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VERDIGRIS ENSEMBLE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE THE EXPERIENCE OF MUSIC
Sept 13, 2025
The season begins with a familiar piece for Verdigris Ensemble audiences, Betty’s Notebook by Nicholas Reeves.
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Verdigris Ensemble continues to evolve the experience of the music to begin its new season. For this production, patrons journey room by room, surrounded by shifting soundscapes, projections, and archival fragments that recreate the sensation of listening to a 1930s shortwave radio. Along the way, visitors use an interactive app to follow clues and shape their own path through the story.
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Kimberely Richard, NBCDFW
​Photo: Justing Locklear
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REEVES INTERVIEWED ON
“THE SYMBOLIC WORLD”
May 30, 2025
In this conversation, Jonathan Pageau sits down with composer and church musician Nicholas Reeves to explore one of the great mysteries: music. Why does music move us so deeply? How does it reflect symbolic patterns in reality? We discuss the ancient and modern roles of music—from sacred liturgies to EDM dance floors—and ask whether the liturgy might be the ultimate artwork. We also dive into the contrasts between order and chaos in sound, the compression of human experience, and the sacred role of communal participation in worship. This discussion really opened new paths for me—I hope it does the same for you.
CAPPELLA ROMANA’S MIX OF ORTHODOX AND GOSPEL MUSIC CREATES A RESOUNDING CANTATA
March 11. 2025
The choir's "Canon for Racial Recognition" entered fascinating musical and cultural territory with its deft blend of sounds from different yet complementary traditions.
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The Canon for Racial Reconciliation was the most unusual choral concert so far this year, and may have that claim for the next several years.
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James Bash, Oregon Arts Watch
​Photo: Rachel Hadiashar
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More Press
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The Oregonian: “12 Gospel singers. 15 classical singers. Prerecorded sermons. 1 powerful message.” – Read it Here
The Seattle Times: “8 Seattle classical music picks to look forward to in 2025” – Read the Feature Here
The Oregonian: “Portland’s 12 can’t-miss classical music concerts this winter” – Read the Feature Here
Oregon ArtsWatch: How Canon for Reconciliation Came To the Pacific Northwest! – Read the Feature Here
Oregon ArtsWatch: “Cappella Romana survives Trump Administration’s attempt to shut down federal grants” –
Mark Powell on OPB: “How Portland choir Cappella Romana rallied to save concerts amid uncertainty about NEA grant” – Listen to the Feature Here
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CANON FOR RACIAL RECONCILIATION PREMIERE
August 18, 2023
William Jewell College in Liberty is a vital part of Kansas City’s musical life.
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Anthony Maglione, director of choral studies, has been distinguishing himself as a teacher, composer and conductor. He leads the William Jewell Concert Choir and Cardinalis, an ensemble of students and professionals that includes alumni and singers from the community.
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“It is a canon for racial reconciliation,” Coleman said. “It is based on the Orthodox tradition. In presenting these two disparate identities, the African American tradition and the Orthodox tradition, it seeks to blend these two together while keeping their characteristic elements, and creating a space for racial dialogue and reconciliation.”
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Patrick Neas, Special to The Star
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Photograph, Rolland Sherman
FIRST PIECE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC SOLD ON THE BLOCKCHAIN FOR $375K
June 3, 2021
The first piece of classical music has been sold on the blockchain for $375,000. The piece was written by Texan composer Nicholas Reeves, who was first commissioned by the Verdigris Ensemble in 2018. The ensemble wanted to be the first classical music organisation to produce a work to be sold on the blockchain, which is a ledger of transactions made using bitcoin or other forms of cryptocurrency. The money raised from the sale will go back to the ensemble.
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Freya Parr, Classical Music, BBC Music Magazine
Artwork by Bryan Brinkman
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More Press
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NPR, All Thing Considered: Listen to the segment here...
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Dallas Morning News: “Art and the City” – Read more...
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Dallas Morning News: “How can Blockchain Technology Help Artists Support Their Work?” – Read more...​​​
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Top of the Blocks: “Betty's Notebook by Nicholas Reeves is Top of the Blocks for the week” – Top of the Blocks
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NBCDFW: “History Made, Record Broken” – Read more...
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NBCDFW: “From Stage to Blockchain: How Artists Turn Choral Music into an NFT” – Read more...
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Finance Magnates: “NFTs in the Music Industry” – Read more...
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NBCDFW: “Verdigris Takes Flight on Blockchain” – Read more...
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KERA Art and Seek: “Reeves Composition to be the First Choral Composition Sold Using Blockchain Technology“ – Read more...​​​
VERDIGRIS ENSEMBLE’S MASS TRANSMISSION TO INCLUDE A WORLD PREMIERE OF ELECTRONIC CHORAL MUSIC
February 6, 2019
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Reeves’ choral piece, then, forms a ghostly dialogue—an overlay of Klenck’s voice from the interview and the live choir singing in the voice of Earhart.
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NBCDFW: “Texas Native Sets Amelia Earhart Mystery to Music for Verdigris Ensemble” – Read More...
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Dallas Morning Star: “80 Years After Amelia Earhart Vanished, Dallas’ Verdigris Ensemble Explores Her Mystery Through Music“ – Read More...
