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Elaine Mitchener
Photo by Kin Ho
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• projects as a leader & co-leader •
Charles-Mitchener Duo
Elaine Mitchener - vocals and composition
Neil Charles - double bass and composition
The Rolling Calf
Elaine Mitchener - vocals and composition
Jason Yarde - soprano and bariton saxophone
Neil Charles - double bass
Triptychus
Elaine Mitchener - vocals and composition
Pat Thomas - piano
Reece Ewing - video
The Jeanne Lee Project
Elaine Mitchener - vocals and composition
Jason Yarde - soprano and bariton saxophone
Anton Lukoszevieze - cello
Alexander Hawkins - piano
Neil Charles - double bass
Mark Sanders - drums and percussion
Vocal Classics of the Black Avant-Garde
Elaine Mitchener - vocals and composition
Dante Micheaux - speaker and poet
Byron Wallen - trumpet and flute
Jason Yarde - soprano and bariton saxophone, pedals, M.D.
Alexander Hawkins - piano
Neil Charles - double bass
Mark Sanders - drums and percussion
• biography •
Elaine Mitchener MBE is a British Afro-Caribbean vocalist, movement artist
and composer working between contemporary/experimental new music, free improvisation and visual art.
She is a Wigmore Hall Associate Artist (2021-26); a DAAD Artist-in-Berlin Fellow (2022);
and was an exhibiting artist in the British Art Show 9 (2021-22).
Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Elaine studied voice at Trinity College of Music,
London and currently studies with Jacqueline Bremar.
Festival appearances she has performed include
Donaueschinger Musiktage, Baremboim-Said Akademie, 56th Venice Biennale,
Klangforum Wien, Darmstadt, London Contemporary Music Festival, Royal Opera House, November Music,
Savvy Contemporary (Berlin), Sons d'Hiver (Paris), Ensemble Manufaktur für aktuelle Musik (MAM),
Apartment House and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London).
While developing her own projects, Elaine continues to work as a collaborative and interpretive singer and her repertoire includes:
Georges Aperghis - Recitations
Cathy Berberian - Stripsody
John Cage - Songbooks
Cornelius Cardew - Treatise
Ruth Crawford Seeger - Chinaman / Laundryman
Tansy Davies - The Second Key / CAVE
Julius Eastman - Buddha / Hail Mary / Stay On It
Morton Feldman - Three Voices / Only
Michael Finnissy - Rhymes And Limericks
Fred Frith - Bricks For Six
Heiner Goebbels - Drei Horatii (Surrogate Cities)
Christian Marclay - Manga Scroll
Frederick Rzweski - Coming Together/Attica
Salvatore Sciarrino - Infinito Nero
David Toop - Star-Shaped Biscuit / Of Leonardo Da Vinci
Elaine Mitchener and guests:
Live at Wigmore Hall - April 13th, 2021
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