NEXT
performance
14/Oct/2023 | National United Methodist Church - Movements of Jamie Powe’s The Gun Mass as part of National UMC’s Silence the Violence concert.
LATEST
performance
1/May/2022 | The REACH at the Kennedy Center - in collaboration with composer Sam Beebe and librettist and Citizen Artist Fellow Liss LaFleur, Artifice will be premiering one of their micro-operas from POW POW POWER UP: Someday is Now titled green fingers, 1969 as part of the opening of the 2022 Arts Summit.
previous events
workshop - cancelled
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Cancelled| Live at 10th and G - In collaboration with the Cathedral Choral Society and the Boulanger Initiative, Artifice will serve as the demonstration ensemble for a composition masterclass featuring works by female composers and conductors, led by Augusta Read Thomas.
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Debut performance
6/Mar/2020| Bennett Park Art Atrium - In collaboration with StageFree, we present our premiere public performance. Click here to support Artifice
5/Jan/2020| National United Methodist Church - In preparation for our March 6th performance, and to kick off our first official year.
reading session 3
Preview performance
15/Sep/2019| Catholic University Artifice’s sneak preview performance at District New Music Coalition’s NMDC 2019 conference, performing Eric Pazdziora’s Nativity of the Isles
18/Aug/2019| National United Methodist Church - Our final reading session of the summer, which included eight different pieces led by three conductors, and featuring works of three local composers.
reading session 2
reading session 1
7/Jul/2019| Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center - University of Maryland - The first reading session as “Artifice”, we read through a number of pieces, including a few from members of the ensemble. This is the session that the recording of Eriks Esenvalds “Stars” came from.
16/Feb/2019| Western Presbyterian Church - Our first reading session! We read through a few pieces and recorded our rehearsal thanks to our friends at Arts Laureate.