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Synergy Vocals
(Director – Micaela Haslam)
Synergy Vocals is a unique pool of singers, providing bespoke teams for a wide variety of amplified vocal projects. The group collaborates regularly with Steve Reich & Musicians, Ensemble Modern, Ictus, Asko|Schönberg, London Sinfonietta and the Colin Currie Group.
Synergy has performed all over the world with many other outstanding orchestras and ensembles, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Boston, Chicago and St Louis Symphony Orchestras, Ensemble InterContemporain, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles, Brooklyn and New York Philharmonic Orchestras, Nexus, Percussion Claviers de Lyon, Tempo Reale Ensemble; and in collaboration with the Royal Ballet, Mark Baldwin, Rosas, and Opéra de Paris dance companies.
The group’s world premières include Steve Reich’s Three Tales and Daniel Variations, Steven Mackey’s Dreamhouse, Louis Andriessen’s video opera La Commedia, and David Lang’s Writing on Water, as well as the UK première of Nono’s monumental Prometeo on London’s South Bank. Synergy Vocals is also a highly-acclaimed exponent of Luciano Berio’s 1968 masterpiece Sinfonia.
Synergy Vocals has undertaken educational and outreach projects for The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Princeton University, Eastman College, Oberlin College, St Paul’s School, the Royal College of Music, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, both coaching ensembles and working with composers in the creation of new works involving singers. Micaela Haslam regularly coaches instrumental ensembles for Steve Reich in the preparation of his Music for 18 Musicians.
The group’s recordings include Steven Mackey’s Dreamhouse (2011 Grammy winner) with BMOP/Gil Rose; Louis Andriessen’s De Staat with London Sinfonietta/David Atherton; Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians with Ensemble Modern; Tehillim with LA Philharmonic/Stefan Asbury; Three Tales with Steve Reich & Musicians/Bradley Lubman; and Karl Jenkins’ Imagined Oceans. Synergy is also featured on television advertisements and film soundtracks including The Wrath of the Titans, Jane Eyre, Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Nanny McPhee, V for Vendetta, Triangle and The Secret of Moonacre.