Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present their 7th 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.
Thurs July 10
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Evan Ziporyn, composer and clarinets
Fri July 11
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Vicki Ray, pianist, performs works by Shaun Naidoo, Peter Ablinger, Oliver Messaien and more
Sat July 12
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Music by Brad Lubman, Pauline Oliveros, and Evan Ziporyn
Mon July 14
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Todd Reynolds, violin
Tues July 15
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: composer/performer Ken Thomson, clarinets and friends
Weds July 16
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Gregg August, bass
Thurs July 17
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: TBA
8:00 pm Members of Bang on a Can featured on the “Third Thursday” festival in downtown Pittsfield, MA. Free.
Friday July 18
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: world premieres of 4 works written and performed by festival fellows.
7:00 pm Members of Bang on a Can perform a free concert at Gallery 51 in downtown North Adams
Sat, July 19
11:00am “Kids can Too” family performance
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Balinese Gamelan led by Christine Southworth
8:00 pm Bang on a Can All-Stars with special guest Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. Also featuring a world premiere by Todd Reynolds. (Click here to purchase tickets
Mon July 21
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: world premieres of 4 works written and performed by festival fellows.
Tues July 22
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: festival improvisation ensembles perform
Weds July 23
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 24
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: Festival ensemble performs works by Phil Kline, Lou Harrison and more.
Fri July 25
1:30 pm Gallery recital by festival performers
4:30 pm Gallery recital: festival composers improvise.
Sat July 26
4:00 pm – 10:00 pm Bang on a Can Marathon with Special guest Terry Riley
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SCHEDULE (Set times are approximate, program subject to change):
4pm
Judd Greenstein
Get Up/Get Down
Lois V Vierk
Timberline
Terry Riley
Woelfli Portraits
Sean Francis Conway
Didgeridoo and Percussion Trio
Christopher Adler
Ecstatic Volutions in the Neon Haze
6pm
Morton Feldman
The O'Hara Songs
Ken Thomson
Seasonal Disorder
Iannis Xenakis
N'Shima
Terry Riley
Olson III
8pm
Traditional (arr Wayan Loceng)
Sekar Ginotan (Balinese gamelan gender wayang)
Evan Ziporyn
Cu (Ba Li) Bre (Balinese gamelan gender wayang)
Donald Crockett
Whistling in the Dark
Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, David Lang
Shelter with texts by Deborah Artman, films by Bill Morrison, and Projections by Laurie Olinder of Ridge Theater
Terry Riley
Improvisation
Frank Zappa
The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat and G-Spot Tornado
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