what we do
The Ecco Chamber Ensemble, soprano Stacey Mastrian, flutist and composer Sarah Bassingthwaighte, and guitarist and composer Mark Hilliard Wilson, work to build concerts around the intersection of art and social change.
The trio came together in 2016 with the aim of programming entertaining and thought-provoking classical music from all over the world and from different periods that asks us to consider our common humanity and sheds light on issues of our time. Their concerts have focused on homelessness at a local and international level, water and other environmental problems, violence due to guns and other atrocities, our interaction with technology, and music's profound impact on education and on us as human beings.
Members have performed across the U.S. and in Canada, England, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Russia, Hungary and Spain, and the ensemble commissions, composes, and performs new music by American composers and by composers around the world.
where and when
Saturday, April 21, 2018
7:30 - 9:30 PM
Resonance at Soma Towers
Sponsored by Second Inversion,
as part of KING FM’s “On Stage” series.
The Ecco Chamber Ensemble's program illustrates the vital role that water plays in our basic survival and in our art. The Ecco Chamber Ensemble will donate a portion of our proceeds to the Washington Environmental Council.
2018 NW FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
Monday, May 28, 2018
5:45 - 6:15 PM
Center Theatre @ Seattle Center Armory
The Ecco Chamber Ensemble performs socially conscious chamber music on the closing evening of the Folklife Festival; this concert focuses on the creativity and crises related to water in its many forms.
