Allison Scola: Performances

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Daughters of Cybele

I'll be performing with Alessandra Belloni's Daughters of Cybele ensemble in celebration of International Women's History Month.

Featuring:
Alessandra Belloni - vocals, Southern Italian tambourines, frame drums, harmonium, ritual dance
Susan Aquila -acoustic ad elctric violin, vocals and dance
Lorraine Calculli - frame drums, shakers
Olympia Avignone - African percussion, dumbeck, frame drums
Francesca Silvano - ritual dance
Eve Sicular -percussion, drumset
Allison Scola -clarinet, vocals, tambourine, percussion, ritual dance

Regions around the world, including Southern Italy, Brazil, Africa, and the Middle East have musical traditions based on the power of women. Belloni and company emulate one of the most ancient ways of praying and healing, including sacred chanting to the Black Madonna sung by female voices in harmony, accompanied by various percussion instruments such as frame drums, tambourines, shakers, djembes, ballaphones, dumbecks, riqqs, and mazhars. Dancers will spin and stomp their feet in celebration of life and peace with the healing trance dance of the tarantella.