Circuit Des Yeux and Alan Sparhawk present Wordless Music

Circuit Des Yeux and Alan Sparhawk present Wordless Music

with: Ghost Marrow & Johnny Bell

Presented by Ghost Canyon and OneStraw

HALEY FOHR (CIRCUIT DES YEUX)

A musician, composer, and multidisciplinary artist, Fohr’s work defies easy categorization. It has encompassed acclaimed albums, free-form improvisation, and large ensemble compositions. Throughout, the center of Fohr’s music has been her voice. It is a powerful, seemingly supernatural instrument — a four-octave span that can span gentle melodies and elemental wails. The hearth of her work engages the human spirit in a deep, uncannily ancient way that few contemporary artists are able to access to their own accord. Each performance she brings to the stage leaves the listener if not transformed, certainly gifted with a new currency of internal investigation.

In 2018, Fohr created an original soundtrack for Charles Bryant’s Salomé (1923), which was commissioned by Opera North and performed at the Barbican in…