Ligament, Sydeboob duo & Layer Meat

Ligament:

Recently described as “perverse and nihilistic” by someone on social media, Anika Kildegaard (voice) and Will Yager (double bass) are LIGAMENT, an ensemble dedicated to commissioning new music and creating work for their unique instrumentation. LIGAMENT’s performances are a fusion of standard and non-standard elements; sometimes there are high heels and sometimes there are electric toothbrushes (and sometimes both). The duo is equally at home with extended techniques as with extra-musical elements.

Soprano Anika Kildegaard is regularly sought out as a passionate interpreter and collaborator. She is a champion of new music, having premiered and commissioned multiple new works from composers across the Midwest including Libby Larsen, Linda Kachelmeier, and Mitch Grussing. She has sung with such notable groups as The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, the Minnesota Chorale, the SPCO Chorale, MPLS (imPulse), Magpies & Ravens, and the Grammy award winning ensemble The Crossing.

Will Yager is a bassist/improviser committed…