Events planned Feb. 6-10 culminate with Wind Ensemble concert
Photo by Brandon Ilaw
The University of Central Arkansas will welcome ShoutHouse – a genre-defying musical collective blending instrumental music, vocals and hip-hop – for a multi-day artist residency Thursday, Feb. 6, through Monday, Feb. 10, with events that highlight collaboration, contemporary music-making and live performance.
Based in New York City, ShoutHouse is the brainchild of composer/multi-instrumentalist Will Healy. The collective of musicians brings together complex grooves, poetic hip-hop, high-octane vocals and instrumental solos in a way that is uniquely their own. Their sound is an “ a lavishly orchestrated, absolutely unique blend of postrock, art-rock and indie classical styles” (New York Music Daily).
“We couldn’t be more excited to feature ShoutHouse in a performance of Healy’s ‘Passages’ with the UCA Wind Ensemble,” Dr. Dominic Talanca, director of bands and conductor of the UCA Wind Ensemble, said. “We are fortunate that this residency will feature several activities for our students and the public.”
ShoutHouse’s residency will include open rehearsals with the UCA Wind Ensemble, conversations focused on entrepreneurship in music, pop-up concerts across campus, and a culminating public concert. Events will be held at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts and the Snow Fine Arts Center. All events are located on the UCA campus and are open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise noted.
“When [I] was approached about writing a ShoutHouse-style piece for wind ensemble, I immediately thought about language as a unifying theme for the work,” Healy said. “I pictured emcees, a singer, jazz soloists and dozens of instrumentalists attempting to communicate a single narrative through music and words.
“That tension and opposition among styles would become a basis for playful structural shifts and dynamic musical conversations.”
The full schedule for ShoutHouse’s residency is as follows:
- Thursday, Feb. 6 , noon-2 p.m. – Student Event: UCA Wind Ensemble Open Rehearsal with ShoutHouse, Concert Hall, Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts.
- Saturday, Feb. 8, 3-4:30 p.m. – Student Event: “Entrepreneurship in Music: A Conversation With ShoutHouse,” Recital Hall, Snow Fine Arts Center.
- Sunday, Feb. 9, noon-2 p.m. – Public Event: UCA Wind Ensemble Open Rehearsal with ShoutHouse, Concert Hall, Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts.
- Sunday, Feb. 9, 3-4 p.m. – Student Event: Pop-up Concerts Around Campus, various campus venues.
- Monday, Feb. 10, 7:30-9 p.m. – Public Event: UCA Wind Ensemble Concert Featuring ShoutHouse, Concert Hall, Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. General public tickets are available at uca.edu/publicappearances/tickets. UCA students can receive up to two free tickets by visiting the box office at Reynolds Performance Hall or the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts.
More information about ShoutHouse is available at shouthousemusic.com. More information about the residency is available by contacting Dr. Dominic Talanca at dtalanca@uca.edu.