BANG ON A CAN PEOPLE’S COMMISSIONING FUND CONCERT
The Bang on a Can All-Stars perform 3 world premieres *commissioned by the people*, with special guest Meredith Monk.
STEFAN WEISMAN | JOSHUA PENMAN | LUKAS LIGETI | MEREDITH MONK
Weisman : Restless Legs*
Penman: Awakenings*
Ligeti: TBD*
Monk: “Panda 1”, “Memory Song”, “Sacred Song”, “Double Fiestas” and “Last Song”
*World Premieres
Merkin Hall
at Kaufman Center, 129 W. 67th Street
(between Broadway and Amsterdam)
» Tickets
» New Sounds Live 2006-2007 Concert Season
New York’s electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars takes on new works commissioned by the People, for the People, in this sixth annual People’s Commissioning Fund Concert. Hear stunning new works by Stefan Weisman, Joshua Penman and Lukas Ligeti. Plus, special guest Meredith Monk joins the All-Stars onstage for new arrangements of “Panda 1”, “Memory Song”, “Sacred Song”, “Double Fiestas” and “Last Song” by Bang on a Can Artistic Directors, Julia Wolfe and David Lang. Bonus live introductions and interviews with host John Schaefer, will be taped from the stage for later broadcast on New Sounds.
Stefan Weisman
writes chamber, orchestral and choral pieces, as well as music for theater, film, and dance. One of his most recent works, Darkling was commissioned by the American Opera Projects, included in the Guggenheim Museum’s “Works & Process” series, and premiered at the Classic Stage Company Theater in March 2006. Among his other commissions are works for Sequitur, the Minimum Security Composers Collective, the Gay Gotham Choir with the Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Battell Chapel Choir, and the Oregon Back Festival Composers’ Symposium. Groups who have performed his work include: the Miro String Quartet, So Percussion, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Locrian Chamber Players, the New Millennium Ensemble, the Yesaroun’ Duo, Lisa Moore, Patti Monson, the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.
Joshua Penman
has received commissions from Lionheart, the Ann Arbor Symphony, the New York Youth Symphony, the Foundation for Universal Sacred Music, and the Prism Saxophone Quartet. Penman contributed to the recently released Lua Productions CD/DVD “Caravan of Light: Initiation/Incantation.” His music has been performed by the Cedar Rapids Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic, the American Composers Orchestra, the Holland Symphony, the University of Michigan Symphony, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Piano duo Post & Mulder, the String Orchestra of New York City, Gamelan Galak Tika, Arraymusic, and All Rivers at Once, the former Ann Arbor concert series that he co-ran. Penman is the recipient of numerous awards including most recently from ASCAP and BMI, and has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center.
Lukas Ligeti
writes for dance, film, and installation in addition to commissions from the Vienna Festwochen, Ensemble Modern, Kronos Quartet, American Composers Forum, New York University, ORF Austrian Broadcast Company, Radio France, and others. He also performs as a percussionist and has collaborated with artists such as Henry Kaiser, Raoul Bjorkenheim, Michael Manring, Gianni Gebbia, Daniel Carter, Benoit Belbecq, John Tchicai, Pyrolator Kurt Dahlke, Elliott Sharp, Jim O’Rourke, Robert Dick, Fred Frith, Christ Cutler, Rupert Huber, and Ned Rothenberg. Since 2003, Ligeti has curated the weekly experimental music series, “Freezone NY” with guitarist Ty Cumbie.
Meredith Monk
is a composer, singer, director, choreographer, and creator of opera, music-theater, films, and installation. During a career that spans more than 40 years, Monk has become a major creative force in the performing arts. She has received numerous awards throughout her career including the MacArthur “Genius” Award, two Guggenheim fellowships, a Brandeis Creative Arts Award, three “Obies”, two Villager Awards, two “Bessie” awards, the 1986 National Music Theatre Award, the 1992 Dance Magazine Award, and a 2005 ASCAP Concert Music Award. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary Doctor of Arts degrees from Bard College, University of the Arts, The Juilliard School, San Francisco Art Institute, and Boston Conservatory. Two of her recordings were honored with the German Critics Prize for Best Records and her music has been heard in many films including La Nouvelle Vague by Jean-Luc Godard and The Big Lebowski by Joel and Ethan Coen.
Bang on a Can All-Stars
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have gained an international reputation for extreme virtuosity and an utterly unique sound, powered by their unusual combination of clarinet, electric guitar, cello, bass keyboards, and percussion. Freely crossing the boundaries between classical, jazz, rock, world and experimental music, the six-member ensemble is constantly exploring new and innovative ways to present music. Composers Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe started Bang on a Can in 1987 in New York City as a way to present concerts of music they loved; the enterprise has since grown into one of the most vital, enduring, and beloved forces in America’s new music scene. Dedicated to presenting the work of composers across a wide spectrum, Bang on a Can has created a home for musical inventors, misfits, and pioneers. The organization is now comprised of its resident ensemble the Bang on a Can All-Stars, who tour to major festivals and concert venues around the world; The People’s Commissioning Fund, a commissioning program that creates unprecedented opportunities for emerging composers; the annual mammoth Bang on a Can Marathon concert in New York; touring productions such as the staged oratorio Lost Objects and the OBIE winning opera The Carbon Copy Building based on the work of comic book artist Ben Katchor; Cantaloupe Music, the record label formed by Bang on a Can in 2001 (domestic distribution by harmonia mundi USA); the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA; and more…
Additional Resources:
» Bang on a Can's website
» Stefan Weisman
» Joshua Penman
» Lukas Ligeti
» Meredith Monk
» More about the Bang of a Can People's Commissioning Fund
» New Sounds Live 2006-2007 Concert Season
» Merkin Hall
The Bang on a Can All-Stars perform 3 world premieres *commissioned by the people*, with special guest Meredith Monk.
