When I started Indie Insights, I knew I had to have Misha Penton on! As you’ll see through this interview, she’s a true artist in every sense of the word, pushing boundaries and redefining what it means to be a multidisciplinary artist. Her work is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. She’s a true inspiration. — Angela (Mastrogiacomo) Tyler of MP Co PR. Read More →
Read More‘Misha Penton´s “Earthshine” brings a haunting sonic atmosphere and a reflective journey through time and nature. The meditative, cyclical lyrics, inspired by ancient prayer traditions, prompt contemplation on our existence and the imperative to treat each other and the Earth with greater care. Her mystical interpretation gives a theatrical-like halo that enchants with every note.’ — Visual Atelier 8
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Read MoreFor Houston soprano, filmmaker and recording artist Misha Penton, music, movement, and poetry is the ideal combination for celebrating the longest day of the year. Her new three-song digital EP and accompanying music video Solstice Songs: Last Cicada drops today on all streaming platforms. Read More →
Read More“I THINK OF myself and the work that I do as being a bridge,” says soprano, composer, filmmaker and visual artist Misha Penton, who delights in bringing together far-flung collaborators to realize her futuristic art songs…The music is defiantly uncategorizable…Read More →
Read MoreMisha Penton’s new music video, Wings is '...an intuitive creation guided by impressive skills and masterfully integrated. Ursula LeGuin said in her Bryn Mawr address of 1986, “When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.” Misha shows us that there are not only mountains, but lakes and oceans and streams.' — Katherine Grace McDaniel, Synkroniciti Magazine
Read MoreNew York Music Daily: Misha Penton‘s new short album Radiant Poison: “Operatic industrial soundscapes” has layers of operatic vocals over echoey, icy ambient accents and textures. Penton is based in Houston: adventurous Texas listeners can keep an eye on her site for upcoming performances. Read More →
Read MoreMisha Penton explored heavenly bodies on Radiant Poison — Bandcamp) — a digital and video EP of three compositions featuring Penton’s multitracked vocals and original lyrics. Read More →
Read MoreMisha Penton…delights in bringing together far-flung collaborators to realize her futuristic art songs. Her newest project, Radiant Poison (available Feb. 18 on Bandcamp), is a digital and video EP of three compositions featuring Penton’s multitracked vocals and original lyrics. Read More →
Read MoreThe composer uses the landscape of urban Houston as the inspiration for her short-form musical ideas.
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Misha Penton to Release ‘Visible Darkness’ Music Video
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Q&A with visiting artist Misha Penton.. Misha Penton is a soprano, performance creator, composer, director, and filmmaker. She traveled to Montreal to lead a multi-day voice and performance workshop for Milieux members and the community. We got a chance to chat with her about the experience.
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The experimental voice composer and painter has spent time throughout this year showcasing her performance art pieces The Medusa Project and Threshold at galleries around the country, as well as premiering a music video for Threshold in February. While Penton is an all-around creative, she notes that her visual art is a place of non-performative refuge, where she is free to express herself without internal judgments or expectations.
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The experimental soprano-composer releases a new music video, inspired by ancient myth and filmed at the industrial Silos near downtown Houston.
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This Sunday, soprano Misha Penton presents a collaborative work at the Silos at Sawyer Yards which is described as “a mythopoetic underworld journey— a performance offering which speaks to the chaotic upheaval we are all feeling in our world.”
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Singer Misha Penton utilizes new instruments in a moving, mixed-media art show at The Jung Center. By Chris Becker for CityBook Houston.
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"Surrounded by swirls of melodies, expression, and sight, musician and painter Misha Penton provides a wave of creativity in Houston and beyond. Working with poetics, improvisation, and energy, Free Press Houston." Interview by Meghan Hendley-Lopez for Free Press Houston.
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"In the seven-and-a-half minutes of this video, we are given a glimpse of the gifts that the natural world offers and also the threat of a market-place that does not value them. Lowell’s text is just as urgent as it was a century ago." By Neil Ellis Orts for Dance Source Houston.
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"Penton works her magic...song cycle for guitar, cello, and voice that takes inspiration from classic fairy tales and...recasts them in a new and interesting light." By Andrew Sigler.
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