Founded in 2016 by Austin composers Trevor Shaw, Robbie LaBanca, and Adrienne Inglis, Inversion Ensemble began as a way to perform meaningful new music, composed by mostly local composers and performed by local musicians. Season One featured 14 world premiere performances.
Singing of Spirit and Nature
February 25, 2017, Austin, Texas
The very first concert of Inversion Ensemble presents new choral works which honor the divinity in both the deities we worship and the natural world that surrounds us. Featured composers include Austin locals Trevor Shaw, Robbie LaBanca, Adrienne Inglis, Steven Serpa, Eric Johnson, and Dallas-based Clinton Bray.
World premieres:
1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty by Clinton Bray
2. On the Mystery of the Incarnation by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP)
3. The Lord's Prayer by Eric Johnson
4. Circle Song by Robbie LaBanca
5. Ode to a Tardigrade by Trevor Shaw
View the program here.
Sublime Nonsense
June 3, 2017
Austin, Texas
This program of songs of love and heartbreak and songs of free of traditional language featured works by Stephanie K. Andrews, Brent Baldwin, Phillip Michael Bernard, Adrienne Inglis, Alexander Johnson, Robbie LaBanca, Fahad Siadat, Trevor Shaw, and Toby Twining.
World premieres:
6. Wedding Prayer by Stephanie K. Andrews
7. Cantus In Memorium Pauline Oliveros (1932 - 2016) by Brent Baldwin
8. Letters to Faith by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP)
9. Four Nocturnes by Alexander Johnson
10. Echoes: Vocalise for Two Masked Singers by Robbie LaBanca
11. Eternal Place by Robbie LaBanca
12. Here Before the Sunrise Blue by Robbie LaBanca
13. Vampire by Robbie LaBanca
14. Aether by Trevor Shaw
View the program here.