STEFAN WEISMAN | JOSHUA PENMAN | LUKAS LIGETI | MEREDITH MONK
Weisman : Restless Legs*
Penman: Awakenings*
Ligeti: TBD*
Monk: “Panda 1”, “Memory Song”, “Sacred Song”, “Double Fiestas” and “Last Song”
*World Premieres
Merkin Hall
at Kaufman Center, 129 W. 67th Street
(between Broadway and Amsterdam)
» Tickets
» New Sounds Live 2006-2007 Concert Season
New York’s electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars takes on new works commissioned by the People, for the People, in this sixth annual People’s Commissioning Fund Concert. Hear stunning new works by Stefan Weisman, Joshua Penman and Lukas Ligeti. Plus, special guest Meredith Monk joins the All-Stars onstage for new arrangements of “Panda 1”, “Memory Song”, “Sacred Song”, “Double Fiestas” and “Last Song” by Bang on a Can Artistic Directors, Julia Wolfe and David Lang. Bonus live introductions and interviews with host John Schaefer, will be taped from the stage for later broadcast on New Sounds.
writes chamber, orchestral and choral pieces, as well as music for theater, film, and dance. One of his most recent works, Darkling was commissioned by the American Opera Projects, included in the Guggenheim Museum’s “Works & Process” series, and premiered at the Classic Stage Company Theater in March 2006. Among his other commissions are works for Sequitur, the Minimum Security Composers Collective, the Gay Gotham Choir with the Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Battell Chapel Choir, and the Oregon Back Festival Composers’ Symposium. Groups who have performed his work include: the Miro String Quartet, So Percussion, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Locrian Chamber Players, the New Millennium Ensemble, the Yesaroun’ Duo, Lisa Moore, Patti Monson, the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.
has received commissions from Lionheart, the Ann Arbor Symphony, the New York Youth Symphony, the Foundation for Universal Sacred Music, and the Prism Saxophone Quartet. Penman contributed to the recently released Lua Productions CD/DVD “Caravan of Light: Initiation/Incantation.” His music has been performed by the Cedar Rapids Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic, the American Composers Orchestra, the Holland Symphony, the University of Michigan Symphony, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Piano duo Post & Mulder, the String Orchestra of New York City, Gamelan Galak Tika, Arraymusic, and All Rivers at Once, the former Ann Arbor concert series that he co-ran. Penman is the recipient of numerous awards including most recently from ASCAP and BMI, and has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center.
writes for dance, film, and installation in addition to commissions from the Vienna Festwochen, Ensemble Modern, Kronos Quartet, American Composers Forum, New York University, ORF Austrian Broadcast Company, Radio France, and others. He also performs as a percussionist and has collaborated with artists such as Henry Kaiser, Raoul Bjorkenheim, Michael Manring, Gianni Gebbia, Daniel Carter, Benoit Belbecq, John Tchicai, Pyrolator Kurt Dahlke, Elliott Sharp, Jim O’Rourke, Robert Dick, Fred Frith, Christ Cutler, Rupert Huber, and Ned Rothenberg. Since 2003, Ligeti has curated the weekly experimental music series, “Freezone NY” with guitarist Ty Cumbie.
is a composer, singer, director, choreographer, and creator of opera, music-theater, films, and installation. During a career that spans more than 40 years, Monk has become a major creative force in the performing arts. She has received numerous awards throughout her career including the MacArthur “Genius” Award, two Guggenheim fellowships, a Brandeis Creative Arts Award, three “Obies”, two Villager Awards, two “Bessie” awards, the 1986 National Music Theatre Award, the 1992 Dance Magazine Award, and a 2005 ASCAP Concert Music Award. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary Doctor of Arts degrees from Bard College, University of the Arts, The Juilliard School, San Francisco Art Institute, and Boston Conservatory. Two of her recordings were honored with the German Critics Prize for Best Records and her music has been heard in many films including La Nouvelle Vague by Jean-Luc Godard and The Big Lebowski by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have gained an international reputation for extreme virtuosity and an utterly unique sound, powered by their unusual combination of clarinet, electric guitar, cello, bass keyboards, and percussion. Freely crossing the boundaries between classical, jazz, rock, world and experimental music, the six-member ensemble is constantly exploring new and innovative ways to present music. Composers Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe started Bang on a Can in 1987 in New York City as a way to present concerts of music they loved; the enterprise has since grown into one of the most vital, enduring, and beloved forces in America’s new music scene. Dedicated to presenting the work of composers across a wide spectrum, Bang on a Can has created a home for musical inventors, misfits, and pioneers. The organization is now comprised of its resident ensemble the Bang on a Can All-Stars, who tour to major festivals and concert venues around the world; The People’s Commissioning Fund, a commissioning program that creates unprecedented opportunities for emerging composers; the annual mammoth Bang on a Can Marathon concert in New York; touring productions such as the staged oratorio Lost Objects and the OBIE winning opera The Carbon Copy Building based on the work of comic book artist Ben Katchor; Cantaloupe Music, the record label formed by Bang on a Can in 2001 (domestic distribution by harmonia mundi USA); the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA; and more…
Additional Resources:
» Bang on a Can's website
» Stefan Weisman
» Joshua Penman
» Lukas Ligeti
» Meredith Monk
» More about the Bang of a Can People's Commissioning Fund
» New Sounds Live 2006-2007 Concert Season
» Merkin Hall