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Resonate Choral Arts presents
Homemade Jams '24
Program
“Are You Weary?” by Erin Wallace*
with Resonate
“I Won’t Take My Time with You For Granted” by Clara Baker*
with Resonate
“Untitled” by Clara Baker
“What if You Stay?” by Erin Wallace
“Ghosts in the Room” by Anny Celsi
with Ivan Pyzow
“Paper Umbrella” by Anny Celsi*
with Resonate
“Meet Me on the Way Down” by Mikki Jordan
“The Spoon Jar” by Avery Hill
“Secret Passageway” by Avery Hill**
with Resonate
“Church” by Mikki Jordan**
with Resonate
“What if Saturn Rose?” by Kristin Gordon & Resonate
Intermission
“To Be Free” by Nik Kemmer**
with Resonate
“Lullaby for Mama” by Nik Kemmer
“February 28” by Mack John
“Spin You a Yarn” by Jana Crenshaw
“Silk” by Jana Crenshaw**
with Resonate
“Smudged” by Mack John**
with Resonate
“Dew” by KÍmNEMÁ
“Tremors” by Forest Veil
“Universe” by KÍmNEMÁ *
with Resonate
“Tear Down the Wall” by Forest Veil**
with Resonate
Arrangements by *Ali Ippolito and **Kristin Gordon
Kristin Gordon, director
Ali Ippolito, accompanist
Lisa Haagen, drums
Juliet Terrill, bass
Resonate: Ali Corbin, Anny Celsi, Choral Dwyer, Chelsea Kline, Christine Barlow Reed, Debra Clemans, Elisabeth Allie, Ellen Bialecki, Emily Dziedic, Julia Babcock, Julianne Sixel, Karla Friesen, Kathleen Gabriel, Katy McQuinn, Laura Taylor, Leina Naversen, Liberty Wilson, Lisa Goldberg, Meghan Whitaker, Nancy Hashimoto, Naomi Pusch, Pamela Bloch, Rebecca Harrison, Sandra Krussel, Susan Winterbourne
Thank you!
Thank you to The People’s Court and Ariel Piazza for graphic design.
Thank you to Alberta Abbey, Leaven Community Center, Rose Villa Retirement Community, Artist Mentorship Program (AMP), and MyVoice Music.
Thank you to our board members: Chloe Ackerman, Emily Dziedic, Kathleen Gabriel, Julianne Sixel, and Susan Winterbourne.
A very special thank you to our anonymous donors, who made this season possible!
Resonate Choral Arts
Resonate Choral Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to building community through creative collaboration. We create projects with local artists and musicians to find new ways for art and choral singing to intersect and amplify each other. Resonate’s treble choir is a supportive place to learn, connect and make meaningful music.
Programs like Homemade Jams have only been possible because of generous donations from our community. Over 95% of funds go directly towards supporting local artists and performances!
Donate here to help us continue making amazing and collaborative art!
Kristin Gordon, director
Kristin Gordon is the founder and director of Resonate Choral Arts. From its inception in 2014, she has worked to make Resonate a place for experimentation—for trying out new art forms, arrangements, and collaborations. She’s proud to have helped build a strong space for musical and interpersonal growth, and art we care about. Kristin is also a multi-instrumentalist songwriter. Her music reflects her love of intricate vocal and instrumental textures and features lyrics that make space for reflection and creating meaning in every day life.
Over the pandemic, she collaborated with members of Resonate to write “What if Saturn Rose?” and create the accompanying virtual choir video. She’s thrilled that this piece is finally being performed by a community who all get to sing in the same room together!
Follow her on Patreon to support her creative endeavors, and check out her recent releases on Bandcamp!
Ali Ippolito
Ali Ippolito has been tickling the ivories since the age of 6. She teaches piano, directs, accompanies and arranges music for a small church choir, and has written and recorded her own music. Her solo album, “We, the Dangerous Weapons,” under the name When the Broken Bow, was released back in May 2012 and features songs which she arranged and produced.
In her spare time, she makes soap with her local soap-making LLC, Critical Bath, does crossword puzzles, knits, plays with herbs, adores her cat, and loves to make anything else for beauty’s and practicality’s sake.
