Brooklyn-based composer, clarinetist, saxophonist. Clarinet w/Bang on a Can All-Stars. See also Slow/Fast, Gutbucket, Asphalt Orchestra.
Joined January 2010
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Ken Thomson retweeted
29 Sep 2022
Cool. And if you're feeling a need for a strong dose of Meredith Monk TODAY well, you only need to wait a couple weeks! At Town Hall October 15 w/our All-Stars! $40 tickets w/ Unlock Code MEMORY GAME
shorturl.at/cfN26
@TownHallNYC #MeredithMonk @clusterhocket @vcpianos
24 Sep 2022
Meredith Monk: Quarry, music/theater piece on World War II, 1977.
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19 Jan 2022
Actually looks like this is happening! Thurs Merkin Hall NYC: new amazing expanded band and new music by Fred Frith, Tomeka Reid, Nick Dunston, Jeffrey Brooks, Aeryn Santillan, Trevor Weston, Soo-Yeon Lyuh, Annndd... a new piece by ME! Come if you can and otherwise live-stream:
18 Jan 2022
Join us in person or online for the 2022 #EcstaticMusic @bangonacan People’s Commissioning Fund Concert at #MerkinHall on 1/20! @cellisita @clusterhocket @ndunstonbass @TrevorWeston1 @LyuhSoo @ArlenHlusko @alogginshull @davidfriendpia1 @alittlebyrd & more. bit.ly/3rKZfj2
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3 Dec 2021
I have been crossing my fingers that this will happen. But it looks like YES Bang on a Can comes to Berlin to collaborate with Sasha Waltz company. We're also doing our own music-only set. Very excited to be playing a row of shows at Radial System. Info: radialsystem.de
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5 Nov 2021
#Repost @anzuquartet
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New European tour dates! Looking forward to performing works by Messiaen and Ken Thomson at the Markus Kirche in Berlin Steglitz (11/19) and Hrvatski dom Split in Croatia (11/21). instagram.com/p/CV46BoEgjR7/…
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13 Sep 2021
We have been delving into this work, taking apart some received traditions, and finding our personal way forward on this powerful piece that still resonates. roulette.org/event/anzu-quar… (2/2)
13 Sep 2021
Very excited to perform the Quartet for the End of Time once again on Friday night with this stellar crew. There will be NO live stream of this concert so I hope you can come. (All vaccinated audience.). (1/2)
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6 Jun 2021
.@annaclyne wrote this beautiful song for me to play based on an Emily Dickinson poem. Coming up on about an hour... Tune in!
6 Jun 2021
Watch today's Bang on a Can Marathon of Song at 1pm-5pm - right here or at live.bangonacan.org/june-202… @vcpianos @ArlenHlusko @clusterhocket @annaclyne @lrain0000 @MKouyoumdjian @JulezLegend @florentghys
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13 Apr 2021
Super looking forward to performing this Sunday!
11 Apr 2021
I wrote a solo saxophone piece for Ken Thomson @clusterhocket. Tune in if you can.
22 Mar 2021
Thank you, @AnEarful ! Was great to have this piece performed by the amazing Robert Black at @blnfestspiele #MaerzMusik
First heard on the inaugural pandemic BOAC Marathon last May, @clusterhocket’s Birds and Ambulances is now a signature #lockdown composition, especially when played by Robert Black! But others should take it up for its use of the bass’s full range of expression.
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Ken Thomson retweeted
21 Mar 2021
Today at 3pm EDT - the MaerzMusik Bang on a Can Marathon produced with @blnfestspiele incl music from @DBRmusic @ArlenHlusko @vcpianos Mazz Swift @rohanmakesmusic Kristina Wolfe @clusterhocket @SteveReich @BillFrisell Tyshawn Sorey so much more!
live.bangonacan.org/maerzmus…
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Ken Thomson retweeted
18 Feb 2021
So much good stuff on this Sunday's Marathon - a single Tweet can't capture it all. 1-5pm. All Commissions. All Premieres.
live.bangonacan.org/february… @chichinwanoku @gabrielkahane @ArlenHlusko @alittlebyrd @borabot @AmirElSaffar @clusterhocket @A_R_Costanzo ...
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Ken Thomson retweeted
17 Dec 2020
Lovely to see @meredith_monk and @bangonacan on the @nytimesmusic Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020! Shoutout to @clusterhocket for his contribution to the "seductively sinister instrumental surroundings" 🤘🔥
nytimes.com/2020/12/17/arts/…
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18 Oct 2020
#Repost @anniegosfield
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Curveballs and asteroids premieres Sunday 3pm EST at the live stream bang on a can marathon. Bass clarinet and jammed radio signals. @bangonacan instagram.com/p/CGeuiO_qUP5/…
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7 Oct 2020
Coming soon! It's been great working on this piece with Annie. instagram.com/p/CGDpHLUgMyO/…
Ken Thomson retweeted
30 Sep 2020
Bang on a Can Marathon 2020
Part IV!
10/18
marathon2020.bangonacan.org
@BillFrisell @DBRmusic @deerhoof @ValgeirS @chriscerrone @DirtyProjectors @duYun @hauschkamusic @gemmapeacocke @nelscline @YukaCHonda @AnnieGosfield @NathalieJoachim @AndieTanning @clusterhocket @vcpianos more
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