COMING SOON.
Our 2023-2024 Artistic Season kicked off with a killer collaboration: Panoramic Voices and Invoke String Ensemble at Jester King Brewery in Dripping Springs, TX, using the beautiful barn setting as a back drop for this mix of folk music of all kinds: classic, old, new, pop, and even tunes commissioned just for this event.
Our final concert of the season is going to be A REAL RAGER. Join us for this prom-style PARTY, celebrating our 25th anniversary! Repertoire will range from popular choral greats—like Gjeilo, Paulus, and Runestad—to pop, showtunes, and even some local composer commissions! More importantly, we’re dressing up to the nines and running with our party theme… expect festive cocktails, balloons, selfie stations, and more! You won’t want to miss this PANO-PROM!
Borderland is an innovative choral experience featuring a premiere work by local composer Nathan Felix called “Austin Border Stories.” Commissioned by Panoramic Voices, this full-length, immersive choral piece is inspired by Hispanic history. It is “about borders and border stories… immigration stories from Mexico into Texas and Austin,” says the composer. Singers will be scattered across KMFA’s stunning new east side building, sharing vignettes in different installations throughout the entire space. Audiences can expect an experience akin to visiting a museum, while enjoying powerful opening and closing pieces that bring the choir together.
Director Juli Orlandini is particularly excited for the Panoramic/KMFA/Felix collaboration. “Nathan’s works use space in a whole new way, charging audiences to truly be immersed in his art. Beyond simply telling tales, ‘Austin Border Stories’ will be an opportunity to not just learn about, but experience the history and culture of Austin’s Hispanic community.”
Join Panoramic Voices this December 16, 2022 for “FAs & LAs” at the Austin Scottish Rite Theater in downtown Austin. Ring in your holiday season right with this family-friendly concert, which includes singalong selections, a holiday craft market featuring local artists, and festive refreshments! Enjoy a dash of classical, with a healthy dose of re-imagined standards, and even a little bit of movie music. There’s something for everyone!
Doors open at 6:15 pm for snacks and craft shopping. The concert starts at 7:00 and includes an extended intermission for more shopping!
All This Joy is an homage to the little experiences that make us human, and the ways in which being part of a community enhances them. Repertoire is a fun, yet challenging mix of pop, movie music, spirituals, and more, accompanied by drums, bass, guitar, and sax.
Panoramic Voices joins the Central Texas Philharmonic in their season closing performance of works by Beethoven,
An evening of new choral and orchestral works by Kitty Xiao, Mack Hoxie, Carlos Cordero and our own Artistic Director Brent Baldwin. The program explores unexpected and atmospherically mercurial sonic territories, with commentary from each composer.
Artistic Director Brent Baldwin hosted a YouTube live event featuting videos from our January 2020 house concert. He chatted live about the songs selected with artists Natalie Joy (soprano) and Joseph Choi (piano).
Panoramic Voices joined forces with symphonic rockers the Invincible Czars for a holiday rock show in our 7th annual Holiday Mixtape. In this re-envisioned 2020 virtual performance, Panoramic Voices shared highlights from past holiday concerts and streamed new content created by Panoramic Voices and The Invincible Czars. Brent Baldwin, Panoramic Voices Artistic Director, and Josh Robins of The Invincible Czars provided commentary and were joined by past guest artists Taylor Muse from Quiet Company and Liz Cass from LOLA. The show was free to view live on YouTube, with a portion of the donations received for the event benefiting past collaborator Austin Soundwaves.
Love, sorcery, and tragic opera…what better way to spend a Saturday evening? LOLA (Local Opera Local Artists) and Panoramic Voices presented an encore presentation of our February 2020 performance of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.. In addition to streaming the show, Liz Cass (Executive Producer of LOLA) led a panel discussion by the creative team behind the show: musical director Brent Baldwin (Artistic Director of Panoramic Voices), stage director Rebecca Herman (Artistic Producer of LOLA) , and choreographer Erica Gionfriddo (co-founder of ARCOS Dance). A portion of donations received for the event benefited SIMS Foundation.
