About Us

Founded in 2016, the Arcana New Music Ensemble is a group of Philadelphia-based musicians dedicated to presenting interesting, beautiful, and unconventional music in interesting, beautiful, and unconventional places.

Built on a flexible roster of 25 musicians, Arcana is able to perform a broad range of repertoire in numerous configurations. Composers featured in recent programs include Julius Eastman, Sarah Hennies, Raven Chacon, Anahita Abbasi, Morton Feldman, Galina Ustvolskaya, Pauline Oliveros, Tom Johnson, Moondog, and James Tenney.  Arcana has performed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fleisher Art Memorial, The Rotunda, The Kitchen (NYC), and collaborated with Variant Six, Prometheus Chamber Orchestra, Pig Iron Theater Company, and Wildflower Composers.

Staff

Dustin Hurt, co-director

Andy Thierauf, co-director


 

Contact

All Inquires

Dustin Hurt
arcananewmusicensemble@gmail.com