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Bang on a Can

Bang on a Can is a multi-faceted contemporary classical music organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1987 by three American composers who remain its artistic directors: Julia Wolfe, David Lang, and Michael Gordon. Called "the country's most important vehicle for contemporary music" by the San Francisco Chronicle,[1] the organization focuses on the presentation of new concert music, and has presented hundreds of musical events worldwide.[2]

Bang on a Can
Formation1987; 36 years ago (1987)
Founders
Founded atNew York City, New York, United States
FocusPresenting new concert music
Official language
English
Websitebangonacan.org

Notable performances Edit

Bang on a Can is perhaps best known for its Marathon Concerts,[3] during which an eclectic mix of pieces are performed in succession over the course of many hours while audience members, who are encouraged to maintain a "jeans-and-tee-shirt informality," are welcome to come and go as they please. For the twentieth anniversary of their Marathon Concerts, Bang on a Can presented twenty-six hours of uninterrupted music at the World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium in New York City.

Among Bang on a Can's early events were performances by John Cage, premieres of Glenn Branca’s epic symphonies for massed electric guitars, and fully staged operas by Harry Partch, featuring the composer's original instruments.

Programs Edit

Bang on a Can Summer Festival at MASS MoCA Edit

Bang on a Can Summer Festival
GenreExperimental music, contemporary classical music
Location(s)Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)
Years active2002-present
Founded bySummer Institute of Music

In 2002, Bang on a Can began the yearly Summer Institute of Music,[4] a program at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) for young composers and performers. This program is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Banglewood" in reference to the nearby but far more traditional Tanglewood Music Festival.

Staged Works Edit

The three artistic directors occasionally collaborate by jointly composing large staged works, often without revealing which sections each contributed. Examples include:

  • The Carbon Copy Building - a "comic book opera" with words and drawings by MacArthur Grant recipient Ben Katchor. It was the winner of the 2000 Obie Award for Best Production.[5]
  • Lost Objects - a contemporary oratorio, with a libretto by Deborah Artman. It is a fusion of baroque music and modern soundscapes, rendered in performance by the original instruments ensemble Concerto Köln with four electronic instruments, three solo vocalists, a choir, and a live remix generated by DJ Spooky.[6][7]
  • The New Yorkers - a staged multimedia concert with additional contributions by filmmakers and visual artists including: Ben Katchor, Bill Morrison, Doug Aitken, and William Wegman.
  • Shelter - a multi-media work that, in the words of librettist Deborah Artman, "evokes the power and threat of nature, the soaring frontier promise contained in the framing of a new house, the pure aesthetic beauty of blueprints, the sweet architecture of sound and the uneasy vulnerability that underlies even the safety of our sleep."

People's Commissioning Fund (PCF) Edit

Bang on a Can has commissioned and premiered pieces by composers including Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Michael Nyman, John Adams, Somei Satoh, Iva Bittová, Roberto Carnevale, Ornette Coleman, Donnacha Dennehy and Bun-Ching Lam. In 1998 the organization began the People's Commissioning Fund,[8] which supports the creation of new musical compositions by pooling contributions from numerous member-commissioners whose donations range from $5 to $5,000.

List of PCF commissioned composers Edit

[8]

Bang on a Can All-Stars Edit

The Bang on a Can All-Stars is an amplified sextet formed by its parent organization in 1992. The All-Stars tour internationally and have received awards and public recognition for their work in the contemporary classical music field.[1][12]

The instrumentation of the Bang on a Can All-Stars is clarinet, cello, electric guitar, piano/keyboard, percussion, double bass. Current members include Robert Black, Vicky Chow, David Cossin, Arlen Husklo, Mark Stewart and Ken Thomson.

Asphalt Orchestra Edit

Asphalt Orchestra is Bang on a Can's 12-piece marching band. The ensemble's premiere performance was in 2009 at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, and featured new commissioned works by Tyondai Braxton (of experimental rock group Battles), Goran Bregovic, and Stew and Heidi Rodewald, alongside arrangements of songs by Björk, Meshuggah, Mingus, Nancarrow, and Zappa.[13]

The New York Times has called Asphalt Orchestra's members "12 top-notch brass and percussion players", and praised their performance as "coolly brilliant and infectious."[14]

Found Sound Nation Edit

An independent project founded in 2009 and produced by Bang on a Can, Found Sound Nation (FSN) engages at-risk youth and underrepresented communities producing original audio and video projects across the globe in economically disparate settings. The work of FSN emphasizes a mobile, accessible, collaborative way of recording and producing professional quality music, a technique developed by combining the art music traditions of Bang on a Can with traditions of musique concrète, hip hop, and contemporary composition.[15][16]

FSN has led site-specific projects in New York City, India, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Italy, Switzerland and Haiti.

