The opening night program celebrates Look + Listen’s first 20 years with a lineup of time-honored collaborators.
Curated by Grace Parisi + Julia Bumke
Host: John Glover
Ambient Music: Phyllis Chen
Jason Treuting + Eric Cha-Beach, percussion
Pauline Oliveros Tuning Meditation + Rolling Meditation
Jen Shyu, voice, Taiwanese moon lute, piano
Jen Shyu – Excerpts from Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses
Patricia Spencer, flute
Noel Da Costa – Blue-Tune Verses
Joan Tower – For Marianne
Chen Yi – Three Bagatelles from China West, performed with Chen Tao, dizi
Mikael Darmanie, piano
George Crumb – Processional
JACK Quartet
Elliott Carter – String Quartet No. 2
Safety Protocol
All attendees must show proof of full vaccination and photo ID for entry to each performance. Masks are required for all Look + Listen performances. If you have questions regarding this protocol, please email Festival Producer, Julia Bumke at julia@lookandlisten.org.
About Look + Listen
Look + Listen sparks dialogue between the music and visual art of our time through an annual free festival that promotes access for all audiences and creates opportunities for artists through performances, commissions, and rotating curation.
Called “a winning formula” by The New York Times, the Look + Listen Festival features music and art created and performed by the finest established and emerging artists. Look + Listen was founded in 2002 by David Gordon, who was inspired by a concert of music by Joan Tower at the DIA Center. Since then, the Festival has presented such extraordinary musicians as the Bang on a Can All Stars, eighth blackbird, JACK Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, Phyllis Chen, Claire Chase, So Percussion, Meredith Monk, the Tyshawn Sorey Trio, and Angélica Negrón. Look + Listen takes place at partner venues throughout the city, which in recent years have included BRIC House, Chelsea Art Museum, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Robert Miller Gallery, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and The Invisible Dog Art Center.
Each Festival features an “ambient experience,” a signature Look + Listen element that creates an atmosphere conducive to dialogue and helps draw audience members into connection with the artists and works presented. The Look + Listen Composers Collective provides programming guidance, creates ambient music for Festival concerts, and adjudicates the annual the Call for Collaboration.
Website: www.lookandlisten.org
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