Founded in 2014, Versipel New Music presents contemporary classical music, New Orleans style. Reflecting the breadth and beauty of the classical concert music scene of today, we perform music of the late 20th and 21st centuries, music inspired by our modern, peripatetic, global and technologically driven lives. Frequently collaborating with living composers both in the U.S. and overseas, our programs span a diversity of styles from fresh European modernism, to U.S. postmodernism, with a heavy dose of technology, improvisation and performer creativity thrown in. At a Versipel show, you'll see and hear music that is recent and new, fresh from the composer's pen (or pencil… or computer), pieces that are often being performed for the very first time.

We are growing! Versipel has recently merged with nienteForte, an organization with a fifteen season history of residencies featuring world-renowned new music performers and ensembles from across the globe at venues across the city. And, this September Versipel New Music will be launching Batture Contemporary, our home-grown new music festival that will bring together Louisiana-based composers and performers at venues across New Orleans.