LOUD Weekend 2023 — Bang on a Can

LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA
July 27-29, 2023

A fully loaded, three-day, eclectic super-mix of creative, experimental and unusual music

About

“LOUD WEEKEND! We are thrilled to fill the spectacular MASS MoCA with music that will change your life. Come join us for a packed weekend of live music as renegade composers and performers take the stage. We’ll be there to greet you, hang out, and share the listening experience” – Michael Gordon, David Lang & Julia Wolfe

Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present the annual LOUD Weekend festival, a fully loaded, three-day, eclectic super-mix of creative, experimental, and unusual music. Featuring the Kronos Quartet—celebrating 50 years of virtuosic strings—Love in Exile (Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily), Ensemble Klang, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Paola Prestini’s House of Zodiac performed by Jeffrey Zeigler with films by Murat Eyuboglu, Tarta Relena, and more to come.

Tickets

Shows

Tarta Relena

Thu, Jul 27 7:30pm

Hunter Center

TARTA RELENA (45′)

Helena Ros, vocals

Marta Torrella, vocals

Time and distance collapse in the music of the Catalan folk duo Tarta Relena. With little more than their two voices, Helena Ros and Marta Torrella connect the far corners of the Mediterranean, drawing on traditions stretching back more than a thousand years (Pitchfork).

LOVE IN EXILE

Thu, Jul 27 9:00pm

Hunter Center

LOVE IN EXILE (60′)

Arooj Aftab, vocals

Vijay Iyer, piano

Shahzad Ismaily, bass, synths

Love in Exile – a brand new collaborative album and tour featuring experimental super trio Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily kicks off LOUD Weekend on Thursday night, 7/27.

Orchestra of Original Instruments

Thu, Jul 27 10:30pm

Courtyard D

ORCHESTRA OF ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTS (15′)

Bang on a Can Summer Festival Fellows 2023

Mark Stewart, director

Multi-instrumentalist and instrument designer Mark Stewart, founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and also a curator at MASS MoCA of the immersive Gunnar Schonbeck exhibit of musical instruments, leads the 30+ musicians of the Bang on a Can Summer Festival on customized orchestral instruments that everyone can play.

Jeffrey Brooks

Fri, Jul 28 1:00pm

B6 Event Space

JEFFREY BROOKS (35′)

Jeffrey Brooks, The Memory Palace (20’) World Premiere

Michael Patrick Coyle, stein-o-caster

Gregory Lee, stein-o-caster

Spencer Lee, stein-o-caster

Mark Stewart, electric guitar

Arlen Hlusko, cello

Ethan Strickland, vibraphone and drumset

David Cossin, glockenspiel

Jeffrey Brooks, Santuario (7’)

Mark Stewart, double-neck electric guitar

The return of composer Jeffrey Brooks to LOUD Weekend – with the world premiere of his latest work The Memory Palace, part of the stein-o-caster series for an ingeniously amplified piano played with paint brushes.

The Memory Palace was commissioned by Alan Baker. Santuario was commissioned by Bang on a Can with support from Jane and Richard Stewart.

Newest Voices World Premiere Concert

Fri, Jul 28 2:00pm

Hunter Center

NEWEST VOICES WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT I (60’)

Kennedy Taylor Dixon, spot the difference

Ari Sussman, this night

Nolan Hildebrand, Technicolour Yawn (vomit rainbows)

Nick Photinos, conductor

Kathryn Vetter, clarinet and bass clarinet

Laura J. Martínez, soprano and alto saxophone

Luciano Medina, percussion

Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

Carina Yee, violin

Sam Zagnit, double bass

Daijana Wallace, cream earl grey

Shiri Riseman, Cantate Domino Canticum Novum

Cole Reyes, Lowline

Jacob Nance, soprano and alto saxophone

Dylan Ofrias, percussion

Madeline Hildebrand, piano and keyboard

Elicia Neo, violin

Gregg August, double bass and electric bass

WORLD PREMIERES by the 2023 summer festival composition fellows! Each year we ask our composer fellows to write new pieces for unique ensembles made up of performer faculty and fellows.

