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Catherine Lee + Matt <\/strong>Hannafin<\/strong>
Released June 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s less about whirlwind virtuosity than atmosphere, concocted from long tones, judicious use of musical space and silence, and intriguing musical choices.\u201d  <\/em>(Brett Campbell, Oregon Arts Watch) Complete review here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDeep natural reverberations wash over Catherine Lee\u2019s oboe d\u2019amore, giving harmony to Hannafin\u2019s percussive backbone. It\u2019s like he provides a timeline so that she can imagine characters and express them as moods. The arch of each shape can be heard of as a story.\u201d <\/em> (Sean Ongley, THRU Media) Complete review here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here
<\/a>Purchase here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five Shapes <\/em>is a suite of free improvisations for oboe d\u2019amore and percussion that we recorded one late-summer afternoon at Hudson Concert Hall in Salem, Oregon. It is very much a document of that day, capturing the music as it happened, unedited and even untitled: Rather than influencing listeners\u2019 perceptions by imposing titles after the fact, we wanted to simply present the music as shapes sculpted in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed in early 2013, the duo of oboist Catherine Lee and percussionist Matt Hannafin explores a musical territory that marries the space and stillness of an austere New Music sensibility with the openness of free improvisation and the elemental power of world double-reed\/percussion traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catherine Lee + Matt HannafinReleased June 2015 \u201cIt\u2019s less about whirlwind virtuosity than atmosphere, concocted from long tones, judicious use of musical space and silence, and intriguing musical choices.\u201d  (Brett Campbell, Oregon Arts Watch) Complete review here \u201cDeep natural reverberations wash over Catherine Lee\u2019s oboe d\u2019amore, giving harmony to Hannafin\u2019s percussive backbone. It\u2019s like he provides a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1907","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail","post-grid-3-col","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t