We’ve got a blazing Season IX kicking off in December! Some big, big shows with some big, big ideas are coming your way including a show that combines choreography with a live performance of Steve Reich’s “Different Trains” as well as a Versipel commissioned piece by local composer James May that combines NOLA free improvisers …
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 at Southern Sonic Friday, May 11th, 7:30 pm, CAC – New Orleans Southern Sonic, a new festival of experimental music, sound art, and sound-based visual art, begins this week at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in New Orleans. The festival, which runs May 10th through the 13th, will host a number of world premieres … Continue reading
The following works have been selected for performance on the Versipel + Electronics show on March 14th at Tulane University: Everything is Broken, We Sing for cello and piano by Daniel Harrison Landscape With Inscription for flute, violin, percussion, and electronics by Alican Çamci The Bold Arch of Undreamt Bridges for ensemble and electronics by Peter Gilbert … 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
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, … Continue reading
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