Commissioned by Bang on a Can with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting

Eve Beglarian

Fri, Jul 28 3:30pm

Joe's Field

EVE BEGLARIAN A Murmur in the Trees (30’)

Ryan McMasters, double bass

Alyssa Peterson, double bass

Andrew O’Connor, double bass

Anthony Connaway, double bass

Ben Sheehan, double bass

Christie Echols, double bass

Colin Taber, double bass

Dara Bloom, double bass

Diego Martinez, double bass

Evan Premo, double bass

Evan Runyon, double bass

Gregg August, double bass

Harrison Dillthey, double bass

Jack Beal, double bass

John Paul Norpoth, double bass

Josh Marcum, double bass

Kevin Huhn, double bass

Kyle Grimm, double bass

Lindsay Rosenberg , double bass

Ross Wightman, double bass

Tristan Kasten-Krause, double bass

Zach Rowden, double bass

Composer Eve Beglarian was inspired by an Emily Dickinson poem and a piece of birch bark to create A Murmur in the Trees, a 30-minute work that features 24 double bass players spread throughout a grove of trees.

In Memory of Robert Black

Andriessen & Akiho

Fri, Jul 28 4:30pm

Hunter Center

ANDRIESSEN & AKIHO (40’)

Andy Akiho, Amalgamation (8’)

William Pyle, soprano saxophone

Laura J. Martínez, alto saxophone

Jacob Nance, tenor saxophone

Ken Thomson, baritone saxophone

Louis Andriessen, De Snelheid (18’) arr. James Polk

Ken Thomson, conductor

Abrielle Scott, alto flute

Anne Pinkerton, oboe

Maya Stone, bassoon

Lucas Nunes Gianini, clarinet

Kathryn Vetter, bass clarinet

Laura J. Martínez, alto saxophone

William Pyle, alto saxophone

Jacob Nance, alto saxophone

David Cossin, temple blocks

Dylan Ofrias, temple blocks

Luciano Medina, percussion

Madeline Hildebrand, keyboard

Vicky Chow, keyboard

Xingyi Betty Chen, keyboard

Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

Mark Stewart, electric guitar

Pete Harden, electric guitar

JP Bernabe, electric bass

Claire Litwinowicz, violin

A rare American performance of Dutch master composer Louis Andrissen’s time-bending De Snelheid (Velocity) plus Andy Akiho’s driving Amalgamation for sax quartet and electronics.

Spotlight on Nicole Lizée

Fri, Jul 28 5:30pm

Club B10

SPOTLIGHT ON NICOLE LIZÉE (45’)

Nicole Lizée, Bookburners (15’)

Nick Photinos, cello

Paolo Kapunan, turntables

Nicole Lizée, This Will Not Be Televised (18’)

Todd Reynolds, conductor

Paolo Kapunan, turntables

Elicia Neo, violin

Carina Yee, violin

Santiago Velo Quintairos, viola

Elizabeth Kate Hall-Keough, cello

Sam Zagnit, double bass

Ethan Strickland, percussion

Riley Palmer, percussion

Nicole Lizée is fascinated by the glitches made by outmoded and well-worn technology and captures these glitches, notates them and integrates them into live performance. Nicole’s compositions on this set feature chamber works for solo turntablist featuring DJ techniques notated and integrated into a chamber music setting.

Vijay Iyer

Fri, Jul 28 5:30pm

B6 Event Space

VIJAY IYER (45’)

Vijay Iyer, piano

Vijay Iyer’s elegant, subtle improvisatory style has made him a dynamic crossroads between many musical worlds – between jazz and experimental classical, between notated and spontaneous composition, between his American and his Indian roots.

