(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The 14th annual Bang on a Can Summer Marathon, a six-hour day-night boundary-busting festival finale featuring 50-plus musicians and composers from around the world, will bring to a close this summer’s Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA on Saturday, August 1, 2015, starting at 4pm and running…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The sounds of new music will resound throughout the campus, galleries, hallways and concert stages of MASS MoCA for the 14th summer in a row, as the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival brings together an all-star lineup of composers, performers, teachers, and fellows. Festival highlights include a performance of…
by Seth Rogovoy From children’s songs like “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” to blues like “Freight Train Blues” to the Clash’s “Train in Vain,” the relentless, repetitive rhythms of the railroad have inspired countless songs that recapitulate those rhythms musically while making overt reference to them textually. But perhaps no music has ever made…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – From Wednesday, July 13, through Saturday, July 30, 2011, Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present the tenth annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA. The Festival is dedicated entirely to programming today’s most innovative new music and includes public performances, recitals, and lectures, plus workshops…
