Solo Listen

human nature series - (2020) - 18 duets between any solo instrument + natural sound
...on location...is a performance video series of 5 pieces from Karen's Human Nature Series performed + videoed on-location in 5 different types of places that expand the original field recordings and bring an additional site-specific element into these short duets between human + nature.​human nature series (2020): 18 new compositions by Irish composer Karen Power, which are tied together through the singular concept of pairing human with nature: 1 musician with 1 un-processed field recording.
In 2020 Karen invited 18 musicians from 7 countries across the globe to each remotely listen to and explore musically an un-processed field recording. This has resulted in a CD of 18 new performed compositions recorded in isolation and realised during Covid 19 lockdown. For human nature she chose 18 field recording extracts from thousands of recordings, which she recorded throughout the world between 2012 - 2019. This series features sounds from very special places and the creatures within, some of which you will recognise and others whose sounds are inaudible to the naked ear.For more on the complete series: human nature Digital CD Release: 04/09/2020 - composerkarenpower.bandcamp.com

quack moo sigh - for voice + tape - 16'00''

Thomas Buckner (Baritone) + Tape

where lost weight is found - for piano, tape + live electronics - 16'30''

Commissioned + performed by Andrew Zolinsky

loaded silence - for piano + ice - 14'30''

Commissioned + Premiered by Isabelle O' Connell

outside voice inside - for oboe + Amazon rainforest - 13'30''

Catherine Miliken (Oboe) - this piece is deisgned to be performed inside of a quad version of my installation work: Sounds like the Amazon. 

sonic cradle - for amplified violin, photographs + Arctic Ice - 12'30''

Barbara Luneberg - Violin