A refuge for the creation of new music for soprano, clarinet, and piano

 

Well-established solo performers soprano Lindsay Kesselman, clarinetist Kimberly Cole Luevano, and pianist Midori Koga joined together as HAVEN in 2011 around performances of Abbie Betinis’ hauntingly beautiful song cycle Nattsanger. The group soon released its first album, Bright Angel, on the Fleur de Son label in 2013 to much critical acclaim: “...amazingly performed works...performances are exquisite as is their ensemble chemistry.”

 

 

HAVEN has ongoing and deep relationships with such composers as Kieren MacMillan, Evan Chambers, Abbie Betinis, and Roshanne Etezady. The group regularly tours across North America, records, and believes in the exploration of non-traditional and multi-dimensional performances in which barriers are broken down, the audience is fully embraced and invited into the heart of the experience.

 

 

The 2014-15 season includes tours to Chicago and Toronto, which will include the premiere of Lee Kesselman’s Make Me a Willow Cabin and feature HAVEN in a wide variety of concert settings, from high schools and colleges, to art openings, private homes and concert series. HAVEN will also release their second album, Atonement, in spring of 2015.

 

Whether it is within a living room, an art gallery, or a concert hall, HAVEN seeks to invite audiences into the intimate and powerful world of contemporary music-making so that all might emerge open to new possibilities, connected to each other, and transformed for the wider world.