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Showcasing Savannah and the region's finest musiciansSavannah is full of incredibly talented musicains and New Arts Ensembles can assist you with finding the perfect entertainment to add that magical ingredient. We will provide you with the ensemble to suit your taste, for your private reception, wedding, or corporate function. Co-Owners, Ricardo Ochoa and Kristin King, currently live in Savannah and started the company in 2002. Since then, they have experienced everything Savannah, and the surrounding low country, has to offer and are excited to share knowledge, insights, and recommendations with you! We serve clients with every kind of budget and are able to create a package designed specifically for you. New Arts Ensembles is also proud to be a Charter Member of the Savannah Wedding Professionals.
Quintet Performs at the Gutstein Gallery
New Arts Ensembles co-owners Ricardo Ochoa (violin) and Kristin King (harp) were joined by additional NAE musicians Annelise Nelson (cello), Maggie Evans (Bass) and Jackson Evans (guitar) to enhance the atmosphere at Savannah College of Art & Design's closing reception for the "Wild is the Wind" exhibit.
Paying homage to the 1957 American standard "Wild is the Wind", made popular over several decades by musical icons including Johnny Mathis, David Bowie, George Michael, Cat Power and Nina Simone, this exhibition brings together a collection of recently produced work that resonates in profound ways with the enduring tune. The song lyrics make an appeal for love, intimacy, escapism and transcendence as "love is like the wind, and wild is the wind." Similarly, each work in the exhibition offers poetic visual and emotive moments through the exploration of translation, fantasy, epic voyages, and deep engagements with melancholia. Artists include Ghada Amer, Lara Baladi, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Nicholas Hlobo, Odili Donald Odita, Zineb Sedira and Penny Siopis. Savannah Musicians Sponsor Haiti Relief Efforts
Laney Contemporary presented L'Union Fait La Force: Savannah for Haiti at the new Oglethorpe Gallery in Savannah and New Arts Ensembles artist, Jackson Evans, provided the perfect atmosphere for the event with his electro-acoustic guitar skills.
Ben Sollee plays Savannah
This weekend Ben Sollee played to a packed venue at Blowin' Smoke in Savannah to raise support for Oxfam America and their efforts to fight poverty. If you have followed the Savannah Music Festival over the past years, you may have been fortunate enough to see Ben perform with the Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet. Their albums are produced by Bela Fleck, who is also a member of the group, and composed/arranged by the unconventional foursome thus creating an "intimate exploration of crossing global and cultural lines," says Abigail.
 *Photo by Paul Maree
New Arts Ensembles founder and co-director, Ricardo Ochoa, was invited by Ben to perform a few pieces the other evening and it added another impressive element to an already incredible evening. What makes Ben and his crew of 3 others (percussionist, tour manager Katie, and Katie's husband) all with their belongs either strapped to their bikes or en tow behind their bikes. This December they have already travelled over 500 miles touring and raising support for Oxfam. What an incredible inspiration to our country- oh, and did I mention that he is a killer cellist?! Check Ben out here.
Savannah Wedding: Forsyth Park
This past week, the Harp, Violin and Cello trio of Kristin King, Ricardo Ochoa, and Annelise Nelson, played a brisk, but gorgeous wedding outside in front of the Forsyth Park fountain. Harvey Designs did an incredible job of making the park look festive for the holiday season and timelessly classic while Rev. Steven Schulte performed the marriage ceremony. Our Sound Technician was on-hand to ensure that every part of the ceremony, from the quietest pluck on a harp string to sweet giggle the bride made as her husband slipped the ring on her finger, was audible to the guests. After the ceremony, the celebrating continued at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, where New Arts Ensemble's guitarist, Bill Smith, serenaded guest during cocktails and pianist Eddie Wilson took over for the reception time.
Roger Moss on the Radio
Big smile, dedication and talent are just a few words to describe one of our busiest vocalist. Here he is in a interview today December 3, 2009 on "The Wake-up Call, with Jon Robbins and Jen Steele" BIG 98.3 |
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