Panoramic Voices and LOLA (Local Opera Local Artists) made their collaborative debut with a production of the Purcell’s masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas. Love, sorcery and ridiculously-tragic opera... what better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with the one you love!
Concert benefited the SIMS foundation
In what has become a SRO Austin tradition, Panoramic Voices joined forces with symphonic rockers the Invincible Czars for our sixth-annual holiday rock show at the Blanton! This FREE event featured amped-up sing-a-longs, free art, guest artists Liz Cass (LOLA), Taylor Muse (Quiet Company) and Carrie Fussell (Calliope Musicals)
Panoramic Voices’ singers and orchestra presented George Walker’s Lyric for Strings, Arvo Pärt’s enigmatic Berliner Messe, the world premiere of Brought into Morning by Australian composer Kitty Xiao, and Gabriel Fauré’s timeless Requiem .
Concert benefited Kids in a New Groove
SoundSpace is a hybrid arts series which features simultaneous, interdisciplinary performances, installations, and happenings throughout the Blanton's galleries. September’s installation played out amongst the exhibit Jeffrey Gibson: This Is the Day.
Panoramic Voices performed “A Room and A Field” by R. Eric McMaster, and was proud to present the premiere of “mythos” by teenage composer Mack Felix Hoxie.
We were proud to collaborate with the Austin Chamber Music Center in their 11th annual Pride Concert. This performance features vocal works by a wide variety of LGBTQ composers. The event was free and open to the public, sponsored by the Clavier-Werke School of Music.
Conductor Brent Baldwin led Panoramic Voices in works by Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Stephin Merritt, and Aaron Copland. Liz Cass, mezzo-soprano, was joined by pianist Jim James in art songs by Judith Weir and Ned Rorem as well as a selection of songs by local composers Russell Reed and Graham Yates. Soprano Katrina Saporsantos performed the Texas premiere of Robin Estrada’s “Duayya.”
In Bloom was an immersive sound installation that allowed the audiences to examine our relationship with the natural world and question traditionally conceived ideas of control. The audience was invited to experience the blooming of several flowers as a spatial experience instead of a temporal one. Improvising musicians were spread out along a circular path in small groups, each group representing a progressive stage in the blooming of the flower. The audience was given the choice as to how fast to move through the installation, what direction they move through it, and at what points they chose to start and stop, allowing each individual to control how they viewed each event.
In Bloom was a collaboration between the students of Austin Soundwaves, Panoramic Voices, composer James W. Parker and author Paola Caballero Daza. The event was part of Umlauf’s Family Day and was free and open to the public.
The 4th collaboration between Panoramic Voices’ singers and orchestra in which rock, pop, country, rap, and other musicians from the community and beyond are showcased. Year after year, this collaboration proves that musicians across genres shine when they bring their styles and talents together. Presented by KUTX, this concert featured:
Roky Erickson
Mobley
Sweet Spirit
Night Glitter
Again this year, ION was a benefit for the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, with a portion of ticket sales supporting HAAM's work providing access to affordable health care for Austins low-income, working musicians, with a focus on prevention and wellness.
Hosted by the Blanton Museum of Art, Beat the Rush is a series of free gallery concerts in which musicians perform in response to the paintings, drawings, and sculptures on display. In December, Panoramic Voices with The Invincible Czars returned, with special guests Nakia, Taylor Muse (Quiet Company,) and Carrie Fussell (Calliope Musicals) for a rocking holiday extravaganza!
Choral/orchestral music with rich poetry, as cast through the musical lenses of Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Corigliano, Randall Thompson, and Dana Falconberry. These selections represented some of Brent Baldwin's musical favorites in celebration of his 10 years as Artistic Director. A portion of the proceeds from the performance benefited the SIMS foundation.
New Music Co-op (NMC) was excited to present their first ever concert in a quintessential format: the string orchestra. Smaller chamber ensembles, such as string quartet, are often the "practical" choice for composers. Long time co-op member Brent Baldwin conducted the ensemble and also contributed a piece to the program featuring guest chorus Panoramic Voices. The centerpiece of the program was Arvo Pärt's "Fratres" -- a classic work of late 20th century music minimalism, without the usual trappings of unflagging pulse.
