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Bang on a Can is a multi-faceted musical 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. It is a major force in the presentation of new concert music, and has presented hundreds of musical events worldwide. The San Francisco Chronicle has called Bang on a Can “the country’s most important vehicle for contemporary music.”

It is perhaps best known for its 12-hour Marathon Concerts 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.

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

In 2002, Bang on a Can began the yearly Summer Institute of Music [2], 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.
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  • MAROON3D

    1/1!

    26 Nov 2012 Reply

  • wendell3

    Superb, wish I knew about them years ago!

    17 Nov 2012 Reply

  • TheCreeden

    Listening to new album now. First track so fucking GOOD.

    25 Feb 2012 Reply

  • howisya

    Need to collaborate with Ghostface Killah so they can call it "Bang on A Wu-Tang Can." Throw in Holger and Jaki? Yes we CAN, can. [2]

    10 Jan 2012 Reply

  • sls

    Wowsers, I like their version of Music for Airports more than the original. Eno's 1/2 always creeped me out just a bit.

    26 Jul 2011 Reply

  • DrKKE

    Airports is so good! [2]

    13 Jul 2011 Reply

  • SquireSuzuki

    It must take such intense concentration to play "Music in Fifths", especially in complete unison...

    2 Mar 2011 Reply

  • wkreth

    Need to collaborate with Ghostface Killah so they can call it "Bang on A Wu-Tang Can." Throw in Holger and Jaki? Yes we CAN, can.

    7 Feb 2011 Reply

  • bobgreen623

    In C and all the Music for Airports pieces, beautiful and mesmerising

    14 Dec 2010 Reply

  • hidden_hg

    bang bang

    26 Apr 2010 Reply

  • concretica

    !!! 0||0 !!!

    9 Mar 2010 Reply

  • optimistic_tour

    In C. godlike.

    23 May 2009 Reply

  • MangoBongo

    Airports is so good!

    11 Apr 2009 Reply

  • CaptureTheCat

    LEGENDARY song !!

    7 Mar 2009 Reply

  • nigeyb

    The interpretation of Music for Airports by Bang on a Can is amazing.

    10 Nov 2008 Reply

  • Availen

    Long live minimalism.

    27 Jul 2008 Reply

  • Eyoki

    I got I buried Paul, their reinvention of the beginning of Strawberry Fields, from eMusic. Weird but wonderful. Mind you... so is Strawberry Fields.

    20 May 2007 Reply

  • TucsonMan

    butt kicking good stuff

    2 Sep 2006 Reply

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