Soprano Constance Hauman Releases The Quarantine Trilogy 2nd Wave on Isotopia Records

On Friday 28^th August 2020 Isotopia Records (www.isotopiarecords.com) released a new CDtitled The Quarantine Triology 2^nd Wave. The recording includes five tracks, four of which were written in New York during the Covid-19 pandemic. The recording marks Hauman’s first CD of purely instrumental music. The recording features Hauman (keyboards), with contributions from the celebrated jazz virtuosi, Ross Pederson (percussion, synthesizers) and Julia Adamy (bass). The Quarantine Trilogy was released in digital formats in May 2020 with four tracks. The new CD – 2^ndWave - includes additional music composed more recently and features a booklet with articles and background information contextualizing and describing the project.

One of the most versatile performing artists on today’s contemporary music scene, Hauman’s rich imagination continually leads her to new realms of self-expression and artistic creation. In The Quarantine Trilogy 2^nd Wave she articulates her personal experience of the most disruptive, isolating, yet communally shared event of our time

Following two highly acclaimed solo vocal albums - created with co-producer Ross Pederson - singer/ songwriter Constance Hauman leaves the vocals behind on The Quarantine Trilogy and channels her voice into the piano.

 Whereas Panacea, Total Lockdown, I Thought I Was Gonna Lose It and Apollo are real time improvisations between Hauman and Pederson, Spirit is an improvisation created by Hauman and Pederson on 13^th January 2017, three days after Barak Obama’s Farewell Address. What began as an improvisation between strings and piano, became a moving tribute to President Obama’s legacy. Pederson asked Hauman if she wanted to add vocals or lyrics. Looking out the window at the full moon, Hauman said ‘There is only one voice I want to hear right now.’ They took phrases from Obama’s speach and added them to the track. Since Spirit’s release on Soundcloud in 2017, the track has received over 85,000 streams internationally. Hauman comments on the inclusion of Spirit on this recording, ‘Given the uncanny and unsettling timing of this catastrophic pandemic and coincidentally, the virulent and divisive political climate of this election year, it seemed fitting to add Spirit to the Quarantine Trilogy 2^nd Wave’.

 The Quarantine Trilogy 2nd will be distributed by Naxos in the United States and Proper Music Distribution in Europe, Asia and other territories. Along with the CD the album will be available on all major streaming and download platforms including, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Soundcloud, Deezer, etc.

 New York based Isotopia Records specializes in a diversity styles of popular and art music. Releases from 2019 include High Tides by Constance Hauman, Feed The Wolf by Miss Velvet & The Blue Wolf (featuring George Clinton) and Solitude by Lemoyne Alexander. Isotopia is a partner label of Dublin-based Heresy Records (www.heresyrecords.com).

Track Listing: The Quarantine Trilogy 2^nd Wave                   

1. Panacea
2. Total Lockdown
3. Apollo
4. Thought I Was Gonna Lose It
5. Spirit

ABOUT CONSTANCE HAUMAN

“A musician of the first rank” The New Listener, (Germany, 2020)

“Extraordinary craftsmanship as a songwriter…Undeniable talent…Astounding” Schwäbische

Pianist, singer, songwriter and producer, Constance Hauman is renowned in the worlds of indie rock, jazz and classical music. She has release two critically acclaimed albums of her own songs, High Tides (2019) and Falling Into Now. The Guardian cited Falling Into Now one of the Best Albums of 2015.

She is the music director, keyboardist and producer for the soul, rock, funk band Miss Velvet and the Blue Wolf which has toured worldwide as the opening act for George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.

In November 2019 she made her Vienna State Opera debut in composer, Olga Neuwirth’s adaptation of Orlandowhich featured costumes by Rei Kawakubo.

Constance Hauman was a protégé of Leonard Bernstein and is one of the most adventurous and celebrated sopranos of her generation. She has sung over 2,000 performances of opera and hundreds of concerts with a wide array of international companies including, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, English National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera National de Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Symphony and London Philharmonia etc.