The Esoterics

The Esoterics is a Seattle-based vocal ensemble that has drawn local, national, and international praise for performing rarely-heard compositions of contemporary music for unaccompanied voices, for infusing elements of the literary, theatrical, and visual arts into the typical concert experience, and for performing settings of poetry, philosophy, and spiritual writings from around the world. The Esoterics has performed over 300 concerts throughout the Pacific Northwest, has commissioned and premiered more than 100 new works for a cappella voices in dozens of languages, and has mastered many of the most virtuosic choral compositions of the last century in concerts described as “compelling” and “crafted,” “luxuriant” and “lyrical,” “sumptuous” and “superb.”

In recognition for its efforts in choral education and innovation, The Esoterics has been honored four times with the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for the Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music (in 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2008). The Esoterics has been honored to receive several grants from the arts commissions of Washington State, King County, and the City of Seattle, as well as from ArtsFund, The Seattle Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts.