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Sarah Grace Graves
composer and vocal performer
Sarah Grace Graves is a composer and vocal performer working at the intersection between ritual and recital.

From 2020-2022 she studied voice with Nicholas Isherwood at Conservatoire de Montbéliard while conducting an artistic residency at the Fondation des États-Unis on interdisciplinary collaboration with voice. In summer 2023 she was in residence at the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi in Rome as the 2022 Michiko Hirayama Fellow. She is now in the composition PhD program at UC Berkeley.

She has duo projects with Eda Er, Virginia Guidi, Helēna Sorokina, and Julie Zhu and has collaborated with Carol Robinson, Ensemble Calliopée, Yarn/Wire, Quatuor Tana, EXAUDI, and the Italian vocal ensemble Fragmente. She is an alumna of the Voix Nouvelles Academy at Royaumont and the Harriet Hale Woolley scholarship at the Fondation des États-Unis. She is an avid interpreter of the music of Carol Robinson, Giacinto Scelsi, and Erin Gee, among many others.
Upcoming Events:

Sunday, October 20 2024 7:00 PM
West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Silvia Matheus (computer and electronic music composer, sound artist, and improviser) teams up with RIC LOUCHARD (pianist, composer, and improviser) to create "The VisitoR," a performance where electronics and acoustics meet and interact.

Bassist and composer Lisa Mezzacappa presents MUSIC FOR MORE THAN A FEW OF US, a set of new and newly-arranged works for improvising large ensemble, featuring members of sfSound, the oakland reductionist orchestra, and special guests. Exploring noisy abstraction, gnarly grooves and austere lyricism, her compositions incorporate graphic notation, game strategies, and conducted improvisation to engage a Spirit of play and exploration.  More...