Glass Clouds Ensemble

Found­ed in 2022 by Juil­liard grad­u­ates, The Glass Clouds Ensem­ble (GCE) is a cham­ber music col­lec­tive that per­forms imag­i­na­tive, uplift­ing con­certs of clas­si­cal & con­tem­po­rary music cen­tered around envi­ron­men­tal themes and com­mu­ni­ty part­ner­ships. GCE has formed a wide com­mu­ni­ty of NYC musi­cians, visu­al artists, dancers, and local envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions. They per­form con­certs of vary­ing instru­men­ta­tion for voice and strings. GCE’s activ­i­ties are root­ed in part­ner­ships with local envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions, includ­ing Beyond Organ­ic Design (2022), Earth Mat­ter NY (2023−25), and the Cli­mate Imag­i­nar­i­um (2025). Col­lab­o­ra­tions involve hands-on vol­un­teer­ing, rehearsal res­i­den­cies, and the com­mis­sion­ing and per­for­mance of site-spe­cif­ic music. GCE loves work­ing with artists across dis­ci­plines, curat­ing per­for­mances in dia­logue with con­tem­po­rary artists across dif­fer­ent medi­ums for upcom­ing exhibitions.

GCE’s per­for­mances and instal­la­tions this year will cen­ter ​“deep lis­ten­ing” — an acces­si­ble envi­ron­men­tal­ist prac­tice inspired by lumi­nary com­pos­er Pauline Oliv­eros, encour­ag­ing peo­ple to lis­ten close­ly to their nat­ur­al sur­round­ings through med­i­ta­tive prompts and exercises.

Getting to Nolan Park

3 Minutes from Soissons Landing 7 Minutes from Yankee Pier

1 Minutes from Soissons Landing 5 Minutes from Yankee Pier