This professional ensemble in residence at UC Davis is co-directed by professors (and composers) Mika Pelo and Kurt Rohde. Its performances are dedicated to contemporary chamber music, often incorporating new media elements and experimental performance practices.
The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Nok-du-klot" by Eun Young Le. Performed by Ellen Ruth Rose, solo viola, Tod Brody, flute, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Hra...
The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Ciao, Manhattan" by Lee Hyla, Tod Brody on flute, Ellen Ruth Rose on viola, Thalia Moore on cello, and Michael Seth Or...
The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: IV Lebhaft, sehr markirt" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen ...
The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: III Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff, cl...
The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: II Lebhaft und sehr markirt" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff on clarinet, E...
The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: I Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell" by Robert Schumann. Peter Josheff performs on clarinet, with ...
The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Scritch" by Melinda Wagner with Tom Nugent on oboe, Anna Pressler and Hrabba Atladottir on violin, Phyllis Kamrin on v...
Almetus' Transitoire expresses the gradual transition from time into eternity that people, buried under the rubble in locations inaccessible to rescue...
The piece by Scott Perry, Psycho-crypto-ornithology, is a sonic portrait of a peppy but reclusive bird that looks and sounds something like a pigeon-t...