The Folger Shakespeare Library Welcomes Grammy Award-Winning Vocal Ensemble ROOMFUL OF TEETH

The Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill welcomes Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble ROOMFUL OF TEETH for a special one-night-only concert at Folger Shakespeare Library's Elizabethan Theatre on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 7pm. Tickets are available at the Folger Box Office at (202) 544-7077 or by visiting www.folger.edu.

This innovative and joyful musical celebration of Shakespeare includes the world premiere of a Folger commission by ensemble member, Baroque violinist, and composer Caroline Shaw, and works by contemporary composers Eric Dudley and Anna Clyne.

Shaw has created this new work with a Folger special commission for 2016's Wonder of Will celebration. Inspired by The Tempest, the vocal piece captures the sounds of Prospero and Caliban's island using human voices. In addition to her work with ROOMFUL OF TEETH, Shaw has recently been collaborating with Kanye West on his Saint Pablo tour, while creating new work for the Cincinnati Symphony and the Guggenheim Museum.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:

Roomful of Teeth (vocal ensemble) is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice. Through study with masters from singing 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.

Founded in 2009 by Brad Wells, the group gathers annually at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Massachusetts, where they've studied Tuvan throat singing, yodeling, belting, Inuit throat singing, Korean P'ansori, Georgian singing, Sardinian cantu a tenore, Hindustani music and Persian classical singing with some of the world's top performers and teachers. Commissioned composers include Rinde Eckert, Judd Greenstein, Caleb Burhans, Merrill Garbus (of tUnE-yArDs), William Brittelle, Anna Clyne, Fred Hersch, Wally Gunn, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Missy Mazzoli, Michael Harrison, Sam Amidon, and TEd Hearne.

Roomful of Teeth

Estelí Gomez

Martha Cluver

Caroline Shaw

Elisa Sutherland

Eric Dudley

Thann Scoggin

Dashon Burton

Cameron Beauchamp

Trevor Litsey

Damon Lange

About The Folger:

Folger Shakespeare Library is a renowned center for scholarship, learning, culture, and the arts. Home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection and a primary repository for research material from the early modern period (1500-1750), Folger Shakespeare Library is an internationally recognized research library offering advanced scholarly programs in the humanities; a national leader in how Shakespeare is taught in grades K-12; and an award-winning producer of cultural and arts programs-theater, music, poetry, exhibits, lectures, and family programs. A gift to the American people from industrialist Henry Clay Folger, Folger Shakespeare Library-located one block east of the U.S. Capitol - opened in 1932 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Learn more at www.folger.edu.

Tickets & Information:

What: ROOMFUL OF TEETH

When: Sunday, November 20 at 7 pm

Where: Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003

Tickets: Individual tickets start at $30. Premium seating is also available, which includes a post-concert reception with the artists. Discounts available for students, military, educators, seniors, and groups, purchased at www.folger.edu/performances-events or by calling the Folger box office at (202) 544-7077.

Metro: Capitol South (blue/orange/silver lines); Union Station (red line)

Parking: Limited street parking in Capitol Hill neighborhood

Sponsors:

Commission generously sponsored by Jarrett and Nora Arp

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