Closing out the Bach: Reverberations and Reflections Spring Series is the Grammy-winning vocal band, Roomful of Teeth. These extraordinary artists are dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. By engaging collaboratively with artists, thinkers, and community leaders from around the world, the group seeks to uplift and amplify voices old and new while creating and performing meaningful and adventurous music.
Founded in 2009 by Brad Wells, the band was incubated at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Massachusetts, where members studied with some of the world’s most extraordinary singers and teachers. Through experimentation, exploration, and plenty of failures, the group learned that the boundaries of the human voice are never what they seem, that rules can be bent, even broken, and perhaps they should be.
This is the inaugural program of a multi-year project in celebration of the music and influence of J.S. Bach, a composer who stands at the fountainhead of Western classical music and whose influence on the history of music is as profound as any musician who has ever lived.
J.S. Bach: Cantata no. 4, BWV 4 “Christ Lag In Todes Banden”
Missy Mazzoli: Vesper Sparrow
Angélica Negrón: Math, the one which is sweet
Caroline Shaw: The Isle
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Roomful of Teeth, artist partner
Doors: 6:30 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM
All Ages