Weather Model (2023)

Words and video projections by Carrie Marie Schneider

“I love the water
The rainwater has turned red.
Red water red water rain.
Be submitted by its lightning storms.
Float in its floodwaters.
I need you breeze, open sky.
All that is beyond me out there in space
The birthing and burning out of stars.”

While her followers believe that she has the power to control the winds and rain, the Weather Shaman knows otherwise. She is merely a conduit for forces beyond her comprehension––forces that both nurture and endanger her community; an endless oscillation between divine kindness and cruelty.

Developed through Musiqa Houston’s Emerging Composer Fellowship

Performance history:

11/2024: New York, NY
produced by Beth Morrison Projects
Melisa Bonetti Luna, mezzo-soprano
members of Contemporaneous

4/2023: Houston, TX
produced by MUSIQA
Jillian Krempasky, mezzo-soprano
Mary Grace Johnson, Nanki Chugh, violins
Molly Wise, viola
Chris Ellis, cello