From the Upper West Side of New York, staring into the river, all the way walking to Straus Park on W 107th St, accompanied by Megan Hattie Stahl's sound walk Serious Music with Bea Witkin, I got to know the electronic composer Bea, who was born in 1916 and active in the 1930s until her death in 1990. Her personal life, struggles, and the unforgettable music she created all intertwined with the New York Upper West Side landscape—traffic passing, people walking by. The work stays, and so does the legacy of a woman fighting for her work to be seen and heard. And so do we.
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Serious Music with Bea Witkin is a site-specific audio walk on New York City’s Upper West Side. This immersive musical documentary explores and extends the life and work of composer Beatrice Witkin (1916-1990). Across four stationary chapters and three walking interludes, participants follow a one-mile route from Riverside Park to Straus Park by way of Witkin’s longtime West End Avenue residence. Through guided narration, archival music, interviews and recordings of contemporary musicians sight-reading a 1985 composition by Witkin, Serious Music invites listeners to consider where music comes from, begins and ends.
Megan Hattie Stahl is a media artist & educator based in New York City by way of Oregon and Paris. She produces place-based, multi-sensory documentary audio projects, often investigating musical histories, realities & possibilities.
website: meganhattiestahl.com
email: meganhstahl@gmail.com
ins: @megan__hattie
Song Credit: ''Cantillations of the Bible for String Quartet'' courtesy of Steve Witkin
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