In 2012, the project received an award from the U.S. Department of State to produce OneBeat,[17] an international music exchange which will bring together innovative musicians from around the world to compose, produce and perform original music.[18]

Found Sound Nation was co-founded by Christopher Marianetti and Jeremy Thal. The project is directed by Marianetti, Thal and Elena Moon Park.[19]

Recordings Edit

In the past, Bang on a Can released recordings on Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Sony Classical, Point Music (Universal), and Nonesuch, but now the majority of its recordings are found on its own record label, Cantaloupe Music. In addition to releasing works by Gordon, Wolfe, and Lang, the label releases CDs of music by composers and musical groups affiliated with the organization, including Evan Ziporyn, Phil Kline, Alarm Will Sound, Icebreaker, Ethel, Gutbucket, R. Luke DuBois, and Don Byron among many, many others.

Below is a partial discography of released works performed by Bang on a Can:[20]

Bang on a Can discography Edit

 
In C by Terry Riley
  • Bang on a Can Live, volume 1 (1992)
  • Bang on a Can Live, volume 2 (1993)
  • Bang on a Can Live, volume 3 (1994)
  • Industry (1995)
  • Cheating, Lying, Stealing (1996)
  • Music for Airports (composed by Brian Eno) (1998)
  • Renegade Heaven (2001)
  • Lost Objects (2001)
  • In C (composed by Terry Riley) (2001)
  • Bang on a Can Classics (2002)
  • Gigantic Dancing Human Machine (music of Louis Andriessen) (2003)
  • ShadowBang (composed by Evan Ziporyn) (2003)
  • Music in Fifths / Two Pages (composed by Philip Glass) (2004)
  • Bang on a Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing (2004)
  • Elida (composer and guest musician Iva Bittová) (2005)
  • A Ballad for Many (composer and guest musician Don Byron) (2006)
  • The Essential Martin Bresnick (2006)
  • The Carbon Copy Building (2007)
  • Music for Airports (Live) (2008)
  • Music from the Film (Untitled) (2009)
  • Double Sextet / 2x5 (music of Steve Reich) (2010)
  • Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (2012)
  • Shelter (Ensemble Signal) (2013)
  • Field Recordings (2015)

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b "COMING UP / WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK". San Francisco Chronicle. March 4, 2001. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2013-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Bang on a Can Marathon - Bang on a Can". Bangonacan.org.
  4. ^ "Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute at MASS MoCA - Bang on a Can". Bangonacan.org.
  5. ^ List of 2000 Obie Award Winners, Village Voice
  6. ^ "Lost Objects - Bang on a Can". Bangonacan.org.
  7. ^ EUROPE: FESTIVALS 2001, The New York Times, Travel Section, March 11, 2001
  8. ^ a b "People's Commissioning Fund - Bang on a Can". Bangonacan.org.
  9. ^ Bang on a Can People's Commissioning Concert, WNYC New Sounds, March 19, 2009
  10. ^ Full audio of WNYC broadcast of the 2011 PCF concert at Merkin Hall, hosted by John Schaefer, Wqxr.org, February 13, 2011
  11. ^ Live Webcast from Merkin Concert Hall's 2013 Ecstatic Music Festival, WQXR, hosted by John Schaefer, February 07, 2013
  12. ^ News in Brief, NewMusicBox, December 31, 2004
  13. ^ . Lincoln Center Out of Doors. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  14. ^ Anthony Tommasini (August 6, 2009). "A Few Trombones Short, but Enthusiasm to Spare". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  15. ^ "Found Sound Nation - Bang on a Can". Bangonacan.org.
  16. ^ "Found Sound Nation | About". Fundsoundnation.org.
  17. ^ "Home". Exchanges.state.gov.
  18. ^ Larry Rohter (October 3, 2012). "A United Nations of Music". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  20. ^ "Albums by Bang on a Can". Last.fm. Retrieved April 3, 2010.

External links Edit

  • Bang on a Can official website
  • Asphalt Orchestra official website
  • Found Sound Nation official website
  • Bang on a Can discography at Discogs

