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Parkins
Parkins is a surname, and may refer to: *Andrea Parkins, American composer, sound artist and musician *Barbara Parkins (born 1942), Canadian-American actress, singer and dancer * Christopher Parkins (died 1622), English Jesuit turned diplomat and MP *David Parkins (born 1955), British cartoonist and illustrator * George Parkins ( 1576 – 1626), English Member of Parliament *Howy Parkins, American animation director *John Parkins (1571–1640), English merchant and politician * Robert Michael Parkins (died 2005), English fraudster * William Parkins (1925–1969), English cricketer *William H. Parkins, (1836–1894), American architect *Zeena Parkins (born 1956), American musician See also * Parkin (surname) *Perkins Perkins is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon corruption of the kin of Pierre (from Pierre kin to Pierrekin to Perkins), introduced into England by the Norman Conquest. It is found throughout mid- and southern England. Another derivation com ... * Perkin (surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion. She is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and professor in the Music Department at Mills College. Life and career Born in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, Parkins studied at Bard College and moved to New York City in 1984. Her work ranges from solo performance to large ensembles. Besides standard and electric harps, her work also incorporates Foley, field recordings, analog synthesizers, samplers, oscillators and homemade instruments. She has recorded six solo harp records and recorded and performed with Björk, Matmos, Ikue Mori, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Christian Marclay, Yoko Ono, John Zorn (including in Cobra performances), Chris Cutler, Pauline Oliveros, Nels Cline, Elliott Sharp, Lee Ranald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins (born May 22, 1942) is a Canadian-American former actress, singer, dancer and photographer. Early life Parkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.Parkins biography filmreference.com, retrieved January 26, 2010 At the age of 16, she and her adoptive mother moved to , where she enrolled at Hollywood High School and studied acting, tap, ballet and fencing at the Falcon School, where her mother played the piano. Parkins worked as an usher in a cinema to pay for drama lessons."Actress Barbara Parkins Once Ushered at Movies" by Bob Thomas, '' |
Andrea Parkins
Andrea Parkins is an American composer, sound artist, performer and improvisational musician based in New York City, New York. She is known for her inventive explorations on the electric accordion, generative sound processing, and arrangements of objects and sound. Parkins received a BFA from Tufts University and MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Parkins's work is influenced by the compositional strategies of John Cage and Fluxus and pays homage to musique concrète and 1970s analog synth. Parkins often incorporates electronically processed accordion, customized sound processing, live tape manipulation, analog effects boxes, laptop electronics, acoustic piano, sampling (music), sampling, and amplified objects. Her method and sound were characterized by LA Weekly as: “The big, varied, confidently conceived abstractions Parkins yanks from her squeezebox, laptop, effects devices and maybe piano — cloudy and cranky one minute, surgically sharp the next.†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
