Bang on a Can

Bang on a Can Marathon 2012

12 Hours of FREE Live Music!

Sunday June 17, 12 noon – 12 midnight
World Financial Center Winter Garden

Bang on a Can brings its 25 Year celebration back downtown with its incomparable 12-hour super-mix of boundary-busting music from around the corner and around the globe. This year’s edition features rare performances by some of the most innovative musicians of our time side-by-side with some of today’s newest music pioneers.

Music by: Gregg August, Jeremy Howard Beck, Eve Beglarian, Oscar Bettison, Martin Bresnick, Caleb Burhans, Ruby Fulton, Michael Gordon, Gerard Grisey, Michael Harrison, David Lang, David T. Little, David Longstreth, Michael Lowenstern, Alvin Lucier, Thurston Moore, Ruben Naeff, Conlon Nancarrow, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Akiko Ushijima, Lois V Vierk, Daniel Wohl, Julia Wolfe, Evan Ziporyn, AND MORE.

Performances by: Bang on a Can All-Stars, Deep Listening Band, Dither, Grand Band, The Guidonian Hand, Heavy Hands, Newspeak, NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Talujon, TwoSense, Ashley Bathgate, Maya Beiser, Robert Black, David Cossin, Vicky Chow, David Friend, Jonathan Haas, Paul Kerekes, Kaki King, Michael Lowenstern, Alvin Lucier, Lisa Moore, Blair McMillen, Todd Reynolds, Mark Stewart, AND MORE.

Bang on a Can 25 Years @ Lincoln Center

Bang on a Can 25 Years: April 28 @ Lincoln Center

Thank you for celebrating with us in our 25 year birthday bash presented by Lincoln Center!

Read The New York Times review here.

See photos of the show here.

Bang on a Can Summer Festival 2012

Over 30 Recitals and Concerts in all!

July 11-28
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Join us for three ear-bending weeks in the Berkshires! The festival includes daily recitals in the museum galleries at 1:30pm (M-F) & 4:30pm (M-Sat) (free with museum admission) featuring festival faculty and fellows.

Saturday, July 21 the Bang on a Can All-Stars bring their ground-breaking new project Field Recordings to Hunter Center, joined by Nick Zammuto and Todd Reynolds.

Monday, July 23 is a concert of WORLD PREMIERES by our festival composers: Samuel Crawford, Daniel Dehaan, Fjola Evans, Molly Fishman, Yotam Haber, Loren Loiacono, Mike Perdue, and John Supko.

And don't miss the big festival finale Marathon concert on Saturday, July 28! Six hours of amazing new music featuring special guest Steve Reich.