Ghost Ensemble


Ghost Ensemble is a New York-based experimental new music ensemble composed of flute, oboe, accordion, percussion, harp, viola, cello, two contrabasses, and conductor. Several members of the ensemble met while performing with Pauline Oliveros.
Frequently commissioning new repertoire that merges classically notated music and improvisation, the ensemble follows an aesthetic that has been described as "music composed for a deep listening that fixes you in the present" that "uses sound to seek an altered consciousness, from a meditative awareness to a look, perhaps, into a different dimension". Ghost Ensemble's 2018 debut LP features work by Oliveros and founding members Ben Richter and Sky Macklay. The group frequently performs the work of Oliveros and advocates for her philosophy of Deep Listening. Other composers commissioned by the ensemble include ensemble bassist James Ilgenfritz, Liisa Hirsch, Teodora Stepancic, Elizabeth Adams, Kristina Wolfe, Andrew C. Smith, and Kyle Gann. Performance collaborators have included Carmina Escobar and David Rothenberg. Ghost Ensemble performs nationally at venues such as REDCAT in Los Angeles and Pioneer Works in New York.

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