Music on the Cutting Edge
Residency: October 2011 - April 2012.
Steve Reich, Bang on a Can All Stars & Nick zammuto Concert on saturday, March 10, 2012!
Steve Reich Pre-Concert Talk on March 10 at 6:30pm | MIT Kresge Auditorium
Boston area Premiere of Steve Reich's 2x5, plus Clapping Music (performed by Reich) and Electric Counterpoint
Special Preview Performance of Bang on a Can's Field Recordings with music by Tyondai Braxton, Floren Ghys, Nick Zammuto, Christian Marclay, Mira Calix, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolf and Evan Ziporyn
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Composer’s Forum
Friday, March 9, 2:00pm | Killian Hall, MIT
Lecture by Steve Reich “My Own Field Recordings”
Admission is FREE but space is limited. Reserve
On-street parking only
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich discusses his own sample-based compositions (It’s Gonna Rain, Different Trains, WTC 9/11), in conversation with Bang on a Can Field Recordings composers Tyondai Braxton, Florent Ghys, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, Nick Zammuto and Evan Ziporyn.
New York Magazine called Bang on a Can “relentlessly inventive.” Vanity Fair described the new music ensemble as “a free-wheeling parade of the strange, the raucous, and the beautiful.” Bang on a Can is celebrating its 25th-anniversary season with performances around the world from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. The group also is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars.
Formed in 1987 by composers Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe, Bang on a Can is dedicated to commissioning, performing, creating, and recording contemporary music. With an ear for the new, the unknown, and the unconventional, the ensemble strives to expose new audiences worldwide to exciting and innovative music.
MIT will host the Bang on a Can All-Stars from October 2011 through April 2012 in monthly visits to the MIT campus for a wide range of artistic, educational, and performance activities. The residency includes two landmark concerts at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium.
Bang on a Can’s residency is made possible by the Arts at MIT Visiting Artist Program in collaboration with Professor Evan Ziporyn and MIT’s Department of Music and Theater Arts.
Website: http://bangonacan.org
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Read The New York Times Review of Bang on a Can's November 2011 Carnegie Hall Concert.
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