HEX
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HEX is a contemporary vocal sextet based in Los Angeles interested in performing works that reimagine the expressive potential of the human voice and reframing the human voice in interesting ways. Our group features singers who have performed with LA Opera, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, LA Choral Lab, The Industry, C3LA: The Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angeles, and Tonality; and have interests as wide as Renaissance madrigals to microtonal singing. HEX has performed with Brightwork Newmusic, theatre dybbuk, and the Resonance Collective, and at venues such as the Broad Stage, Cal State Fullerton, Tuesdays@Monk Space, HEAR NOW Music Festival, Sound and Fury Concert Series, Master in the Chapel Series at First Lutheran Church in Venice, and N.E.O. Voice Festival.
Take a look at our Repertoire to find more info about what we have performed in the past, and take a look at our Upcoming Events to see what and where we’ll be performing next. |
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August 24, 2022 @ 7 PMRise and Fall @ The HiveLeichtag Commons
441 Saxony Road Encinitas, CA 92024-2725 United States The Hive is proud to partner once again with theatre dybbuk for an evening of experimental music. Rise and Fall combines monologues from the last 10 years of theatre dybbuk’s theatrical work with original compositions from the HEX vocal ensemble. Be prepared for a concert-style presentation that contains all of the poetry and humanity you expect from a theatre dybbuk show, entwined with and elevated by HEX’s exquisite vocal landscapes. The show will run for 60 minutes, followed by an engaging talkback with the artists.
Tickets are pay-what-you-can, valued at $18/person. |
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October 1, 2022 @ 7:30 PMInterstitial: A Book of (Musical) StoriesNewman Recital Hall @ USC
3616 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Los Angeles is a magnet for diverse individuals who embrace, explore, and celebrate their unique and intersectional identities. For Interstitial: A Book of (Musical) Stories, noted composers and librettists are teaming up to create six original pieces inspired by and amplifying the in-between cultures of the city, which will be performed by the nationally recognized chamber ensemble Brightwork newmusic and HEX. Topics of this extraordinary, multi-part concert will include migration, gentrification, community, and more.
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Thursday, September 1, at 10 a.m. |
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Laurel Irene
Soprano |
Molly Pease
Mezzo-Soprano |
Saunder Choi
Counter-Tenor |
Fahad Siadat
Artistic Director/Tenor |
David Conley
Baritone |
James Hayden
Bass |
The Ensemble |
Joslyn Sarshad
Soprano |
Chloe Vaught
Soprano |
Lindsay Abdou
Mezzo-Soprano |
Sharon Chohi Kim
Alto |
Scott Graff
Bass |
Ben Han-Wei Lin
Bass |
David Saldaña
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Concert Works
| Ayán Vasquez-Lopez | Vocal Patterns* (2019) |
| Andrew Hamilton | music for people who like the future (2010) |
| Austin Wintory | Abzu (2016) |
| Carolyn Chen | after persimmons (2012) |
| David Harris | Neque Diliges (2019) |
| Evan Johnson | The Einstein Complex* (2019) |
| Ethan Gans-Morse | Six Feet Apart* (2021) | Fahad Siadat | Hymn to Aethon (2015) |
| The Vast Sea* (2017) | |
| A Name He Cannot Recall* (2018) | |
| Jason Barabba | We the People (2016) |
| Jasper Sussman | My Brilliant Image (2015) |
| Joby Talbot | The Wishing Tree (2002) |
| Katie Bamford | Ecstasy (2016) |
| Karen Siegel | Maskil of David (2014) |
| Meredith Monk | Dolmen Music (1981) |
| Pamela Madsen | Oratorio for the Earth* (2022) |
| Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen | Four Madrigals from the Natural World (2001) |
| Salamone Rossi | The Songs of Solomon (1623) |
| Saunder Choi | The New Colossus (2018) |
| Toby Twining | Hee-oo-hm-ha (2012) |
| Hymn (2013) |
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Theatrical Works
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As composers ourselves, we know that great recordings are a vital part of your creative portfolio. For vocal music in particular, midi realizations or artificially auto-tuned and multi-tracked demos don't offer the vitality needed to promote your work. To help composers get great realizations of their work (especially at a time when live performances are scarce) HEX is offering high quality studio recordings of your new choral piece performed by top professionals in Los Angeles. Our members have performed as choristers and soloists with such groups as LA Opera, LA Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and The Industry Opera as well as appearing in blockbuster film soundtracks, TV shows, and video games.
HEX specializes in recording a cappella pieces in a variety of styles from experimental new music to straight-tone polyphony and choral pop fusion. Our roster of singers ranges up to 12 voices with individuals who specialize in jazz, broadway belting, R&B, overtone singing, yodeling, and other vocal styles and techniques.
Clients will receive:
• A high quality studio recording of their piece
• Will include basic editing and mixing
• Isolated tracks for each part that can be used as rehearsal tracks
Cost: Recordings may vary depending on the length and difficulty of the piece, but on average will cost $100 per part for a piece under 5 minutes.
Composer provides: Score, midi guide / click track, additional performance directions as needed.
HEX specializes in recording a cappella pieces in a variety of styles from experimental new music to straight-tone polyphony and choral pop fusion. Our roster of singers ranges up to 12 voices with individuals who specialize in jazz, broadway belting, R&B, overtone singing, yodeling, and other vocal styles and techniques.
Clients will receive:
• A high quality studio recording of their piece
• Will include basic editing and mixing
• Isolated tracks for each part that can be used as rehearsal tracks
Cost: Recordings may vary depending on the length and difficulty of the piece, but on average will cost $100 per part for a piece under 5 minutes.
Composer provides: Score, midi guide / click track, additional performance directions as needed.