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Jeffrey Gavett
6+ albums
usamerican
about
effrey Gavett, baritone, is dedicated to the creation and presentation of new music as composer, performer and improviser. He has performed with a broad range of collaborators, from the Rolling Stones and indie rock group Clogs to new music groups Alarm Will Sound, ICE, New Juilliard Ensemble, Red Light New Music, Roomful of Teeth, SEM Ensemble, Signal, Talea Ensemble, Le Train Bleu, and Wet Ink Ensemble. His own mixed ensemble loadbang has premiered more than 250 new works since 2008, writing their own music, improvising, and working closely with composers to create a repertoire for their unique instrumentation (trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, baritone voice). In 2010 he founded the Ekmeles vocal ensemble, which is dedicated to performing new works for a cappella voices and classics of the avant garde. Ekmeles has been praised by the New York Times for their “extraordinary sense of pitch”, and described as “virtuosically adventurous” by Alex Ross. As a solo vocalist, he has performed in Alice Tully Hall, Issue Project Room, The Kitchen, Le Poisson Rouge, Merkin Hall, Roulette, The Stone, and Zankel Hall. He has also championed new theatrical and operatic works, giving the US premiere of Steven Takasugi’s Strange Autumn, and singing numerous premieres under the auspices of American Opera Projects and Experiments in Opera. He was involved in the World Premiere of the full version of Xenakis's Oresteïa, which took place at Miller Theater, featuring ICE conducted by Steven Os
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