Sound of Ages

SOUND OF AGES consists of two concentric ensembles: The Consort, a one-per-part ensemble joined by Sam Handley on electric guitar, and The Ensemble, a 16-20 singer chamber ensemble. The group emerged from a personal epiphany. Founder and Artistic Director Kameron Kavanaugh recalls his first encounter with a Renaissance vocal masterwork by the Frenco-Flemish composer Guillaume DuFay. “It was a run-of-the-mill kind of day in grad school when I donned a pair of headphones. But after listening to the first few minutes of Nuper Rosarum Flores, everything changed for me, musically and otherwise. It was like finding myself inside of some kind of dark, cosmic cathedral when, all of the sudden, all of the lights of the universe burst through the stained glass windows. “I heard something that was not only glorious but also primal.