In 2020, at the terrible height of the COVID-19 pandemic, eight current and former Peabody Institute voice students collaborated via Soundtrap to record Scott Ordway’s “North Woods.”

Ordway composed “North Woods” as an octet for treble voice in 2014, commissioned by the Lorelei Ensemble. Through texts by Roman historian Tacitus, “North Woods” explores the physical and psychological concept of the “North,” a frontier that mysteriously beckons us, remaining vast and ever elusive.

Check out our final recording of this atmospheric chamber work on Soundcloud and my projects.