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ENSEMBLE - VOX
Vox Æterna is a versatile group of soloists specializing in solo-vocal and vocal-chamber music. While much of the repertoire includes music from late-Renaissance and early-Baroque the ensemble also strives to experiment with electronics, both in arrangements or manipulations of extant works, and also in original compositions. An international group involving musicians from around the world, the members of Vox Æterna frequently perform with the top music ensembles in Europe and North America.
In addition to the assembled programmes here, we also enjoy presenting well-known masterpieces, especially in light of much recent research that proves much of this repertoire was sung by solo voices. Such works include the operas of Monteverdi and Purcell, and the numerous cantatas, oratorios, and motets of J. S. Bach.
ENSEMBLE - CORPUS
In recent years Kevin Skelton has expanded the artistic goals of Vox Æterna to include the exploration of combing classical singing and dancing in live performance. Our primary means to communicate what we think and express what we feel takes place through the sounds and movements of our bodies, both internal (voice) and external (posture/movement). If this be true, then song and dance can easily be seen as heightened forms of communication and expression, which explains why they have been such important artistic disciplines historically.
It is really nothing new to seek to combine the internal and external expressions of the body – but the research and creation I am currently interested in tries to discover not only how far this union can go, but also to discover a new level/possibility for vocal expression. Through combining singing and dancing I am experimenting with new contexts for the interpretation of classical vocal music where new or unconventional physical demands lead to highly expressive and appropriate vocal sounds even if they seem flawed from a more traditional musical, vocal, and/or technical aesthetic.