Bang on a Can presents 6 hours of nonconformist, noncommercial, boundary-smashing music from all over the globe. We kick off at 3pm EST/ 8pm GMT with the ever-powerful Rhiannon Giddens and close off with minimalist guru Terry Riley. Don’t miss a rare solo performance by the brilliant Roscoe Mitchell and 10 world premieres commissioned especially for the day among 25 live performances with musicians connecting from around the USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Switzerland, Scotland, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania and more.

This is a free concert. But please consider purchasing a Ticket! Doing so will help us to do more performances, pay more players, commission more composers, and share more music worldwide. An entire ecosystem of composers and performers still needs our attention, and our love, and our financial support!

Bang on a Can is donating 10% of each ticket purchased to Equal Justice Initiative in support of their “commitment to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting the basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.”

Schedule:

3pm (EST)
RHIANNON GIDDENS
HELENA TULVE Without love atoms would stop spinning (world premiere) performed by ARLEN HLUSKO
AARON GARCIA disconnect. (world premiere) performed by KEN THOMSON
SHARA NOVA New Work (world premiere)

4pm 
ALVIN CURRAN Shofar Rags XXL
TED HEARNE Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job
ŽIBUOKLĖ MARTINAITYTĖ Abyssal Zone (world premiere) performed by ROBERT BLACK
NIK BÄRTSCH

5pm
IVA BITTOVÁ
ROSCOE MITCHELL
PAULA MATTHUSEN of an implacable subtraction performed by DANA JESSEN
TOMEKA REID Lamenting G.F., A.A., B.T., T.M. (world premiere) performed by VICKY CHOW
NICO MUHLY

6pm
SUSANNA HANCOCK EVERYTHING IN BLOOM (world premiere) performed by NICK PHOTINOS
DON BYRON
AILIE ROBERTSON New Work (world premiere) performed by GREGG AUGUST
TIM BRADY At Sergio’s Request (world premiere)

7pm
JUDD GREENSTEIN In Teaching Others We Teach Ourselves performed by NADIA SIROTA
PAMELA Z
ALEX WEISER Music from ‘and all the days were purple’ performed by ELIZA BAGG
KENDALL WILLIAMS New Work (world premiere) performed by DAVID COSSIN

8pm
CARLA KIHLSTEDT New Work (world premiere)
FREDERIC RZEWSKI Which Side Are You On? performed by CONRAD TAO
LEILA ADU Black-Crowned Night-Heron (world premiere) performed by MARK STEWART
TERRY RILEY