Charlotte Mundy’s 23/24 season will include the world premiere of site specific opera Newtown Odyssey by Kurt Rohde and Marie Lorenz; a solo recital at The Americas Society; premieres of concert works by Francisco del Pino, Alyssa Regent and Aida Shirazi, and the debut of a new collaborative multimedia project with Christian Quiñones. Past performances include critically acclaimed renditions of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Boulez's Le Marteau sans Maître, Feldman's Three Voices, George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill, Iannis Xenakis’ Akanthos, and a set of music for voice and electronics presented by New York Festival of Song, described as "an oasis of radiant beauty" by the New York Times.

As a founding member of TAK ensemble, “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen), Mundy has performed at Lincoln Center and the Library of Congress, premiering works by Tyshawn Sorey, Erin Gee, Eric Wubbels, Brandon Lopez, and Natacha Diels. The ensemble will tour to the UK, California and Thailand in the 23/24 season, alongside several world premiere performances in NYC. Mundy is also a core member of Ekmeles, described as "beyond expert - almost frightening in their precision” by Fanfare magazine and recent recipients of the Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize. Their 23/24 season includes a European tour, performances of Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion and Stockhausen’s Stimmung, among others. 

As a recording artist, Mundy is featured on recordings ranging from contemporary classical music to black metal to prog rock to ambient music. She is the vocal soloist on the studio recording of Bekah Simms’ 2022 Juno award winning composition Bestiary I & II, and her recordings as a member of TAK and Ekmeles have been widely praised. 

Her compositions have been performed at Roulette, JACK theater, University of New Mexico, Fuse Factory, and the Higher Ground festival. They include SWEET FLAG!, whose score consists of home-made rosaries, The Empress Negligee and Leopard Queen Dream for voice, piñata/thurible/shakers and percussion, and the surround sound/light/wind/smell installation, Light as a Feather, presented by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts.

Fascinated by interdisciplinary work, Mundy has appeared at the Park Avenue Armory as part of a work by Martin Creed and the Metropolitan Museum singing with Oliver Beer’s Vessel Orchestra. She has an ongoing relationship with New Chamber Ballet led by Miro Magloire, in which she memorizes contemporary vocal works and moves as a member of Magloire’s choreography with the company’s trained dancers. She performed in the documentary music theatre work A Star Has Burnt My Eye, written by Howard Fishman, on the BAM Next Wave Festival.

Born in Toronto and based in Brooklyn, Mundy studied classical voice at the University of Toronto, contemporary performance at the Manhattan School of Music, and is working toward a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the CUNY Graduate Center.

 

"The final performance of the evening was given over to a mesmerizing rendition of Morton Feldman’s “Three Voices” for voice and tape by the preternaturally focused Canadian soprano Charlotte Mundy...Here, in front of a magically cough-free audience, the quiet, swirling textures of Feldman’s hypnotic work were able to unfold in all their subtle, unhurried grandeur."

The New York Times

“I was astonished by Mundy’s clarion voice, especially in “Ah! Perhaps,” tuning fork held to ear. Sounding, somehow, both warm and icy at the same time.”

- Parterre Box

superb

The New Yorker

“Mundy and Sugiyama sound like daredevils with unbreakable spines

“Even these opening phrases showcased the staggering plasticity of Mundy’s voice: On a dime, she shifted from white, almost breathy tones to sounds so suffused with core that they nearly overwhelmed the small space.

“At times, Mundy sang sustained pitches that changed color as gorgeously as deciduous autumn leaves in a time-lapse video.” 

- SF Classical Voice.

“warm and soft-grained soprano”

- New York Times

“startlingly strange vocals (nimbly supplied by Charlotte Mundy)”

- The Strad