Founded in 2016 by Stanzi Vaubel, PhD, the festival creates site-specific, large-scale works inspired by unique environments such as grain silos, warehouses, fossil parks, and most recently, the historic porches of Nolan Park on Governors Island. The Indeterminacy Festival is committed to creating exceptional opportunities for lifelong artists, inviting an intergenerational ensemble of over one hundred community and professional artists to collaborate on the development and world premiere of these unique large-scale works.

Schedule of Events:

February 1, 2025 from 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Fourteen Porches in Concert

Originally premiered on Govenors Island in 2024, the Grace Chorale commissions this performance and live recording of FOURTEEN PORCHES for February 1st, 2025. The chorale will be joined by composers Stanzi Vaubel, cello, and Philippe Treuille, piano, in concert with a chamber orchestra.

Please join us for the performance followed by a q&a and cocktail reception with the composers.

Location: 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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May 31, 2025 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Into the Charmed Churned Circle

Aboard the Lehigh Valley No. 79 barge in Red Hook the Indeterminacy Ensemble will perform Into the Charmed Churned Circle, our new work for choir and chamber orchestra.

Location: 290 Conover Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

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June 14, 2025 from 7:30pm to 10:30pm

Into the Charmed Churned Circle

The world premiere of Into the Charmed Churned Circle will feature The Grace Chorale, the Brooklyn Treble Choir, and members of the New York Choir Project, in concert with musicians from the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra.

Indeterminacy 2025

Artistic Director: Stanzi Vaubel

Composed : Philippe Treuille and Stanzi Vaubel

Choreography: Melanie Aceto

Commissioned  by the Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Newhouse Center Of Contemporary Art, 2025

Location: 1000 Richmond Tier, Staten Island, NY 10301

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Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Preview Loft Concert

Step onto the boat, and get your sea legs! This is a special opportunity to hear our first preview of "Into the Charmed Churned Circle", a nautically themed piece, performed by choir and chamber orchestra.

Performers include members of the Brooklyn Treble Choir, the Grace Chorale, the New York Choir Project, the Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale, and the Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra.

Created in collaboration with artistic director Stanzi Vaubel and the Indeterminacy Festival, this preview performance showcases a developing choral and chamber composition for a June 2025 premiere at Snug Harbor Cultural Center.

Directed by Stanzi Vaubel

Composed by Philippe Treuille and Stanzi Vaubel

This project is an Indeterminacy Festival production commissioned by Snug Harbor Cultural Center.

Location: 33 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013

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Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 7:30pm to 10:00pm

Festival Fundraiser

Support and help fund our live recording of Fourteen Porches and receive a free ticket to the performance on February 1st, 2025!

We are pleased to announce that the Grace Chorale will perform and live record our work, Fourteen Porches, on February 1st at the St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn New York at 7pm. This special fundraiser evening will include performances by the Grace Chorale, pianist Jasmine Nagano, and Matthew Christakos, associate principal cellist for the NY Philharmonic. This event is hosted at the New York Arts Program

Additional performers include members of the Brooklyn Treble Choir, the New York Choir Project, the Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale, the Brooklyn Youth Choir, and the Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra who will preview excerpts from our work-in-development "Into the Charmed Churned Circle".  Take a look at our video featuring highlights from the premiere of Fourteen Porches on Governors Island.

Directed by Stanzi Vaubel

Composed by Philippe Treuille and Stanzi Vaubel 

Fourteen Porches was a project of the Indeterminacy Festival created in partnership with the New York Arts Program and in association with the Governors Island Trust.

Location: New York Arts Program, 121 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001

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Saturday, December 13, 2025 from 7:30pm to 10:00pm

Nautical Soirée

A night of music for choir and chamber orchestra, inspired by the heroic age of sailing and the tales of Ishmael aboard the Pequod.

Performers join us from the Grace Chorale, Brooklyn Treble Choir, New York Choir Project, and the Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra.

Created in collaboration with artistic director Stanzi Vaubel and the Indeterminacy Festival, this preview performance showcases a developing choral and chamber composition "Into the Charmed Churned Circle" for a June 2025 premiere at Snug Harbor Cultural Center. This project is made possible by the generous support of New York State Council of the Arts.

Directed by Stanzi Vaubel

Composed by Philippe Treuille and Stanzi Vaubel

This project is an Indeterminacy Festival production commissioned by Snug Harbor Cultural Center.

Location: New York Arts Program, 121 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001

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