Tonal Conversations is a collaboration between composer, Christopher Zuar, and animation filmmaker, Anne Beal.
Zuar’s GRAMMY-nominated album, Exuberance, was released in 2024, on Tonal Conversations, a label the duo created to house work they co-produce.
Tonal Conversations debuted in its earliest form in Chicago at 150 Media Stream, a larger-than-life video and sound sculpture on the Chicago River, in October 2018. The above video includes footage from the opening performance, animation, and scenes from the Tonal Conversations team at work.
Tonal Conversations’ second project premiered in NYC at the Sheen Center, where the 22-piece Christopher Zuar Orchestra performed Zuar’s latest album, Exuberance. Anne Beal’s live watercolor animation projections supported the music in concert and can also we found on the album art.
Jazz and Animation: Exuberance with the Christopher Zuar Orchestra and Anne Beal Animation. The Sheen Center, NYC, May 11th, 2024.
Anne Beal and Chris Zuar at the Exuberance release concert, New York, 2024.
150 Media Stream press release for Tonal Conversations’ first project, Chicago, 2018.