Bang on a Can All-Stars & Ensemble Klang

Fri, Jul 28 6:45pm

Hunter Center

PETE HARDEN Forgiveness and Forgetting (45’)

*North American Premiere

BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS

Gregg August, bass

Vicky Chow, piano

David Cossin, percussion

Arlen Hlusko, cello

Mark Stewart, electric guitar

Ken Thomson, clarinet

ENSEMBLE KLANG

Michiel van Dijk, saxophones

Erik-Jan de With, saxophones

Anton van Houten, trombone

Joey Marijs, percussion

Saskia Lankhoorn, piano & keyboard

Pete Harden, electric guitar

The electric Bang on a Can All-Stars (NY) team up and face-off with the Netherland’s Ensemble Klang (NL) for the US premiere of Pete Harden’s heavy hocketing hoedown Forgiveness and Forgetting.

Zekkereya El-Magharbel

Fri, Jul 28 7:30pm

Chalet

ZEKKEREYA EL-MAGHARBEL (45’)

Zekkereya El-margharbel, solo trombone + electronics

Super-sculptor of sound, composer-trombonist Zekkereya El-margharbel finds common ground among visual/aural design, afro-futurism, and electronics.

David Lang, note to a friend

Fri, Jul 28 7:45pm

Club B10

DAVID LANG, note to a friend featuring THEO BLECKMANN (60’)

Theo Bleckmann, voice

Todd Reynolds, violin

Carina Yee, violin

Santiago Velo Quintairos, viola

Elizabeth Kate Hall-Keough, cello

David Lang explores our eternal fascination with death, love, family and suicide in the concert premiere of his newest chamber opera. note to a friend is based on three haunting texts by iconic Japanese novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa and features vocalist Theo Bleckmann.

Spotlight on Joan Tower

Fri, Jul 28 8:00pm

B6 Event Space

SPOTLIGHT ON JOAN TOWER (45’)

Joan Tower Love Letter (2’)

Joan Tower, piano

Joan Tower Petroushskates (5’)

Abrielle Scott, flute

Kathryn Vetter, clarinet

Claire Litwinowicz, violin

Nick Photinos, cello

Madeline Hildebrand, piano

Joan Tower Tres Lent (8’)

Arlen Hlusko, cello

Vicky Chow, piano

Joan Tower Beauty and the Beast (6’)

Nash Tomey, bass

Joan Tower Into the Night (15’)*

Abrielle Scott, flute and piccolo

Lucas Nunes Gianini, clarinet

Elicia Neo, violin

Nick Photinos, cello

Xingyi Betty Chen, piano

Luciano Medina, vibraphone

All-time powerhouse composer Joan Tower returns to LOUD Weekend with her brand new piece Into the Night and more.

*Commissioned by Bang on a Can, Collage New Music, and Eighth Blackbird. Commissioned for Bang on a Can with support from Raulee Marcus, Leslie Lassiter, & Stephen Block. Commissioned by Collage New Music 50th Anniversary Commissioning Fund supported by generous donations from Nick Anagnostis, Paul and Katie Buttenwieser, John Carey and David Oswald. Commissioned for Eighth Blackbird by Harry Santen in honor of the birthday of his wife, Ann.

Kronos Quartet plays Nicole Lizée

Fri, Jul 28 9:00pm

Hunter Center

KRONOS QUARTET plays NICOLE LIZÉE (75’)

Nicole Lizée, Death to Kosmische * (12’)

Nicole Lizée, The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (6’)

[Fibre-Optic Flowers] (Redux)*

Nicole Lizée, Black MIDI *(24’)

Nicole Lizée, ZonelyHearts *(23’)

* Written for Kronos

KRONOS QUARTET

David Harrington, violin

John Sherba, violin

Hank Dutt, viola

Paul Wiancko, cello

Brian H. Scott, Lighting Designer

Scott Fraser, Sound Designer

KRONOS Five Decades – the singular legendary Kronos Quartet performs the music of Nicole Lizée to celebrate their 50th anniversary season.

