among the many musicians Hirsch has performed and/or recorded with are:
Duo cds w/David Weinstein,Jon Rose,Uchihashi Kasuhisa.
Improvisations with/with Aki Onda, Anthony Coleman, Christian Marclay, Uchihashi Kasuhisa, Okkyung Lee, Ikue Mori, Mark Ribot, DJ Olive, Sven Ake Johannssen, Roger Turner, Chris Cutler; Jon Rose Tom Cora, Hans Reichel, Matthias Bauer, Johannes Bauer, Connie Bauer, Phil Minton, Otomo Yoshihide, Shahzad Ismailly, Kato Hideki,Ted Reichmann, Melvin Gibbs, Arto LindsayJ Calvin Weston, John Medeski, Jodi Gilbert, Tenko, Catherine Janiaux,Ned Rothenberg, Stomu Takeishi, Michel Waisvisz,Joey Baron, Dennis DelZotto, Toshio Kajiwara, Makagami Koichi, Billy Martin, Richard Teitelbaum, David Watson, Denman Maroney,Min Xiao Fen, Fred Frith,Marina Rosenfeld, Ursula Oppens, Anthony Braxton; Mark Dresser, Lee Renaldo, Gerry Hemingway, Zeena Parkins, Wolfgang Fuchs,Marco Capelli, David Moss,SainkoNamchalak, Iva Bittova,Theo Bleckmann, Steve Beresford, Alexander Frangenheim, Tony Buck, Joe Williams, Oren Armbachi, Chris Abrahms, Juan Pablo Villa, Lutz Glandien, David Simons, Denman Maroney.Sebastain Hilkin, Stefan Wittwer,Barry Reynolds,Derek Bailey,Hann Benninck,Eugene Chadbourne,Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith,Misha Mengelberg,Chuck Bettis, Chris Cunningham, Arik Hayut, Alexei Plousnine. Guy Klusevsek,Gary Lucas, Jim Pugliese,Nuno Rebelo,David Van Tieghem,Jeff Buckley , Michael Schumacher,Mario De Vega, David Weinstein.Dan Kaufman,Barbez, Raz Mesinai,
Recorded,performed as vocalist in ensembles groups X-Communication,(Martin Schuetz, Hans Koch, Jason Hwang, J.A.Deane,Hans Reichel ,Butch Morris,Paul LovensSeptember Band (Hans Reichel, Paul Lovens,Rudiger Karl) and as vocalist in the bands in OddJob w/David Weinstein,Ned Rothenberg,Samm Bennett) ,Public Servants w leader Phillip Johnston, Dave Hofstra, Dave Sewelson ,Bill Horvitz,Dickie Dworkin,Steve Moses)
New Project! Polly Cotton—cocomposed w/Simon Ho w/Tomas Ulrich,Stephanie Griffin Dave Hofstra
Recorded in projects by Butch Morris,Jerry Hunt John Zorn, Raz Mesinai Elliott Sharp, Dave Soldier, Robert Dick, Nina Danino, David Shea, Ron Anderson, Grace Yoon. Martin Schuetz/Hans Koch,Dwight Andrews Richard Teitelbaum(George Lewis, Carlos Zingaro,David Moss),Nicolas Collins, Alvin Currin (w/Joan Jenrenaud,Willie Winants,Fred Frith) Domenico Sciajno) Billy Martin, (with Calvin Weston,Eyvind Kang,Shahzad Ismailly,Kato Hidek,Cyro Baptiste),Jon Rose- with various people inc (Irene Schweitzer,Chris Cutler, Otomo Yoshihide) ,David Weinstein, Sven Ake Johannsson/ Alexander Von Schlippenbach, (w/Anne LeBaron,Dietmar Diesner,Tristan Honsinger, Wolfgang Fuchs) Jim Staley(trio projects w/Samm Bannett,Ellott Sharp)Chantal Dumas, David Watson, Joel Forrester, Gunther Christman, Max Lyandvert, David Moss’s Direct Sound Project (w/Greetje Bijma,Anna Homler,Carlos Santos) Kirk Nurock and various groupings,Jay Claytons Voice Group,Thomas Schultz, Joseph Celli,Jin Hi Kim
Performed in projects by Christian Marclay, Jerome Cooper (William Parker,Steve McCall, Thurman Barker) Arnold Dreyblatt , Phillip Johnston, Alexander Frangenheims Concepts of Doing, Massimo Simonini, Christian Calon, Bruce Andrews, Kenneth Goldsmith,Hal Willner(Tim Buckley)Hans Reichel, Ernesto Klar,Konk Pack(Roger Turner,Tim Hodgkinson,Thomas Lehman)
With Visual Artists Jim Hodges,Barbara Bloom, Fred Pommerehn, Ilan Katin, Herrman Pitz, Veronika Kellndorfer,Kiki Smith(Charlie Ahearns soundtrack) artists/video makers,Zoe Beloff, Eric Muzzy,Abigail Childs,Nina Danino,Lee Sachs,Chris Kondek.Christian Marclays "Ensemble" a group show of artists including Pistoletto,Carolee Schneeman, Tim Hawkinson,Jim Hodges, Yoko Ono, John Kessler
Dancers, Sally Silvers,Xavier LeRoi, Benoit LaChambre,Jennifer Monson, Sin Cha Hong,Jennifer Miller
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im kind of a sponge absorbing everything around me incorporating it into my work.
