Ghost Ensemble

05/06/2026

world premieres by .ben
next Friday, May 15, St Michael’s Church W99 NYC
7pm doors / 7:30 music
with presented by .gnol
photos by Rene Pierre Alain & Crystal Birns

04/13/2026

04/07/2026

12/11/2025

a long moment from ’s glacially gorgeous “Basso Continuo” live at on the series last week ~ featuring .ben .j.borden & violist Brian Thompson

10/09/2025

Ghost Ensemble and greyfade are honored to announce that 'interius/exterius', our album with Catherine Lamb, is up for first round voting in the 68th Grammy Awards in the following categories:

•best contemporary classical composition
•best chamber music/small ensemble performance
•best engineered album, classical

Thank you to all the listeners who have supported this album in 2025. If you are voting in this year's awards (or know someone who is), we hope you'll consider this album on your ballot.

This work was commissioned in 2021 with the kind support of Chamber Music America and recorded in 2024 with Ben Richter, Margaret Lancaster, Sky Macklay, Chris Nappi, Lucia Stavros, Martine Thomas, Tyler J. Borden, James Ilgenfritz, and Gregory Chudzik, engineered and mixed by Matthew Sargent with further mixing, mastering, and design by Joseph Branciforte of greyfade.

05/08/2025

Tomorrow (Friday 5/9) is the release day for Catherine Lamb's "interius/exterius"! Join the listening party at 2pm Eastern for a discount on the album and live chat with Catherine Lamb, Ghost Ensemble's Ben Richter, and greyfade's Joseph Branciforte:
https://tinyurl.com/ghostlamb

Thank you to everyone who made it to Scholes Street Studio on Sunday for our sold-out album release party! This screenshot from the video is by Scholes's René Pierre Allain.

12/30/2024

In 2024, Ghost Ensemble presented adventurous new music in many cities across California, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont, as well as conducting collaborative workshops to develop new projects with Sarah Davachi, Ravi Kittappa, and KCM Walker that will premiere in the coming year. We also released a new album of Ben Richter's "Rewild" for New World Records, recorded our forthcoming album of Catherine Lamb's "interius/exterius" for greyfade, and grew our ongoing series of Deep Listening Workshops exploring the practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, partnering with community organizations in Massachusetts, New York, and California. We are now in the final days of our 2024 fundraising campaign that will make our 2025 programs possible. As a small, artist-run nonprofit, Ghost Ensemble relies on the generous support of our community for all of our activities. Every contribution of any amount makes a difference, and all donations are tax deductible. Please consider a contribution if you are able, and thank you so much to all who have supported us in 2024!

Since Ghost Ensemble’s first season in 2012-13, our mission of creating diverse, meaningful new collaborations has manifested in a broad range of innovative musical works that blur borders of genre, style, and scene and create transformative liste...

11/13/2024

Next Friday in Hudson, NY!

10/04/2024

REWILD is here!
https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ben-richter-rewild
for your Bandcamp Friday consideration, Ghost Ensemble's newest album with Ben Richter on New World Records with Margaret Lancaster, Sky Macklay, Chris Nappi, Lucia Stavros, Martine Thomas, T.J. Borden, James Ilgenfritz, Kyle Motl, and Carl Bettendorf, recorded by Joseph Branciforte with notes by Steve Smith. 🌳🌳🌲🌲🎶🎶