Nicole Lizée’s Death to Kosmische was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by Margaret Dorfman and the Ralph I. Dorfman Family Fund. Nicole Lizée’s The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop [Fibre-Optic Flowers] was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by Kronos at the BBC Proms on July 24, 2012.Nicole Lizée’s Black MIDI was commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, Music Director with financial support from The Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada for performances during the 150th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada [March 2017]. The work was written for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Kronos Quartet.Nicole Lizée’s ZonelyHearts was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by Andrea Lunsford and the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English Centennial.

Spotlight on David Sanford

Fri, Jul 28 10:30pm

B6 Event Space

SPOTLIGHT ON DAVID SANFORD (35’)

David Sanford Kafka (7’)

William Pyle, soprano saxophone

Laura J. Martínez, alto saxophone

Jacob Nance, tenor saxophone

Ken Thomson, baritone saxophone

David Sanford Long Time Coming (20’)

Laura J. Martínez, alto saxophone

Xingyi Betty Chen, piano

Elizabeth Kate Hall-Keough, cello

Gregg August, double bass

Two festival quartets highlight the expansive harmonic world of celebrated composer, band leader, and educator David Sanford.

SLOWSPIN

Fri, Jul 28 10:30pm

Chalet

SLOWSPIN (60’)

Slowspin (Zeerak Ahmed), vocals and electronics

Pakistan-born, U.S.-based Slowspin (Zeerak Ahmed) weaves North Indian classical vocal traditions into lushly textured dream-folk, ambient, and experimental-electronic music.

Éliane Radigue and Carol Robinson OCCAM HEXA V

Fri, Jul 28 11:00pm

Club B10

ÉLIANE RADIGUE and CAROL ROBINSON OCCAM HEXA V (30’) North American Premiere

ENSEMBLE KLANG

Michiel van Dijk, alto saxophone

Erik-Jan de With, tenor saxophone

Anton van Houten, trombone

Joey Marijs, percussion

Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

Pete Harden, electric guitar

The music of Éliane Radigue not only has the ability to transport but also to suspend, as if in some kind of waking dream. OCCAM HEXA V is one of her most recently composed works, co-written with one of Radigue’s closest collaborators, the composer and clarinetist Carol Robinson, specifically for Ensemble Klang.

Newest Voices World Premiere Concert II

Sat, Jul 29 12:00pm

Hunter Center

NEWEST VOICES WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT II (40’)

Bobby Ge, OF A FEATHER

Lucy McKnight, Coyote Hill

Jacob Ridderberg, Swallow

Celka Ojakangas, all creatures small and LOUD

Todd Reynolds, conductor

Abrielle Scott, flute and piccolo

Anne Pinkerton, oboe

Lucas Nunes Gianini, clarinet and bass clarinet

Maya Stone, bassoon

William Pyle, soprano and alto saxophone

Ethan Strickland, percussion

Xingyi Betty Chen, piano

Claire Litwinowicz, violin

Santiago Velo Quintairos, viola

Elizabeth Kate Hall-Keough, cello

JP Bernabe, double bass

WORLD PREMIERES by the 2023 summer festival composition fellows! Each year we ask our composer fellows to write new pieces for unique ensembles made up of performer faculty and fellows. The results are always surprising and delightful. Come join us for these world premieres!

Commissioned by Bang on a Can with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting

Cecilia Lopez + Carrie Schneider

Sat, Jul 29 1:00pm

Club B10

CECILIA LOPEZ + CARRIE SCHNEIDER (60’)

Cecilia Lopez’ live score for Burning House, a film by Carrie Schneider (12’)

Plus conversation with the Artists!

Composer and multi-media artist Cecilia Lopez performs her live score to the film Burning House by Carrie Schneider whose exhibition Sphinx is currently on view in the galleries.

