Majel Connery: solo Technical rider

Photo by Karjaka Studios

As a solo act, I customize performances depending on the school or venue and will happily work with you on duration and scope. I do a combination of performance and talking, incorporating selections from my various song cycles, and speaking about my creative process. Music can involve:

RIVERS ARE OUR BROTHERS : a 25-minute acoustic-electronic song cycle on ecological responsibility told from the perspective of the land.

ELDERFLORA : a 1-hour acoustic-electronic song cycle on the life of a tree, told from the tree’s perspective.

Bio:

Majel Connery is a composer, performer, podcaster and musicologist. Her voice has been called “superb” by the New York Times and her music “thoroughly Schubertian” by the Wall Street Journal. She has appeared on Radiolab, Kennedy Center Live, and New Sounds radio. Connery is the host and producer of A Music of Their Own, an interview podcast on women in music on NPR. She has taught at UC Berkeley, Stanford, Wellesley and Princeton, and is currently working with Musicambia teaching songwriting in prisons.

 Technical requirements:

1-hour load in/soundcheck. I appreciate parking passes where possible, access to a green room, water and meals.

Mix notes:

Big goddess vocals on top. Everything else underneath. A bit of compression on the voice goes a long way, as I have extreme dynamic range.

Input list:

  • 3 XLRs out: 1 lead vox + FX, 1 synth + synth bass, 1 backing drums.

I bring:

  • synth rig with two synths, Beta 58a mic, TC Helicon VoiceLive Touch 2, FX pedals, 3 built-in DIs

I need:

  • PA

  • monitor

  • keyboard stand (single tier)

  • mic stand w/ boom

  • XLRs, power, extension cords