NEWS
SUMMER / FALL 2O11


Current …

>> Awaiting Atwood adventure satire film by BAMNorth Productions, currently in production, will feature 6 songs from Roam’s Points of Departure disc.

Watch an early production teaser that opens with Roam’s ‘Baby Steps’ and later uses ‘Father’:

Watch outtakes featuring a guest appearance by Margaret Atwood herself.

>> OAC Composition Project
New material has been created by Lisa Patterson for the Roam project with the kind assistance of Ontario Arts Council - thank you Ontario taxpayers. A live concert debut of new songs is in the works for late October; venue & date TBA.

>> Roam
Eclectic global music project is in the midst of a fruitful collaboration with Rakkatak’s Anita Kattakar and Oriana Barbato, and Sarv Ensemble’s Kousha Nikhaie.
www.rakkatak.com/music/
facebook.com/pages/Sarv-Ensemble/123535784346978
A particular experiment is scoring Roam’s normally piano based compositions for acoustic guitar played by Oriana Barbato.


UPCOMING …

>> Rakkatak TORONTO LIVE SHOWS featuring Lisa Patterson
Sunday August 7: Slack Alice
Saturday August 13: El Mocambo
Monday August 15: The Old Nick
For more info:
www.rakkatak.com/music

>> Imaginit Music Studio opens for Fall teaching season
The studio opens on Sunday, September 11. For more information, email the studio

>> Homeland: Harbourfront Enwave Theatre, Sunday October 2
Homeland is a multi-faceted examination of the meaning of home in a hybrid setting of dance, live music and documentary film. The spoken, and at times unspoken, words of the personalities in the film are translated into a solo dance and physical theatre against the beat of drums and flow of music performed by live musicians on stage. This contemplative journey of words, sounds, and movements, makes one rethink the definition of home.

Musicians include:
Reza Moghaddas - compositions, keyboards, bass Lorenzo Castelli - drums, percussion
Kousha Nakhaei - Kamancheh, violin
Hamasseh Daneshzad - percussion
Lisa Patterson - Duduk, alto sax, voice, compositions
www.godotart.ca/OurProjects.html
harbourfrontcentre.com/whoweare/venuerentals/enwave.cfm

>> Imaginit Music Student concert
Friday December 16


RECENTLY …

>> Raise the Roof Women’s Music Festival: July 22, 23, 24
The unofficial debut of a Rakkatak / Roam collaboration, performing on each other’s compositions, Lisa Patterson playing duduk, sax, harmonium and voice.
www.rrwmf.ca

>> >A Midsummer Night’s Dream: July 21 - 28
Lisa Patterson will be contributed to the live music soundtrack for a unique performance of this Shakespeare classic on the rooftop of the Carrot Common. The event helped launch the new ‘green roof’ and was well received by full houses and media. NOW magazine review:
www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=181960

>> Wild Women Expeditions vocal workshop: July 29 - 31
Lisa Patterson headed back to the beautiful Northern Ontario base camp on the Spanish River to facilitate vocal workshop for diverse and enthusiastic gang of gals.
http://wildwomenexp.com