This December, at the close of our 32nd concert season, The Esoterics invites you to join us as we present a concert “in triplicate” – three smaller ensembles coming together as one to present the choral music of the fascinating French composer Philippe Bodin. Inspired by such disparate sources as the sacred Roman rite, the idiosyncrasies of the animal world, and environmental phenomena, Bodin has created works that flirt with the boundaries of singing technique, and redefine how rhythm, meter, language, and physical space are employed in choral music.

A student of architecture, piano, and organ, as well as a professional baritone, Philippe has a doctorate in composition from Yale University. Highly lauded in his compositional career, as both a Guggenheim fellow and a laureate of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Bodin’s music has won awards from the American Composers Orchestra, Barlow Endowment, Aaron Copland Fund, Jerome Foundation, American Composers Forum, and the American Music Center. He has also held composer residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, and Banff, and has won prizes for his work in Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

Tickets are available here.