Tamar-kali
The Future is Female: A Concert Celebrating Female Composers
The Wiltern
3790 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Sep 4, 2018
7:00 PM UTC
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The Annual Future is Female Concert will commence at the historical Wiltern Theatre on September 4, 2018 at 7pm. The concert featuring the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra will celebrate and showcase the wonderful contributions of women composers in film and television, as well as the global music composition community at large. The evening is presented by KCRW in association with Live Nation & The Alliance for Women Composers. Many remarkably talented female composers of note will perform original music as a tribute to Maestras around the world. While there has been a major rise in film music concerts both domestically and globally, very few feature the musical works of women composers. The Future is Female Concert serves as a platform where talented female composers can showcase their works in a film music concert on a national stage. In 2017, of the top 250 grossing films, only 3% were composed by women. This represents no change from 2016 from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen.
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Tamar-kali Biography
Brooklyn born and bred artist Tamar-kali is a second-generation musician with roots in the coastal Sea Islands of South Carolina.
As a composer, Tamar-kali has defied boundaries to craft her own unique alternative sound.
The aggressive, melodic, rock of her ‘5 piece’ outfit enchants you with its melody, while delivering a swift kick to the gut with its incisive emotional core. Her debut LP Black Bottom, challenged the alt-rock norm.
“an ambitious new adventure into metal, classical, and progressive styles.” - SONIC SCOOP
“In her lyrics and her own personal style, she blends feminist politics and Afrocentricity in a way that gives her hard rock sound a soulful edge.”
- National Public Radio
The pieces she composes and arranges for her string sextet and voice project: Psychochamber Ensemble, marries the classical music of her Catholic upbringing with post-punk sensibilities.
The start of 2017 marked her debut as a film score composer. Her ‘expressive and varied score swells around dramatic widescreen views of the Mississippi delta’ [Variety], in Dee Rees’ Mudbound which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Her powerful vocals have been featured in the Rees' award-winning film Pariah (2011, Focus Features) and in HBO’s biopic Bessie (2015), starring Queen Latifah.
A larger audience initially caught a glimpse of her artistry in the documentary AfroPunk. Her incendiary performances and contribution to the film’s soundtrack introduced a generation to her unique story and undeniable talent.
Tamar-kali speaks her lyrical truth with a supreme passion and a voice that will shake your foundation and shatter your expectations with its soulful intensity. Her eclectic sound and versatility has allowed her to perform on a variety of domestic and international stages with a diverse list of artists from Paramore, Vernon Reid, and Roger Waters to Vijay Iyer, Me’shell Ndegeocello and The Roots.
Read MoreAs a composer, Tamar-kali has defied boundaries to craft her own unique alternative sound.
The aggressive, melodic, rock of her ‘5 piece’ outfit enchants you with its melody, while delivering a swift kick to the gut with its incisive emotional core. Her debut LP Black Bottom, challenged the alt-rock norm.
“an ambitious new adventure into metal, classical, and progressive styles.” - SONIC SCOOP
“In her lyrics and her own personal style, she blends feminist politics and Afrocentricity in a way that gives her hard rock sound a soulful edge.”
- National Public Radio
The pieces she composes and arranges for her string sextet and voice project: Psychochamber Ensemble, marries the classical music of her Catholic upbringing with post-punk sensibilities.
The start of 2017 marked her debut as a film score composer. Her ‘expressive and varied score swells around dramatic widescreen views of the Mississippi delta’ [Variety], in Dee Rees’ Mudbound which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Her powerful vocals have been featured in the Rees' award-winning film Pariah (2011, Focus Features) and in HBO’s biopic Bessie (2015), starring Queen Latifah.
A larger audience initially caught a glimpse of her artistry in the documentary AfroPunk. Her incendiary performances and contribution to the film’s soundtrack introduced a generation to her unique story and undeniable talent.
Tamar-kali speaks her lyrical truth with a supreme passion and a voice that will shake your foundation and shatter your expectations with its soulful intensity. Her eclectic sound and versatility has allowed her to perform on a variety of domestic and international stages with a diverse list of artists from Paramore, Vernon Reid, and Roger Waters to Vijay Iyer, Me’shell Ndegeocello and The Roots.
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