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
Versipel New Music’s 2018 Fall Fundraising Appeal Versipel New Music is back for our fifth season, presenting the latest in contemporary classical music to the New Orleans area! More Versipel means more sonic mayhem, more spontaneous creation, more ear candy, and more of the latest chamber music written by composers far and wide. Why Versipel? Versipel New Music is … Continue reading
Viva NOLA: Composition in New Orleans at 300 Join Versipel New Music as we celebrate the spirit and creativity of classical chamber music written by contemporary New Orleans composers. New Orleans has always been a welcoming home to classical music and over recent years, the city has grown as a hub for contemporary classical music … Continue reading
Versipel New Music continues its fourth season with an evening of stunning contemporary chamber music augmented with electronics from the United States and beyond. Collectively, the pieces chosen for this program approach the use of electronics in far-ranging ways with far-reaching results – from works that immerse us in delicate ambient otherworlds, works that act … Continue reading
Versipel New Music presents Boston’s Hub New Music in their New Orleans debut concert. The ensemble will perform works from its project Soul House by Robert Honstein and Anna Clyne along with music by Laura Kaminsky and will premiere a new work titled Looking-Glass Insects by Versipel’s Assistant Director Philip Schuessler. Hub New Music is … Continue reading
