The Collected is a group of
nationally active composers committed to advancing the
publicity of recent music produced by living musicians.
Dedicated to a broadly construed spirit of inclusion, the
group presents not only their own compositions, as well as
those of their teachers and influences, but also works by
others that engage the limits of artistic imagination and
defy a taxonomy of aesthetic divisions within new music.
Embracing works informed by the music of disparate genres,
the group’s programming choices explore the creative
exchanges within, between, and among compositions located
at the periphery of classical, rock, jazz, and academic
musical developments. Equally devoted to the concert
endeavors of emerging performers and composers, the
group’s series of recordings on their own independent
label increase the exposure of these musicians’
ventures and reflect a responsibility to the dissemination
of such projects.