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MODERNMEDIEVAL

 

ModernMedieval was created by Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, former member of the world-renowned vocal quartet Anonymous 4, as a performing and educational resource for both early and new vocal music.

ModernMedieval  presents Dr. Horner-Kwiatek and her work as a singer and clinician. Dr. Horner-Kwaitek travels all over the US giving presentations, masterclasses and workshops on writing, performing and programming early and new music, including an acclaimed seminar on Vocal pedagogy for Composers that she has given at Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, and Montclair State.

 

MODERNMEDIEVAL VOICES

ModernMedieval Voices is all-female ensemble created by Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek to present programs that combine medieval chant and polyphony with new commissions and music from later eras. She is joined by singers drawn from some of the country's leading early and new music ensembles, including Roomful of Teeth , Pomerium, and Trinity Wall Street Choir.

ModernMedieval Voices takes the vocal techniques developed by Anonymous 4 for singing this repertoire and combines early music with new voices and perspectives, a fresh approach to programming that introduces this wonderful music to new audiences. Programs for the ensemble range from early music offerings to world premieres of new work, usually combinations of both.

 

ModernMedieval Voices has made appearances at The Ecstatic Music Festival, Liquid Music, MetArtsLive, Electric Earth Concerts, National Museum for Women DC and Virginia Arts Festival, among others, and has given residencies at East Carolina University, SUNYBinghamton and Princeton as part of Princeton Sound Kitchen. Other appearances have included performing with The Folger Consort DC  and the Caramoor Music Festival. This coming season includes concerts at Notre Dame University, Princeton University and Dumbarton Oaks in D.C., as well as singing in the world premiere of Christopher Tin's To Shiver the Sky in D.C. They are featured on Grammy award-winning composer Christopher Tin’s recording  of this work on the Decca label, and a recording of their signature program The Living Word  will be released in fall 2022.

"(they) sang exquisitely together, their voices so tightly intertwined that they often sounded as one clear strand.....an evening of gloriously clear voices singing exquisitely wrought music spanning centuries." (Steven Pisano, Feastofmusic.com)

ModernMedieval

Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, Artistic Director

 

2022-2023

Binghamton University residency March 14-16 2023: Workshop/performance of student compostions, vocal masterclass, concert THE LIVING WORD- music by, and inspired by, Hildegard of Bingen. New works by Caroline Shaw, Caleb Burhans, Daniel Thomas Davis and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek.

 

Texas State University residency  Jan 30-31 2023: Workshop/reading with student composers and vocal/ensemble masterclasses.

Concert: THE LIVING WORD- music by, and inspired by, Hildegard of Bingen. New works by Caroline Shaw, Caleb Burhans, Daniel Thomas Davis and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek.

Texas State University, Jan 31st, 2023

https://txstatepresents.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3564&p=1

 

 

A MIDWINTER FEAST-seasonal music from the middle ages to the 21st century.

Dumbarton Oaks, Sunday December 11 and Monday December 12, 7pm.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-at-dumbarton-oaks-modernmedieval-voices-tickets-464300985747

 

 

 

THE LIVING WORD- music by, and inspired by, Hildegard of Bingen. New works by Caroline Shaw, Caleb Burhans and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek.

PrincetonTheological Seminary Chapel, Saturday November 5th, 7pm

https://medievalstudies.princeton.edu/event/ludus-presents-modernmedieval-hildegard-of-bingen-words-of-love-and-wisdom/?fbclid=IwAR0wM7FHnHL-lY6Zh3HRqAOkDqfpjfaPIp5skKFXdO2K2mBCaOvnKxKdQwc

 

 

 

 

World Premiere- To Shiver the Sky (Christopher Tin)

The Anthem, D.C., May 15th, 7pm.

https://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/seasontickets/2021-22-season/christopher-tin-s-to-shiver-the-sky/

 

 

Collaboration with David Lang and Suzzane Bocannegra at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, February 19, 2022

https://engage.metmuseum.org/events/metlivearts/fy21-22/honor-an-artist-lecture-by-suzanne-bocanegra-starring-lili-taylor/

 

 

A Midwinter Feast- music for the season

Dumbarton Oaks, D.C., December  5 & 6, 2021

 

 

The Living Word

The Bascilica, Notre Dame University, November 7, 2021

https://sacredmusic.nd.edu/events/2021/11/07/modernmedieval-voices-concert/

BIG NEWS!  The Living Word is now available for download on iTunes and Amazon! You can also listen to it on Spotify! Links below:

Amazon:

https://music.amazon.com/search/ModernMedieval+Voices?filter=IsLibrary%7Cfalse&sc=none

 

iTunes:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-living-word/1675376146

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZeHTiagALht6vJEHnlsox

MARCH 6-8, 2020
 

THREE FOUNTAINS: MUSIC FROM THE TRECENTO

ModernMedieval Voices and The Folger Consort

music by Landini, Bologna and others. Includes the world premiere of Questa Gentillisima Donna by Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek

https://www.folger.edu/cast/modernmedieval-voices

CLARA SCHUMANN 6 Lieder for Soprano and Piano, Op. 13
JOHANNES BRAHMS 4 Lieder for Soprano and Piano

3pm. Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University http://www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org/concerts/concert/richardson-chamber-players-clara-schumann-at-200

OCTOBER 20

NOVEMBER 2

Sing we and Chant it! a workshop for singers and conductors.  http://njchoralconsortium.org/fall-2019-workshop.html

DECEMBER 14

ModernMedieval Voices

A Midwinter Feast

Caramoor Music Room 2pm and 5pm.

https://www.caramoor.org/events/modernmedieval/

Program notes, texts, and translations

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