Skye Atman
12-10-1940
4-19-2018
Program
Skye Boat Song, Scottish Folk Song
Erika Sueker, alto recorder
Solo Un Poco Aqui from The Beauty Myth, Skye Atman, words by Judith Offer
Richard Mix, bass; Mark Lemaire, guitar; Judith Offer, flute
Night in the City from The Beauty Myth, Skye Atman, words by Judith Offer
Kate Offer, soprano; Flynn Sueker, tenor; Kymry Esainko, piano
Gallant Invention, Ann Callaway
Richard Mix, bass; Ann Callaway, piano
Dorothy Dies from Dark River, Mary Watkins
Raina Simmons, soprano; Jo Vincent Parks, baritone; Paul Caccamo, piano
Grief, William Grant Still
Jennifer Boessing, soprano; Kymry Esainko, piano
Readings,
remembrances,
group
songs
Du bist wei eine Blume, Robert Schumann
Flynn Sueker, tenor; Kymry Esainko, piano
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Traditional 12-bar Blues
Erika Sueker, mezzo-soprano; Flynn Sueker, tenor; Kymry Esainko, piano
Lost in the Stars, Kurt Weill
Alexis Lane Jensen, soprano; Kymry Esainko, piano
His Eye Is on the Sparrow, Traditional Spiritual
Mia Dean, soprano and guitar
Don't Feel Noways Tired, Traditional Spiritual, arr. Jester Hairston
Shawnette Sulker, soprano; Hope Briggs, soprano; Kymry Esainko, piano
Graceful Ghost Rag, William Bolcom
Kymry Esainko, piano
Skye Atman
Born in Montana, raised in the wilds of Alaska,
receiving a bachelor's degree in Oregon, touring
Germany and the Ivory Coast, receiving a
master's in LA, living in London and ultimately
settling in Berkeley, Skye experienced more of
the world than many of us have. It is impossible
to sum her up. She was not ony a talented and
dedicated musician, composer, librarian, and
author; not only a loving and headstrong sister,
mother, grandmother, and friend. Skye Atman
was Skye Atman (even when she was Patricia
Avery), and she will be dearly loved always.
***
A beautiful memorial concert for Skye, at Tom Dean's
Oakland
Metro
Operahouse, attended by, among others
Harriet March Page, Cary Ann Rosko, Raina Simmons,
Wayne Wong, and Mary Watkins
The reception afterwards allows time to peruse touching memorabilia
tables, including visuals of
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948... Skye's adopted surname from the Hindu spiritual life principal of the universe, or a person's soul),
the John Stump (1944-2006) A Tribute to Zdenko G. Fibich [1850-1900]: Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz [in the spirit of John Cage, George Crumb, Frank Zappa...],
Barack Obama (b. 1961),
Skye's
The Book of Jobs,
and a scrapbook of her performances,
including posters, programs, and postcards from Goat Hall Productions' presentations of the Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Dioclesian (1689) and Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Diocletian, Op. 90 (2000), and the
Anywhere But Here program featuring music of
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) / Kurt Weill (1900-1950) / Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007).
We
linger,
but
eventually
head
out again into the
treacherous inclemency, relentless rain falling since earlier in the the day... atmospheric teardrop torrents above the warehouse skylights during the performance,
on the 6th of spring,
high 50 (51 in Oakland),
1.35 inches precip -- most in 1 day for season thus far -- for a total 6.87 since July 1.
Before and after, edit page 20 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act IV,
finish
The Decameron, Op. 289
100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Tenth Day / Novel V - Madonna Dianora craves of Messer Ansaldo a garden
(9 pages total) and begin
Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290
IVb2. Danse Banane Sauvage (Freud)
