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Bang on a Can Marathon Goes to Philadelphia
For the first time in Bang on a Can history, the incomparable super-mix of genre defying music that is the Marathon travels to Philadelphia! On Sunday, September 12, a mass of musicians, composers, and listeners from all over the world will descend on the World Café Live as part of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival for 10 HOURS of uninterrupted, ear-bending, border-crossing music from around the corner and around the globe.
This one of a kind musical extravaganza will feature So Percussion, SIGNAL, Asphalt Orchestra, Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra, Todd Reynolds, Normal Love, Sun Ra Arkestra, and many more. Check out the full schedule here and get tickets and directions here.
Bang on a Can Curating "Second Sundays" at the Noguchi Museum
This summer Bang on a Can/Cantaloupe Music and the Noguchi Museum are hosting an innovative music series on the second Sunday of every month from June to September. "Second Sundays" is free with museum admission. Florent Ghys played an excellent show on June 13th, Talujon Percussion Quartet performed a powerful set on July 11th, and Evan Ziporyn rocked a clarinet set on August 8th. Looking forward, Tristan Perich will be featured on September 12th. For more information, check out the Noguchi Museum's website.
Bang on a Can - Now Available For Rock Band 2
Yes, you read that correctly... three pieces by Bang on a Can All-Stars are now available for Rock Band 2 on XBOX360, via the newly launched Rock Band Network! Click here to download "Cheating, Lying Stealing" by David Lang, click here to download "Yo Shakespeare" by Michael Gordon, and click here to download "Shadowbang" by Evan Ziporyn. Additional works by Julia Wolfe will be available via the Rock Band Network soon!
You can also check out the original Bang on a Can All-Stars recording of "Cheating, Lying Stealing" in the iTunes store here, as well as "Shadowbang" here, and Alarm Will Sound's recording of "Yo Shakespeare" here.
We Had a Marathon!
Thanks to everyone who came out to our Marathon Concert on Sunday, June 27th! We'll have photos, video and MORE available here soon! In the meantime, check out reviews from The New York Times and the NJ Star Ledger.
We would like to extend special thanks to our MARATHON WARRIORS, who stayed for all 12 hours: Thomas Gallagher, J. Ross Marshall, Warren Sirota, Marshall Greenberg, Kim Nucci, Alexandra Soltow, Will Robin, Justin Brierley, Julie Hill, Alex Weiser, Richard Scarpa, Stan Tymorek, Austin Dice, Myles Dakan, Samuel Wilson, Loretta Winter, William Weber, Mike Jolkovski, Chris Garrard, Evan Dice, Russell Horton, Bonnie Wright, Daryl Shawn, Deborah Dimasi and Richard Pettus Jr.
Bang on a Can Honored John Schaefer at Annual Benefit Bash
On Wednesday June 2nd at New York's Le Poisson Rouge, we honored John Schaefer, host of WNYC's New Sounds and Soundcheck at our annual Benefit Bash. Thanks to everybody who attended, and everyone who donated! For those of you who couldn't make it, here's a video of the Bang on a Can All-Stars performing Brian Eno's "Burning Airlines" at the Benefit Concert:
Bang on a Can's Young Producers Project in Zimbabwe
YPP co-directors Chris Marianetti and Jeremy Thal traveled to Zimbabwe for two weeks to lead a composition and production project at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA). Working with a group of 12 Zimbabwean musicians and artists, including pop music star Alexio Kawara, as well as youth, they began developing new works using music, poetry and personal narratives (interviews) to examine, reflect on, and respond to issues relating to HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe. The project will culminate in the creation and distribution of an album. Excerpts from the project were premiered in a group performance at HIFA on April 30th. For more visit: www.youngproducersproject.org