Verdigris Ensemble
We are Verdigris, an ensemble made up of vocal artists pushing the boundaries of the choral medium.
We are Verdigris, a Dallas-based professional choral ensemble made up of vocal artists pushing the boundaries of the choral medium. The Verdigris Ensemble is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
11/01/2023
Scroll to the end for a cake dedicated to Martha, the last living passenger pigeon who died in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo ➡️
Thanks to all for attending The Endangered concerts this weekend! This was a smashing success for us and we can’t thank you enough for your support and interest ♥️
Were you at the performances this weekend? 🧐
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10/29/2023
“Transformational.”
- Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, Onstage NTX
‘The Endangered’ @ Verdigris Ensemble — Onstage NTX Photos by Richard Hill Studio
10/28/2023
A packed audience gathered in the last night to experience the world premiere of The Endangered. Come see our performances this weekend! Check our stories for reviews and get your tickets in our bio.
📸: Richard Hill Studio
10/28/2023
from Mass for the Endangered. Starting tonight through Sunday at Dallas Contemporary. Doors open at 6:30/concert starts at 7:30. Enjoy complimentary cocktail/wine while experiencing the gallery and this immersive concert.
🎟️🎟️Tickets at www.verdigrismusic.org/the-endangered
10/26/2023
Thanks WRR Classical 101.1 FM for this feature!
Verdigris concert combines AI with music to advocate for Texas’ endangered species | Classical 101.1 FM | WRR-FM Verdigris concert combines AI with music to advocate for Texas’ endangered species October 26, 2023 by Amy Bishop “We want to inspire action,” says Sam Brukhman, founder and Artistic Director of Dallas-based Verdigris Ensemble. “And that action, in this particular case, is the conservation o...
"Let their wings shine."
Whooping Crane, by Kyle Brenn. Premiering this weekend at the Dallas Contemporary.
🎟️s: include a free drink. Buy yours at verdigrismusic.org/the-endangered
10/21/2023
Thanks for the feature, NBC DFW!
How Verdigris Ensemble is using AI to create a new concert experience Working in partnership with Dallas Contemporary, Verdigris Ensemble’s 2023-2024 season opens October 27-29 with “The Endangered.”
10/19/2023
Do you recognize the stained glass animals? 🐦
Our AI artist Courtney Ware explains what she has created for next weekend’s performance.
www.verdigrismusic.org
🦋 Oct 27-29! THE ENDANGERED
The Endangered - a 55-minute concert features 3 locally commissioned world premieres about threatened Texas species. The Greasewood Moth premiere is by our very own tenor Samuel K. Sweet.
🦋Sixteen singers and 10 instrumentalists will perform within the venue's stark industrial space as Courtney Ware's stunning AI-generated visuals animate a towering 110-foot wall, vividly enhancing the musical call to urgent conservation action.
🦋Once found across the Southwest's desert shrublands feeding on greasewood plants, the nondescript greasewood moth, last seen in 1961, exemplifies how even widespread species can be rapidly decimated by human activities like grazing, agriculture, and unbalanced use of chemicals.
Tickets: 🎟🎟https://bit.ly/49cjWYv
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Once found across the Southwest's desert shrublands feeding on greasewood plants, the nondescript greasewood moth, last seen in 1961, exemplifies how even widespread species can be rapidly decimated by human activities like grazing, agriculture, and unbalanced use of chemicals.
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The Greasewood Moth premiere by our very own tenor Samuel K. Sweet will receive its world premiere at The Endangered in just 2 weeks. Learn more at verdigrismusic.org/the-endangered
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Once abundant across the Canadian tundra and prairie regions, the Eskimo Curlew is a medium-sized brown shorebird distinguished by its long, downcurved bill. Hunting and habitat loss decimated this species in the late 1800s, and it was last reliably spotted in the 1960s. Believed to be extinct, protecting the curlew's breeding and migratory grounds could have supported many other grassland species. But we will never hear the Eskimo Curlew's high, whistling call again. Now it serves as a reminder – conserve habitat before it’s too late.
