Photo: © Benjamín Larrea

MADE-TO-MEASURE

Voices of the Voice II

DiaPASSION

prESSENCES

Since many of Fátima Miranda’s works can be adapted to any type of space, they are often conceived as site-specific and/or anthologies which include a selection of pieces from her repertoire or newly created works. In these cases this concert formula manifests multiple aspects of the arist’s work.

A lot of thought goes into the creation of an anthology in order to build a program made-to-measure for each specific context, space, technical infrastructure, theme and budget, striving for the optimum appropriateness in each case. Thus, these concerts are usually medium-sized productions, with scenic elements that can range from the expansive to the more basic. And even though the dramaturgy is structured in the same manner as the large-scale concerts and sometimes includes works with interactive videos, which contribute rich visual elements, it never requires scenic elements as precise and demanding as the former.

• Duration: between 20 and 70 minutes.
• The Anthologies are made up of works that do not require complex stage machinery and logistics. And although this format can be presented on a black box stage, this is not an indispensable requirement.
• The technical requirements for this type of concert are not complicated, but they are precise, as in the case of the lighting design.
• If pieces from Diapasión and prESENCIAS are included, Fátima will provide her own sound and lighting technicians.
• For Las Voces de la Voz II, Fátima will only provide her own sound technician. The venue must provide a lighting technician with theatrical experience to whom detailed instructions will be given concerning levels, cues and the design to be executed.
• Build-up, sound and light checks will take place the day before the concert.

A CAPPELLA (Unamplified)

These are small-scale performance art-concerts that can be placed in any kind of public or private space, not necessarily theaters. The program includes a selection of those works from Fátima’s repertoire that are particularly suitable for the occasion and the natural acoustics of the space. They do not include interactive videos.

• Duration: between 20 and 60 minutes.
• Technical requirements for this type of concert are minimum. The space must be equipped with basic lighting possibilities; no amplification is necessary. The venue will provide a lighting technician to whom detailed instructions will be given concerning levels, cues and the design to be executed.
• Build-up, sound and lighting checks will take place the day or night before the concert and will last between 3 and 6 hours, depending on the length of the concert as well as the lighting resources available in the space.
• In principle, Fátima will not bring her own lighting technician, except in those cases when there is not enough time to build-up and do a check the day or night before the concert, and this has to be done the same day of the concert.
• If the duration of the concert does not exceed 30 minutes, the audience can stand or sit on the floor/ground.
• A sine qua non condition for the concert, because of its acoustic, unamplified nature, is that the space have excellent acoustic properties, with a long and brillant reverberation.

LIVING ROOM RUMOR

These is a new type of small-scale concert-performance, free of stage machinery and backdrops. Intimate, a capella singing and made-to-measure for all kinds of venues: public, private, minimal or enormous, lacking a theatre structure and frequently without amplification. From museums, galleries, sports halls and wine cellars to industrial units, halls of palaces and of private residences, in all of them an act of listening as familiar as it is daring will be set in motion. Fátima, ears pricking, and the audience, interacting together with the silent sounds inherent to each place, with its “signature hum”, invariably different, unique and unpredictable.

• Duration: between 20 and 60 min depending on the context and whether the audience can stand, sit on the ground or on chairs.
• This concert is  particularly suited for celebrations, inaugurations, congresses or group meetings around a particular theme.
• The program will be made-to-measure for each occasion and can include both, Fátima Miranda repertoire  as well as  improvised sections in dialogue with the audience and the architecture of the space.
• These concerts do not require a traditional stage. Technical requirements are basic and adaptable to existing resources in each case.
• This concert uses no amplification, although the possibility of amplification will not be excluded if the dimensions or acoustics of the space necessitate it. If the concert were to use amplification and last longer than 30 minutes, Fátima will provide her own sound technician and a sound check will take place the day or night before.
• The venue will provide a lighting technician and the space with be readied the day before or the same day of the concert with the assistance of the venue’s coordinator of this activity.
• If it is desired, the concert can be followed by a discussion by or a conversation with the artist.

CONCERT MASTER CLASS

This event is composed of two parts: a small-scale concert lasting between 30 and 40 minutes and a theoretical-practical seminar lasting approximately 4 hours. They take place consecutively, preferably between 5 and 10 PM. The participants can present a short work or song using any type of vocal technique, in order to formulate technical, musical or conceptual issues with which they have problems and need resolving. Fátima will redirect, reorient or correct each individual case, energizing and strengthening the vocal and performative resources of each of the participants who request it, striving to have them discover alternative vocal resources based on those they already possess.

• Duration: 5 hours.
• The concert and master class can take place in the same space, conference room, classroom, warehouse, etc. Other spaces are also possible.
• There is no limit to the number of participants.
• The master class will commence, immediately after the concert, with a lecture by Fátima on her way of understanding the Art of the Voice and vocal technique/s.
• The session will culminate with one or more collective improvisations based on predetermined guidelines and exercises.
• This type of concert may or may not use amplification and its technical requirements are minimal.
• The venue will provide a lighting technician to whom detailed instructions will be given concerning levels, cues and the design to be executed.
• The build-up, sound and light checks will last between 4 and 7 hours, preferably the day before the event, depending on whether or not amplification will be used. If the event will use amplification the venue will provide a sound technician.
• The venue must provide basic lighting equipment, and also a sound system if the event will use amplification, as well as the corresponding technician/s.