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Roomful of Teeth is an American vocal ensemble founded in 2009 by Brad Wells. Its stated mission is to "mine the expressive potential of the human voice". [1] [2]According to co-artistic director Cameron Beauchamp, Roomful of Teeth was inspired by the contemporary ensembles Sō Percussion, Alarm Will Sound, and Bang on a Can; Wells and Beauchamp desired a vocal counterpart to these ensembles.
Partita requires amplified singers to employ unusual and non-Western vocal techniques, and at the time of the award only one vocal ensemble—Roomful of Teeth, of which Shaw herself is a founding member—had ever performed it. In fact, Roomful of Teeth had not even premiered the complete work, but had programmed individual movements as they were completed.
Jul 2, 2024 · However, Roomful of Teeth’s more important hallmark is cognitive: The group allows the music to find its own kind of logic. Singers of generations past have feared that any vocal writing beyond Richard Strauss may ruin their voices. But even the most exclamatory high notes of Roomful of Teeth soprano Estelí Gomez sounded perfectly healthy.
Shaw, a 30-year-old violinist, vocalist, and composer, is the youngest-ever recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, and she composed the suite for and with her a cappella group Roomful of Teeth ...
The singers in Roomful of Teeth produce music that’s both primal and sophisticated, ancient and startlingly modern. Video by Cecilia Poupon for The New Yorker I n a throat, a note is forming.
Jan 14, 2017 · ROOMFUL OF TEETH is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice.Through study with masters from vocal traditions the world over, the eight-voice ensemble continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques and, through an ongoing commissioning process, forges a new repertoire without borders.
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Roomful of Teeth is a vocal ensemble founded in 2009 by Brad Wells. Its stated mission is to "mine the expressive potential of the human voice".
