This burgeoning project is inspired by the Great Poet and Culture Heroine, the Morrigan of ancient Irish story. My text and concept is based on two prophetic poems of the Morrigan from The Second Battle of Mag Tuired.
I cast this magic into the world: MUSE — a quiet release I’ve been holding onto for a while. Stream Muse for free exclusively on Bandcamp or snag a copy to keep!
LIVE PERFORMANCES: Sculpture Month Houston
Misha Penton Collective is Sculpture Month Houston 2023 music ensemble in residence. More Info
Music to Celebrate the Longest Day of the Year. Solstice Songs: Last Cicada is a music and video release from Misha Penton for the Summer Solstice, exploring the relationship between music, poetry, sound, nature, contemplative practices, and wellbeing.
June 2023
A fantastical mini music video inspired by Shakespeare’s witches from his Scottish Play (Macbeth…shhhhhhh!)
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BLESSINGS OF THE MOON
Radiant Poison. A New Music Video EP Misha Penton: composer, soprano, lyrics, films, production with original contributions from George Heathco, guitars and Chris Becker, beats. Out now!
A new micro opera in celebration of the winter solstice 2021
Misha Penton, words, music, films, production
Made in The Mishaverse
Three Misha Micro-Operas in my full moon-sacred series Creation Stories released on the Autumn Full Moons.
A new series of miniature vocal films by soprano and composer Misha Penton. A six movement (micro)Requiem: a dream-world of renewal inspired by Mozart’s unfinished Requiem in D minor.
VISIBLE DARKNESS is fairytale of our ephemeral, delicate bodies in a city of glass and steel, and a celebration of the magnificent transformative feminine.
The premiere of KASSANDRA: a new voice & dance work exploring the iconic prophetess whom no one believes. JUNE 28 & 29 - Dancestry anew presented by Shay Ishii Dance Company. Long Center, Austin.
Threshold, a site specific new music work and a mythopoetic underworld journey created for the iconic old grain factory: The Silos on Sawyer / SITE Gallery.
A contemplative music experience created for The Rothko Chapel, Houston.
An introspective engagement with Homer’s Odyssey— one singer’s journey to Houston: a Siren alone in the vast and glassy bayou city, far from her wine dark sea.
A new track inspired by Houston's prairie lands...