immunity and the harpsichord

At the time of my  most recent residency at the Banff Centre, I was exploring all sorts of timbres and sonic possibilities, seeing if I could add any more color to a recording I was in the process of mixing.  I recruited a fellow resident and prized harpsichordist Katelyn Clark who demonstrated to me the countless sonic possibilities of the harpsichord and amazing collection toy pianos, which I just had to record, being the sound junkie that I am.

The Banff Centre is one of those magical places that if you can imagine it, you can find a way to make it happen.  Before I knew it, we were recording my tune “Community Immunity” on harpsichord in the gorgeous Rolston Recital Hall using 8 mics with a team of 3 engineers!  Ultimately these takes were not used on the record, but the scratch edits from the session reveal how incredible this sound is, loaded with such a rich history.   Needless to say, I will be mindful of this sound for future compositional material.

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Be sure to check out Katelyn’s affiliations:
Contemporary Keyboard Society
Cantos Music Foundation

Thank you:
Katelyn Clark
Theresa Leonard
Steve Bellamy
Michael Culler
Meining Cheung