The Mimesis Ensemble believes that music has the power to heal the world.

Melodies and rhythms touch a profound place within us, enchanting our minds, thawing our emotions, and enlivening our spirits.

We also believe that music has the power to shape the world.

Harmonies and textures and counterpoint guide us beyond our own particular lives,

opening us to the stories of others and softening us into a broader experience of life.

We are dedicated to performing and recording music from the 20th and 21st centuries.

We program the works of living composers next to older works from the early and mid 20th century.

We commission new music.

We perform live concerts.

We record albums.

“Another day will come, a womanly day 

diaphanous in metaphor, complete in being,

diamond and processional in visitation, sunny, 

flexible, with a light shadow.”

Mahmoud Darwish

A new mimesis album!

The Mimesis Ensemble’s third album, “Another Day” was released in December, 2023. We are excited to share this new album with you!

  • Order the CD through PayPal for $20 + $4 shipping (within the US). Click HERE.

  • To have this CD shipped internationally, reach out to us HERE.

  • Also available at Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes and Amazon. 

  • Click HERE for more information.

  • Download the booklet with program notes and lyrics HERE.

This collection of vocal and chamber music explores the power of the imagination. This album features 2 works commissioned* by the Mimesis Ensemble - Sayazhee’u Yawmun Aakharun (Another Day Will Come), by Dina Shilleh & Transcend, by Michael Couper.

Repertoire:

  • Rainbow Bridge to Paradise, by Augusta Read Thomas - Colin Belisle (viola)

  • Sunset, by Florence Price - Michele Kennedy (soprano), Katie Reimer (piano)

  • Hold Fast to Dreams, by Florence Price - Michele Kennedy (soprano), Katie Reimer (piano)

  • Out of the South Blew a Wind, by Florence Price - Michele Kennedy (soprano), Katie Reimer (piano)

  • Fantasia, W490, by Heitor Villa-Lobos - Yoon Jae Lee (conductor), Michael Couper (soprano saxophone), Keiko Tokunaga (violin 1), Laura Thompson (violin 1), Yeji Pyun (violin 2), Jameel Martin (viola), Yumi Oshima (viola), Michael Katz (cello), Valeriya Sholokhova (cello), Carlos Barriento (double bass), John Gattis (horn 1), Alejandro Salaverry (horn 2), Matthew Jaimes (horn 3)

  • Imagine, by John Lennon - Michele Kennedy (soprano), Alex Fortes (violin 1), Keiko Tokunaga (violin 2), Colin Belisle (viola), Valeriya Sholokhova (cello), Katie Reimer (piano)

  • *Sayazhee'u Yawmun Aakharun (Another Day Will Come), by Dina Shilleh - Michele Kennedy (soprano), Michael Couper (alto saxophone), Katie Reimer (piano)

  • Play, by Merlijn Twaalfhoven - Alex Fortes (violin 1), Keiko Tokunaga (violin 2), Colin Belisle (viola), Valeriya Sholokhova (cello), Deep Listening Lab at Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music. (audience)

  • *Transcend, by Michael Couper - Yoon Jae Lee (conductor), Michael Couper (soprano saxophone), Keiko Tokunaga (violin 1), So Young Kim (violin 2), Jameel Martin (viola), Yumi Oshima (viola), Michael Katz (cello), Valeriya Sholokhova (cello), Carlos Barriento (double bass), Michael Couper (bass clarinet), Susanne Chen (contrabassoon), John Gattis (horn 1 & 4), Matthew Jaimes (horn 2), Alejandro Salaverry (horn 3), Jim O’Connor (trumpet), Ric Becker (trombone), Matthew McDonald (bass trombone), Daniel Pate (percussion), Katie Reimer (piano)

  • Bonus Track - Play, by Merlijn Twaalfhoven (w/o audience participation) - Alex Fortes (violin 1), Keiko Tokunaga (violin 2), Colin Belisle (viola), Valeriya Sholokhova (cello)