repertoire

programs offered

Madrigals & Metamorphoses

A program dedicated to new madrigals and transformations of older works. Includes madrigals by Gesualdo in 31TET, and new works by Ablinger, Bettendorf, Carter, Iddon & Schöllhorn. For 6 voices with percussion and glass harmonica.

Resonances

A program which explores resonances vocal, metallic, and historical. Music by Martin Iddon, David Lang, and Alvin Lucier. For 5 voices with percussion, glass harmonica and electronics.

Pairings

A pair of Ekmeles commissions from Jude Traxler and Troy Herion, relating to John Cage and his Litany for the Whale. For 2 voices and video.

The Tower of Babel

A musical depiction of the Biblical story of the creation of the world's languages, told through music by Cassidy, Gaburo, Kagel, Saariaho and Scelsi. For 3 voices.

complete repertoire to date

• Peter Ablinger - Studien nach der Natur
• Carl Christian Bettendorf - Tre madrigali decomposti di Don Carlo Gesualdo
• John Cage - Litany for the Whale
• John Cage - Song Books
• Elliott Carter - Mad Regales
• Aaron Cassidy - I, Purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips •
• Christopher Cerrone - Invisible Cities (Chorus) †
• Pascal Dusapin - Two Walking
• Kenneth Gaburo - The Flow of [u] #
• Carlo Gesualdo - Selected madrigals
• Randy Gibson - Circular Trance †
• Philip Glass - Knee Plays from Einstein on the Beach
• Troy Herion - Um, So †
• Martin Iddon - Ἁμαδρυάδες (hamadryads) †
• Mauricio Kagel - Der Turm zu Babel (excerpts) *
• David Lang - the little match girl passion
• Alvin Lucier - Theme
• Kaija Saariaho - From the grammar of dreams
• Giacinto Scelsi - Litanie
• Johannes Schöllhorn - Madrigali a Dio *
• Igor Stravinsky - Les Noces (Soloists)
• James Tenney - A Rose is a Rose is a Round
• James Tenney - Hey When I Sing These 4 Songs, Hey Look What Happens
• Jude Traxler - When the Lights Change †

† - World Premiere
* - US Premiere
# - East Coast Premiere
• - NY Premiere