With this duo, the interdisciplinary French vocalist Clotilde and the acclaimed American and Brooklyn-based pianist and keyboardist Chris McCarthy deepen their New-York born collaboration.
Both inspired by the Beat Generation poets they create Pieces of a Song, a repertoire of rageous yet ecstatic original pieces in French and in English infused with the tender and subversive writings of the idiosyncratic Beat Generation poetess Diane di Prima.
To create a work that we can all relate to, accessible yet provocative, they intertwine their creative visions, where poetry meets hip-hop, spoken-word meets contemporary improvisation.
With this repertoire, they aim to explore the identity crisis brought out of poverty, of rebellion, of being a woman, of standing on the outside of the culture, of making bold choices in an always more constraining world.
“FREE them / FREE yourself / Help to FREE me / FREE us / DANCE” - Diane di Prima - Revolutionary Letter 49
Pieces of a Song has been made possible through the Jazz & New Music, a program of FACE Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.
The Ferlinghetti Girls are Sicilian-American-sister-poet activists Gabriella Belfiglio, Phyllis Capello & Paola Corso who celebrate Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s legacy (1919-2021) and vision of free speech and poetry to and for the people through interactive community happenings with spoken word, music, movement, art, and call and response participation.
Learn more about them at https://www.ferlinghettigirls.com/.
Clotilde (vocal, flute) // Chris McCarthy (piano, prophet)
spoken word artists: Gabriella Belfiglio, Paola Corso, Phyllis Capello
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