Philip Glass Piano Etudes, Book II

Sat, Jul 29 1:00pm

B6 Event Space

PHILIP GLASS Piano Etudes, Book II (60’)

Vicky Chow, piano

Bang on a Can All-Star pianist Vicky Chow performs the complete Philip Glass’ Piano Etudes Book II.

Adrian Knight Twinlings

Sat, Jul 29 2:00pm

Hunter Center

ADRIAN KNIGHT Twinlings (18’)

Xingyi Betty Chen, keyboard

Madeline Hildebrand, keyboard

New York-based Swedish composer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Knight charts a demanding and unpredictable path through unmapped territory for two pianists (on keyboards).

Bang on a Can Summer Festival Saxophone Quartet

Sat, Jul 29 2:30pm

Courtyard D

BANG ON A CAN SUMMER FESTIVAL SAXOPHONE QUARTET (35’)

Daniel Godsil, Praxinoscope (8’)

Emma O’Halloran, Night Music (7’)

Ed RosenBerg III, Of Light and Blood (13’)

William Pyle, soprano saxophone

Laura J. Martínez, alto saxophone

Jacob Nance, tenor saxophone

Ken Thomson, baritone saxophone

Bang on a Can All-Star Ken Thomson and fellow festival reed gurus make a strong case for the apparently limitless dynamic nature, sounds, and styles of the saxophone as they take on recent works by composers Daniel Godsil, Emma O’Halloran, and Ed RosenBerg III.

James Brandon Lewis & Alexis Marcelo Duo

Sat, Jul 29 3:00pm

B6 Event Space

JAMES BRANDON LEWIS & ALEXIS MARCELO DUO (60’)

James Brandon Lewis, tenor saxophone

Alexis Marcelo, piano and keyboard

Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and pianist Alexis Marcelo create uncompromising, untethered, unruly, and unbelievable music together.

Ken Thomson & Iwo Jedynecki

Sat, Jul 29 3:15pm

Club B10

KEN THOMSON & IWO JEDYNECKI (40’)

Philip Glass, Etudes for Piano (excerpts, arr. for accordion by Iwo Jedynecki*) (15’)

Paweł Janas, Sonata no. 1 “Infinity” (10’)

I – Multiphonic

II – Inside-Outside

III Stereophonic

IV Finale

Iwo Jedynecki, solo accordion

Ken Thomson, Moving North (10’)

Mark Stewart, electric guitar

Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

Ethan Strickland, percussion

Inspiringly inventive works for accordion featuring Polish Accordionist and 2023 Bang on a Can Summer Festival fellow Iwo Jedynecki, including a hot-off-the-press work by Bang on a Can All-Star clarinetist-composer Ken Thomson commissioned for LOUD Weekend.

Festival Double Bass Trio with Gregg August

Sat, Jul 29 3:30pm

Chalet

FESTIVAL DOUBLE BASS TRIO WITH GREGG AUGUST (25’)

Gregg August, Inventions for Three Tunings (10’)

Plus additional work(s) TBA

Gregg August, double bass

Sam Zagnit, double bass

JP Bernabe, double bass

Bassist-composer Gregg August leads fellow festival double bassists on an adventure of recent inventions!

Paola Prestini, Houses of Zodiac: Poems for Cello, with films by Murat Eyuboglu

Sat, Jul 29 4:15pm

Hunter Center

PAOLA PRESTINI Houses of Zodiac: Poems for Cello, with films by Murat Eyuboglu (70’)

Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

Conceived by Paola Prestini, Jeffrey Zeigler, Murat Eyuboglu

Choreographed & Performed by Georgina Pazcoguin & Dai Matsuoka

Music by Paola Prestini

Performed by Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello

Director of Film, Storytelling and Photography by Murat Eyuboglu

Technical Direction by Garth MacAleavey

Lighting Design by Bruce Steinberg

Produced by VisionIntoArt

Composer Paola Prestini and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler pair up for Houses of Zodiac: Poems for Cello, an installation-concert drawing inspiration from the writings of Anaïs Nin, Pablo Neruda, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Natasha Trethewey to explore the intersection of mind, body, and nature. With films by Murat Eyuboglu.

