Summer breaks from regular obligations allowed a broadly-talented local troupe of top-tier musicians time to compose new works, re-arrange beloved compositions and ready themselves to introduce Columbia and the Midlands to a brand new cultural experience...Musicians who are part of this new cultural initiative expressed excitement about the potential to introduce the capital city to a new way of experiencing music. 

 Ensemble Eclectica doesn’t dig boundaries. Take the 15-piece ensemble’s upcoming concert, We Could Have Danced All Night. During the display, 15 ballroom dancers will swirl around the floor, accompanied by both new and old classical compositions, arranged and in some cases composed, by local musicians.    

 The sold-out performance entitled "We Could Have Danced All Night” took its audience through a unique experience of a simultaneously performed mixed-media production. The orchestra played while dancers danced and visual artists painted…“We Could Have Danced All Night” also took its audience on an international musical tour. Music representing France, Venezuela, Mexico, the United States, and Spain was performed by the Ensemble Eclectica orchestra.