With the precision of modern chamber musicians and flexibility of classically trained singers, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble specializes in experimental repertoire that is changing the paradigm of contemporary vocal music. Recently described as "a new force of vocal excellence and innovation" by The Brooklyn Rail, Quince continually pushes the boundaries of traditional vocal ensemble literature.

Formed during their graduate work in 2009, Quince converged in 2011 to become an independent ensemble. Members Aubrey von Almen, Kayleigh Butcher, Amanda DeBoer, and Liz Pearse have extensive performance experience in opera, early music, art song, and musical theater and use their breadth of stylistic knowledge to inform the varied and dynamic music commissioned by the ensemble. 

Quince recently traveled to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri for their third annual tour, which featured composers Amanda Feery, Jamie Leigh Sampson, David Lang, John Cage, Eve Beglarian, Jonathan Sokol, Morgan Krauss, Lisa Bielawa, Maria Grigoryeva, and our own arrangements of folk songs and hymns.

In its fourth season, Quince will take a tour of the East Coast performing works by Robert Honstein, Jonathan Sokol, Marek Poliks, and Amanda Feery to name a few.  Stay tuned for more info!