Davis, Claire (DBA Cal Folger Day)

Princeton portfolio


1. At the Roots of the Stars (Aug 2016)

Chamber opera, 25 min.
Source text: At the Roots of the Stars by Djuna Barnes, 1919 (more info)

recorded live in Detroit, MI on August 18, 2016
Cal Folger Day, keys + voice of Mageen
Jenna Barvitsky, violin + voice of Maze
Ben Engel, percussion + mandolin


2. The Woods and Grandma (Sept 2017)

Verbatim pop-opera, 55 min.
Source text:
"Two Ladies of Galway" -- radio program originally aired on RTÉ in December 2002, interview with Anne & Catherine Gregory.

sample reel (3 min) from live performance at the Smock Alley Theatre in the Dublin Fringe Festival on September 23, 2017
Cal Folger Day, Anne Gregory
Naoise Roo, Catherine Gregory
Seán Kennedy, W.B. Yeats and G.B. Shaw
Anne Gildea, May Craig and Marian
Phil Christie, keys
Nick Boon, guitar
Daniel Fox, bass
Anna Clock, cello

"Yeats" from The Woods and Grandma

studio demo from March 2017
Cal Folger Day, Anne Gregory
Naoise Roo, Catherine Gregory
Seán Kennedy, W.B. Yeats
Anne Gildea, Marian
Nick Boon, guitar
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, viola


3. Homez-a-Place (2015)

self-released single from Adornament E.P.
Recorded to analog tape at Basement Floods Records (Woodstock, NY), mixed and mastered by Forest Christenson
Cal Folger Day, guitar + vocals
Craig Judelman, violin
Nick Lerman, guitar
Alex Penman, bass
Rebecca Tello, vocals