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The Department of Music presents
Drift Listening series No. 8

Sonic Encounter #1

Sofia Jernberg, vocals
Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet
Tomeka Reid, cello
Ole Morten, bass

Singer and composer Sofia Jernberg was born in Ethiopia in 1983 and is currently based in two cities: Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden. As a singer she is developing the “instrumental” possibilities of the voice. Sofia’s singing vocabulary includes sounds and techniques that often contradict a natural singing style. She has dug deep into split tone singing, pitchless singing and distorted singing.

“...it is the singing that is most impressive. Jernberg's vocal agility is sweeping, analogous, conceivably, to the range of sounds that Wadada Leo Smith can generate with the trumpet. She is a phenomenon that merits attention.” – Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz