- The idea for Nebula Ensemble came from a
conversation that my friend Jasper and I were
having outside of the practice rooms one day,
and we thought, both of us like to write music
that's pretty out there.
We like to experiment.
We like to do new stuff that hasn't been tried
before.
- We are essentially a contemporary classical
music ensemble that's very focused on creating
a unique experience for the listener.
We specialize in multimedia and multi-disciplinary
collaborations.
- Music is about creativity at its heart,
and about imagining new ways of doing things,
new ways of putting objects together to make
what we consider beauty.
- We bring in sounds that you wouldn't necessarily
expect to hear in a classical music setting,
like field recordings, so you're hearing prairie
dogs and light rail sounds, while you're also
hearing a violinist playing something that's
difficult.
- Someone coming to a Nebula performance should
expect to be surrounded by sounds and images
from all sides, and just be ready to kind
of soak all of that in.
- We were very fortunate in that we had professors
who were very supportive of our activities,
and really encouraged us to take the initiative
to create our own opportunities, so I would
say that was the main thing about Lamont,
was just the support from faculty there.
- Great camaraderie, and I appreciated that
with my fellow students at Lamont, and it's
great to be able to continue that with people
even after we've graduated.
- I would want people to sort of be intrigued
by everything and feel like maybe they've
been exposed to some ideas that they haven't
encountered before, and feel inspired in their
own creativity.
