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SIRENE - A modern answer to the ancient call

The Esoterics will open its nineteenth season and perform in conjunction with the ACDA NW Regional conference with a collection of four new and provocative choral works - Sirens by Mason Bates, Thirst by Paul Crabtree, Voices by Eric Banks, and Privilege by Ted Hearne - each a modern response to an ancient call. Read more.




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CHIAROSCURA: Meditating on the cusp of light and darkness

The Esoterics’ thirteenth CD celebrates the translation of the visual arts into the varied texture and expansive range of modern choral music. Featured on this CD are some of most virtuosic choral works ever written: including Richard Strauss’ Deutsche Motette and Schnittke’s inimitable Concerto for chorus a cappella. Read more.




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HAPTADAMA: The seven creations

The Esoterics is proud to release its twelfth compact disc, HAPTADAMA: The seven creations. This concert-length surround-sound a cappella opera for 40 solo voices was composed between 2007 and 2010 (after two separate research trips to India) by The Esoterics’ founding director, Eric Banks, and is a choral recounting of the ancient Zoroastrian creation myth. Read more.




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CD Release! BARBER: Samuel Barber's collected choral works

The Esoterics presents its compact disc release, BARBER. This recording was made in conjunction with The Esoterics’ centennial concert of the same name, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the American composer Samuel Barber. Read more.


The Esoterics
The Esoterics at the Art Institute of Chicago
Photo taken by Gene Hsu
Art Installation: Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 3

The Esoterics' 2011 season
is sponsored by generous grants from

  • 4 Culture
  • ArtsFund
  • Classical King FM 98.1
  • The Horizons Foundation
  • The Norcliffe Foundation
  • The Nesholm Family Foundation
  • The National Endowment for the Arts
  • The Seattle Foundation
  • Seattle's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
  • The Washington State Arts Commission

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