Siren Xypher Collective

Kyoko Kitamura - Voice & Synth
Melanie Dyer - Viola
Mara Rosenbloom - Piano & Voice

$15-20

Siren Xypher Collective is a New York City-based collective of three established performing composers Melanie Dyer (vla), Mara Rosenbloom (p) and Kyoko Kitamura (v), presenting intricate original works which combine art songs, spoken words and free-flowing improvisation. Their love for, and extensive experience in, these musical genres generate deep sonic conversations full of humor, warmth, surprises and fire.

Debuting in early 2022, Siren Xypher Collective has since performed in various music series including Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum Jazz Poetry Month and the InGardens series at Governors Island supported by Arts for Art and West Harlem Art Fund, and was featured on the BBC3 Freeness podcast “Peace Pieces“. DownBeat Magazine recently described the group as “speculative improvising at its finest with a cohesive, inspired set of original works in which all three women sang their songs, animated their texts and improvised virtuosically with intelligently controlled abandon.”1

Siren Xypher Collective is the production and curatorial team behind Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival of which Mara Rosenbloom serves as the artistic director, with Kyoko Kitamura and Melanie Dyer as production consultants and co-producers. Now in its third year, Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival is scheduled for July 11 & 12 at Ibeam. Above photo by Mariana Meraz.