Saint Cloud is a band haloed by a group of artists, and the
Our sound is driven by elements of classical, alternative,
rock and world music, with lyrics and spoken word in English, French, and Portuguese. Performance energy is sophisticated
and playful, Euro and roots, with members spanning
generations, genders and lifestyle preferences. We create with our audience a palpable intellectual and emotional connection.
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Carrie Ingrisano
Saint Cloud features passionate, compassionate, alternative/contemporary art songs of poet and singer
Richard Fammerée. Singer-songwriter/poète-chanteuse
Carrie Ingrisano offers a vulnerable elegance and
decidedly neoclassical element.
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Richard Fammerée
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Further refined by the exquisite production and multi-instrumentation
of classically trained violinist and producer Paul Christopher Greene and the intense emotionality of percussionist
and drummer Meg Thomas.
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Paul Christopher Green & Meg Thomas
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With contributions by Meg Lauterbach (cello, piano and vocals)
and Victor Sanders (electric guitar and electronica).
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Meg Lauterbach
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Victor Sanders
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Guest international artists can include Rachel Jamison Webster, poet; Susan Aurinko, photographer; Francesco Levato, poet,
new media artist; Li-Young Lee, poet; Valzhyna Mort, poet;
Jeanette Aylward, ballerina, choreographer; Paul Sihon, guitars, tabla drums; Peter Wood, guitars; Melissa Dittmann, singer-songwriter, violin; Kimba Arems, dij, crystal bowl, bells, invented percussion & cosmica; Simon Rigot, keyboards, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist (Belgium).
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Rachel Jamison Webster
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Recent venues include: Chicago Public Radio Presents UniVerse
of Free Expression: A Festival of International Poetry & Music; Uncommon Ground North; Katerina’s Street of Dreams; ThinkArt Salon; Chicago; FLATfile Galleries; The Notebaert Nature Museum; Dominican UniVersity; Oak Park Arts Festival; Oak Park River Forest High School.
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Victor Sanders & Carrie Ingrisano
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Rouge © 2009 Richard Fammerée/Nomadica Musica & Poetry, ASCAP & Carrie Ingrisano
A sensual banquet of poetry & music, passion & spirituality, Saint Cloud
is the finest example of the global renaissance of the marriage of poetry
and new performance media. Poetry married to music, theatre and dance
is more ancient than recorded history and the freshest movement in contemporary performance worldwide.
