“…ensemble: périphérie shows a maturity and skill that should serve as an inspiration to other ensembles.”
— Wes Flinn, Sequenza21The mission of ensemble: périphérie is to promote contemporary music by presenting stimulating and inspiring concerts of chamber works, and by commissioning new works from both emerging and established composers, inviting audiences to join us in recognizing great art of our time.
Established in 2010 by composers Joseph Dangerfield and Luke Dahn, EP consists of a core group of performing artists, and many guest performers. One of the primary goals of EP is to bring greater exposure to composers and works that are underperformed and neglected—that is, music that lies on the periphery.
“For me the only new music would be music that a composer of genius successfully created on the periphery of all the movements of our time and in the face of all current slogans and manifestos. Generally speaking, whatever the intellectual movements in force, not enough attention is paid to matters of temperament and originality…”
— Henri Dutilleux