Four categories
Where music meets image.
CreArtBox produces work across four formats: visual concerts that pair chamber music with projection and design, full staged productions in opera, ballet and musical theatre, outreach in schools and public libraries, and digital and experimental platforms that extend the work beyond the concert hall.
Chamber music + visual art
Visual concerts.
Visual art and theatrical design techniques are used to enhance the audience's listening experience of live classical and contemporary music while respecting the original musical composition.
These multimedia performances are presented in medium-size venues where the audience can be fully immersed in the atmosphere created by lights, projections, and stage design. CreArtBox works with visual artists, designers, dancers, and filmmakers to craft multi-layered performances centred on chamber music - collaborating with musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the BBC Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Multimedia chamber work
AWAVE
2019
A multimedia concert experience for flute, piano, video, and electronics - a creation by Guillermo Laporta.
Premiered at the Ryogoku Concert Hall in Japan as the second collaboration with costume and set designer Mizuko Kaji. New York presentation at the Bay Ridge Concert Series. CD released the same year, recorded at Oktaven Audio Studio.
| Cast & creative | Flute · Guillermo Laporta Piano · Josefina Urraca Set & costume · Mizuko Kaji |
| Venues | Ryogoku Concert Hall · Tokyo (2019) Bay Ridge Concert Series · NYC (2019) |
Music & theatre
Visuality
2014 - 2016A narrative inspired by studies by Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers - a psychoanalyst exploring the deepest chambers of his mind through music, poetry, and observation.
Written by Guillermo Laporta and Jacopo Rampini, choreographed by Marissa Maislen. Fuses music by Sebastian Currier, Joshua Penman, Debussy, Paul Moravec, Jacob TV, Joan Tower, Marcos Fernández, and Frederic Rzewski. Dr. Reyn's inner mind is reflected in a commutable set - cubes surround the scene, the musicians, and the audience, using video-mapping to bring the world to life.
| Cast & creative | Writers · Laporta & Rampini Costume · Mizuko Kaji Light · Jane Fox Projection & set · Guillermo Laporta Choreography · Marissa Maislen |
| Venues | Queens Theatre · December 2016 CSV Center · May 2015 The Tank Theater · March 2015 Artisphere · D.C., November 2014 |
Opera · ballet · musical
Staged productions.
Larger theatrical works produced by CreArtBox - operas, opera-ballets, multimedia opera, and the musical theatre piece that originally launched the organisation in Europe in 2006.
Each piece is conceived as a single, full-length theatrical production, with cast and creative team built around the score. The set, choreography, light and sound are written into the libretto, in a parallel creative process with the music.
Schools · libraries · masterclasses
Outreach & education.
CreArtBox makes its programming accessible beyond ticketed venues through partnerships with public libraries, schools, and community institutions in New York and beyond.
The outreach catalogue runs across three lines: a recurring residency at the Queens Public Library system through the NYC Culture Pass, masterclasses and school visits for chamber-music students, and a live-podcast concert series that brought programmed concerts into branch libraries during 2022.
CreArt ED
The organisation's education programme. Open masterclasses, school residencies, and Kindred Spirit chamber-music coachings for high-school students. Past partners include Milford High School Theater (CT) and Saugerties Pro Musica (NY).
- CreArtED Inauguration · Plaxall Gallery, Queens (2018)
- Kindred Spirit Masterclass · Milford High School, CT (2022)
Queens Public Library & the NYC Culture Pass
Free public concerts at branches across Queens and Brooklyn through the NYC Culture Pass. Recent stops include the Astoria, Kew Gardens Hills, Hunters Point, and Leonard Library branches.
- Open Door · Astoria Branch (Oct 2023)
- Queens Public Library · Dec 2025
- Leonard Library · Nov 2025
The Podcast Concert Series
A library-residency programme that recorded performances and conversations across the Queens Public Library system. The series ran from May to June 2022 and is archived as a podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
- Live Podcast · Hunters Point (May 5, 2022)
- Podcast Concert Series · Kew Gardens Hills (Jun 2, 2022)
- Queens Rising · Hunters Point (Jun 4, 2022)
Online · interactive · mobile
Digital & experimental.
Projects that extend CreArtBox's work beyond the concert hall - streaming, interactive web experiences, mobile, and recorded media.
The most active platform is play.creartbox.nyc, our streaming home for visual concerts, rehearsals, composer interviews, and behind-the-scenes work. Around it sit the iOS app, the Festival ADAR web experience, and CreArt Magazine.
play.creartbox.nyc
Our classical music streaming platform. Visual concerts, rehearsals, interviews with composers and visual artists, behind-the-scenes from production work in New York and Asturias. Featured composers include Brittney Benton, Alex Burtzos, Oliver Caplan, Devin Cholodenko, Gilad Cohen, Eric Moe, Paul Novak, Sam Wu, Eli Tausen á Lava, Zygmund de Somogyi, and more.
Watch on play.creartbox.nyc →
iOS · 2025
CreArtBox iOS app
2025The ensemble's catalogue and streaming home in your pocket - calendar, programs, audio, video, and ticket links, all offline-capable.
Native iPhone and iPad app launched in 2025. Subscribers get push notifications for new productions and early access to season programs. Background audio for the recorded catalogue, AirPlay support, and a custom calendar widget for upcoming concerts.
Interactive web · 2021
CreArt Music Festival - Web experience
2021An interactive web piece built around J. S. Bach - a fully online edition of the CreArt Music Festival during the pandemic.
Conceived as a stand-alone web experience rather than a streamed concert: the audience navigates Bach's repertoire through a custom interface, with chamber recordings, visual environments, and reading materials interlinked across the site. Hosted on the CreArtBox CDN as an archival work.
Open the web experience →web experience
PDF magazine · 2022 - today
CreArt Magazine
2022 - todayA printed and digital magazine on classical and contemporary music, gathering long-form interviews, program notes, and writing from composers, visual artists, and ensemble members.
Three issues are currently available as PDFs alongside production photography from the season. Distributed at concerts and on the website.
Read past issues →Magazine
Festival ADAR.
Since 2021, CreArtBox co-produces Festival ADAR, an international arts festival held in Asturias, Spain, dedicated to revitalizing rural communities through music, contemporary creation, artist residencies, and site-specific projects. The 6th edition runs August 3–16, 2026.
Founded as The Association for the Arts Development in Rural Areas of Spain. The festival has received recognition from Spanish national and regional television, including Telecinco and Asturias Public Television.
Visit festivaladar.com →