Explore Ensemble: The Open Fund for Organisations
Described as one of the UK’s ‘top new music bands’ (Kate Molleson, BBC Radio 3), Explore Ensemble is a London-based chamber music group which performs, commissions, and promotes new music. Built around a core sextet and working often with electronics, Explore Ensemble’s reputation for outstanding performances and inventive curations stems from its advocacy of some of the most original composers of today, combined with its revival of gems from the recent past.
Since its founding in 2012 at the Royal College of Music by composers Nicholas Moroz and Arne Gieshoff, Explore Ensemble is often featured on BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show and at festivals and venues such as hcmf//, Kings Place in London, Kammer Klang / Cafe OTO, Cambridge Music Festival, City University of London, the Greenwich Loudspeaker Orchestra Series, the Royal Northern College of Music, the University of Leeds, and the University of Oxford / EXPO Oxford. 2021 sees Explore Ensemble’s debut CD release with two portrait albums of Oliver Leith and James Weeks’ music on the Another Timbre label. Other recent and future plans include features on BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show, and a European tour in autumn 2021 to Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK.
2021 sees Explore Ensemble embark in new directions of experimentation with two collaborative projects that expand their practice of contemporary chamber music: Rotherham-based Mark Fell is creating a new work for ensemble and electronics, and Manchester-based duo Hyperdawn are creating a new immersive long-form work.