Johanna Brock & Marvin Tate
Johanna Brock (née Wiesbrock) is a musician, composer, and teacher based in Chicago. Brock frequently performs solo work for viola, voice, and electronics that seek to combine her musical background steeped in classical music with her passion for improvisation and linguistics.
Marvin Tate lives in the northwest community of Avondale. As a multidisciplinary artist, he has worn many hats, often combining and interchanging vocals and spoken word in an improvisational likeness to small and large ensembles.
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Johanna Brock
Johanna Brock (née Wiesbrock) is a musician, composer, and teacher based in Chicago. Brock frequently performs solo work for viola, voice, and electronics that seek to combine her musical background steeped in classical music with her passion for improvisation and linguistics. She was a founding member of The Trickster Quartet with dancer Sara Zalek and singer Elaine Lemieux, and is a frequent collaborator of artist Rosé Hernandez (Groundings at MCA Chicago, 2019), poet Marvin Tate (Shades of Marvin Tate at Intuit, 2019), and musician Lykanthea (BAMPFA, 2019). Brock is honored to have appeared on recordings with Chicago improvisors such as Cheer Accident, Michael Zerang, Haley Fohr, and Ben Lamar Gay. Currently she is working on an album of new music for voice, violin, and synthesizers.
Above photo by Yevette M. Dastatni
Marvin Tate
Marvin Tate lives in the northwest community of Avondale. As a multidisciplinary artist, he has worn many hats, often combining and interchanging vocals and spoken word in an improvisational likeness to small and large ensembles. Eclectic and unpredictable, he has sung everything from spirituals to experimental improvisation. Themes that filter through his personal narratives are social justice, spirituality, love, and mortality. Building community has always been a part of his long term goal. He has curated several musical events in the Austin neighborhood, in which his family has lived for 45 years. His goal is to convert his home into an artist hub by 2023.
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