The Texas premiere of the Eskimo Curlew by Edie Hill, composer happening at The Endangered. Tickets available at verdigrismusic.org/the-endangered
10/14/2023
Verdigris Ensemble Executive Director Kyle Igneczi joined community leaders and arts philanthropists last night at TACA’s Fall Arts Crawl. This 1920s-themed event was an immersive fundraising experience uniting community leaders and arts philanthropists for a night full of surprises.
Thank you to TACA (The Arts Community Alliance) for all that you do to support the art and artists of our community.
The Endangered sneak peek: The Black-Capped Vireo is a small olive-green songbird that blends into the Texas brushlands it inhabits. Abundant decades ago, this Vireo declined sharply by the mid-1900s due to habitat destruction and cowbird nest parasitism. Listed as endangered in 1987, the Black-Capped Vireo continues to face an uncertain future. Conserving its habitat protects this species and other endangered plants and animals that share the same fragile ecosystem. Action is needed to save this unique bird.
Listen to the Anuj Bhutani world premiere of the Black-Capped Vireo on October 27-29. For more information, visit verdigrismusic.org/the-endangered
The Endangered: An immersive music experience about the endangered animals of our city. 🪶
In partnership with Dallas Contemporary
Music by Sarah Kirkland Snider and Edie Hill, composer
World Premieres by Anuj Bhutani, Kyle Brenn, and Samuel K. Sweet
Video Projection and art by Courtney Ware
🎟️ Tickets: verdigrismusic.org
Season 7: REGROWTH! Season passes are available. Save 20% and experience all four performances. https://bit.ly/3ZA569G
10/02/2023
Founding Artistic Director of Verdigris Ensemble, Sam Brukhman, would like to personally invite you to 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥!
In partnership with the Dallas Contemporary, Verdigris Ensemble kicks off our 7th season with a 55-minute music experience that deeply explores our connection with the endangered species of Dallas. Using internationally-acclaimed composer Sarah Kirkland SniderI’s Mass For 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 as a framework, Verdigris Ensemble singers create a multi-sensory experience using Snider’s music, which is primarily set to text of endangered animals across the world, with a twist. Movements of Snider’s six-movement work are intertwined with world premiere music compositions from local composers, further hyper-contextualizing the music into urgent action within our city.
We can’t wait to experience this performance alongside you! Tickets available here:
🎟️ https://www.verdigrismusic.org/events
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: October 27-29 at 7 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Dallas Contemporary, 161 Glass Street, Dallas
09/22/2023
Thanks to YOU, last night we raised a record-breaking $26,176 from 84 donors. We feel the love and we feel the growth, thanks to you! Onward and upward into our season on environment and environmental justice.
09/22/2023
We are about $3k away from our NTGD goal! https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/the-verdigris-ensemble?mc_cid=ccb1222fd0&mc_eid=aafbacbf8f
Every little bit helps! 💞
Get your season pass and save 20%! https://bit.ly/3ZA569G
We are super excited to launch Season 7, REGROWTH, which explores diverse aspects of environmental justice and offers hope for change. Each of the four performances tells a Texas-based story through multi-sensory immersive experiences with digital projections, live instruments and 16 voices.
Dallas Contemporary
North Texas Giving Day is Thursday and we have a match to help us reach our goal of $25,000! That means every dollar donated is doubled. Funds help:
⭐ Provide education and professional mentorship to 378 underserved students in DISD
⭐Create new music experiences that touch the lives of our vibrant DFW community
⭐ Provide employment and performance opportunities for ~ 50 local artists
https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/the-verdigris-ensemble?mc_cid=ccb1222fd0&mc_eid=aafbacbf8f
Verdigris Ensemble We are Verdigris, an ensemble made up of vocal artists pushing the boundaries of the choral medium.
09/19/2023
Introducing our new season:
🌿🌱🎋REGROWTH🍃🌲🌹🥀
MERCY FOR NOW
WHAT WE’VE DONE,
A FOCUSING LENS
ON WHAT WE CAN BECOME.
🦅 THE ENDANGERED 🦆
Verdigris Ensemble launches its 7th season in collaboration with the Dallas Contemporary to present The Endangered, a 55-minute music experience, featuring three world premieres, that deeply explores our connection with the endangered species of Dallas.
🏬 BEAUTIFICATION 🥀
Verdigris Ensemble world premieres the immersive narration of Ladybird Johnson’s iconic Highway Beautification Act as told her from her own perspective, inspired by visual artist Bianca Bondi’s site-specific new installation at the Dallas Contemporary.
