Lisa Bielawa's Voters’ Broadcast is a broadly participatory musical performance meant to “broadcast” the thoughts, hopes, fears, passions, petitions, and questions of a wide spectrum of Americans. Virtual premiere co-presented by the University of Michigan and Kaufman Music Center. Get tickets for the show on Wednesday, October 28 at 2pm CDT / 3pm EDT
Voters’ Broadcast is a transformative and broadly participatory musical performance for flexible ensembles of musicians. The work is directed, conceived and composed by Rome Prize and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award-winner, composer and 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa, with text taken from celebrated artist Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say. Lisa Bielawa’s mission with Voters’ Broadcast is to […]
Celebrating their tenth year of collaboration, Bang on a Can and The Noguchi Museum present excerpts from Duet Behavior 2020 by Meredith Monk and John Hollenbeck, a first-time performance of Monk’s music as it has never been experienced. Through a conversational approach, long-time friends and colleagues Monk and Hollenbeck will expand and improvise on pieces […]
The New Works Commission Composer Sessions is hosted by composer and National Sawdust Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Paola Prestini. Designed for composers and free for all to enjoy, these Sessions provide insights and tools for developing evolving entrepreneurial skills and new ways of thinking. As a part of their New Works Commission, these Sessions are […]
Reparations NOW! is Ensemble Pi’s new project, inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’ congressional testimony and Ibram X. Kendi’s best-seller book, How to Be an Antiracist – both of which offer powerful and compelling arguments in support of reparations for the African-American community. On Thursday, October 29 at 6pm CDT / 7pm EDT, the streamed concert will […]
A series of eight FREE monthly digital Performance As Process events on Thursday evenings from September through April will invite audiences to Conrad Tao's, 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence, creative practice as he develops programming for his May 6 Ecstatic Music concert in Merkin Hall. Streamed from his home in Manhattan, these events will give the audience a deeper look […]
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an agent for change. The AACM is celebrating their 55th anniversary this year, and is finding ways to perform and share their art despite pandemic-related restrictions. On October 31st at 1:30 p.m. Central Time and again at 7:30 p.m. Central Time, the AACM will premiere, […]
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an agent for change. The AACM is celebrating their 55th anniversary this year, and is finding ways to perform and share their art despite pandemic-related restrictions. On October 31st at 1:30 p.m. Central Time and again at 7:30 p.m. Central Time, the AACM will premiere, […]
AURA: One on One is a video series featuring performances of exciting solo works by members of AURA Contemporary Ensemble. The music to be performed has been written by some of today’s most innovative composers, who will be interviewed by the performers at the end of each video. Beginning on October 5th, new episodes are presented […]
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]
ACF's Study Group opens our staff and board conversations and anti-racism training to our colleagues and friends. Please use this link to register as we will be meeting remotely due to Covid-19. Our next study group is Monday, November 2 at 4pm CST. For this month’s group we’ll be discussing the music of acclaimed composer Joseph […]