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BANG ON A CAN SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017

Brilliant musicians and composers inhabit the MASS MoCA campus from July 19 – August 5 for three rollicking weeks of innovative, unexpected, and ear-expanding music.

The annual festival includes daily performances in the museum galleries (free with museum admission), a concert with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and concludes with a six-hour blow-out Marathon Concert performed by the festival ensembles and special guests. The festival also features African and Latin music workshops, late-night concerts, free events in North Adams, and more. This year features special festival guest composer Louis Andriessen.

The best way to Bang is with a MASS MoCA membership, which offers free gallery admission and $5 concert tickets.

Learn more about Bang on a Can.

This program is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA is made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with support from the Amphion Foundation, ASCAP and The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Robert Black Bass Scholarship, Herb Leventer, Henry S. McNeil, and Williamson Foundation for Music. Special thanks go out to Drury High School and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Concert pianos provided courtesy of Falcetti Music in Springfield, Mass.

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Daily Gallery Recitals

Daily Gallery Recitals

July 19 - August 4 1:30 and 4:30

 

19

Jul

Wed
Mark Stewart

Mark Stewart

Wednesday, July 19, 4:30pm

 

20

Jul

Thu
Ashley Bathgate

Ashley Bathgate

Thursday, July 20, 4:30pm

 

21

Jul

Fri
Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay

Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay

Friday, July 21, 4:30pm

 

21

Jul

Fri
Latin Music at the American Legion

Latin Music at the American Legion

Friday, July 21, 10pm

 

22

Jul

Sat
Kids Can Too!

Kids Can Too!

Saturday, July 22, 11:30am

 

22

Jul

Sat
Karl Larson

Karl Larson

Saturday, July 22, 4:30pm

 

24

Jul

Mon
Vicky Chow

Vicky Chow

Monday, July 24, 4:30pm

 

25

Jul

Tue
David Cossin and friends

David Cossin and friends

Tuesday, July 25, 4:30pm

 

26

Jul

Wed
Gregg August and friends

Gregg August and friends

Wednesday, July 26, 4:30pm

 

27

Jul

Thu
Nick Photinos

Nick Photinos

Thursday, July 27, 4:30pm

 

28

Jul

Fri
African Drumming

African Drumming

Friday, July 28, 4:30pm

 

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Jul

Sat
Bang on a Can pays tribute to Pauline Oliveros

Bang on a Can pays tribute to Pauline Oliveros

Saturday, July 29, 4:30pm

 

29

Jul

Sat
Bang on a Can All-Stars <span class="title-light">Road Trip</span>

Bang on a Can All-Stars Road Trip

Saturday, July 29, 8pm

 

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Jul

Sun
Mark Stewart with festival fellows play Gunnar Schonbeck

Mark Stewart with festival fellows play Gunnar Schonbeck

Sunday, July 30, 4:30pm

 

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Mon
World Premier Composer Concert

World Premier Composer Concert

Monday, July 31, 4:30pm

 

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Music from Central Asia

Music from Central Asia

Tuesday, August 1, 4:30pm

 

2

Aug

Wed
The Music of Philip Glass

The Music of Philip Glass

Wednesday, August 2, 4:30pm

 

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Aug

Wed
Canceled: Concert at the Lake

Canceled: Concert at the Lake

Wednesday, August 2, 7pm

 

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Aug

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The Music of George Lewis

The Music of George Lewis

Thursday, August 3, 4:30pm

 

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Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen

Thursday, August 3, 7:30pm

 

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After Hours at The Chalet

After Hours at The Chalet

August 3 & 4, 10pm

 

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Music by Meredith Monk, David Lang, and Kate Balch

Music by Meredith Monk, David Lang, and Kate Balch

Friday, August 4, 4:30pm

 

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Bang on a Can Marathon 2017

Bang on a Can Marathon 2017

Saturday, August 5, 4pm – 10pm

 

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It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) rests on the ancestral homelands of the Muhheaconneok or Mohican people (People of the Waters That Are Never Still) and the Wabanaki peoples. Despite tremendous hardship in being forcibly relocated from these lands by Dutch, English, and US colonizers, today the Muhheaconneok or Mohican community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community The Wabanaki Confederacy, also known as The People of the Dawnland, include the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki Nations, who are indigenous to the lands with the English placenames Maine, Vermont, northwestern Massachusetts, and parts of Canada, and continue to reside in these areas. We pay honor and respect to these ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all. More information can be found here.

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