Ghost Ensemble

Ghost Ensemble is a New York-based experimental new music ensemble composed of flute, oboe, accordion, percussion, harp, viola, cello, two contrabasses, and conductor. Several members of the ensemble met while performing with Pauline Oliveros.[1] Frequently commissioning new repertoire that merges classically notated music and improvisation, the ensemble follows an aesthetic that has been described as "music composed for a deep listening that fixes you in the present"[2] that "uses sound to seek an altered consciousness, from a meditative awareness to a look, perhaps, into a different dimension".[3] Ghost Ensemble's 2018 debut LP features work by Oliveros and founding members Ben Richter and Sky Macklay.[4] The group frequently performs the work of Oliveros and advocates for her philosophy of Deep Listening.[5][6][7] Other composers commissioned by the ensemble include ensemble bassist James Ilgenfritz, Liisa Hirsch, Teodora Stepancic, Elizabeth Adams, Kristina Wolfe, Andrew C. Smith, and Kyle Gann.[8][9] Performance collaborators have included Carmina Escobar and David Rothenberg.[10] Ghost Ensemble performs nationally at venues such as REDCAT in Los Angeles and Pioneer Works in New York.[11]