Sylvia Hallett works both as a composer and as an improviser.
Plays several instruments, but mainly violin, accordion and bowed bicycle wheel at the moment. Solo live gigs involve playing instruments with loops, delays and pitchshifting electronics.
She has played in many international festivals, working with, among others, Lol Coxhill, Maggie Nicols, Phil Minton, Evan Parker, Accordions Go Crazy, British Summer Time Ends, Arc string trio, The London Improvisers Orchestra, the London Hardingfelelag and LaXula. She also performs solo, (did a solo tour of Italy), and in duo with Clive Bell.
She has collaborated with the dancer/choreographers Miranda Tufnell and Emilyn Claid, the live art puppeteers DooCot, and Wonderful Beast. She has performed in and musically directed the Young Vic's "Grimm Tales", and The Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of "Comedy of Errors" , "Tales from Ovid" and "Canterbury Tales". She has written music for numerous BBC Radio plays.
Sylvia has released three solo CDs: two on the MASH label, and her 3rd solo release, White Fog on the EMANEM label features the bowed bicycle wheel.
July 31st: SCALEDOWN 5th Anniversary Celebration featuring John Butcher, Mike Adcock, The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra, Don Tempi, Alex Monk and Susie Hug [www.theorchestrapit.com/scaledown].
August 8th: The Orchestra Pit / V '68 Promotions presents This Ambitious Orchestra, The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra and John Bisset & Alex Ward live @ The Luminaire [www.theorchestrapit.com/luminaire].
August 13th: Country Dad (live @ Scaledown from 2008) - podcast on New Jersey station WFMU, courtesy of Kurt Gottschalk and his The Brother Lucy Show [www.wfmu.org/playlists/KU].
August 31st: new single release from Naïm Amor for The Orchestra Pit Recording Co. [www.myspace.com/naimamor].
THURSDAY 4th June 2009 CLIFFTOP PRESENTS WORLD DEUXIEMERE! ‘’Clifftop goes to GLASGOW, gets pissed and goes beserk’’
LIVE AT THE KLINKER, THE GREEN ROOM (UPSTAIRS) AT THE CROSS KINGS, 126 York Way, left and left out of Kings Cross. (see http://www.thecrosskings.co.uk/map.html) 8.30pm Cliff on first (9pm) + 'sus 2' la
It was lovely to see you too. I'll be back in a month or so. Maybe we can try another Turkish place in SN if you're around. I'd forgotten how good real Turkish food is. XXX
