OUR MISSION

In our fourth season, we continue to expand our collaborations with composers and guest artists, presenting some of today's most exciting chamber music and multimedia performance. With your support, we can build upon what we have accomplished and help new music continue to flourish in our community.
 
Our fall concert featured multimedia premieres by Kristina Warren and Elizabeth A. Baker, as well as our first commission by Carolina Heredia (with video artist Katina Bitsicas and dancer Gisela Creus), and a reprise of Kirsten Volness and Alex Dupuis' for Anna Atkins. With wearable synths, interactive controllers, three screens of live-performed visuals, 8 players, and a full house, we won't soon forget the experience. It was wonderful to have all of the composers there, performing with us and chatting with the audience. We are grateful to Brown Arts Initiative and the University of Rhode Island Artist Series for hosting us.
 
Our focus is new music, but we try to present artistic experiences that are more than just a concert. In December, we were joined by electronic musician Matthew Azevedo, his synth, and his custom stack of subwoofers, to premiere his deep listening piece, Tapestry, in the resonant stairwell of Mathewson Street Church. The overtones and resonant frequencies of the space were magical. 

 

We improvised with spoken word artist Christopher Johnson as he shared his powerful, smart, and richly nuanced poetry, then listened intently with the rest of the audience to his solo set that closed the night. 

 

With the support of individuals, local businesses, and grants, we have played music by over 60 composers and invited almost as many guest artists to join us. We have performed at places like New Music Gathering, PVDFest, Columbus Theater, Southside Cultural Center, and Newport's Firehouse Theater. We document these performances for your enjoyment and to help the artists promote their work, on our Vimeo channel.

We also like to engage with our community by playing at fundraisers for Habitat for Humanity and Manton Avenue Project. We have presented workshops to students aged 8–18+ and plan to hold another one with Community MusicWorks later this year. 

 

We appreciate all of your support: monetary, emotional, and otherwise. While we rely upon donations to produce concerts and employ artists, any kind words shared about our work, future plans, and fundraising efforts are invaluable as well. And we'd love to see you at a concert soon!

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 9: Benefit Concert at Music Mansion, featuring new electro/acoustic music by Georges Aperghis, Michael Genese, Scott Blasco, Douglas Osmun, Roseminna Watson, Kirsten Volness, and Brendan Glasson.

May 17: Spring Festival with Dance! featuring new music/multimedia by Michael Boyd, Hollie Buhagiar, Ryan Carter, Gabrielle Cerberville, David Crowell, inti, Edna Alejandra Longoria, with special guests Diary of Clouds and Luminarium Dance Company.

We're thrilled to be working with local duo Diary of Clouds, dancer Jessika Davis and composer Federico Balducci, as well as Boston's own Kimberleigh Holman and Luminarium Dance Company for our Spring Festival. New works will be premiered, a cello will manifest, a painting will be performed, and you won't want to miss it!

DEBUT ALBUM ON THE HORIZON?

We're furiously writing grants so we can record our first album. It would be a shame to play so much music and not share it with the wider world! Any additional funds raised here will go directly toward its creation.

THANK YOU!
 

 Verdant Vibes is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non­profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Verdant Vibes must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only. Any contribution above the value of the goods and services received by the donor is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.