Contemporary Classical Artist

In addition to Ms. Tamborini’s work in the standard repertoire, she is also actively involved in contemporary classical music. She became invested in contemporary classical music at Stony Brook University where she was a member of the Contemporary Chamber Players, having the opportunity to perform pieces such as Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians,” Xenakis’s “À hélène,” Mackey’s “Moebius Band,” and John Cage’s “Litany for the Whale.” 

As a performer, Ms. Tamborini collaborates with artists writing pieces that are both challenging musically and in terms of subject matter and message. Using her voice to amplify societal issues allows her to authentically engage with audiences. She recently performed Eliza Brown’s “In the Age of the Rise,” three songs imagining life in the future of climate change for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello, premiered at Roulette in Brooklyn, NY. Additionally, she worked with composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh on her piece “The Darkness of the Womb,” with text coming from Valeri Kaur’s speech that portrays a mother, sister, descendant of immigrants, and member of a family victimized by racism and intolerance. She continues to work with living composers such as Chelsea Loew, composer of “This Living Hand.”

“The Living Hand” by Chelsea Loew

Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra

 Sputter Box

Ms. Tamborini is the vocalist in Sputter Box, a clarinet, voice, percussion performance art ensemble committed to performing interdisciplinary pieces involving sound, theater, movement, visual art, and improvisation. In 2020, Sputter Box was a guest artist and lecturer at University of Massachusetts at Amherst and was the Featured Ensemble Fellow at the 2020 Cortona Sessions for New Music. Sputter Box is a 2021 Chamber Music America Ensemble Forward Grant Recipient and will be guest artists at the University of Florida in 2021-2022. 

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