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“I always want to find ways for listeners to have their own rich experience of knowing a work deeply and being moved by its unique language and expression.” -Craig Hella Johnson Managing director Ann McNair recently asked artistic director Craig Hella Johnson what he...

If you vacation in Hawaii this summer, be sure to catch Brennan Martinez singing the title role of Carmen in The Tragedy of Carmen, Peter Brook’s adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen as part of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. Brennan is a graduate student at the Fletcher...

“A vivid stream courses beneath Hope of Loving,” observed a Conspirare audience member, “a stream of thrumming, heart-beating voices constantly being born.” Hope of Loving, choral music of Jake Runestad, is available on CD and online streaming starting next month....

Conspirare is shaping choral education and performance across the country. We checked in with Craig Hella Johnson and three Conspirare vocalists to see how the ensemble is influencing choral music today. Return to the Muse In his role as Artist-in-Residence at Texas...

When Craig Hella Johnson recommended I Am the Beggar of the World, a book of traditional Landays folk-couplets by Pashtun women on the Afghanistan and Pakistan border, to friend and fellow composer Jocelyn Hagen, he knew exactly what he was doing. The two-line poems...

As the first in her family to attend college, Jasmine Williams chose to study music, her first love. Yet she worried about career options. As Conspirare’s first Insight Fellow, Jasmine spent a week embedded with the choir. "Being able to see all the rehearsals and...

“The things I say daily in class about technique, breathing, support, phrasing, and musicianship are embodied in Conspirare’s amazing musicians and skilled conductor,” says Courtney Neva, choir director at Drippings Springs High School. This spring Conspirare invited...

One way Conspirare shares the power of choral music is through Craig Hella Johnson's teaching and conducting. Recently, Johnson served as the conductor for the Texas Two Year All-State Choir; an auditioned choir made up of students from 2-year colleges across Texas....

Conspirare joined a movie star, a rock legend, and a handful of others to receive the state's highest creative honor, the Texas Medal of Arts.   “There is a power in combining disparate voices,” Craig Hella Johnson said in his remarks, accepting the honor on behalf of...