I’m enjoying tasty wild blueberries, crisp apples and beautiful squash while wrapping up a summer contract at ELAN. Working in Communications on the 4th edition of Arts Alive! Québec , I helped curate the inaugural Montréal Library Series – 4 library events featuring bookend musical performances and 3 celebrated authors reading from recent works. I’ll be in attendance at the West Island edition September 26th so mark your calendars and see you at this unique event! FREE

KIDSPOP 2018!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th: I’ll be facilitating the “Krista’s Songwriting Machine” workshop at the KIDS POP CRAWL  | 12pm-2pm | FREE | Clubhouse POP. Come make a song using my random draw method! No musical experience necessary.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th: Lederhosen Lucil returns as part of FAMILY STYLE.|2-3pm |FREE | Piccolo Rialto | Performances by local youth and a special narrative dance party by LL.

A little video treat shot on location in Marfa created by powerhouse filmmaker duo Walley Films. During a recent trip to Texas I facilitated songwriting workshops at SAY Sí (San Antonio), collaborated with filmmaker Guillermina Zabala to capture the essence of the “Hello Trees” installation (Houston), and hosted a concert at Brick featuring Jess DeCuir on theremin and Dreambored.

Bonjour les amis! I’ve been busy busy bee in transit settling back into life in Montréal and working on a few new projects. Next month I’ll my alter ego Lederhosen Lucil will be playing a secret surprise TAKE OVER SHOW in Montréal at Casa de Popolo with Jon Cohen Ex and Manners. RSVP here and keep in the loop of set times and such…

 

I returned to Texas in February 2018 to document the latest offering from interactive design company Daily tous les jours – a walking serenade inspired by the gorgeous live oak trees at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas.  Accompanied by filmmaker and artist Guillermina Zabala we explored and documented the inaugural installation of Hello Trees, an interactive sculpture that encouraged visitors to send their messages to nature. By speaking into either end of the installation your voice was transformed into both light and eventually a classical piano abstraction – a poetic meeting of nature, technology and music. We hope you enjoy this creative documentation – an ode to Hello Trees.

As I’m sifting and sorting through photos, video, audio of my time in Texas (I’m working on an adventure blog but there’s a LOT to process…) I thought I’d post a little teaser from the Soiro Bizarro at BRICK during Contemporary Art Month. Thanks to the BRICK team (esp MJ!), CAM, Elizabeth, The Walley’s/dreambored band, Jess & Jeff from hyperbubble, Amy Torok, Keith Seacrest and Dustin Reichert for the collective effort in making this a truly surreal and beautiful night!

The time is neigh for the grand finale Texas! I’ll be trekking to Marfa to play The Lost Horse Saloon with friends dreambored this Saturday. YES! Then back to San Antonio for the final send-off show at BRICK. Click here for the write-up in San Antonio Current!This Texas trip has presented some great opportunities to connect and collaborate with youth in San Antonio, take in some amazing performances and build new friendships. Here are a few snaps from the trip…

Hola Houston, Texas! Join me at Discovery Green for a Walking Serenade. I’ll be capturing this gorgeous commission by Daily Tous Les Jours with filmmaker Guillermina Zabala on Sunday, February 18th between 1-5pm. Stop by and join in the fun and experience the beauty of Live Oaks and an interactive melody machine. Bring a picnic! Bring a friend!

For those of you in San Antonio I’ll be performing my latest album The Tides March 2nd at Imagine Books & Records (new album The Tides!) along with friends dreambored band. March 13th I’ll be hosting an electro pop cabaret at The Brick with my alter ego Lederhosen Lucil and friends. All ages fun from 7-9pm! More details to come.