My name is Sam Brukhman and about a year ago I wrote about starting a professional choral organization in Dallas, TX called the Verdigris Ensemble. Our organization explores the boundaries of the choral medium through modern instrument technology, unconventional use of space, creative concert programming, and decentralized music distribution. Our mission to reach a wider spread of audiences to attend choral concerts. We do this by performing familiar and recognizable subject material that gets augmented by choral music.
Our first concert was called "Becoming Alive: A Musical Narration of The Velveteen Rabbit." While a narrator read the story of the Velveteen Rabbit, synthesizer and choral music were intertwined to bring the story to life. We commissioned NYC composer and synthesizer player, Kevin Shoemaker, to compose synthesizer tracks to accompany the narrator.
For full music tracks of our concert, please visit: https://www.verdigrismusic.org/media/