Shelley Hirsch is "an unorthodox, extraordinary fusion of vocalist, composer, and performance artist " (Anne LeBaron) whose work encompasses story telling pieces, staged performances, compositions, improvisations, collaborations, installations, and radioplays, which have been presented on 5 continents...
Her mostly solo performance pieces including the multimedia "O Little Town of East New York" and "For Jerry" (virtual duets with the late great Jerry Hunt) and "States"; "My Father Piece"; "The Passions of Natasha, Nokiko, Nina, Nicole and Norma" (in collaboration with visual artist Barbara Bloom)have been performed at The Hebbel Theater and Akademie de Kunste(Berlin), WienerFestWochen (Vienna), The Zurcher International Theater Spektakel (Zurich), The Kitchen, The Whitney Museum at 42nd St (NYC), ICA (London and Philadelphia) TBA Festival (Portland Oregon);Experimenta Festival (Buenos Aires), Helsinki Biennale (Finland), Angelica Festival (Bologna Italy), City of Women Festival (Llubliana Slovenia), Beyond Innocence Festival (Kobe Japan), The Dom (Moscow), Adelaide State Theatre (Australia), Marstall (Munich), etc.
She has collaborated with visual artist Jim Hodges over the years. Their interactive piece "All the Way with Jim and Shel" was exhibited at PICA for the Summer of 2003
more about Hirsch from Anne Lebarons essay published on Garland Press:
"Going as far back as her childhood, Hirsch relentlessly mines her life experiences, concocting brilliant collage-like reminiscences that are alternately, and sometimes simultaneously, disquieting and euphoric. Embracing archetypal personas such as Blanche Dubois, she weaves their reinvented essences into the maze of associations conjured by her alchemical compositions. Investigating immediate consciousness, memory consciousness, and image-making consciousness, she becomes a producer of sonic images, recycling the discarded and the strange. Her remarkably unfettered access to the motherlode of automatism enhances her gift of spontaneous ingenuity.
Hirsch's command of extended vocal techniques imparts enormous variety to her music. The tone of her voice can range from audacious vulnerability, to charismatic intimacy (especially in the story-telling segments), to hallucinatory excursions floating effortlessly out of the spoken/sung voice and into pure Hirschian singing. Such transitions always remain viscerally connected to the text and in context"
I'm happy to announce my new cd MOONSTRUCK, a collaboration with Jan Bang, Arve Henriksen, Tilmann Dehnhard, Ulrike Haage, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Alejandro Govea Zappino, Jan Krause, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra a.o. You're welcome to enjoy, bb
Dear Shelly: Thanks for your cyber-friendship. Love hearing your splendid EV work. Hope to catch a performance live in the city this fall. Good luck - gil.
The wound that comes closest to the sun is lucidity. " la blessure la plus rapprochée du soleil est la lucidité" . René Char french poet 1907-1988. Have a good & warm sunny sunday !Eve# on May, 18th,2008.
