![]() "Houle not only owns the many avant vocal styles on display here, she has something unique — sometimes stunningly brilliant — to bring to each of them." "Intimate, eerie, electrifying, Treize is a tour de force of vocal improvisation. ...an auspicious debut recording from an attention-riveting artist." "Houle warbles and scats like some demented cross between Yma Sumac and Slim Gaillard, but also does the Phil Minton thing of squeezing non-musical grunts and sighs from a closed larynx." ![]() Sechelt Festival of the Arts I am singing for two differeant shows during this wonderful festival - with Stefan Smulovitz and Eyvind Kang on the Friday night more ... I am singing for two differeant shows during this wonderful festival - with Stefan Smulovitz and Eyvind Kang on the Friday night and with Cody Chancellor, Jennifer Norquist-Chancellor, and Andrew Bate on Sunday. Check out the Festival website for more details. Cheers, Vivinae less ...   Summer 2011The wonderful Terry McManus (guitar) from New York is on tour and we're excited to play with him on the Sunshine Coast. We met Terry more ... The wonderful Terry McManus (guitar) from New York is on tour and we're excited to play with him on the Sunshine Coast. We met Terry about 6 years ago when we were all working at the Banff Centre. We'll be playing this Thursday, July 21st at the Gumboot. Terry will also be performing with Stefan and Chris Kelly at 1067 on Friday, July 22nd. See you there! Viviane less ...   Kokoro DanceI performed with Kokoro Dance on March 6th and 13th, 2011 as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival. Seven butoh dancers along with my voice and Stefan on waterphone, saw and viola. Venue was a beautiful two story outdoor wooden sculpture by Heather and Ivan Morison. A fun gig ... Vancouver Gallery Offsite more ...   FALL NEWSOctober is looking very exciting. I have 4 shows with Kinesis Dance Oct. 5-9th in Vancouver at the Firehall Theatre. Jaw-dropping dance performances by four very talented male dancers and choreography by Paras Terekias. I'm thrilled and "satisfied" to be part of this project. more ... October is looking very exciting. I have 4 shows with Kinesis Dance Oct. 5-9th in Vancouver at the Firehall Theatre. Jaw-dropping dance performances by four very talented male dancers and choreography by Paras Terekias. I'm thrilled and "satisfied" to be part of this project. I'm also thrilled to be collaborating with visual artist, jamie griffiths, on a piece that we're performing at Vancouver New Music's Theatre for the Ears Festival. It will be my premiere using Papillon (vocal processing software written by Stefan Smulovitz). Our show is on Oct. 22nd. In November Stefan and I will be in Greece attending a residency with MedeaElectronique. More on that soon ... less ...   Shows with clarinetist, Lori Freedman!Coming up ... I have three exciting shows with Lori Freedman from Montreal and Stefan Smulovitz from The Creek. We're playing the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, The Victoria Jazz Festival and then the Sechelt Arts Centre on the Sunshine Coast - July 2, 3rd and 5th! See performance schedule for more info ... Cheers, Viviane   Kinesis DanceLast week I had the pleasure of singing for a dance piece with Kinesis Dance. The piece, Box4, was choreographed by Paraskevas Terezakis and featured four extraordinary dancers. They are off to Poland to tour the show. I look forward to more collaborations with them! |




