Lorelei Ensemble presents: WILD

From July 28 – August 1, Lorelei Ensemble will collaborate with composers Angélica Negrón, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Tina Tallon, and Pamela Z on the creation of four new works for treble vocal ensemble, which together make up WILD. Testing the limits of modern technology, layering soundtracks of spoken language and the natural world and merging poetry with music, WILD is about controlled borders and vast landscapes, freedom and constraint, clarity and distortion and the ways we use organic and artificial intelligence to resist and embrace wildness in ourselves and the world around us. During the workshop performance on August 1, you will experience the creative process up close and have a chance to ask questions about how AI and other responsive technologies function in music creation, what it is like to interact with them as a performer, and their implications for live performance.

Please note that this performance will be recorded.

Non-flash photography is allowed (please tag @loreleiensemble if you post on social media). Due to copyright laws, videography is prohibited.

Running Time: 90 minutes with a 10 minute intermission

Heralded for its “white-hot intensity” (The New York Times) and “stunning precision of harmony, intonation, and . . . spectacular virtuosity” (Gramophone Magazine), the GRAMMY-nominated Lorelei Ensemble is recognized across the globe for its bold and inventive programs that champion the extraordinary flexibility and virtuosity of the human voice. Led by founder and artistic director Beth Willer, Lorelei has established an inspiring mission, curating culturally-relevant and artistically audacious programs that stretch and challenge the expectations of artists and audiences alike. Lorelei Ensemble is creating a living repertoire for a living audience, working with today’s leading composers to commission more than 70 new works that expand and deepen the repertoire of sounds, timbres, words and stories that women use to reflect and challenge our world. This new repertoire for women’s and treble voices demands fierce flexibility and openness from each artist and listener, allowing unparalleled music making that is born from the unique position of power and cultural influence that women hold.