After a few years of silence, on Saturday August 30, Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble (VOCE), will premier new works at Motivo LA in Atwater Village.
Vardan Ovsepian - piano/compositions/arrangements
Daphne Chen - violin
Ani Sinanyan - violin
Andrea Hammond - violin
Tylana Renga - violin
Madeline Falcone - violin
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - viola
Rita Andrade - viola
Hillary Smith - cello
Maksim Velichkin - cello
John Tegmeyer - clarinet
Amy Sanchez - French horn
Brian Walsh - bass clarinet
Karl McComas-Reichl - bass
Thomas Stronen - drums
Diego Alvarez - percussion
Tickets:
Doors: 6:30pm
The program will be presented twice:
7:00pm & 9:00PM
General Admisson (open seating): $45.00 pre-sale | $55.00 at the door
SRO (standing room only): $25.00 pre-sale | $35.00 at the door
Limited parking on site on first come, first serve basis. Additional parking spaces available on Casitas Ave and Minneapolis St. Lots of street parking, safe and walkable neighborhood!
Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble was formed in 2005 in Boston, and is now based in Los Angeles.
VOCE's provocative arrangements integrate elements of three traditions:
western classical forms, jazz improvisation, and folk elements from different lands.
The compositions range from darkly epic and driving, to playful and contemplative,
varying in length from vignettes to longer suites.
“Beautiful sound design...wall to wall melody…ingenious incorporation of the piano
into the ensemble”
- Drew Gress about VOCE
in 2017, VOCE received the Chamber Music America Grant for New Jazz Works program - funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York, NY) 2017