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Bang on a Can is a multi faceted contemporary classical music organization based in New York City It was founded in 1987 by three American composers who remain its artistic directors Julia Wolfe David Lang and Michael Gordon Called the country s most important vehicle for contemporary music by the San Francisco Chronicle 1 the organization focuses on the presentation of new concert music and has presented hundreds of musical events worldwide 2 Bang on a CanFormation1987 36 years ago 1987 FoundersJulia Wolfe David Lang Michael GordonFounded atNew York City New York United StatesFocusPresenting new concert musicOfficial languageEnglishWebsitebangonacan wbr org Contents 1 Notable performances 2 Programs 2 1 Bang on a Can Summer Festival at MASS MoCA 2 2 Staged Works 2 3 People s Commissioning Fund PCF 2 3 1 List of PCF commissioned composers 2 4 Bang on a Can All Stars 2 5 Asphalt Orchestra 2 6 Found Sound Nation 3 Recordings 3 1 Bang on a Can discography 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksNotable performances EditBang on a Can is perhaps best known for its Marathon Concerts 3 during which an eclectic mix of pieces are performed in succession over the course of many hours while audience members who are encouraged to maintain a jeans and tee shirt informality are welcome to come and go as they please For the twentieth anniversary of their Marathon Concerts Bang on a Can presented twenty six hours of uninterrupted music at the World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium in New York City Among Bang on a Can s early events were performances by John Cage premieres of Glenn Branca s epic symphonies for massed electric guitars and fully staged operas by Harry Partch featuring the composer s original instruments Programs EditBang on a Can Summer Festival at MASS MoCA Edit Bang on a Can Summer FestivalGenreExperimental music contemporary classical musicLocation s Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art MASS MoCA Years active2002 presentFounded bySummer Institute of MusicIn 2002 Bang on a Can began the yearly Summer Institute of Music 4 a program at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art MASS MoCA for young composers and performers This program is sometimes referred to by the nickname Banglewood in reference to the nearby but far more traditional Tanglewood Music Festival Staged Works Edit The three artistic directors occasionally collaborate by jointly composing large staged works often without revealing which sections each contributed Examples include The Carbon Copy Building a comic book opera with words and drawings by MacArthur Grant recipient Ben Katchor It was the winner of the 2000 Obie Award for Best Production 5 Lost Objects a contemporary oratorio with a libretto by Deborah Artman It is a fusion of baroque music and modern soundscapes rendered in performance by the original instruments ensemble Concerto Koln with four electronic instruments three solo vocalists a choir and a live remix generated by DJ Spooky 6 7 The New Yorkers a staged multimedia concert with additional contributions by filmmakers and visual artists including Ben Katchor Bill Morrison Doug Aitken and William Wegman Shelter a multi media work that in the words of librettist Deborah Artman evokes the power and threat of nature the soaring frontier promise contained in the framing of a new house the pure aesthetic beauty of blueprints the sweet architecture of sound and the uneasy vulnerability that underlies even the safety of our sleep People s Commissioning Fund PCF Edit Bang on a Can has commissioned and premiered pieces by composers including Steve Reich Terry Riley Michael Nyman John Adams Somei Satoh Iva Bittova Roberto Carnevale Ornette Coleman Donnacha Dennehy and Bun Ching Lam In 1998 the organization began the People s Commissioning Fund 8 which supports the creation of new musical compositions by pooling contributions from numerous member commissioners whose donations range from 5 to 5 000 List of PCF commissioned composers Edit 1998 Virgil Moorefield Pamela Z Dan Plonsey 2000 Marc Mellits Edward Ruchalski Miya Masaoka Toby Twining 2001 Jeffrey Brooks Sussan Deyhim James Fei Keeril Makan 2002 Eve Beglarian John King Matthew Shipp 2003 Annea Lockwood Ingram Marshall Thurston Moore 2005 Cynthia Hopkins Carla Kihlstedt J G Thirlwell 2006 Yoav Gal Annie Gosfield John Hollenbeck 2007 Stefan Weisman Joshua Penman Lukas Ligeti 2008 Tristan Perich Erdem Helvacioglu Ken Thomson 2009 Kate Moore Lok Yin Tang 9 2010 Oscar Bettison Nik Baertsch Christine Southworth Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors 2011 Bryce Dessner of The National Karsh Kale Nick Brooke 10 2012 Mira Calix Florent Ghys Christian Marclay Nick Zammuto of The Books 2013 Anna Clyne Dan Deacon Johann Johannsson Paula Matthusen 11 2014 Glenn Kotche Jace Clayton aka DJ rupture Ben Frost 2015 Caroline Shaw Gabriella Smith Zhang Shouwang 2016 Anna Thorvaldsdottir Juan Felipe Waller Nico Muhly 8 Bang on a Can All Stars Edit Main article Bang on a Can All Stars The Bang on a Can All Stars is an amplified sextet formed by its parent organization in 1992 The All Stars tour internationally and have received awards and public recognition for their work in the contemporary classical music field 1 12 The instrumentation of the Bang on a Can All Stars is clarinet cello