Zeitgeist's mission is to enliven today’s music and enlarge its public with performances that engage, stimulate and hearten. A family of musicians animated by a spirit of adventure and collaboration, Zeitgeist presents works of substance with passion and integrity, and strives to forge new links between musicians and music lovers through concerts, commissions, recordings and dialogue with our audiences.

At the heart of our organization is a nucleus of creative artists with passionate love for new music and an insistent need to share that music with audiences in traditional and untraditional settings around the world. We believe the experience of the music of our time should be transformative, spiritually empowering and wholly entertaining. We view performance as a potent and unpredictable union of composer, performer and listener, and in all our activities we seek to create conditions in which every element of this union can advance and excel. Zeitgeist’s events invite listeners to join in an experience at once intimate and challenging—an experience charged with the excitement of the never-before-heard.

No less than Zeitgeist’s artists, its administrative staff and directors are devoted to creating conditions under which this experience can flourish. We believe that the manner in which the organization’s business is conducted contributes essentially to the success of its mission, and all of us take delight in every aspect of the ensemble’s activity.