Who are we?

Stare at the Sun is a professional mixed-voice chamber choir specializing in the curation and commissioning of works by living composers. Works that address issues of social responsibility and the complexities of living in the 21st century. Works of defiant optimism that celebrate human potential, the value of human life, and the possibility that human beings may transcend the limitations of our humble origins and leave the world better than we found it.

Stare at the Sun has premiered works by Ted Hearne, Lansing McLoskey, Alex Berko, Matthew Recio, Alissa Voth, and Nicholas Cline, and has curated works by Evelin Seppar, Ayanna Woods, David Lang, Caroline Shaw, Per Nørgård, Karin Rehnqvist, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Tõnu Kõrvits, Edie Hill, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Hans Abrahamsen, Missy Mazzoli, Judith Bingham, Judith Weir, Arvo Pärt, Kevin Puts, Eric Whitacre, Joanne Metcalf, Pawel Łukaszewski, Gabriel Jackson, Kile Smith, and Michael Gilbertson.

PEOPLE

THE ENSEMBLE

A.J. Keller, artistic director
Chuck Foster, collaborative keyboards

Emily Amesquita, Carolyn Boudreau, Tabes Bridges, Ari Carrillo, Matt Cummings, Sarah Fisk, Michael Follis, Dimitri German, Alana Grossman, Mallory Harding, Renata Herrera, Paul Hunter, Alfredo Jimenez, Adam Kosberg, Zachary Kurzenberger, Tim Lambert, Kate Lee, Chelsea Lyons, Victoria Marshall, Benjamin Martin, Ian Martin, Ian Morris, Molly Phelan, Russell Pinzino, Ian Prichard, Annie Rasmussen, Rachel Sparrow, Michael St. Peter, Ryan Strand, Gabrielle Timofeeva López, Madeleine Woodworth

BOARD & STAFF

A.J. Keller, artistic director
Chelsea Lyons, director of operations
Zachary Kurzenberger, treasurer
Ilana Goldstein, secretary
Renata Herrera, marketing director
Carolyn Sundlof Boudreau, marketing assistant

Our audio and visual recordings are by Sean Keenan.