New Release
HOME – EP
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Featuring a few of my favorite originals, Home reflects on the places and people that make us. How do we grow outside ourselves?
About
Corson Barnard is a multimedia artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Their primary medium is music, but she also enjoys working with inks, watercolor paints, and words.
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Corson began writing music in middle school and continued developing their skills through musical theater, a cappella, and instrumental music. They hold a bachelor’s degree in Theater and Performance Studies from the University of Chicago. Her thesis, A Twinklin’ Rhyme: Musically Adapting the Children’s Quest Novel, focused on music as a function of storytelling and received both general and departmental honors. As part of the project, Corson wrote the songs for a musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and produced a concert to present them.
Her recent work has been featured in plays, concerts, workshops, and revues throughout the Midwest, including performances at the Den Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, and the Second City. They have spent time in several Chicagoland music groups. She is currently music directing a comedy special set to debut in early 2022.
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Corson works on commission for custom music and song. If you’re looking to collaborate with them, drop a line today.
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CURRENT PROJECTS
Co.operative (@co.operative.live) is a collaborative music project by a group of singers in Chicago. We've sung in choirs and jazz bands, in the shower and in church. We are writers and performers, activists and employees, teachers and students. Over the coming year, we invite you to watch us conceive, compose, and produce an album-length original work. We'll show you our work as we create it and our process as we design it, from sketch to finished product. Along the way, we'll learn about collaboration, about ourselves, and about each other. We hope you'll join us.
Learn more at http://co.operative.live.
“The real deal... mind-bogglingly talented, but even more than that, a true pro. [Corson’s] ability to know when (and how) to take the spotlight and when (and how) to help shed it on others reveals an impressive character.”
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“Her composition strikes that balance between thoughtful and accessible that makes for really quality memorable tunes.”
“Corson is an amazing vocalist, an excellent musician, and a creative force!”
“Barnard’s numbers were emotional, reflective pauses, with a surprising depth and energy for a show that ran only thirty minutes. [She] possesses a keen sense of character.”
A TWINKLIN’ RHYME
written by Corson Barnard
directed by Sarah Stark
based on the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
presented in concert for partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Performance Studies, The University of Chicago, 2017
CAST
Sophie Hoyt as Meg Murry
Maggie Bader as Calvin O'Keefe
Maya Jain as Charles Wallace Murry
Corinne DiFrancesco as Aunt Beast / Mrs Whatsit
Emily Lovett as Happy Medium / Mrs Who
Saoirse Ryan as Mrs Murry / Mrs Which
lights by Avi Sheehan
costumes by Afriti Bankwalla
videography by Eric Kirkes
Upcoming
I’ve started Streaming on Twitch!
Find and follow me at twitch.tv/ofcorson.
Photo by Christina Huang (c) 2018
Contact
Photo by Alicia Zhao (c) 2018
