Musaica Chamber Ensemble

To promote and foster chamber music performance; to encourage the composition of new music; and to increase the awareness and appreciation of chamber music. Musaica presents a variety of eclectic and entertaining chamber music to audiences throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. Its concert series presents more familiar and accessible works alongside those which are new or less often performed.

Now completing its 19th season, Musaica has performed dozens of concerts in New Orleans as well as in Jefferson, Lafourche, and St. Tammany Parishes. The chamber ensemble has played fifteen world premieres including several works by local composers, and it continues to introduce audiences to great chamber works from many different periods. In addition, Musaica was the winner of Gambit's "Tribute to the Classical Arts" award for "Best Chamber Music Concert" in 2007 and 2018, and for "Best Performance of New Classical Music" in 2019. Musaica has been nominated by Gambit for these awards at least twelve times.

Each season Musaica performs at least three diverse programs of eclectic and entertaining chamber music concerts in different venues in metropolitan New Orleans, including surrounding parishes. The concert series presents familiar and accessible works alongside those that are new or less often performed. In order to make our performances accessible to everyone the concerts are presented for free with a recommended donation. A list of our past performances can be found at https://musaica.org/previous-seasons.

Testimonials

"A triumph of musicianship and adventurous programming"---Chris Waddington, New Orleans Times-Picayune