Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson

Conspirare is a vocal ensemble that performs music from various periods and styles, including many of the choral classics (much of it from the sacred genre) and a range of contemporary, traditional, and popular works. Conspirare consists of a fully professional chamber-sized vocal group that performs most of the concerts, and an augmented or symphonic ensemble, to perform larger works such as oratorios. Conspirare was founded in 1991 by conductor and artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, in Austin, Texas. It was originally called the New Texas Festival and performed irregul...