“I think the combination of age and a greater coming together is responsible for the speed of the passing of time…” Samuel Melville, personal journals For our season finale concert, Versipel New Music presents a program of works centered upon the idea of upheaval and fluctuation as a catalyst for positive change. Moving forward demands … Continue reading →

Join Versipel for our second visiting ensemble show of the season on March 13th, 2022 at Hotel Peter and Paul!!! We are bring the phenomenal, boundary breaking Unheard-of//Ensemble to New Orleans for the first time! Fire Ecologies Unheard-of performs Fire Ecologies, a fifty-five minute unique musical and visual experience that explores American landscapes through the … Continue reading →

Sunday, November 7th, 7pm at The Marigny Opera House On November 7th, Versipel New Music presents “In Sound,” a program designed to immerse the audience in natural, electroacoustic and instrumental sonic landscapes. Electroacoustic works by composers Hildegard Westerkamp and Natasha Barrett showcase the delicate sonic landscapes of melting glaciers and the anthropogenically altered landscape of … Continue reading →

It was with great sadness that the steady stream of musical and cultural events that make our world go around ground to a halt this spring due to the spread of the COVID 19 virus. Here at Versipel New Music, we had to cancel four shows – our April visiting artists andPlay, two Versipel Collective … Continue reading →

March 3, 2020, 7:30 PM Hotel Peter and Paul On March 3rd, Versipel New Music presents Trombonist William Lang for your listening pleasure! Lang will bring a dynamic concert of modern works for trombone solo and trombone + electronics to New Orleans. William’s program includes works by David Reminick, Yu Kuwubara, Reiko Fueting, Iannis Xenakis, … Continue reading →

Versipel Visiting Artist I: Giacomo Baldelli October 15, 2019, 7:30 PM Hotel Peter and Paul Versipel New Music is excited to welcome New York City-based guitarist Giacomo Baldelli to open our sixth season on October 15th at Hotel Peter and Paul. Critically noted as “one of the most complete performers of the new generation”, Baldelli … Continue reading →

Story and Motion Marigny Opera House, May 12, 2019, 7:00 pm Join the Versipel Collective for our season finale concert on May 12, for a collection of works that unite music, story, and motion. Music is often considered the most abstract of all the artistic media, however, its power to sway the emotions, paint an image … Continue reading →

Versipel New Music is excited to welcome Nouveau Classical Project for their New Orleans debut. They will perform Currents, an electro-acoustic concert that juxtaposes contrasting compositional styles in an eclectic program, celebrating the marriage of tradition and technology featuring works by composers who thrive in both the classical and pop worlds, Olga Bell and Gabrielle Herbst … Continue reading →

Versipel Collective: Winter Night December 2, 2018 Marigny Opera House, 7pm On December 2nd, join the Versipel collective as we celebrate the holiday season in a concert featuring music that invokes the magic, wonder and stillness of winter nights – from hushed winter hymns and meditations on snowy landscapes, to explorations of the darker recesses … Continue reading →