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WHEN:  September 18 from 1-4 pm   WHERE:  Cherry blossom fields in the BK Botanical Gardens (990 Washington Avenue • Brooklyn) in partnership with the Metropolis Ensemble and MakeMusic NYC    GENERAL ADMISSION PRICE: $18 adult / $12 student with …

  Celebrating music, place, and discovery. Biophony is a FREE event for musicians, composers, and audiences alike. It is created and produced by Metropolis Ensemble. There are over 70 commissioned composers to craft flexible, open-score pieces for outdoor performance and …

Ahead of the stream of Beneath the Surface, a collaboration between Constellation Chor (Marisa Michelson) and multidisciplinary artist Miriam Parker, the collaborators talked with Justin Frye about process and presence. By Justin Frye “Beneath the Surface is a performance video …

Constellation Chor has been invited to hold space at the Modern Accord Depot on the Hudson Valley to continue developing the movement and sound practice. Modern Accord Depot, in addition to preserving New York, Ontario & Western Railway architecture, artifacts …

  Constellation Chor will be featured in The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1, that premieres on May 2nd at 8pm EST (available through May 3). The Digital Concert will be live-streamed through CSO’s platform. Tickets available on Walker and CSO websites: …

ONLINE THURSDAY, APR 22 6:00 PM BENEATH THE SURFACE WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ONLINE ON PIONEER WORKS THE BROADCAST & NATIONAL SAWDUST ARTISTS MARISA MICHELSON   MIRIAM PARKER CO-PRESENTERS NATIONAL SAWDUST Beneath the Surface is a performance video work-in-progress by Marisa …

Constellation Chor has spent a month recording and filming at Pioneer Works studio through their Music residency program. From March 2nd through March 31st, Constellation Chor will be recording music and filming for several projects, including Marisa Michelson x Miriam …

 Courtesy of William Brittelle Constellation Chor will join William Brittelle on a multimedia project commissioned and premiered by Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra. The project will form part of a larger cosmos of production called CSO PROOF: The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1.  “Grounded …

  Photo courtesy of National Sawdust March 11, 2021 Singers from Constellation Chor (Maya Carney, Sarah-Beth Pfeifer, Heath Saunders, Raphael Sacks, Kalli Siamidou and Luisa Muhr) will perform the world premieres of three commissioned composers, Flannery Cunningham, Jimena Maldonado, and …

Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum Founder and director Marisa Michelson wrote Two Songs, an essay about Constellation Chor’s practice of coming together. The essay is now published in Ayin Press’ inaugural journal, along with two songs: Radiant Lyre, by Marisa Michelson, …

Founder and Director Marisa Michelson, and interdisciplinary artist Miriam Parker, have been chosen as Toulmin Co-Fellows ’20-21. The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation announced the creation of a new program to foster collaboration between women composers and choreographers with the aim …

  Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk October 3, 2020 With songs, poems, and stories, Maria Popova presides over the ceremonial planting of Sam Van Aken’s Tree of 40 Fruit: New York Apples, a grafted tree that will yield 40 different New …

SEPTEMBER 2020 I Simply Want to be Dead, a song in Marisa Michelson’s music-theatre piece, Sappho Fragments, has been included in Maria Popova’s essay, “Sappho’s Timeless Elegy for Heartbreak at the End of Love, Reimagined in a Haunting Choral Invocation,” on …

  Vibrating voices and moving bodies create an experience that is deeply human, magical, healing and psychedelic. Every evening is totally unique. Spectrum  | 70 Flushing Avenue | $15 dollars at the door

Claire Chase: Density 2036, part vi Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 7:30pm Location: ArtLab, 140 N.Harvard St Allston, MA A recital of new music commissioned for flute and electronics featuring Claire Chase with Constellation Chor, a New York City-based vocal performance ensemble. Composers …

Photo by Konstantina Messini We will be sharing an hour long improvisation on Friday September 27th at 8pm at the amazing and cozy event space that is Spectrum  | 70 Flushing Avenue | $15 dollars at the door. Vibrating voices and moving …

  Photo by Konstantina Messini Constellation Chor performs at the Vovousa Festival in Greece! The Chor travels to Greece to participate in this gorgeous festival for sustainability and the arts! We will perform Sappho Fragments by Chor Director, Marisa Michelson, as …

Come!  We will improvise for an hour and we want you there.  In the words of Dave Malloy, hopefully it will once again be “like an LSD trip.” Spectrum has no advance ticket sales; tickets are available at the door. …

Symbiosis kicks off on February 22nd at 7:30pm with improvising vocal ensemble Constellation Chor, and a fresh collaboration between violinist and composer Aimeé Niemann and dancer Ichi Go. Symbiosis, curated by Sarah Chien and Caitlin Cawley, is a new series …