Bang on a Can Summer Festival Wind Quintet

Sat, Jul 29 5:30pm

Chalet

BANG ON A CAN SUMMER FESTIVAL WIND QUINTET (25’)

Nicole Lizée, Zoetropes (8’)

Nico Muhly, Look for Me (7’)

Anne Pinkerton, English horn

Lucas Nunes Gianini, clarinet

Kathryn Vetter, bass clarinet

Jacob Nance, alto saxophone

Maya Stone, bassoon

Canadian composer Nicole Lizée is fascinated by the glitches made by outmoded and well-worn technology and captures these glitches, notates them and integrates them into live performance. Nicole’s composition on this set features English horn and bassoon played through effects pedals. Nico Muhly has charted his own uniquely transcendent path between new music and indie pop, making him equally welcome collaborating with Björk and with the Metropolitan Opera, as a sought after composer, pianist, producer, and music advocate.

Bang on a Can Summer Festival Percussion Quartet

Sat, Jul 29 5:45pm

Club B10

BANG ON A CAN SUMMER FESTIVAL PERCUSSION QUARTET (25’)

Andy Akiho, Pillar V (7’)

David Soldier, Ganesha (11’)

David Cossin, percussion

Luciano Medina, percussion

Dylan Ofrias, percussion

Ethan Strickland, percussion

Humans play elephant music! The members of the Thai Elephant Orchestra, a band of as many as 14 elephants at the Thai Elephant Conversation Center, co-founded by composer Dave Soldier and conservationist Richard Lair, improvised a 4 movement piece based on the life of Ganesha, the patron god of the Center, using special giant instruments. The music was transcribed by Dave Soldier, and Bang on a Can All-Star percussionist David Cossin adapted human-sized versions of the instruments for this performance. Plus Pillar V, a movement from Andy Akiho’s ambitious work Seven Pillars, for percussion quartet.

Spotlight on Andy Akiho

Sat, Jul 29 6:00pm

B6 Event Space

SPOTLIGHT ON ANDY AKIHO (35’)

Andy Akiho Prospects of a misplaced year

Vicky Chow, piano

Elicia Neo, violin

Claire Litwinowicz, violin

Santiago Velo Quintairos, viola

Nick Photinos, cello

Composer (and Bang on a Can Festival Alum) Andy Akiho, now world-renowned for his inventive sonic syncopation, makes a celebrated return to MASS MoCA with this recent work for string quartet and prepared piano.

Kronos Quartet plays Terry Riley, Michael Gordon, and more

Sat, Jul 29 7:00pm

Hunter Center

KRONOS QUARTET plays TERRY RILEY, MICHAEL GORDON and more (60’)

STEPHAN THELEN Circular Lines* (11’)

PENI CANDRA RINI Maduswara* (12’) arr. Jacob Garchik

MICHAEL GORDON gfedcba† (15’) Preview

KRONOS QUARTET

David Harrington, violin

John Sherba, violin

Hank Dutt, viola

Paul Wiancko, cello

Brian H. Scott, Lighting Designer

Scott Fraser, Sound Designer

Terry Riley, Sunrise Jam * (15’)

KRONOS QUARTET with

Abrielle Scott, flute

Ken Thomson, clarinet

William Pyle, saxophone

Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

Madeline Hildebrand, piano and keyboard

Mark Stewart, electric guitar

Carina Yee, violin

Arlen Hlusko, cello

JP Bernabe, double bass

Sam Zagnit, double bass

* Written for Kronos

** Written for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire

KRONOS Five Decades – the singular legendary Kronos Quartet previews a new offering by Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon and more to celebrate their 50th anniversary season.

