Ecce. We are a contemporary new music and performance art ensemble. We play music of all kinds in all kinds of places. We want to bring exciting performance experiences, whether in person or online in video, to you. You can listen on this website, attend a show, or invite us to visit, perform and teach. We’d love to have you be a part of our community.
Ecce is more than an ensemble; it’s a network of artists, students, listeners, and supporters shaping the future of new music.
THIS SEASON
a year of premieres, portrait concerts, and bold contemporary performance.
FEATURED EVENTS
FEATURED EVENTS
Etchings 2026
July 5–12, 2026 · Bombyx Center, Northampton
A week‑long festival featuring premieres and collaborations with Kate Soper, Melinda Wagner, David Sanford, Julia Werntz, Michael Djupstrom, and guest music director Stratis Minakakis.
Etchings 2026
July 5–12, 2026 · Bombyx Center, Northampton
A week‑long festival featuring premieres and collaborations with Kate Soper, Melinda Wagner, David Sanford, Julia Werntz, Michael Djupstrom, and guest music director Stratis Minakakis.
Etchings 2025
August 7–9, 2025 · Northampton
Three concerts spanning portrait works, cross‑genre collaborations, and new commissions with guest artists including Hazmat Modine and Felipe Salles’ Camera Obscura.
Etchings 2025
August 7–9, 2025 · Northampton
Three concerts spanning portrait works, cross‑genre collaborations, and new commissions with guest artists including Hazmat Modine and Felipe Salles’ Camera Obscura.
Philippe Leroux: L’épais Trilogy
March 21, 2025 · DiMenna Center, NYC
A portrait program featuring Leroux alongside works by Melinda Wagner and John Aylward.
Philippe Leroux: L’épais Trilogy
March 21, 2025 · DiMenna Center, NYC
A portrait program featuring Leroux alongside works by Melinda Wagner and John Aylward.
COMING SOON
July 10 -Amaury Acosta brings his boundary‑breaking sound to this Etchings Festival event. Come hear what’s next.
July 11 - Pandelis arrives at Etchings with a sound that feels carved from light and circuitry. A rare chance to witness a creator who turns the unexpected into momentum.
July 12 - Bombyx, Florence, MA - A matinee opens into something more than performance - a live conversation on art, music, culture, and the shifting currents of global perspective, guided by hosts from New England Public Media.
March 21, 2025 — Leroux Portrait Concert (NYC)
Featuring L’épais Trilogy and works by Wagner and Aylward.
available for purchase
ETCHINGS FESTIVAL 2026
FEATURED
COMPOSERS
Kate Soper
Melinda Wagner
David Sanford
Julia Werntz
Michael Djupstrom
In the Spotlight
Robbie Bui
Robbie Bui is a contemporary cellist known for the intense physicality and fervent energy of his performances, bringing new and unexpected music forward through dozens of premieres and wide-ranging solo and ensemble work while pursuing his doctoral studies at UC San Diego.
Jordan Hadrill
Jordan is a modern‑music violinist whose work spans German premieres, major collaborations, Baroque performance, and award‑winning contemporary projects, including performances with [nec]shivaree and the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary initiatives.
"…one of America’s finest groups for new music."
-Martin Brody, composer
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Students Reached
We’d love for you to be part of our community.
your support matters
Every donation, at any level, strengthens the artistic ecosystem that Ecce Arts nurtures. Together, we can continue shaping a vibrant future for contemporary music- one project, one performance, one new voice at a time.
