a collaboration made possible by a commission from M3 Mutual Mentorship for Musicians.
“Wake Me When It’s Green” is a music and video composition and collaboration between Dafna Naphtali and violinist and composer Gwen Laster. Featuring Naphtali on voice, electric guitar and electronics, and Laster’s violin and spoken word. An homage to their recently departed fathers, it also a celebration of a sky filled with ancestors.
The piece was commissioned by M3 Mutual Mentorship for Musicians as part of the work of the Fall 2022 Equinox cohort. It premiered June 13th, 2023 at the National Jazz Museum of Harlem, along with 5 other commissions of duo pieces created by the cohort’s 12 members. More information about M3 and the Fall 2022 cohort can be found here:https://dafna.info/wp-admin/post.php?post=4473&action=edit
Created in Winter 2022, in a mostly remote collaboration based on their recordings, brought together in an in person recording session, mixing and editing by Naphtali, final mix/mastering -Andrya Ambro. video by Mariana Meraz using Naphtali & Laster’s family photos, and Naphtali’s photography (trees/shadows).
0’0″ (I will wait), 2’41” Wake Me When It’s Green, 4’58” ecstatic hocket & kaddish.
Below is the piece as it was broadcast on June 13th, 2023 along with an interview of me and Gwen.
To see all of the commissioned pieces by the cohort, watch from the beginning!