Erin Wallace
Erin Wallace can usually be seen fronting Portland bands The Sportin' Lifers, or her independent project, Wallace. But every once in a while she breaks out on her own, reaching back to her solo, acoustic roots. Erin started her musical career busking in the public market in her hometown of Vancouver, BC and continued to hone her personal sound, studying at Boston’s Berklee College of Music and through years of recording, touring and performing. Whether solo or with a full band, her soulful voice stands on its own, and her catchy, crafty songwriting pulls from soul, blues, rock and folk traditions.
Follow her on Facebook!
Clara Baker
Clara Baker is a songwriter/audio engineer/ musician from Portland, OR. Her sophomore release, Things To Burn (2019), was recorded live to tape in a Wisconsin living room with Grammy-winning engineer Brian Joseph (Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver) and avant-folk experimentalist Shane Leonard (Anna Tivel, Josh Ritter). Atwood Magazine called it “soul-stirring”, and East Portland Blog called it a “must-hear… one of the best albums of 2019.” The process of recording Things To Burn inspired Clara to go back to school and become an audio engineer; she’s spent most of the last four years engineering and producing other artists’ music, working in full-service recording studios and out of her home studio, The Bakery. Clara often plays fiddle in Margo Cilker’s band, and is a guest collaborator in many other folk and Americana groups. She is a voting member of The Recording Academy.
Check out her website, follow her on Instagram and Spotify, and check out this video of her live performance.
Anny Celsi
Anny was born and raised in North Portland and trained on the burlesque stage by the ringmasters of Portland's legendary Storefront Theater. In her twenties, several inches short of the Vegas showgirl height minimum, she landed in Los Angeles, took up songwriting and co-founded girl/boy band The Tearjerkers. She has toured the UK and Europe eight times, both as a solo artist and with the acoustic psych-pop trio Celsi, Bragg & Maitland. Her style has been described as “beatnik cool,” “pop-noir,” and “slightlydelic pop jangle." Anny is happy to be back living in her hometown, and beyond thrilled to be a part of Resonate Choral Arts!
Check out her website, YouTube channel and her music on Bandcamp!
Avery Hill
Avery Hill is a singer-songwriter, a storyteller, and a teaching artist. Her performances range from thematic presentations to community campfires to a nice old-fashioned “good show.” Integrating intricate melodies with insightful, storytelling lyrics, Avery’s voice is at once both wise and curious, telling and investigating. Her forthcoming album, The One Who Remembers (2024), features songs that are like audio postcards, spanning across a life, looking for the strength we need to step into the future. Help bring this album into the world by donating to her Album Crowdfunding Campaign. Avery also teaches ʻukulele and songwriting in a variety of classes, workshops, retreats, and on YouTube. Learn more at www.averyhill.studio.
Mikki Jordan
As a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Mikki spent fifteen years in NYC devising new works with various independent theater collectives. Now based in Portland she creates and produces original solo performance projects. Most recent works include From These Streets I Rise, a documentary performance piece examining Portland’s homeless crisis (CoHo, 2020), and The Keening Revival, a musical meditation on grief (Fertile Ground, 2022). In addition to her work as a theatre artist, Mikki is a licensed clinical social worker with a private therapy practice. She also offers private coaching for artists and creatives.
Nik Kemmer
This process of art is a true process of discovery. It's taking a breath, diving deep, and bringing up something to covet along the brambly path toward growth and healing. It could be an insight of the past or an abstract unveiling of the future. It's shaking free those leaves which are no longer bringing in rays of sun and moon. It's coming up from the sea and saying, hello.
Follow me on Instagram!
Jana Crenshaw
“To say Jana is a natural is an understatement, vigorous at points and softer than dew on a peach the next; her songs lift off and mesmerize the room before you know it.” -South by Southwest
Jana Crenshaw is a singer-songwriter and composer of film and theater scores, sad piano songs, and 3rd Grade Musicals. She has performed on Broadway, toured throughout the U. S. and Canada, had a #1 video on LOGO (MTV), and was awarded a RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council) project grant for ‘More to the Story’ - a 3rd grade musical telling of Portland’s History through a Social Justice lens.
