Nesciens Mater - Jean Mouton

North American premiere of Richard Causton's The Flight (commissioned by King's College, Cambridge,

Richard Causton - The Flight

G.P. Palestrina's 'Sicut Lilium' from his canticis canticorum (song of songs) settings.

Palestrina - Sicut Lilium

Arvo Pärt's Nunc Dimittis - recorded live in March, 2017.

Nunc Dimittis - Arvo Pärt

The Bridge Ensemble's commissioned piece from Ledah Finck - Somewhere

Somewhere - Ledah Finck

William Byrd's Vigilate, recorded live in August 2018 at Washington National Cathedral.

William Byrd - Vigilate (live)

Jenny Olivia Johnson's piece "La Push" recorded live in performance on Vinalhaven, ME in June 2018.

La Push Live 2018

Bridge is a professional vocal chamber ensemble specializing in new music and works from the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Led by Artistic Directors Gilbert Spencer, Crossley Hawn, Allan Laino, and Jacob Perry Jr., Bridge is a collective of top Baltimore and Washington-based professional singers who come together to create new works of music for voices through commissioning projects with some of the world’s leading composers, and present them in concert alongside rarely heard masterpieces from the Renaissance and Middle Ages. The ensemble bridges this gap of several centuries, and aims to create innovative and engaging programs that will challenge the rhetoric of “classical performance” in the 21st Century.
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Bridge is also thoroughly dedicated to its home city of Baltimore. Their dedication to working with local artists helps to ensure that the Baltimore arts economy continues to thrive, and significant efforts are made to see that performances are held in geographically diverse locations in the area. The uniquely creative
and DIY attitude that Baltimore has come to be known for is one that the ensemble hopes to mirror in its efforts to present the world’s oldest musical traditions in innovative ways that
resonate with its local conscience.
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In 2018-2019, the ensemble worked with Composer-in-Residence
Jenny Olivia Johnson and presented several world premieres alongside over a
dozen regional and national premiere performances of works by living
composers. Their artists worked with leading arts advocacy and outreach
organizations in a new educational scheme designed to give children
tangible examples of the benefits to studying music seriously. Most
importantly, they are one of the strongest advocates in Baltimore and
the Nation for the creation and presentation of new works of music for
voices. They continue to seek to challenge the notion that “classical music
is dead” by giving performances of works that respond directly to our modern lives and the issues we face in society by composers who are very much still alive and creating music for our time. Bridge’s sound is timeless, but the music they make is truly modern and cutting-edge.

Bridge

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