Peter Bay, conductor of the Austin Symphony, fulfilled a lifelong dream of connecting Austin's dynamic arts organizations with a community celebration of two fully-staged performances of Bernstein's MASS on June 29 & 30, 2018
With over 250 singers and dancers sharing the stage, MASS will featured The Austin Symphony, Grammy Award-winner Conspirare, Chorus Austin, Panoramic Voices, The Austin Children's Choir, Chisholm Trail Middle School (Round Rock ISD), the African Children's Choir, and many other nationally known artists. It was a unique gathering of Austin's cherished arts groups collaborating on Bernstein's greatest work about hope and finding faith.
Panoramic Voices hosted the third Indie Orchestra Night, a collaborative concert experience joining a 100-voice choir, orchestra, and several Austin bands in an unforgettable evening of music and food for an only in Austin experience, presented by KUTX.
This year, ION benefited the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. Guest artists for ION 2018 included Big Bill, Calliope Musicals, Dustin Welch (and friends), Moving Panoramas, Nakia, and Star Parks.
Beat the Rush is a series of free gallery concerts in which musicians perform in response to the paintings, drawings, and sculptures on display. This month, Panoramic Voices with The Invincible Czars retureds, with special guests Nakia, Andy Bianculli (of Star Parks) and Leslie Sisson (of Moving Panoramas) for a rocking holiday extravaganza!
Beat the Rush is a performance series that features live music inspired by visual art on view.
Curated by Brent Baldwin, director of Panoramic Voices, The Normans featuring Panoramic Voices, presented the music of Bauhaus & Love and Rockets, inspired by the museum’s exhibition, “Dancing with Death.”
Panoramic Voices performed Johann Sebastian Bach’s iconic Mass in B minor and the world premiere of Joel Love’s The Elephant in the Dark.
The Blanton presented a compelling and timely new installation of SoundSpace, their acclaimed music series. SoundSpace: Refugees featured works written by, performed by, or depicting the experience of refugees. These performances occurred throughout the museum in galleries featuring art that touch on refugee themes.
The program also included the world premiere of a new work by Brent Baldwin, featuring Panoramic Voices, Nakia (from Season 1 of The Voice), and dancers Hassan Christopher and Alexa Capareda.
For this installment of Beat the Rush, Panoramic Voices premiered a new choral work by composer Travis Weller, to be conducted by Artistic Director Brent Baldwin. The music featured 40 singers with performers line upon line and members of the New Music Co-oP. Held in the Blanton's atrium, the concert enabled audience members to move and experience the music from multiple perspectives and truly explore how "the world must be strange in other ways."
For the third year in a row, Panoramic Voices teamed up with The Invincible Czars to perform an eclectic mix of popular holiday songs and rock 'n' roll tunes from Sufjan Stevens to Nick Cave to an adaptation from Dr. Seuss.
This free community event was hosted by the Blanton Museum of Art's Beat the Rush concert series. The audience came early for a Big Sing with our friends at Conspirare and rocked the night away with Panoramic Voices!
This vocal-infused double bill featured Grammy Award(R)-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth and an encore performance of Mozart Requiem Undead performed by Panoramic Voices (formerly the Texas Choral Consort and Orchestra) along with Austin-based vocal ensemble Convergence.
In 2014, TPA and partners Golden Hornet Project and Fusebox Festival presented Mozart Requiem Undead to open the Fusebox Festival at the French Legation Museum. Ten unique composers were each commissioned to rework a movement of Mozart's Requiem Mass. The only catch is that the composers had to keep the vocal parts as originally written by Mozart.
BAT/MAN, is an experimental musical work for an ensemble of bats and humans, performed near the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat colony at Congress Bridge. Led by Steve Parker, the project pitch-shifts bat calls in real time so they could be discernible to the human ear, and allowed the roving audience to accompany the calls with echo-location devices, to be accompanied by conch shell ensemble, a megaphone choir, and a funnel horn/garden hose band. Texas Choral Consort was the featured ensemble in this performance.
