“In celebration of Earth Day and our undeniable interconnectedness, Sound of the Reef is for those curious about the Enneagram personality profile, themselves, others, and the wonders of coral life.”
Do you know yourself? Are you more of the individualist or the peacekeeper? Maybe you’d be more comfortable identifying as a feathery sea pen or common sea fan?
Fluidly weaving the Enneagram model of personality types with the symbolically rich tapestry of life that make up coral reefs, Sound of the Reef: Coral Enneagrams is a lush new electronic chamber work by composer, cellist, and clinical psychologist Mia Pixley, Ph.D. In addition to a “Sound of the Reef” outro, the album contains nine tracks, one for each Enneagram type. Like her last work Passage, the pieces here can literally sound like the sea, with washes of ambient sound, splashing acoustic tapping, and sinuous watery synthlines. But Pixley’s cello remains the central voice, helping lend unique tone and tenor to each of the various personalities.
If you pick up a vinyl record of the new album, you also get fellow local artist Sami Freeman’s Space Bath on the flip side.
You can see Mia Pixley performing a daytime show this Saturday, May 4 in Oakland as part of an event featuring music inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass. She also has more upcoming local shows listed on her website.
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