Stephan Thelen’s Circular Lines and Peni Candra Rini’s Maduswara were written as part of Kronos Fifty for the Future, an education and legacy project that commissioned and distributed for free the first learning library of contemporary repertoire for string quartet. A program of the Kronos Performing Arts Association, Kronos Fifty for the Future was made possible by a group of adventurous partners and funders, including Carnegie Hall and many others.Terry Riley’s Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet. Sheet music for Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector is available in Volume 1 of the Kronos Collection, a performing edition published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Oscar Bettison, O Death

Sat, Jul 29 8:00pm

B6 Event Space

OSCAR BETTISON O Death (70’)

ENSEMBLE KLANG

Michiel van Dijk, saxophones

Erik-Jan de With, saxophones

Anton van Houten, trombone

Joey Marijs, percussion

Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

Pete Harden, electric guitar

Composer Oscar Bettison’s mega-work O Death, mixes saxophones, trombone, banjo and piano with jaw harps, harmonicas, recorders, melodica, flower pots, and prepared wrenches, performed by Ensemble Klang, all the way from Holland!

Roger Clark Miller, Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble

Sat, Jul 29 8:15pm

Club B10

ROGER CLARK MILLER Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble (60’)

Roger Clark Miller, electric guitar

Supersonic soundsmith, composer-guitarist Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma) plays Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble

EDITRIX

Sat, Jul 29 8:30pm

Chalet

EDITRIX (45’)

Steve Cameron, bass

Josh Daniel, drums

Wendy Eisenberg, guitar and vocals

Power-trio Editrix, from Easthampton MA, play a set of thoughtful, impossible, gripping and chaotic avant-Rock.

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Sat, Jul 29 9:30pm

Hunter Center

BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS (60’)

Julia Wolfe, Big Beautiful Dark & Scary

Meredith Monk, Spaceship

George Lewis, Float, Sting

Philip Glass, Closing

Nick Dunston, Fainting is Down, Whooshing is up

Steve Martland, Horses of Instruction

BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS

Gregg August, bass

Vicky Chow, piano

David Cossin, percussion

Arlen Hlusko, cello

Mark Stewart, electric guitar

Ken Thomson, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone

Andrew Cotton, sound engineer

The electric Bang on a Can All-Stars dig into their vast sonic portfolio in a closing concert of music by Julia Wolfe, George Lewis, Nick Dunston, Meredith Monk, and more.

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Supporters

The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA is made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with support from the Amphion Foundation, ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Valerie Dillon and Daniel Lewis, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Robert Black Foundation Bass Scholarship , Herb Leventer, Henry S. McNeil Jr., Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting, Art Music Denmark and the Danish Arts Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and Williamson Foundation for Music.

Special thanks go out to Drury High School, Conte Middle School, Williams College, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Concert pianos provided courtesy of Falcetti Pianos, offering new and used pianos, rentals, and service. Locations in Springfield and Natick, MA.

Bang on a Can’s 2023 programs are made possible with generous lead support from: Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Amphion Foundation, ASCAP and ASCAP Foundation, Atlantic Records, Daniel Baldini, Stephen A. Block, Bishop Fund, Robert D. Bielecki Foundation, Charina Endowment Fund, City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Valerie Dillon and Daniel Lewis, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jaffe Family Foundation, Alan Kifferstein & Joan Finkelstein, Michael Kushner, Leslie Lassiter, Herb Leventer, MAP Fund, Raulee Marcus, MASS MoCA, Henry S. McNeil, Jr., Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Jeremy Mindich & Amy Smith, Elizabeth Murrell & Gary Haney, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Community Trust, New York State Council on the Arts, O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation, Justus & Elizabeth Schlichting, Scopia Capital Management, Matthew Sirovich & Meredith Elson, Maria & Robert A. Skirnick, Jane & Dick Stewart, Sandra Tait and Hal Foster, David Tochen & Mary Beth Schiffman, Williamson Foundation for Music, Adam Wolfensohn & Jennifer Small, and Wolfensohn Family Foundation.

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