Mission & History
Resonance Works is an artist-driven, multi-modal performing arts company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania presenting performances that empower musicians and engage audiences since 2013. From fully staged opera to chamber music and commissioned works to classics, we create an alloy of unique and inclusive musical experiences for audiences in a variety of spaces. In order that our art reflects our community, Resonance Works has committed to programming at least half of the works in a season by women and a third by BIPOC creators, with the goal of normalizing equity, diversity and inclusion in our work and in the industry as a whole.
Resonance Works showcases an orchestra, chorus, vocal soloists, chamber musicians, staged opera, and musical theater – often on the same program. Featuring repertoire that is championed by its artists and themes that resonate with the current climate, Resonance Works connects the arts to today’s audience.
Founded in 2013, the company quickly became an important part of the professional arts ecosystem in Pittsburgh, and is committed to maintaining a rich and vibrant community of professional musicians in the region. Our model has also led to numerous artistic partnerships in dance, theatre, photography, and visual art, as well as collaborations with community organizations.
“The Performance was amazing in every way!”
Exciting collaborators
Our multi-modal programming has included work with artistic partners such as: Texture Contemporary Ballet, the cello rock band Cello Fury, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Theatre Arts, Pittsburgh’s Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School, the voice department of Slippery Rock University, photographer Chuck Beard, painter Baron Batch, the Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund, and guest artists including Pittsburgh Symphony trumpeter Neal Berntsen and principal flutist Lorna McGhee, flamenco dancer Fanny Ara (seen on NBC’s “World of Dance”), members of the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus, and internationally renowned Baroque flutist Stephen Schultz.
“This was a phenomenal experience, rich and personal.”
Resonating throughout Pittsburgh and beyond!
By the end of the 2019-2020 season we had performed in: Shadyside, Downtown, East Liberty, the North Side, the South Side, Point Breeze, Regent Square, Oakland, Squirrel Hill, the Strip District, Homestead, Wexford, and in Foxburg, PA.
“The programming itself is a work of art”