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We are a contemporary new music and performance art ensemble. We play all kinds of music in all kinds of spaces.
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Ecce is more than an ensemble; it’s a constellation of artists, students, listeners, and supporters shaping the future of new music.
upcoming
ETCHINGS FESTIVAL 2026
FEATURED COMPOSERS
Etchings 2026 brings together composers, performers, and listeners from across the globe for a rare creative exchange. Hear the featured composers’ work brought to life by international applicants who gather to learn, collaborate, and perform.
GUEST MUSIC DIRECTOR AND COMPOSER
Stratis Minakakis
THE FESTIVAL
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.
FEATURED EVENTS
FEATURED EVENTS
July 5–12, 2026 · Bombyx Center and Look Park, Northampton
Ecce & King Klave Trio
July 10, 2026 · Northampton
The Etchings Festival will bring Ecce Ensemble to the forefront of this night of boundary‑pushing contemporary music, featuring new commissions, electrifying collaborations, and genre‑defying performances at The Sanctuary at Look Park.
Ecce & Surface of Sphere
July 11, 2026 · Look Park, Northampton
The Etchings Festival brings Ecce Ensemble to the forefront with genre‑defying new chamber works, visionary guest composers, and the boundary‑pushing jazz sextet Surface of Sphere, all performed under the pines at The Sanctuary at Look Park.
Sonic Translations
July 12, 2026 · Bombyx, Northampton
Ecce closes the 2026 Etchings Festival with Sonic Translations, a program spotlighting today’s most compelling new voices and culminating in Grisey’s Talea, offering an intimate, collaborative, and border‑breaking exploration of contemporary concert music.
MEET the ENSEMBLE
JORDAN HADRILL
Violin
JOANNA POPE
Artist Services
GRACE HUGHES
General Manager | Composer
LILY XIE
Flutes | Librarian
BARRET HAM
Clarinets
ROBBIE BUI
Cello
GEOFF BURLESON
Piano
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.
Check out our first episode of
Field Notes:
an Ecce Arts TravelBlog
Etchings 2025 - In the News
We are thrilled to share an article that captured the heart of Etchings Festival 2025 and the work our Ecce team poured into it. It celebrated our return to Northampton, the boundary‑breaking artists who joined us, and the collaborative spirit that continues to shape the music we help bring into the world.
Stay tuned for our upcoming Podcast…
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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.
