PROJECT [BLANK]

PROJECT [BLANK] is a San Diego-based concert series and presenting organization that produces immersive, multi-disciplinary chamber music and operatic performances. Established in 2018 by pianist Brendan Nguyen and mezzo-soprano Leslie Ann Leytham, our programming style explores new musical territory while casting a contemporary eye on the established canon.

By bringing together diverse artistic practices, PROJECT [BLANK] produces novel musical experiences that challenge and reframe the listener’s relationship to music. We conceive and produce each of our events in collaboration with visual artists, technologists, musicians, and composers—creators who rethink the myriad connections between music, audience, performer, and space. We strive to build connections between disparate communities in our city, and provide new and exciting creative opportunities for local musicians, artists, and audiences.

The [BLANK] in our name is a manifestation of our belief that a performance is most exciting when it resists a single classification. In the coming seasons we aim to offer events that challenge norms of the concert experience, including inventive and imaginative performances of standard repertoire, operatic productions, and commissions of revolutionary new works. We are committed to using our platform to explore and engage with urgent contemporary subjects, to advocate for social justice and advance inclusion in the arts, and to break down barriers that exist in the musical world. We will continue to expand our operation to include community engagement programs that encourage young people to listen, create, and explore the infinite possibilities of music and sound.