CURRENT PROJECTS
Photo by Jonathan Finlayson
sinonó is a brief submergence, a string of choices, a container for the communion of rigor and failure. This NYC-based trio, featuring Isabel Crespo Pardo (voice), Lester St. Louis (cello), and Henry Fraser (bass), performs graphic scores and poemsongs composed by Crespo. sinonó released their debut album, la espalda y su punto radiante on March 1, 2024 on Subtext Recordings. Follow them on Instagram @sinono0o
el rostro (des)cubierto by Isabel Crespo Pardo (Lobby Editions, 2023)
Photo by Megan Leonard
el rostro (des)cubierto is a collection of eight deeply intimate pieces weaving composition and improvisation together to explore self and sociality. The development of this music required embracing the challenge of patiently listening to one another, striving towards interdependence, & reveling in all that it requires.
Isabel Crespo Pardo, voice
Afarin Nazarijou, qanun
Skyler Hill, electric guitar
Seajun Kwon, acoustic bass
Released June 30, 2023 via Lobby Art Editions
All compositions by Isabel Crespo Pardo
Recorded May 26 & 27, 2021 at The Record Co. in Boston, MA
Mixed in January 2022 by Skyler Hill at Catalyst in Berlin, Germany
Mastered in January 2023 by Andrés Abenante & Jon Starks (Brooklyn, NY)
collectives
with Kalia Vandever (trombone/voice), Carmen Q. Rothwell (bass/voice)
toso toso
with Rahul Carlberg (keyboard), Sky (guitar and electronics), and Kabir Adhiya-Kumar (drumset)
with edi kwon (violin/voice), Zekkereya El-magharbel (trombone), Lesley Mok (drums)
with Jolee Gordon (voice), Priya Carlberg (voice)