VIRID is Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley and Olivia Cirisan.
Based in Southeast Michigan, VIRID is a percussion / multimedia duo committed to experimentation within the contemporary world, particularly focused on collaborating with living composer-performers and incorporating electroacoustic and improvisational elements into their unique sound world. Taking an approach that blends composition, songwriting, and music production, the original music of VIRID combines a mixture of pop, electronic, instrumental, and contemporary classical genres into their sound.
ANNOUNCING:
SLOW IMAGES
BY VIRID x DAVID MINNIX
UPCOMING EVENTS
Nothing soon, but stay tuned!
New VIRID music is in the works…
MEDIA
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Slow Images // VIRID x David Minnix
Released 10/10/2025
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People in Mirrors // Lyric Video
Performed by Jake Ellzey and VIRID
Video by Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley
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People in Mirrors That I Cannot Recognize
Released 8/17/2025
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Slow Images @ Canterbury
VIRID premieres Slow Images, their collaborative work with David Minnix, at Canterbury House on 11/19/2024
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VIRID @ Ghost Light
VIRID plays at Ghost Light on 11/2/2024
Featuring Will Kelley on bass and Oliver Bishop on winds
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VIRID & David Minnix @ Moondog
VIRID and David Minnix premiere one movement of their full work "Slow Images" at Moondog Cafe in Detroit, MI.
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VIRID @ Ziggy's
VIRID plays at Ziggy's on 8/13/2024
Featuring Will Kelley on bass and Oliver Bishop on winds.
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VIRID & Friends Concert Series
A concert series that brings in UM students, alumni, local artists and early-career musicians with the goal of providing a space to present their undershared art to the Ann Arbor community. VIRID and Friends is hosted at Oz’s Music Environment in Ann Arbor and features a different guest artist or themed selection of artists each show.
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