Leading up to our Season 4 debut concert, we are having a fundraising blitz! In order to present our full season, which includes four main season concerts by the Versipel Collective and two visiting artist shows, we need YOU to be part of the action. Please help us out by sponsoring a performer, a piece, or even underwriting an entire concert! Any donation, …
Versipel New Music kicks off its fourth season with an evening of stunning contemporary chamber music from around the world. These works touch on a number of complex musical grammars. From the delicate, almost brittle, textural introspections of Caterina Di Cecca’s quintet Il Dubbio Della Marionetta to the obsessively fragmented counterpoint of William Cole’s trio Bind Weave Spin, …
And that odd muse of mine, My versipel, is with me everywhere, In carrel and in car, and in my chair. —Vladimir Nabokov, “Pale Fire” versipellous/vɜːˈsɪpələs/ – changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often. Versipel New Music is an organization dedicated to presenting high-quality, innovative performances of new classical music …
Join us Saturday April 8th @2pm at the French Quarter Festival!!! We’ll be doing an energetic set featuring new music by composers Erin Rogers, Dieter Mack and Timo Andres. Additionally, we’ll be rocking out to Terry Riley’s 1964 classic “In C” and Argentinian composer Oscar Bazan’s vibrant open score work “Los Mitos.” Saturday April 8, 2017, … Continue reading
Versipel New Music Presents: Loadbang Café Istanbul – February 15, 2017 at 7:30 pm Versipel New Music invites you to the sonic worlds of loadbang – an ensemble for baritone voice, trumpet, trombone, and clarinet – whose eye (and ear) for the ever new has invited the creation of a bold new body of works … Continue reading
Versipel New Music Presents: In the Shade Geoffrey Gartner, solo cello Marigny Opera House, New Orleans, Louisiana – January 24, 2017 7pm: audience is invited to interact with the In the Shade installation 7:30: cello performance begins Join Versipel New Music for a special event featuring Australian cellist Geoffrey Gartner in a solo recital that … Continue reading
Versipel New Music Presents: Pulses and Lines The opening concert of Versipel New Music’s season brings to life works bound together by pulse, motion, and texture. From the palpable momentum of Timo Andres‘ “Safe Travels” and Zack Browning‘s “Moonthrust” to the haunting textures of Philip Glass’ “Metamorphosis” and the curiously abstract sound world of John … Continue reading
Versipel New Music 2016 – 2017 Concert Season – Call For Scores * DEADLINE – September 1st, 2016 FEE – $12.00 Click here for the Online Submission Form (Please read the guidelines below before submitting) _________________________________________________________________ About: Versipel New Music, a presenting organization for cutting-edge contemporary music concerts in the New Orleans area, announces a call … Continue reading
Concert V: Versipel New Music Presents The Versipel Collective WHEN: Sunday, June 26th at 5:00 pm WHERE: Marigny Opera House – Musical Meditation For its season finale concert, Versipel New Music returns to the Marigny Opera House with a program of sonic landscapes from far and wide. The Versipel Collective presents chamber music by composers from … Continue reading
![April 9th: Weston Olencki [TROMBONE]](https://versipelnewmusic.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/wolenki.jpeg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "April 9th: Weston Olencki [TROMBONE]")
Visiting Artist Series II: Weston Olencki, trombone Presented in association with FOCI Arts April 9th, 2016 at 7:00 pm Coup d’Oeil Art Consortium 2033 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 San Francisco-based contemporary music trombonist Weston Olencki specializes in hyper-extended instrumental technique, intensive performance physicality, and re-definition of the performing body. Weston’s program includes intensely bold … Continue reading
