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New Hampshire Concert Residency

7/16/2021

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Inscape Chamber Orchestra is delighted to travel to the historic town of Plymouth, New Hampshire for a week of chamber music. As part of our ebullient return to touring and performance, these lively concerts showcase some of the best-loved chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire alongside a diverse array of other enlightening works.

After having first performed in the wonderful surrounds of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ several seasons ago, we are thrilled to be back in such a resplendent space for music.  

Concerts will take place on Sunday, August 1st; Friday, August 6th; and Saturday; August 7th.

​For more information and tickets, please visit our Events page.  
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Inscape to record Philip Glass

10/29/2017

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Inscape joins with Wolf Trap Opera in November 2017 to record Philip Glass's opera, "The Fall of the House of Usher."

The recording brings together the cast and performers from Wolf Trap Opera's production heard this past summer at Dock 5 at Union Market.  The singular sold out performance was produced in collaboration with Halcyon Stage.

The opera, premiered in 1988, at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, recounts Poe's  famous horror story.

The recording will be on the Orange Mountain Music label.

More information  on: 
Wolf Trap Opera
Philip Glass
Orange Mountain Music

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Richard Scerbo speaks with Houston's Classical Classroom

11/15/2015

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Inscape's Artistic Director, Richard Scerbo, joins host Dacia Clay on her show Classical Classroom, a production of Houston Public Media.  Scerbo discusses the elements of storytelling in several works recorded by Inscape, including their recently released recording of Stravinsky's Petrushka transcribed by David Plylar.  

The podcast is available on Classical Classroom's website and on iTunes.   Or just listen below... 
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Petrushka available for pre-order!

8/9/2015

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Inscape's newest recording, a fully transcribed chamber orchestra version of Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka (1911), is now available for pre-order through iTunes!  

This transcription was commissioned by Inscape from composer David Plylar, and is a full reduction of the complete 1911 ballet for 17 players.  It was recorded for Sono Luminus at their studio in Boyce, VA and will be released on August 28, 2015.

This is Inscape's fourth recording on the Sono Luminus label.  Previous albums include Sprung Rhythm (2013) and American Aggregate (2014) and a digital release of Paul Hindemith's ballet, Hérodiade (2013).       
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Recording Petrushka
Score by David Plylar
Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky in 1911, the latter costumed as Petrushka
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Inscape to record Stravinsky's Petrushka

12/26/2014

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PicturePetrushka. Costume design for Vatslav Nijinsky - Alexandre Benois
In January Inscape returns to the Grammy-nominated studios of Sono Luminus to record a new transcription of Igor Stravinsky's beloved ballet, "Petrushka."  Written in 1911 for Sergei Diaghilev and the famed Ballets Russes, the original Stravinsky work calls for an orchestra of over 100 players. For this project, Inscape commissioned noted composer David Plylar to transcribe "Petrushka" for the seventeen principal musicians of the Inscape Chamber Orchestra. 

The recording of this new reduction will be released in 2015.  

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Hindemith's Hérodiade released to critical acclaim

7/11/2014

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“….it is hard to do better than this new Inscape performance….”
Gapplegate Classical-Modern
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On June 24, 2014, Inscape released its “Hérodiade EP,” a digital exclusive recording of Paul Hindemith's ballet score, Hérodiade, on the Sono Luminus label.  Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for Martha Graham, the work was originally premiered alongside Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring at the Library of Congress in 1944.  “This work was lacking a compelling and widely available recording,” says Artistic Director Richard Scerbo, “and that is why we are so excited to present this rarely performed work.”  Hérodiade will be featured on several of our concerts next season, including our CD release concert at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland, as part of the NextNOW Festival.

Conceived for both iTunes and HD digital download, “Hérodiade EP” has already been recognized as a “lively yet precise reading of the work…” (Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review).  Hérodiade is available from these high-res sites, as well as iTunes:

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Stay tuned for the release of our new full length Pure Audio BluRay/CD  release “American Aggregate” scheduled to for August 26, 2014. 
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Join our Kickstarter campaign today!

4/25/2014

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On May 18, 2014, Inscape will perform the world premieres of works by Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis, Julia Adolphe and Levan Iordanishvili as well as a North American premiere of noted contemporary British composer, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. 

We need your help to insure the success of this concert and the release of our upcoming album, American Aggregate.  Visit our Kickstarter page to make a secure donation today.  There you can view our newly released video filmed during our preparation for American Aggregate.  The video documents the rehearsals of Oblivion by Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis and Wordless Creatures by Julia Adolphe, both of which will receive their premiere on May 18th.

