ben zucker
composer, performer, organizer, curator, educator, etc.
Vocal & Choral
Neither/n/nor/n
Premiered by Ben Zucker, Michael Baldwin, David Pocknee, and Louis d'Heudieres at Weisslich, Hundred Years Gallery, London, July 23, 2016. Studio version by Ben Zucker released on o ur gab.
Performed by Black Sheep Ensemble (Boston, November 2018) and Southland Ensemble (Los Angeles, February 2019).
For speakers (2016)
Speaking (of) Immemorial Waters
Text by Luce Irigiray (Marine Lover: Of Frederich Nietzche), with permission of Editions de Minuit & Columbia University Press.
Commissioned and premiered by Cristina Gallo's Siren Songs project at Midway Artist Studios (Boston, MA), September 14, 2024.
Subsequent performance at Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago, IL), November 17, 2024.
For soprano, mezzo-soprano, and electronics (optional video) (2024)
Two Poems By Carl Andre
I. Sea ~ II. Yucatan/A Hocket For Ana Mendieta
Texts based on works by Carl Andre. Premiered by members of the New York Virtuoso Singers at Wesleyan University, May 1, 2015.
Performed by the Vocal Constructivists as part of Idiopreneurial Entrophonics at Trinity College Dublin, April 24, 2016.
For four voices (2015)
When I tell my mother I have drowned in my sleep
Text by Bryce O'Tierney.
Commissioned and premiered by Cristina Gallo's Siren Songs project at Midway Artist Studios (Boston, MA), September 14, 2024.
Subsequent performance at Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago, IL), November 17, 2024.
For soprano and piano (2024)
When we arrive at home
Text by Charles Wesley, from The Sacred Harp.
Premiered by members of the New York Virtuoso Singers at Wesleyan University, May 1, 2015.
Further performances by Kings Chapel Choir (Boston, MA, January 2016), Khorikos (September 2016), KC Vitas (Summer 2017), Chicago Chamber Choir (Spring 2023). Recorded performance by Khorikos on Joy and Grief and Rest (self-released).
For voices SATB (2015).