Ecstatic Music: Bang on a Can People's Commissioning Fund Concert

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World Premieres by Tomeka Reid, Ken Thomson and Fred Frith
New Arrangements of Works by Nick Dunston, Aeryn Santillan, Jeffrey Brooks, Trevor Weston and Soo Yeon Lyuh

Hosted by New Sounds' John Schaefer, Bang on a Can's annual People's Commissioning Fund Concert returns with a high-octane concert of world premieres and an expanded nine-piece Bang on a Can All-Stars lineup! 

Jen Baker, trombone
Robert Black, double bass & bass guitar
David Byrd-Marrow, horn
David Cossin, percussion
David Friend, piano & keyboard
Arlen Hlusko, cello
Allison Loggins-Hull, flute & piccolo
Mark Stewart, 6-string & double-neck electric guitar
Ken Thomson, clarinet & brass clarinet

with guest performer Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegum (Korean two-string bowed instrument)

Program

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

$15 student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330.

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