To thank you for your generous contributions, we have many exciting premiums.  For a $25 donation, receive an mp3 recording of our digital exclusive release of Hindemith's Hérodiade.  Recorded in stunning Sono Luminus sound, it's got to be heard!  For a $50 donation, receive a limited edition Jennifer White-Johnson designed Inscape t-shirt.  For a $100 donation receive a complimentary copy of American Aggregate in a Pure Audio Bluray and CD twin pack, recorded in stunning surround sound!

Please help Inscape continue to perform and record the best new music, rare music, and great music for you. From all of is here at Inscape...Thank you!

Make your donation here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inscapemusic/inscape-premieres

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Inscape's Sprung Rhythm nominated for GRAMMY®

12/8/2013

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Inscape's recently released album, Sprung Rhythm, received a GRAMMY® nomination in the category of Best Surround Sound Album.  The announcement was made on December 6, 2013 following the live TV broadcast of nominations in popular music.  Sprung Rhythm features six works commissioned by Inscape from three emerging American composers: Justin Boyer (Bethesda, MD); Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis (Frederick, MD); Joseph Hallman (Philadelphia, PA).

The album was recorded and released by Sono Luminus, a leading record label in the area of surround sound recordings.  Led by Managing Director Daniel Shores, Sono Luminus is no stranger to the GRAMMYs ® having been nominated twice before, and most recently a winner of the Best Engineered Classical Album at the 53rd GRAMMY ® Award.  Shores approached Inscape with a recording proposal in 2012 after learning of the ensemble’s work through the crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter.  Sono Luminus was founded in 1995 by Sandy Lerner and Len Bosack, founders of Cisco Systems, after deciding their expertise in digital signal processing, computational mathematics and physics would enable them to bring a new level of recording fidelity to music.  Their studio is located 60 miles from Washington DC in Boyce, Virginia.

Inscape returns to the studios of Sono Luminus in January 2014 to record their next surround sound album entitled American Aggregate.  This album presents the world premiere recordings of seven works commissioned by or specifically arranged for Inscape.

From all of us at Inscape, we congratulate Daniel Shores, Dan Merceruio and the entire team at Sono Lumius for this incredible accomplishment!  


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Recording our next album

12/2/2013

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Our next album!

Inscape returns to the studios of Sono Luminus in January to record our next album, American Aggregate.  This album presents the world premiere recordings of seven works commissioned by or specifically arranged for Inscape.  Like our first album, Sprung Rhythm released in July 2013, this disc will feature a collection of chamber ensemble works by some of America's most diverse and exciting young composers.

Now is your chance to play a part!

Make a fully tax-deductible donation online today via JustGive and become an album sponsor.  Your name will appear in the CD booklet, and all donations over $100 will receive a complimentary copy of American Aggregate!

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The album includes:
  • Dan Visconti: Black Bend (premiere recording of new arrangement for Inscape)
  • Stephen Gorbos: What I Decided to Keep (premiere recording of new arrangement for Inscape)
  • Armando Bayolo: Wide Open Spaces (premiere recording)
  • Gregory Spears: The Bear and the Dove (premiere recording of new arrangement for Inscape)
  • Joseph Hallman: The Extraordinary Ms. Gryssandra Wycke (commissioned by Inscape)
  • Julia Adolphe: Wordless Creatures (premiere recording of new arrangement for Inscape)
  • Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis: Oblivion (commissioned by Inscape)

Working with Sono Luminus records affords us the unique opportunity to record these works in state-of-the-art 7.1 surround sound.  The album will be released on a multi-channel Pure Audio Blu-ray disc (featuring 7.1. and 5.1 surround mixes, and 2.0 high-resolution stereo mix), as well as standard CD and mp3.  The surround sound audio gives the listener an immersive listening experience and provides an incredibly realistic way to experience new music, as if you were in the middle of the ensemble!
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Inscape awarded grant from Aaron Copland Fund

11/25/2013

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Inscape is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a generous grant from the "Performing Ensembles Program" of the Aaron Copland Fund for Music.  This grant will support our general operating costs for the remainder of the 2013/14 season.  The Copland Fund states that "The program’s objective is to support performing organizations whose artistic excellence encourages and improves public knowledge and appreciation of serious contemporary American music." 

Inscape has performed a number of works by Aaron Copland over the years, starting with our founding concert which featured the Suite from Appalachian Spring in its original chamber version.  Most recently we performed Appalachian Spring and Quiet City on February 20, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland.  The concert also featured the world premiere of Nathan Lincon-DeCusatis's Chopin Syndrome.  

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