L.A. TIMES Music Review: Barnett's resonant, magical HUMs
"When she was in the sixth grade, Bonnie Barnett’s teacher asked her students what they most wanted. Barnett’s answer was simple: “harmony.” That was more than a little prophetic in light of her role as a composer, musician and innovator of extended vocal techniques.
Barnett has recorded five or six albums and worked with many musical ensembles and aggregations, but she’s perhaps most famous for what she calls her HUMs. She finds acoustically live public spaces and leads ordinary people and trained instrumentalists in participatory vocal events. That’s what she’ll do at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock Sunday night for Alex Cline and Will Salman’s Open Gate Theater series. Though the space can accommodate a few score, Barnett has coordinated as many as 500 people at a time in multiple sites..."