Peoples Commissioning Fund Concert
– January 20!
Featuring an expanded 9-piece line-up of the Bang on a Can All-Stars!
On Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 7:30pm, Bang on a Can presents the 2022 Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund (PCF) concert, one of the most anticipated and reliable launching pads for composers in New York and beyond. The performance is part of Kaufman Music Center’s annual Ecstatic Music Series at Merkin Hall (Kaufman Music Center, 129 W. 67th St.) and a New Sounds Live co-presentation with host John Schaefer. This performance marks the first live appearance by Bang on a Can All-Stars in New York City since the PCF concert in January 2020, and features an expanded nine-piece Bang on a Can All-Stars lineup with flute, horn, and trombone:
- Jen Baker, trombone
- Robert Black, bass
- David Byrd-Marrow, horn
- Vicky Chow, piano and keyboard
- David Cossin, percussion
- Arlen Hlusko, cello
- Allison Loggins-Hull, flute
- Mark Stewart, guitar
- Ken Thomson, clarinet and bass clarinet
with guest performer, Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegeum (Korean two-string bowed instrument)
These musicians will perform an entire program of music commissioned since the start of the pandemic.
- Jeffrey Brooks: Santuario II**
- Nick Dunston: Fainting is Down, Whooshing is Up**
- Fred Frith: Which It Is *
- Soo Yeon Lyuh: See You on the Other Side**
- Tomeka Reid: UNTETHERED*
- Aeryn Santillan: disconnect.**
- Ken Thomson: Performative*
- Trevor Weston: Rainbows and Butterflies**
*world premiere
**world premiere arrangement
The world premiere arrangements were originally commissioned and premiered as solo works during the Bang on a Can Online Marathons in 2020-2021, and have been newly arranged for this nine-piece ensemble.
Bang on a Can at Big Ears
– March 24-27, 2022
Big Ears Festival is back in 2022! It’s all happening March 24-27 in Knoxville, TN. Bang on a Can All-Stars will perform “Memory Games” with Meredith Monk, and will also perform Terry Riley’s “Autodreamographical Tales.” The full line up is outstanding, and we can’t wait to see you there!
Summer Festival at MASS MoCA: Applications online now
– due January 11, 2022
Applications for the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival are online now!
Application deadline: Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Festival dates: July 11-Aug 1, 2022
“A 3-week utopia for composers and performers”
139 Performances From Our Online Marathons: SEE THEM ALL NOW!
In just one year, we were able to broadcast more than 145 performances, during EIGHT Online Bang on a Can Marathons. And there’s more to come!
Among these stunning displays of radical creativity you’ll find 70 world premiere commissions, dozens more exclusive, unique performances from today’s most brilliant players and makers, plus conversations with the artists.
Here, for the first time, we have collected and edited nearly all these concerts and conversations in one place, for all the world to experience. Enjoy!
We are grateful that so many people have helped us make these performances possible. You can too – please consider a gift to help us continue our work: to present and commission the very most exciting new music from wherever it may be found.