(Photo credit: Martyn Selman) Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) announces its 2025-26 and 18th home season. This article only features vocal concerts. “Lines, Circles + Spirals” features works by Karim Al-Zand, Clarice Assad, Anna Clyne, inti figgis-vizueta, Hannah Ishizaki, and more. Soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Megan Chartier, pianist Margaret Halbig, and violinist Maya Victoria perform. Performance Date: November 7, 2025 {…}
Ensemble for These Times has announced its 2025 East Coast tour, featuring stops in Brooklyn and Boston. Our main focus in this article will be the vocal performances on offer. The first performance, in Brooklyn on Sept. 20, 2025, is “BK / I Motion: New Music by Marginalized Voices.” Headlining the showcase are soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Megan Chartier, and {…}
Ensemble for These Times will present “Mujeres Ahora” on May 9, 2025 at the Community Music Center in San Francisco. The showcase features music by inti figgis-vizueta, Gabriela Lena Frank, Tania León, Carla Lucero, Claudia Montero, Angélica Negrón, and Gabriela Ortiz. Soprano Nanette McGuinness headlines the list of performers, which also includes violinist Lylia Guion, cellist Vanessa Ruotolo, and pianist {…}
(Photo credit: Michael Halberstadt) Chamber music group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) was awarded a Silver Medal in the Global Music Awards for the group’s recording of “Émigrés & Exiles in Hollywood.” E4TT’s fifth recording is the result of a multi-year exploration via the group’s “Jewish Music & Poetry Project.” “Émigrés & Exiles in Hollywood” features music by many of {…}
For its 2024-25 home season, Ensemble for These Times presents “Women in Transit.” This article only includes vocal performances. Opening the 17th anniversary season is “In Motion.” The concert features world premieres by Ursula Kwong-Brown, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Mary Bianco, as well as works by Benjamin Britten, York Bowen, Lisa Bielawa, Vivian Fung, Sage Shurman, and Zhou Tian, with {…}
The winners of the Ensemble for These Times and Luna Composition Lab’s 2023 Call for Scores have been announced to the public. Commission winners are Lucy Chen’s work for cello and piano, Madeine Clara Cheng‘s commission for soprano, cello, piano, and tape, and Caleb Palka’s piece written for soprano and piano. Sage Shurman’s piano trio, “Composure” also receives special recognition, {…}
San Francisco-based Ensemble for These Times, comprised of soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Abigail Monroe, pianist Margaret Halbig, and composer David Garner, has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Kicking off the season is “Transformations.” The showcase features works by Schoenberg, Lisa Bielawa, inti figgis-vizueta, ad Franz Schreker. Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2023 “Quiet: Music by Women and Non-binary Composers” will feature works {…}