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Roomful of Teeth

Artists-in-Residence

  • Artists In Residence

  • Annual
  • MASS MoCA

Roomful of Teeth is a Grammywinning vocal band dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. By engaging collaboratively with artists, thinkers, and community leaders from around the world, the group seeks to uplift and amplify voices old and new while creating and performing meaningful and adventurous music.

Founded in 2009 by Brad Wells, the band was incubated at MASS MoCA. Through experimentation, exploration, and plenty of failures, the group learned that the boundaries of the human voice are never what they seem, that rules can be bent, even broken, and perhaps they should be.

Through their unique collaborative process, Roomful of Teeth has worked with many of today’s most compelling musical creators to build a significant and continuously growing repertoire. They have collaborated with a wide range of artists and ensembles spanning genres and art forms.

Every summer, Roomful of Teeth returns to MASS MoCA to take part in a residency which culminates in a public performance. What they perform is sometimes new, some times familiar, but always rewards the curious with their singular blend of beauty and grit.