🌬️ DUST BOWL 🏜️
Anthony J. Maglione's acclaimed music/theater experience, which played to sold-out audiences during its world premiere in 2020, triumphantly returns to Dallas. The originally-crafted work, which was hailed by Dallas critics as “breathtaking” and “unlike anything else in our city,” features first-hand accounts of survivors of the Dust Bowl.
🛢️ MIS-LEAD 🏠
Verdigris Ensemble premieres its flagship music experience of the year, Mis-lead, by nationally acclaimed composer Kirsten Soriano. In a stunningly sobering telling of West Dallas’s lead-infused past, Verdigris Ensemble narrates the true story of Dallas’s troubled past with lead smelting factories and their effects on West Dallas neighborhoods.
Season subscriptions now available at verdigrismusic.org.
09/15/2023
AMAZING Season 7 Launch event last night at the Dallas Contemporary! We can't wait to see you at our performances this season!
Majority 📷 Kris Ikejiri - Shibumi Photos
08/29/2023
Verdigris Ensemble and are pleased to announce their partnership for the 2023 Verdigris Ensemble fall season, which will include two productions presented at Dallas Contemporary dedicated to themes of ecological justice and the environment: ‘The Endangered,’ from October 27-29, and ‘Beautification,’ from December 1-3.
Dallas Contemporary is a non-collecting, kunsthalle museum with the privilege of presenting the vanguard of contemporary artistic practice through exhibitions, public programs, and performances. The museum believes that the display of art objects, discourse, and community activity work together to advance our understanding of the art of this moment. By virtue of its flexible nature, like Verdigris Ensemble, Dallas Contemporary is uniquely positioned to map Dallas as a locus of innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts.
📸: Bianca Bondi, Exhibition views: Vanilla Oxide, 2022. CAP Saint Fons, Lyon, France.
Mixed media, scent created by Yann Vasnier (Givaudan), Courtesy of the artist and mor charpentier. Photographer: David Desaleux.
08/28/2023
Our Board of Directors met this weekend to kick off our SEVENTH Season and plan this year and into the future. It’s going to be an amazing year and even more to come.💥🎶 Huge thanks to David Marquis Diana Marquis and Hector Garcia for being our special guests.
08/27/2023
Day 1 of our annual Board Retreat. It’s great to be together. And it’s going to be a fantastic season!
08/22/2023
Thank you CultureMap Dallas for this feature on our new Executive Director, Kyle Igneczi!
Celebrated Dallas choral group strikes a high note with hiring of new executive director The professional storytelling chorale group Verdigris Ensemble has announced its first-ever executive director: Kyle Igneczi.
08/16/2023
We are proud to announce that we are a New Music USA Organization Fund awardee! 🎉 This will support our commitment to perform commissioned new works, collaborate with interdisciplinary artists, and inspire new audiences. We are honored to be among this group of recipients. Check out all of the awardees: bit.ly/OrganizationFund2023
New Music USA’s Organization Fund is for outstanding organizations which work regularly with, and support the development of, music creators and artists and offer a crucial resource to their community. Kudos to all of the awardees!
08/15/2023
We are thrilled to announce Kyle Igneczi as our new Executive Director, with support for the position made possible in part by a gift in memory of Emily Javadi.
Kyle brings decades of non-profit performance and leadership practice, including creating forward-facing community partnerships and collaborations for international non-profits, civic organizations, small startups, and artistic entities. His work as an arts leader and administrator has shaped identities, instituted change, and raised significant funding for regional organizations, including IMPRINT Theatreworks, WaterTower Theatre, and the Plano Symphony Orchestra.
“Joining Verdigris seems like the culmination of all the work I’ve done through the years", Kyle shared with us. "Combining my roots in opera and choral performance with my career in musical theater, and adding the fulfillment of the work I’ve done in arts support, I am thrilled to join the already incredible team at Verdigris to define a future full of new possibilities in the cultural landscape here and beyond.”
Kyle was an obvious choice from our standpoint - his experience in performance, background in fundraising, and clear love and desire to grow nonprofits is exactly what we’re looking for. We couldn't be more excited to have him join our organization.
