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09/11/2026

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09/10/2026

The Ember cabaret is less than two weeks away! September 22, Chelsea Table & Stage, 7PM! Tickets are available on our website, or through the link in our bio.

09/03/2026

Audition to sing with Ember for the 2026-27 season! 📅 Wednesday, September 9, 6-9 pm

Strong music-reading and sight-singing skills are essential – as is a love of challenging music, meaningful collaboration, and artistry as can only be made…ensemble.

Visit emberarts.org/auditions or email [email protected] to apply.

08/25/2026

Audition season is here! Know somebody who would like the chance to work with living composers and build meaningful connections in a professional caliber ensemble? Request an audition at the link below! Auditions held September 9 from 6-9PM.

Audition for EMBER, renowned for new music advocacy and premieres. Led by Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, the choir's NYC-NJ concerts feature top-notch singers, pros, and emerging talents. Experience remarkable vocal blend and wide musical expression. Join us, whether a seasoned singer or enthusiast!

06/19/2026

Our sincerest thanks to our beloved audiences who came out and supported Ember this past season! The joy of singing for you is truly ours.

This summer, keep an eye out for exclusive video excerpts of last season's Ember performances. Most recently released, as announced a couple of weeks ago: "Nothing was Wrong with Sarah Ray," by the wonderful Mike Rowan, a new endorsement in the PROJECT : ENCORE catalog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnunJuGhZkM&list=RDCnunJuGhZkM&start_radio=1

06/13/2026

What our Artistic Director is also up to! This weekend -

Please join me tomorrow at 2 pm on WWFM.org - The Classical Network, where I’ll host the award-winning radio show Sounds Choral on composers and where they find their creative inspiration with a focus on Raphael Fusco and his work "An American Requiem." Looking forward to it!!

06/03/2026

So excited to announce one of this quarter’s new endorsements for the PROJECT : ENCORE catalog, Mike Rowan’s “Nothing was Wrong with Sarah Ray.” Ember performed this marvelous piece in March. Take a listen, and enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnunJuGhZkM&list=RDCnunJuGhZkM&start_radio=1

PROJECT : ENCORE is sponsored by Ember and is central to our composer advocacy initiative.

Look for Mike, who runs the Composer Showcase, and myself, on behalf of P:E, this week at the Chorus America conference!

Jenna Takach: Alto, Julian Whitley: BassPerformed at St. Malachi's...

05/17/2026

Tonight is the final night to be transported by The New Frontier. 🚀 Takeoff with us at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown, NJ, at 5 pm - four hours and counting!

See you soon!

📅 Sunday, May 17, 2026, 5 pm - St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ

FREE. Registration required at emberarts.org

05/15/2026

It’s here! Ember’s The New Frontier is tonight and Sunday. 💫 On Wednesday, composer Alex Eddington joined rehearsals remotely from Toronto to talk about his piece “A Present from a Small Distant World,” a setting of the text President Jimmy Carter sent to outer space in the Voyager Golden Record along with sounds of nature, musical clips, greetings in 55 languages, and other ephemera selected by a committee headed by Carl Sagan.

What Alex said about his inspiration behind the piece struck a chord in us: “There’s some civilization that might someday find it. I don’t know what the chances of that are, but the hoping that this message will be uncovered in a billion years is what I find so beautiful.”

What is music but a message of something otherwise unsayable, made with the hope that someone will find it? Come hear Alex’s piece and so much more! We can’t wait to see you!

📅 Friday, May 15, 2026, 7:30 pm - St. John’s in the Village, Manhattan

📅 Sunday, May 17, 2026, 5 pm - St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ

FREE. Registration required at emberarts.org