Pauline Oliveros - Sonic Meditation I: Teach Yourself to Fly (1971) | AREPO

Pauline Oliveros (1932 - 2016): "Sonic Meditation I: Teach Yourself to Fly" (1971) April 21st 2023 | Oslo, Norway Marco Slaviero, Noel Rubli, Elizabeth Kate (voices) AREPO, made up of cellist and vocalist Elizabeth Kate (she/her), guitarist Marco Slaviero (he/him), accordionist Noël Rubli (he/him), and clarinetist Madara Eleonora Mežale (she/her) formed as a contemporary music group in 2022. Hailing from the USA, Italy, Switzerland, and Latvia respectively, each member carries with them a cultural and musical history that enriches AREPO. Though conventional in number, AREPO embraces their unconventionality in quartet instrumentation as they believe disruption to the expected is vital for the future of music. By breaking standard instrumentation, using their voices, their bodies, and playing works by composers of marginalized communities, AREPO aims to set a new standard for what a 21st century quartet concert can entail.