2023-24 season
in the wondrous blending of sounds
Feast.
Celebrate the start of summer with Artefact! Join our artists, board members, and friends for an evening of feasting and song, and learn how you can become part of the Artefact family
Create.
March 3, 2024 @ 5pm, Georgetown, DC — Highlights include Aaron Copland’s monumental In the Beginning, with mezzo-soprano soloist Tynan Davis, as well as music by Caroline Shaw, Trevor Weston, Robin Estrada, Benedict Sheehan, and others.
Create.
February 25 @ 3pm, Louisville, KY — Highlights include Aaron Copland’s monumental In the Beginning, with mezzo-soprano soloist Tynan Davis, as well as music by Caroline Shaw, Trevor Weston, Robin Estrada, Benedict Sheehan, and others.
Passio
Arvo Pärt's mesmerizing depiction of Christ's passion, sung in an immersive performance in the world's largest gothic cathedral. Presented in collaboration with the Experiential Orchestra; James Blachly, conductor
Akathist
AKATHIST: An Oratorio
“In the wondrous blending of sounds it is thy call we hear. In the harmony of many voices, in the sublime beauty of music, in the glory of the works of great composers, thou art there showing us the threshold of the paradise that is to come.”
—from the Seventh Kontakion
An Epic Meditation on Choosing Gratitude
7:30pm | Friday, November 10
6:00pm | Saturday, November 11
Trinity Church Wall Street, Broadway & Wall Street, New York, NY
Come experience the world premiere performances of Benedict Sheehan’s new oratorio Akathist, an epic meditation on choosing gratitude. Artefact Ensemble will join forces with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices, Trinity Youth Chorus, NOVUS NY, and conductor Elaine Kelly, in New York’s historic Trinity Church Wall Street, to bring this glorious new choral-orchestral work to life. Three years in the making, Akathist weaves together a diverse array of musical languages—from medieval chant and minimalism to gospel and jazz—and is based on a unique text from the Eastern Orthodox tradition known as “Glory to God for All Things.” Sheehan’s powerful score offers a fresh perspective on sacred music. “Akathist stands as a radically constructive response to injustice and evil, inviting us to meet our world’s brokenness with gratitude, and thereby to transform it—and ourselves—into something indescribably beautiful,” says the composer. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event! —Free admission.
Learn more at trinitywallstreet.org
Scholars
A unique summer choral music intensive for talented high school-age singers at the historic First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, Pa. Led by some of America’s foremost choral professionals and members of Artefact Ensemble. Tuition-free for accepted applicants.
the program
Tuesday through Sunday 9am-5pm
Daily choral rehearsals coaching in classical and non-classical vocal techniques
Small ensemble and solo performance opportunities
Coaching in vocal improvisation and “social singing“
Training in sight-singing, theory, and performance practice
Exclusive formal party for participants
Access to professional recording studio
collaborative
Work alongside some of the leading freelance vocal artists in the country and learn the craft of choral music in a supportive and collegial environment
immersive
explore, create, and celebrate with singers who are as passionate about their craft as you are, and who know what it means to live a life in music
inclusive
study choral music of diverse traditions in an atmosphere that affirms a range of learning styles, backgrounds, cultures, and identities
For more information and for how to apply, email scholars@artefactensemble.org