Growlers Choir

CTM Festival 2026

Concert

Growlers Choir in blue stage light.

Growlers Choir © Camille Gladu-Drouin

Tickets

Ticket Prices

25 Euros  reduced 20 Euros

Tickets are sold via the CTM Festival ticketing platform:
www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2026/tickets

Founded by composer Pierre-Luc Senécal in 2016, Growlers Choir brings together extreme vocalists who use guttural techniques as a collective instrument, turning deep growls, throat resonance, distorted overtones, shrieks, whispers, and breath into dense harmonic structures. The 10-headed ensemble treats the voice as a physical force, shaping raw breath, vibration, and pressure into tightly coordinated textures that move between drone, rhythm, and percussive impact. Working with composers, sound designers, and experimental musicians, the choir pushes extreme vocal practice into new territory, expanding it from metal-adjacent technique into a broader experimental framework. In live settings, the group foregrounds the physical act of vocal production, creating performances that are as much about energy and endurance as they are about sound. At CTM 2026, they will premiere their brand new work, "Voices of the Void".

Joining Senécal on stage at CTM will be Estelle Martinez, Jeffrey Mac Dermott, Laurent Bellemare, Marie-Claude Fleury, Maude Théberge, Mikaïl Standjofski-Figols, Pascal Germain-Berardi, Patrick Goyette, and Samuel Arseneau-Roy.

Programme

Growlers Choir
„Voices of the Void“ (world premiere)

 

On the afternoon before the concert, the Growlers Choir will hold a public audition to find new members from Berlin and Europe. Following an open call, selected applicants will be invited to this two-hour audition. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

Cast

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With
Pierre-Luc Senécal
Estelle Martinez
Jeffrey Mac Dermott
Laurent Bellemare
Marie-Claude Fleury
Maude Théberge
Mikaïl Standjofski-Figols
Pascal Germain-Berardi
Patrick Goyette
Samuel Arseneau-Roy

Cast

With
Pierre-Luc Senécal
Estelle Martinez
Jeffrey Mac Dermott
Laurent Bellemare
Marie-Claude Fleury
Maude Théberge
Mikaïl Standjofski-Figols
Pascal Germain-Berardi
Patrick Goyette
Samuel Arseneau-Roy

Biographies

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Der Growlers Choir wurde 2016 vom Komponisten Pierre-Luc Senécal gegründet und besteht ausschließlich aus Metal-Sänger*innen, sogenannten „Growlern“, die aus verschiedenen Metal-Subkulturen stammen. Die Kompositionen des Ensembles verteilen sich auf tiefe, mittlere und hohe Register und kombinieren Techniken wie „Growls“, „Wails“, „Pig Squeals“, „Shireks“ und „Frys“ mit geflüsterten Atemzügen, ASMR-Texturen und anderen Effekten. Das Ergebnis ist eine Metamorphose zwischen Blackened-Metal-Pits und A-cappella-Kompositionen, in denen sich elektrisches Feedback und maschinenartige Drones überlagern, bevor die Luft von reinen, unbegleiteten Chorharmonien erfüllt wird.

Biographies

Der Growlers Choir wurde 2016 vom Komponisten Pierre-Luc Senécal gegründet und besteht ausschließlich aus Metal-Sänger*innen, sogenannten „Growlern“, die aus verschiedenen Metal-Subkulturen stammen. Die Kompositionen des Ensembles verteilen sich auf tiefe, mittlere und hohe Register und kombinieren Techniken wie „Growls“, „Wails“, „Pig Squeals“, „Shireks“ und „Frys“ mit geflüsterten Atemzügen, ASMR-Texturen und anderen Effekten. Das Ergebnis ist eine Metamorphose zwischen Blackened-Metal-Pits und A-cappella-Kompositionen, in denen sich elektrisches Feedback und maschinenartige Drones überlagern, bevor die Luft von reinen, unbegleiteten Chorharmonien erfüllt wird.

Programme

Growlers Choir
„Voices of the Void“ (world premiere)

 

On the afternoon before the concert, the Growlers Choir will hold a public audition to find new members from Berlin and Europe. Following an open call, selected applicants will be invited to this two-hour audition. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

Credits

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With the support of the Québec government's representative office in Berlin.

CTM Festival: Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by the Goethe-Institut, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk, tekhné, the European Union, the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and KOFICE as part of Kore·A·Round Culture 2025, and the Office of the Government of Québec in Berlin. In collaboration with ∄ and WeSA.

Media partnerships CTM: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, radioeins, Refuge Worldwide, The Wire.

Media partnerships Radialsystem: The Berliner, Rausgegangen, tip Berlin, taz. die tageszeitung.

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With the support of the Québec government's representative office in Berlin.

CTM Festival: Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by the Goethe-Institut, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk, tekhné, the European Union, the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and KOFICE as part of Kore·A·Round Culture 2025, and the Office of the Government of Québec in Berlin. In collaboration with ∄ and WeSA.

Media partnerships CTM: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, radioeins, Refuge Worldwide, The Wire.

Media partnerships Radialsystem: The Berliner, Rausgegangen, tip Berlin, taz. die tageszeitung.

Founded by composer Pierre-Luc Senécal in 2016, Growlers Choir brings together extreme vocalists who use guttural techniques as a collective instrument, turning deep growls, throat resonance, distorted overtones, shrieks, whispers, and breath into dense harmonic structures. The 10-headed ensemble treats the voice as a physical force, shaping raw breath, vibration, and pressure into tightly coordinated textures that move between drone, rhythm, and percussive impact. Working with composers, sound designers, and experimental musicians, the choir pushes extreme vocal practice into new territory, expanding it from metal-adjacent technique into a broader experimental framework. In live settings, the group foregrounds the physical act of vocal production, creating performances that are as much about energy and endurance as they are about sound. At CTM 2026, they will premiere their brand new work, "Voices of the Void".

Joining Senécal on stage at CTM will be Estelle Martinez, Jeffrey Mac Dermott, Laurent Bellemare, Marie-Claude Fleury, Maude Théberge, Mikaïl Standjofski-Figols, Pascal Germain-Berardi, Patrick Goyette, and Samuel Arseneau-Roy.

Cast

With
Pierre-Luc Senécal
Estelle Martinez
Jeffrey Mac Dermott
Laurent Bellemare
Marie-Claude Fleury
Maude Théberge
Mikaïl Standjofski-Figols
Pascal Germain-Berardi
Patrick Goyette
Samuel Arseneau-Roy

Biographies

Der Growlers Choir wurde 2016 vom Komponisten Pierre-Luc Senécal gegründet und besteht ausschließlich aus Metal-Sänger*innen, sogenannten „Growlern“, die aus verschiedenen Metal-Subkulturen stammen. Die Kompositionen des Ensembles verteilen sich auf tiefe, mittlere und hohe Register und kombinieren Techniken wie „Growls“, „Wails“, „Pig Squeals“, „Shireks“ und „Frys“ mit geflüsterten Atemzügen, ASMR-Texturen und anderen Effekten. Das Ergebnis ist eine Metamorphose zwischen Blackened-Metal-Pits und A-cappella-Kompositionen, in denen sich elektrisches Feedback und maschinenartige Drones überlagern, bevor die Luft von reinen, unbegleiteten Chorharmonien erfüllt wird.

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