Emily Bate (left) and Daniel de Jesús (right)
American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter presents an online artist talk between interdisciplinary artists Emily Bate and Daniel de Jesús. During this free Artist to Artist Talk, the two artists will discuss their creative process, reflect on their artistic influences, and share recent work.
FREE, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. PLEASE RESERVE ONE SPOT PER HOUSEHOLD. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day of the event.
Emily Bate is a harmony fanatic, working in a wide variety of disciplines: music performance, theater, film, and social practice. She's currently focused on interdisciplinary performance that blends professional and amateur singers, and helping audiences access communal music-making experiences. Emily founded and conducts a 70-member queer community chorus called Trust Your Moves. TYM is an experiment in collective singing designed around liberation and co-creation, dedicated to performing new and experimental work. Her work has been supported by a Pew Fellowship, an Independence Foundation Fellowship, two Leeway Art & Change Awards, the MAP Fund, Art is Essential and more.
Daniel de Jesús is a painter, composer, and songwriter versed in the worlds of visual & sonic tapestries. Their musical practice of building tribal beats, ambient sonic spaces, and gut wrenching string arrangements with soaring vocals has taken audiences by storm. their work has been described as Baroque pop and Neo-Goth, filled with dramatic themes based on mysticism, the occult, and Latin American lore. Daniel de Jesús has nine studio recordings of their own music, and performs with orchestras and rock bands in the region and around the world. Their current projects include collaborations with painter and performance artist David Antonio Cruz, singer songwriter Courtlyn Carr, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Pig Iron Theater, and play writer Andrew Albert García.