Table VI (2026)

Recent activity: A new sketch based on Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin’s table VI. This sketch was created with individual recordings the singers made at home and one studio session with the quartet.

Quince Vocal Ensemble:

Amanda Bauer, sop. 1
Carrie Henneman-Shaw, sop. 2
Elizabeth Pearce, mezzo
Elizabeth Pearce, alto

Bergamot Quartet:

Ledah Finck, violin 1
Sarah Thomas, violin
Martine Kinsella Thomas, viola
Irène Han, cello

Stellar Atmosphers (2019)

An arrangement (with significant alterations) of the original Stellar Atmospheres for eight treble voices.

Performed by Lorelei Ensemble at Mass MoCA, 11/3/23

Stellar Atmospheres (2015)

 Stellar Atmospheres began in 2015 with a performance on the American Composers Orchestra’s SONiC Festival, curated by Anna Clyne.

based on the Ph.D. thesis "Stellar Atmospheres: A Contribution to the Observational Study of High Temperature in the Reversing Layers of Stars" by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Libretto by Molly Herron (after Payne-Gaposchkin)
Carrie Henneman-Shaw, soprano Elizabeth Pearce, soprano Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo-soprano
Molly Herron, The Dervishes
Kivie Kahn-Lipman,
bass viol Loren Ludwig, bass viol
Doug Balliett, violone
The Dervishes created by Andy Cavatorta