Summer Festival

2009 Performance Calendar

July 16, 2009

02:00pm - Bang on a Can Summer Festival - Mass MoCa

Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present their 8th consecutive year of musical collaboration with a rich daily schedule of exciting performances. There will be 2 recitals daily in the museum galleries (except Sundays), free with museum admission, and concerts on the weekends in the Hunter Center Theater. Also visit the MASS MoCA website for more information.

Thurs July 16
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: faculty showcase TBA

Fri July 17
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: faculty showcase TBA

Sat July 18
11:00am “Kids can Too” family performance
4:30 pm Gallery recital: faculty showcase TBA
8:00 pm alt-cabaret performance: Babe the Blue Ox

Mon July 20
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: faculty showcase TBA

Tues July 21
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: faculty showcase TBA

Weds July 22
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: faculty showcase TBA

Thurs July 23
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music of Julia Wolfe

Friday July 24
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music of David Lang and Michael Gordon

Sat, July 25
3:00pm Reich on Lewitt: composer Steve Reich discusses artist Sol Lewitt
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music of Steve Reich
8:00 pm Bang on a Can plays Steve Reich. Music for 18 Musicians, Eight Lines, and Piano Phase/Video Phase (arr D. Cossin) (Click here to purchase tickets.)

Mon July 27
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: world premieres of new works written and performed by festival fellows.

Tues July 28
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: world premieres of new works written and performed by festival fellows.

Weds July 29
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: TBA
7:00 pm Members of Bang on a Can perform a free concert at Windsor Lake in North Adams

Thurs July 30
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Festival ensembles perform

Fri July 31
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: TBA

Sat Aug 1
4:00 pm – 10:00 pm Bang on a Can Marathon. Program will include “Ballet Mecanique” by George Antheil, “Shaker Loops” by John Adams, and plenty more. (Click here to purchase tickets.)

More info at www.massmoca.org