"Sound Poem inspired by Nosferatu" was written as a stand-alone musical composition in five movements with an intention to be performed in different stages, based on available resources, and use of local art groups. In 2008 the work was performed by Choral Arts Society of SE Wisconsin together with 1922 German classic film Nosferatu. In fall of 2010 the performance will include beside Choral Arts Society and film Nosferatu, opera soloists (SE Wisconsin Performing Arts), dance (Laurenzi Dance, Kenosha), poetry, libretto, prose (Kenosha Writers Guild), theatre art (RG Productions, Kenosha, UW Parkside), graphic art (Lemon St. Gallery, ArtWorks, Kenosha), textile art (Eva Jandikova, Prague), culinary art (Exceptional Events of Kenosha). The performance will be choreographed for several halls of the building, rather than single concert hall. The future stages will include outdoor large scale performances, as well as performances including local art groups, high schools, universities.
The "FLY BOX" premiered in 2010 in Racine Arts Museum by Voices & Verses is a mixed-media, presentation, incorporating live music, video, photography, fishing flies, poetry and textile art. The performance is written in six movements, based on stages in the life cycle of a water insect. Electronic, acoustic and vocal music, both composed and improvised, portray the "nymph", "dun" and "spinner" phases. Poetry and prose related to insects and fly fishing, featuring selections from The Compleate Angler, 1663, by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, is sung and spoken. The "FLY BOX" is a part of large scale interdisciplinary performance connected to a streams and rivers restoration.
“The Artist Next Door: Graffiti” performed simultaneously in Kenosha, WI and Prague, December 2010. Composed original music, photography and video. Directed and coordinated poets, actors, visual artists, choreographer, dancers, photographers, videographers, editors, and musicians. Portions reprised for “Read, Play, Ponder” 2011
“Place Created, Place Engineered” – original electronic, instrumental, vocal and concrete music, photography, video, engineering drawings and animation – Voices and Verses at Racine Art Museum, 2011
“Artifacts” - outdoor music, dance, video, strolling magic, spoken word concert, 2011
“Pandora’s Box” contributed music, produced, recorded and mastered “Pandora’s Suite” CD for Southport Press “Pandora’s Box” project, 2011. Coordinated and performed for “Pandora’s Ball” at the Rhode Center for Arts in Kenosha, WI, 2011
“Inner Voyage” composition of video score in three movements: reality, desire, and bliss. Visual patterns are all around us; in windows, mosaics, and even the earth’s surface. A “video score” made up of photography and video images guides expression through movement, word, and music. The visually aesthetic score is projected for the audience and performers. Musicians will “read” the rising and falling lines, variations of dark, light and color, and the angular or curved geometry. Poetry and movement is interwoven throughout.
“Patterns of Light” - light has literal, philosophical and spiritual meaning for us. We seek the “light” of interaction and cooperation with others. The audience was invited to join in a spoken piece exploring the ways in which artists and others may cooperate, in order to build creativity and prosperity. Works developed through Voices and Verses prior collaborations was presented. Music, sound, and video compositions of voices, synthesizers, piano, handbells, electric guitar, percussions, and original instrument “kokeka” were presented at UW Parkside Theatre, 2012.
