#Leyna Marika Papach

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Just uploaded a performance of the composition "Toxodon Mourning" performed live by JG Thirlwell's Manorexia. The performance was part of Thirlwell's 'Composer Spotlight' concert at the Whitney Museum on November 2 2007. The lineup of players for this Manorexia show were Leyna Marika Papach – violin, Elena Moon Park – violin, Karen Waltuch – viola, Felix Fan – cello, David Cossin – percussion, David Broome – piano and JG Thirlwell – laptop and compositions.

This arrangement was recorded and released on the Manorexia album The Mesopelagic Waters. The original studio version comes from the first Manorexia album, Volvox Turbo. Both albums are available on CD at The Foetus Shoppe or JG Thirlwell's Bandcamp page.

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Words have always come easy to playwright, lyricist, and librettist Melisa Tien, creator and producer of the song cycle project Swell. When she was in kindergarten, her teachers pulled her out of recess and gave her books to read. “They would sit and make read for whatever the time was–maybe 15 minutes, but for me, it seemed like an eternity,” Melisa remembers. Initially, Melisa thought it was some type of punishment, but she realized later that they were trying to see how much she could comprehend.

Swell is a collaborative song cycle project that invites artists with immigrant backgrounds to compose a song that helps tell the story of their relationship with immigration in America. Leyna Marika Papach, a 2019 Minnesota Music Creator Award winner (formerly Minnesota Emerging Composer Awards), participated in the first incarnation of the cycle and introduced us to this project. And this Friday, March 12, at 12PM CST, Melisa and three of her collaborators–Justine F. Chen, Or Matias, and Izzi Ramkissoon–will join us in conversation about the project (Register Here).

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10.20.17 In an intimate setting at the Lunchnet clubhouse in Greenpoint, Leyna Marika Papach played a set for solo violin and viola, and Jessica Pavone played a set for viola.

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Manorexia - Armadillo Stance

Live at The Stone, NYC JG Thirlwell- Laptop and compositions Leyna Marika Papach - Violin Elena Moon Park - Violin Phillipa Thompson - Viola Felix Fan - Cello David Hanlon - Piano David Cossin - Percussion Filmed and edited by Jeff Davidson