Man! This is wild & all over the place & wonderful... I envy you guys! Teamwork for the win! :]

the first half of the playlist is premieres of new music by the #mocabang composers.

the latter half is a collection of jam sessions and improvisations made between fellows while at #mocabang.

Bang on a Can Summer Festival '13

Music inspired by the tallest oak tree on the North American continent — the Henley Oak — and the general epic-ness of the place it calls home, the Round Valley of Mendocino County in Nor—Cal. 

Written for Banglewood 2013.

Performed by:

Charlie Magnone — piano
Brendon Randall–Myers — Guitar
Ted Babcock — vibes, percussion
Lucie Grugier — cello
Pat Swoboda — bass
Chuck Furlong — bass clarinet

...all of whom are totally bad—ass.

Henley Oak

Bang on a Can Summer Festival
Monday, July 29, 2013 @ MASS MoCA's Hunter Theatre.

Todd Reynolds, conductor
Lina Andonovska, flute
Megan Clune, clarinet
Daniel Cutchen, oboe
Molly Germer, violin
Micah Ringham, violin
Hannah Nicholas, viola
Douglas Machiz, cello
David Sánchez, double bass
David Abraham, marimba/glockenspiel

universe explosion is an acoustic piece as a zoomed out timeline of the universe, from big bang to heat death.

universe explosion [live @ MASS MoCA 7.29.13]

Kong Must Dead live at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute at MASS MoCA.

Chuck Furlong - Bass Clarinet
Lucie Grugier - Cello
Brendon Randall-Myers - Guitar
Pat Swoboda - Bass
Ted Babcock - Drum Set
Ben Hjertmann - Vocals

It's difficult to hear the lovely piano and bass work on this live recording...  Apologies!

The Fine Art of Forgetting: A Cubist Self-Portrait in Ultraviolet [LIVE at MASS MoCA]

Live performance at MASS MoCA at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival.

Chuck Furlong - Bass Clarinet
Lucie Grugier - Cello
Brendon Randall-Myers - Guitar
Pat Swoboda - Bass
Ted Babcock - Drum Set
Charlie Magnone - Piano

Inside Out

White Blanket: for voice, chamber ensemble, and electronics
Presented as part of the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival on 07-29-13
MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA

Nick Photinos, conductor
Biddy Connor, voice
Meerenai Shim, flute
Zachary Herchen, saxophones
Olivia Shortt, saxophones
Kendra Emery, saxophones
Stephanie Richards, trumpet
Georgia Ioakimidis-MacDougall, French horn
Jacob Abela, piano
Joe Tucker, percussion (kit)
Jose Lacerda, percussion
Adrianne Pope, violin
Min Park, violin
Gabriel Taubman, viola
Ben Willis, bass

White Blanket: Section II

For Cowboy Randy Erwin: For Electric Guitar Quartet
Performed by Dither on 02-22-13 @ Christ Episcopal Church
Charlottesville, VA

For Cowboy Randy Erwinn: Section II

Gramercant

for violin solo & chamber orchestra
composed by Katherine Young as a product of close collaboration

performed live by Austin Wulliman at Defibrillator Gallery (09/2013)
with Aurelien Pederzoli, Doyle Armbrust, Russell Rolen, Mark Buchner, Andrew Nogal, Katherine Young, Ryan Muncy, Kevin Marchuk, Tom Curry , Sean Connors, Robert Dillon & Michael Lewanski

Katherine Young - Diligence Is To Magic As Progress Is To Flight

from Grant Wallace Band's maritime mini-musical, <i>Fo'c's'le</i> (2013)

Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano
Eliza Brown, saw
Austin Wulliman, violin
Chris Fisher-Lochhead, viola
Chris Wild, cello
Luke Gullickson, piano

music & lyrics by Ben Hjertmann

A Message From Beyond

Sophomore Recital, April 25th, 2014
Ramo Recital Hall, USC Thornton School of Music

Conductor - Austin Chanu
Flute - Kathleen Ellingson
Clarinet - Eric Jacobs
Harp - Allison Allport
Violin I - Yue Qian
Violin II - Al Valmadrid
Viola - Gloria Chu Young Kim
Violoncello - Yoshika Masuda



"A Closed Circle of Suspects" - for Flute, Clarinet, Harp and String Quartet

Michael Hall, viola
Yu-Sui Hung, piano
Chicago composer Eric Malmquist wrote this arching Sonata for Viola and Piano in 2013 for me and it's proved to be a audience favorite. 
Premiered in Chicago

Eric Malmquist – Sonata For Viola And Piano (2013). World Premiere

93,000,000 Miles

Donde Esta Santa Claus

procedurally-generated freedom
deconstruction/synthesis
cofounder @slashsound

The Fine Art of Forgetting: A Cubist Self-Portrait in Ultraviolet [LIVE at MASS MoCA]

kongmustdead

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