Steven Hrycelak

A native of Rochester, NY, bass Steven Hrycelak lives mostly in the worlds of quite early and quite new music, as a soloist and ensemble performer. He is a member of the vocal ensemble Blue Heron, whose latest recording was awarded a Gramophone, making them the first ensemble outside of Europe to win in the early music category. Other recent early music appearances include concerts with Pegasus, NYS Baroque, Publick Musick, and the Green Mountain Project. He is also a member of the Grammy-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street, which specializes in both early and contemporary repertoires, and regularly performs with the Antioch Chamber Ensemble, which also focuses on these repertoires. He is an original member of the new music vocal ensemble Ekmeles, and has also appeared in The Mile-Long Opera, the MATA Festival, the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Ostrava Days, and with Toby Twining Music, as well as in Matt Marks’ opera Mata Hari for the PROTOTYPE Festival. He has recently appeared in both New York and Buenos Aires in Claude Vivier's Kopernikus with the Americas Society, and is about to head to Athens, Greece, for his first performance with the Grammy-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Additionally, he is a vocal coach/accompanist, for both classical and musical theater performers.