Charlotte Mundy: Strange Moving Power

Canadian soprano Charlotte Mundy has been dubbed a "daredevil with an unbreakable spine" (SF Classical Voice), “mesmerizing” (New York Times), and is the only awardee of the Jan Degaetani prize for Contemporary Song from the Joy in Singing Competition. 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. 

Charlotte Mundy’s 23/24 included the world premiere of site specific opera Newtown Odyssey by Kurt Rohde and Marie Lorenz; 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 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.