Fourteen Porches

February 1st, 2025, St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
  • Commissioned live recording by the Grace Chorale, Saint Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York
  • Composed for choir and chamber orchestra by Stanzi Vaubel and Philippe Treuille
  • Originally premiered from the Fourteen Porches of Nolan Park on Governors Island
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Charmed Churned Circle Premiere

June 14th, 2025, The Newhouse Center at Snug Harbor Cultural Center
  • Commissioned by the Newhouse Center at Snug Harbor
  • Artistic Direction: Stanzi Vaubel | Composition: Stanzi Vaubel and Philippe Treuille | Choreography: Melanie Aceto
  • Inspired by Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, David Grann's The Wager, and the evocative sounds of whales, this work for choir and chamber orchestra invites audiences onto the metaphorical seas aboard a 19th Century sailing vessel
  • Collaborating ensembles include: the Grace Chorale, Brooklyn Youth Chorus Bass Ensemble, Brooklyn Treble Choir, Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra, and New York Choir Project
  • Additional support from New York State Council on the Arts and Neuberger Berman
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Charmed Churned Circle in Preview

May 30th, 2025, Waterfront Museum, Red Hook Brooklyn
  • Artistic Direction: Stanzi Vaubel | Composition: Stanzi Vaubel and Philippe Treuille | Choreography: Melanie Aceto
  • Collaborating ensembles include: the Grace Chorale, Brooklyn Youth Chorus Bass Ensemble, Brooklyn Treble Choir, Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra, and New York Choir Project
  • Support from New York State Council on the Arts and Neuberger Berman
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Fourteen Porches Governors Island Premiere

June 7th, 2024, Governors Island
  • Artistic Direction: Stanzi Vaubel | Composition: Stanzi Vaubel and Philippe Treuille | Choreography: Melanie Aceto
  • Inspired by the Fourteen Porches of Nolan Park on Governors Island
  • Collaborators include: New York Choir Project, the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra, and the Suzuki program at the BCCO
  • Made possible by the generous support of the New York Arts Program and our Kickstarter backers
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Making Meaning in an Uncertain World

July 2022, Alfred University
  • Artistic Direction: Stanzi Vaubel
  • Vaubel invited eight emerging artists for a two week residency to collaborate with eight visiting artists on the creation of new works
  • The festival culminated with performances of the eight unique processes developed over the course of the intensive
  • Made possible with generous support from Alfred University
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PastFuture/FuturePast

June 2019, Penn Dixie Fossil Park
  • Artistic Direction and Composition: Stanzi Vaubel | Choreography Michaela Neild
  • Vaubel collaborated with the Indeterminacy Ensemble, Buffalo String Works, Dance for PD, the Physics, Geology, Music, and Dance Departments at the University at Buffalo (UB)
  • Made possible with the support of New York State Council on the Arts and the Media Study Department at the University at Buffalo
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Uncertainty

May 17th and 18th, Silo City, Buffalo, NY
  • Artistic Direction: Stanzi Vaubel | Composition Lucas Segall | Set Design Justina Dziama | Choreography Jenna Del Monte and Courtney Barrow | Sound and Lighting Indigo Productions
  • Creating a "space within a space" designing fourteen large-scale inflatable shapes to fit within the interlocking grain silos at Silo City inside of which a music and dance performance was created.
  • In collaboration with the Indeterminacy Ensemble, Dance for PD, Buffalo String Works
  • Support from Mark Diamond Research Fund, Techne Institute, and Indiegogo crowdfunding supporters
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Excursions Into Unknowable World

May 12th-13th, 2016
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Sites Do Things To People

April 9th, 2015
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