Calla Photo: Petra Zoe
Calla Knudson (who performs as ‘Calla’) is a Dunedin born composer, electronic musician and operatic soprano.
In her words, Calla straddles two musical worlds: one saw her study classical singing at Waikato University, another involves her looping her voice – and her violin playing – electronically.
She released her second studio album Patterns of Remedy last month, and is nearly at the end of a nationwide tour of the album.
Calla talked with Bryan Crump about her music, touring Patterns of Remedy, and how she adapts the songs to a live setting.
She's found the most useful skill she needs in order to bring her performances off live is being able to multi-task. Some of the electronic production techniques she uses, such as looping, work well in her one-woman shows.
"People love watching looping because it's so engaging to see someone build [the music] up and build up the harmonic texture as they go," she says."
"The risk is, if you make a mistake, you've either got to put up with it, or you start again!"
