DANA LYN - in residence Saturdays in November

DANA LYN - IN RESIDENCE SATURDAYS IN NOVEMBER

Composer-violinist Dana Lyn inhabits a musical world somewhere in the Venn diagram of 70’s art rock, classical, traditional Irish and improvised music. She has written music for Brooklyn Rider, Palaver Strings, A Far Cry and the National Orchestra of Washington and performs regularly with Taylor Mac, Stew, Hank Roberts, actor Vincent D'Onofrio and guitarist Kyle Sanna.
Dana has performed at Barbès in a variety of contexts, including her group Mother Octopus, the string trio We the Gleaners as well as a monthly residency with guitarist Kyle Sanna.

She will be in residence every Saturday in November at Barbès with different guests every week.

This week: Nov. 23 - 
MOTHER OCTOPUS

Mother Octopus is a hybrid-genre instrumental collective led by Dana Lyn. The group’s new project is music inspired by true stories of “animal revenge,” conflicts initiated by human aggression towards animals in which the animals fight back. The composer admits to having a secret desire for the animals to win… or at least for humans to consider changing their relationship to the natural world.

Mother Octopus is Dana Lyn (violin), Mike McGinnis (clarinet), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Patricia Brennan (vibes), Gary Wang (bass) and Noel Brennan (drums).