Be sure to meet him in the coming months as we get started on the ’23-24 season!
07/25/2023
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Verdigris Ensemble is part of the prestigious TACA Arts Accelerator program! 🌟 Join us on this transformative journey as we boost our organizational capacity, gain new skills, and nurture growth in the arts community.
🔗 Read all about it in our latest email newsletter! Don't miss out: https://mailchi.mp/3feb33787252/verdigris-ensemble-joins-taca-arts-accelerator
Wise words!
06/05/2023
With deep regret and profound gratitude, Verdigris Ensemble shares with our supporters that our Executive Director, Scott Branks del Llano, has accepted a recent opportunity through a literary publisher to pursue his craft and artistic vision as a writer.
We congratulate Scott on this exciting new journey, and we genuinely thank him for the major contributions he made to our organization during his tenure as he guided us to a new level within the arts community. We are thrilled that Scott will remain involved as a member of our Board of Directors. Scott has proven immense dedication and a true understanding of our mission and of the ensemble’s artistry.
We wish Scott well on his new adventure and look forward to working together as a team. He will continue to serve through the month of June and lead efforts to recruit and hire an outstanding new Executive Director to come on board in August.
If you are interested in applying or know others who are a potential fit, please use the link to apply or share the job description with others.
https://www.indeed.com/job/executive-director-66949b26c334617f
05/10/2023
End of season celebration and meeting new supporters. We 💚 the energy!
05/10/2023
We’re still on a high from our SHAMS performances last month. Were you there?
We were thrilled to be part of Visit Dallas annual meeting this morning. We shared a little of SHAMS with the attendees. Thanks for having us!
05/05/2023
'23/24 Audition applications due May 6th! => https://www.verdigrismusic.org/auditions
Verdigris Ensemble vision is to transform our world through stories and the power of the human voice. We use vocal music to tell our shared stories of the human condition.
Our next season centers on environmental topics in Dallas and greater community.
Visit the link to learn more!
https://www.verdigrismusic.org/auditions
05/02/2023
🚨VERDIGRIS ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS DUE MAY 6🚨
Verdigris Ensemble’s vision is to transform our world through the alchemy of stories and the power of the human voice. We use vocal music to tell our shared stories of the human condition, weaving intricate programs into multi-layered experiences. Our story for Season 7 centers around environmental justice in the context of Dallas and our geopolitical and cultural community.
To learn more about the 2023-2024 auditions and apply to our new music movement, please visit the link below.
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About Verdigris Ensemble
Founded in 2017, Verdigris Ensemble has quickly established itself as “among the most creative and effective storytellers in North Texas” (TheaterJones) and the “crème de la crème of the area’s professional choral voices” (Dallas Morning News). the Dallas-based professional choir is dedicated to bringing choral music to the modern audience through creative concert programming, unconventional use of space, and collaboration. Focusing on story-driven musical narratives, the Verdigris Ensemble commissions new works, collaborates with interdisciplinary artists, inspires new audiences, and invests in the next generation of musicians.
Verdigris Ensemble has been hailed by audiences and critics for its ability to deeply engage audiences. Its performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anthracite Fields, in collaboration with world-renowned Bang on a Can All-Stars, Julia Wolfe, and SOLUNA Festival, was hailed as “powerful” (Dallas Morning News) and performed with “brilliant cohesion.” (TheaterJones)
Past projects include World Premieres of Nicholas Reeves’s Betty’s Notebook and David Ross Lawn’s Faces of Dallas, Texas Premieres of Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields and Mason Bates’s Mass Transmission. Past collaborations include SOLUNA Festival, Dallas Museum of Art, Perot Museum, Avant Chamber Ballet, UTA Planetarium, Temple Emanu-El, Texas Theatre, Oak Cliff Film Festival, and more.
During its 2018-19 season, Verdigris Ensemble collaborated with W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy in a 4-week outreach residency culminating in a performance that world premiered Meredith Tompkins’ How I Learned To Fly, a choral piece of music that set Greiner students’ poems to music. Verdigris Ensemble also launched its first annual ION Young Composer Competition, a competition designed to foster, encourage, and find Dallas’ unique choral voice through passion, exploration, and innovation.
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