Dessa - three from Making of Sound the Bells 2019

Dessa is our Minnesota Music Month artist of the day for Wednesday April 8. In March of 2019 Dessa and the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra joined forces to record Sound the Bells. They sold out two nights at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis wired it with microphones and put on an epic show full of rap bangers infectious pop songs tragic ballads costume changes and a little Bach. But how do hip-hop tracks get transformed into compositions that can be played by more than 75 classical musicians? Spoiler: it involves arranger extraordinaire Andy Thompson and more than a thousand pages of scores. Is it true that conductor Sarah Hicks uses a baton molded specially for her hand? IT IS. The Making of Sound the Bells pulls back the curtain to explore the workings of this ambitious project through stories images and live performance from a string quartet composed of Minnesota Orchestra players. Watch these live performances featuring a string quartet Dessa and four vocalists. SONGS PERFORMED 0:00 Good Grief 5:02 Fighting Fish 8:10 Dixons Girl PERSONNEL Dessa Lazerbeak: Doomtree produceralbum executive producer Andy Thompson: Arrangeralbum executive producer Sarah Hicks: Live at Orchestra Hall Conductor Sarah Grimes: violin Ben Odhner: violin Sam Bergman: viola Pitnarry Shin: cello Aby Wolf: Vocal Directorsinger Ashley Dubose: singer Matthew Santos: singer Cameron Kinghorn: singer CREDITS Audio: Veronica Rodriguez Cameron Wiley Video: Mary Mathis Nate Ryan Event Production: Andrea Swensson Ali Lozoff Natalie Roman Casey Collins FIND MORE: 2011 Fitzgerald Theater concert: 2013 Fitzgerald Theater concert: 2018 MPR Forum session: Subscribe to our channel: LikeFollow: dessa soundthebells mnorchestra,

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