Voices and Verses creates performances and events which incorporate various art forms. Original vocal and instrumental music, both composed and improvised, original interpretations of existing repertoire, video, photography, visual art, spoken word, and other forms of artistic expression are combined in our compositions.
Founded by composer and designer Karel Suchy in 1995, Voices and Verses focuses on the new and innovative, but performs works from many genres and periods. Our goal is to promote aesthetic and spiritual enrichment through the arts, while fostering collaboration across disciplines, including arts and engineering.
Nosferatu Live!
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
Kenosha Public Museum, 5500 First Ave., Kenosha, WI
Admission free of charge
An evening with a vampire was enjoyed at Nosferatu Live! This event featured the 1922 classic silent film Nosferatu, enhanced by the musical composition, Sound Poem Inspired by Nosferatu, by local composer Karel Suchy. A live performance by Voices and Verses included Sound Poem and poetry contributed by local poets.
Shadows and Light
Friday, September 21, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 5900 7th Avenue, Kenosha, WI
The classic 1922 film Nosferatu, and its source material, the novel, Dracula, are rife with themes of contrast – good versus evil, love and sacrifice, shadows and light-in which one can arguably not exist without the other. Voices and Verses was joined by The Studio of Classical Dance Arts to examine these themes through music, poetry, dance, and visual art. This was part of the community project Crowdsourced Kenosha.
