"The Person In The Room Wishes To Be Left Alone" by George Lam

During our recent performances, we had the chance to bring George Lam with us to Cambridge, MA to talk about his piece The Person In The Room Wishes To Be Left Alone. This piece was commissioned by Emerging Voices Project, and included in our CD. Check it out:

Pre-performance talk:

 EVP premiere in NYC, from 2011:

 Funded in part through New Music USA’s MetLife Creative Connections program!

Belcher/Hennessy/Ojeda trio

 Jason Belcher and friends open for Emerging Voices Project with an improvised set.  This is from our show on November 18, 2012 at Out of The Blue Art Gallery in Cambridge, MA.

Leah Hennessy - Voice
Jason Belcher - Valve trombone
Frank Ojeda - Bass

Talk with George Lam

Emerging Voices Project met up with composer George Lam to talk about his music, Rhymes With Opera, and our commissioned piece The Person In The Room Wishes To Be Left Alone.

You can see Rhymes With Opera (including all three of us) present Numbers/Dates by Thomas Limbert this week!

Thursday, Dec 13 8pm @ Vaudeville Park in Brooklyn, NY - https://www.facebook.com/events/171334026344250/
Saturday, Dec 15 8pm @ Space 2640 in Baltimore, MD - https://www.facebook.com/events/131982833621067/

Fire Balloon by Amy Beth Kirsten

We are excited to share with you our newest commission: "Fire Balloon" by Amy Beth Kirsten!  Below is a pre-performance talk with Amy followed by our NYC premiere at The National Opera Center:

Pre-performance talk:


Live premiere of Fire Balloon:


Funded in part through New Music USA's MetLife Creative Connections program!

Successful Massachusetts Tour

Whew!

We had a great time in Plymouth and Cambridge - two very different venues, audiences and experiences but both totally successful.

The highlight, really, were the GIANT dog and two cats that (surprise!) came with the Cambridge venue, Out of the Blue Gallery. They were totally into the music!

So nice to see old friends, relatives, new friends, musicians and enthusiasts make it out for our shows. Thanks to all.

Check out photos from Cambridge, courtesy of fellow musician Kateri Chambers. Can YOU spot composer George Lam's head??

Our tour continues next week with New York on November 29th and New Haven on November 30th. We hope to see you there.

Yours,
Elisabeth & Zach

Talk with Amy Beth Kirsten

Last Friday we met with Amy Beth Kirsten during her residency at Copland House!  After rehearsing her new piece "Fire Balloon" we sat down to talk about her music, background, and approach to composing.  Many thanks to New Music USA's MetLife Creative Connections program for partial funding.

CD On Sale

Emerging Voices Project is headed on tour to Plymouth, Cambridge, NYC, New Haven, and beyond!  Can't make it to a show?  Well, we want to spread the love.  So for the next couple weeks, we are putting our CD on sale!  I'm taking $5 hard copies and $1 digital downloads.  Plus we've got limited edition behind-the-scenes DVDs of our Kickstarter project for $15.  Visit Zach's website to grab your copy.

There's no DRM and payments go right to us. Thanks for your support and enjoy the music!