Bang on a Can Marathon June 4, 2006

This year, the ceaseless innovators Bang on a Can boldly embark on a FREE multi-year Art Music Festival in downtown NYC. Together with its partners the River to River Festival and the World Financial Center Arts & Events, Bang on a Can continues its unparalleled tenure of presenting the most inclusive and innovative vision of music today. Fringe Rock and Pop, Classical, Alt-Jazz, World, and a healthy dose of the bizarre combine in a concert presentation that absolutely stretches beyond classification.

ARTISTS:
in alphabetical order

Music by:

John Adams
Aphex Twin
Carlo Boccadoro
Anthony Braxton
Don Byron
Anna Clyne
Paolo Coggiola
Filippo Del Corno
Michael Gordon
Annie Gosfield
Dewa Ketut Alit
David Lang
Paul Lansky
Mayke Nas
Michael Nyman
Julia Wolfe
Evan Ziporyn

Performances by:

Alarm Will Sound
Amiina
Bang on a Can All-Stars:
Robert Black, David Cossin, Lisa Moore,
Mark Stewart, Wendy Sutter, Evan Ziporyn
Maya Beiser
Don Byron
Dominic Frasca
Gamelan Galak Tika & Tactus
Gutbucket
Michael Harrison
Glenn Kotche & David Cossin
Eileen Mack
Matmos & So Percussion
Lisa Moore
William Parker & Jerome Cooper
Todd Reynolds
Sentieri Selvaggi
Yat Kha

Program order TBA

The Bang On a Can Marathon is co-produced by the River to River Festival (R) and World Financial Center Arts & Events.
The River to River Festival (R) presented by American Express, proudly returns for its 5th season of more than 500 arts and cultural events in Lower Manhattan.
World Financial Center Arts & Events is sponsored by American Express, Merrill Lynch, Brookfield Properties, and Battery Park City Authority.

Additional lead support comes from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through its MPO Initiative.

Bang on a Cans 2005-06 programs are made possible with generous support from: Altria, Dan Baldini, The Bishop Fund, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Chamber Music America, City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Doris Duke Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Jaffe Family Foundation, the Japan Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, LEF Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Meet the Composer/Commissioning Music USA, Elizabeth Murrell & Gary Haney, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, NIB Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, USArtists International, Adam Wolfensohn & Jen Small, and the Wolfensohn Family Foundation.

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