Jana moved to Portland, Oregon in 2008, to compose music and soundscapes for shows at Portland theaters and has composed scores for 25 shows and counting! She is currently focused on new compositions, sound healing, meditation, her bodywork practice, writing childerns’ books, and is expanding her one-woman-show, PIANANATOMY.
You can find her online at JanaCrenshaw.com, and listen to her music streaming on all platforms. Check out her candle making business, Soul of the Home, and listen to her livestreaming podcast and past episodes on her YouTube channel!
Mack John
Mack John is a singer-songwriter based in the Pacific Northwest with a voice as intimate and powerful as the stories she tells. Blending Ingrid Michaleson-like eclectic folk-pop vocals with roots-infused rock rhythms reminiscent of Sheryl Crow, Mack’s music is both relatable and uplifting, providing a haven for listeners seeking refuge from societal expectations and an invitation to embrace their authentic selves. Mack also leads a dream rock project called Friends Friends.
Follow her on Instagram, find her music on Bandcamp, and check out her website for the latest news.
KÍmNEMÁ
KÍmNEMÁ ("KIN-eh-muh”) is Jewel Mlnarik (yep, that’s M-L-N “muhl-NAR-ik”), a multi-disciplinary artist and instrumentalist who's called Portland home since 2000. They draw down and craft songs reminiscent of polaroids: brimming with nostalgia, delicate vocals, mesmerizing fingerpicking, and layered truths—inviting time to linger and fade with the print.
“Turning 40 reignited my love affair with writing and music, culminating in the birth of many songs and my debut album, available on Bandcamp and streaming. Since transplanting to Eureka Springs this winter, I’m focusing on my somatic coaching and bodywork practice, recording an expanded compilation of songs, and other tactile creations. Say hi on Instagram or KImNEMA.com —jewels”
Forest Veil
Forest Veil is the solo work of multi-instrumentalist/producer Monica Metzler. Following the echoes of her elusive muse, Forest Veil makes mystical psych-folk that maps the emotional terrain of humanity and its place in the cosmos. Melding a voice that sounds like smokey quartz with psychedelic guitar riffs and enigmatic lyricism, Forest Veil’s sound evokes a haunting nostalgia for other worlds. Though she primarily writes on her own, Forest Veil often records and performs with others. An avid guitarist for over 25 years, Forest Veil's music showcases virtuosic guitar shredding and dynamic musicality.
Juliet Terrill
Juliet Terrill is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Portland. Her prior work includes international touring and recordings with The Suffers and the Bayou city comeback chorus, and she currently is the main songwriter, singer, and bassist for Juliet and the East.
Follow her on Instagram, and check out Juliet and the East’s music on Bandcamp!
Lisa Haagen
Lisa Haagen is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and co-lead of the Portland based indie- rock band BABERS. Lisa has been drumming since 1994 and has been an active musician in the local scene since moving back to the PNW in 2020, playing in both live and studio settings.
Check out her music on Spotify, and go see her next show on 3/24: Mission Theater - The VicesWith special guests Lo Fives & Babers - McMenamins
Resonate is a community that learns and grows together. We make art with meaning. We approach the creative and collaborative process with kindness and care. We invest our time and skill in the music and in each other. And the beauty that results, as well as the process of creating it, makes the world a little better, and all our lives a little richer. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to our non-profit choir.
Resonate is funded by singers dues and community donations. Over 95% of funds go to support artists, songwriters, musicians, and performances. Here’s how your donation supports the music of Resonate:
$50 – Pays a songwriter for the use of their song in Resonate’s Homemade Jams!
$100 – Compensates band members for one concert.
$180 – Provides a scholarship for a singer’s dues, allowing them to participate in Resonate’s singing community.
Prefer a monthly donation?
$30 per month for a year (or $360) – Sponsors a songwriter! Includes use of their song, participation in rehearsals, and performances.
$50 per month for a year (or $600) – Co-sponsors a Resonate performance, which includes venue, musicians, and technical crew.