electric guitar piano keyboard percussion double bass Current members include Robert Black Vicky Chow David Cossin Arlen Husklo Mark Stewart and Ken Thomson Asphalt Orchestra Edit Asphalt Orchestra is Bang on a Can s 12 piece marching band The ensemble s premiere performance was in 2009 at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival and featured new commissioned works by Tyondai Braxton of experimental rock group Battles Goran Bregovic and Stew and Heidi Rodewald alongside arrangements of songs by Bjork Meshuggah Mingus Nancarrow and Zappa 13 The New York Times has called Asphalt Orchestra s members 12 top notch brass and percussion players and praised their performance as coolly brilliant and infectious 14 Found Sound Nation Edit Main article Found Sound Nation An independent project founded in 2009 and produced by Bang on a Can Found Sound Nation FSN engages at risk youth and underrepresented communities producing original audio and video projects across the globe in economically disparate settings The work of FSN emphasizes a mobile accessible collaborative way of recording and producing professional quality music a technique developed by combining the art music traditions of Bang on a Can with traditions of musique concrete hip hop and contemporary composition 15 16 FSN has led site specific projects in New York City India Zimbabwe Mexico Italy Switzerland and Haiti In 2012 the project received an award from the U S Department of State to produce OneBeat 17 an international music exchange which will bring together innovative musicians from around the world to compose produce and perform original music 18 Found Sound Nation was co founded by Christopher Marianetti and Jeremy Thal The project is directed by Marianetti Thal and Elena Moon Park 19 Recordings EditIn the past Bang on a Can released recordings on Composers Recordings Inc CRI Sony Classical Point Music Universal and Nonesuch but now the majority of its recordings are found on its own record label Cantaloupe Music In addition to releasing works by Gordon Wolfe and Lang the label releases CDs of music by composers and musical groups affiliated with the organization including Evan Ziporyn Phil Kline Alarm Will Sound Icebreaker Ethel Gutbucket R Luke DuBois and Don Byron among many many others Below is a partial discography of released works performed by Bang on a Can 20 Bang on a Can discography Edit In C by Terry RileyBang on a Can Live volume 1 1992 Bang on a Can Live volume 2 1993 Bang on a Can Live volume 3 1994 Industry 1995 Cheating Lying Stealing 1996 Music for Airports composed by Brian Eno 1998 Renegade Heaven 2001 Lost Objects 2001 In C composed by Terry Riley 2001 Bang on a Can Classics 2002 Gigantic Dancing Human Machine music of Louis Andriessen 2003 ShadowBang composed by Evan Ziporyn 2003 Music in Fifths Two Pages composed by Philip Glass 2004 Bang on a Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing 2004 Elida composer and guest musician Iva Bittova 2005 A Ballad for Many composer and guest musician Don Byron 2006 The Essential Martin Bresnick 2006 The Carbon Copy Building 2007 Music for Airports Live 2008 Music from the Film Untitled 2009 Double Sextet 2x5 music of Steve Reich 2010 Big Beautiful Dark and Scary 2012 Shelter Ensemble Signal 2013 Field Recordings 2015 See also EditList of experimental music festivalsReferences Edit a b COMING UP WHAT S NEW THIS WEEK San Francisco Chronicle March 4 2001 Retrieved August 27 2013 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 09 26 Retrieved 2013 08 27 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Bang on a Can Marathon Bang on a Can Bangonacan org Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute at MASS MoCA Bang on a Can Bangonacan org List of 2000 Obie Award Winners Village Voice Lost Objects Bang on a Can Bangonacan org EUROPE FESTIVALS 2001 The New York Times Travel Section March 11 2001 a b People s Commissioning Fund Bang on a Can Bangonacan org Bang on a Can People s Commissioning Concert WNYC New Sounds March 19 2009 Full audio of WNYC broadcast of the 2011 PCF concert at Merkin Hall hosted by John Schaefer Wqxr org February 13 2011 Live Webcast from Merkin Concert Hall s 2013 Ecstatic Music Festival WQXR hosted by John Schaefer February 07 2013 News in Brief NewMusicBox December 31 2004 Asphalt Orchestra World Premiere Lincoln Center Out of Doors Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Archived from the original on February 25 2014 Retrieved May 13 2011 Anthony Tommasini August 6 2009 A Few Trombones Short but Enthusiasm to Spare The New York Times Retrieved August 27 2013 Found Sound Nation Bang on a Can Bangonacan org Found Sound Nation About Fundsoundnation org Home Exchanges state gov Larry Rohter October 3 2012 A United Nations of Music The New York Times Retrieved August 27 2013 Found Sound Nation website staff page Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2013 08 27 Albums by Bang on a Can Last fm Retrieved April 3 2010 External links EditBang on a Can official website Asphalt Orchestra official website Found Sound Nation official website Art of the States Bang on a Can Festival Art of the States Bang on a Can All Stars Bang on a Can discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bang on a Can amp oldid 1165240713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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