technique sets her apart in contemporary NYC avant-garde circles…

“Biophony" is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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