Handmade Instruments
Baker Lake Solar Sounding
During a three-week national tour, Maritza performs a set of Mourning Dove solar synthesizers at Baker Lake, situated in Washington’s Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Power for these instruments is derived from solar panels which allow environmentally-influenced modulations. The use of solar power and shadows as performative elements enables multiple actors, human or otherwise, to impact the sound.
The Green Room
A sonic exhibition translating the intersections of plant life and the human experience through digital and analog sound design
By Afro Moone featuring Na Bonsai, Maritza Garibay, Tazeen Ayub, Sophiyah E., and Maraj Virtuoso. May 29, 2022.
Sonic Tonic
Sonic Tonic is a text score composed by Pauline Oliveros in 1981. In our performance, Maritza Garibay and Austin Richey use objective testing to find beneficial sounds for participants Alisha Fillip and Zac Bru. These tests were conducted separately; all correspondences between the two individual recordings are strictly coincidental. Instruments include one large aluminum mixing bowl played with a variety of mallets and brushes, with the occasional addition of water, as well as a Tocante Phashi and Tocante Bistab built by Peter Blasser of Ciat-Lonbarde. This piece premiered during the Sō Percussion Summer Institute on July 24th, 2021.
Individuate
Individuate, by Darian Donovan Thomas was composed for flexible instrumentation with four roles: Individual, Historian, Newscaster, and Kaos. The questions prompted in the score allow the performers to research a social issue that they feel passionately about. In this performance, Luciano Medina, Jennifer Rodriguez, Alec Burke, Em Singleton, John Kelly, Gavin Kitchen, Mary Emmons, and Maritza Garibay focus on the effects global warming has on indigenous communities. Mix by Gavin Kitchen, video by Jennifer Rodriguez.
Move Placidly with Haste
“Slow Moving Chords” and “4 Lines” from Jason Treuting's Move Placidly With Haste performed for the Sō Percussion Collaborative Workshop. Musicians: Benjamin Hellert, Jessica MacIsaac, Maritza Garibay, Samantha Minardi, Karin Fukumi.
Visual synthesis and video by Maritza Garibay.
Freckled
Freckled was composed by Dan Langa for the 2021 Sō Percussion Summer Institute performed by Maritza Garibay, Mary Emmons, and Alec Burke. Mixed by Dan Langa and music video by Maritza Garibay.
In C
In C by Terry Riley performed for the Sō Percussion Collaborative Workshop by Dana Haynes, Maritza Garibay, Karl Kim, Austin Richey, Zoey Cobb, Coltan Foster, Huijia Cui, Jessica MacIssac, and Josh Quillen. Visual Synthesis: Maritza Garibay and Austin Richey Video editing by Jessica MacIsaac
Gerassic Organ & Count to 5
Ciat Lonbarde Gerassic Organ circuit installed in a San Cristobal cigar box paired with the Count to 5 pedal by Montréal Assembly.
Tape Loop + Ellitone
Handmade tape loop synthesizer by Austin T. Richey paired with the Ellitone Multi-Synth, Super Kitty Contact Mic, buddha box, and music box.
Solar Copper
An original composition by Maritza Garibay and Samantha Minardi for the Sō Percussion Collaborative Workshop. Performed with a variety of handmade electronics and found sounds. Video by Maritza Garibay.
Solar Sounders
Mourning Dove circuits by Peter Blasser installed in salvaged cigar boxes.
