Non-Event is a Boston-based concert series devoted to the presentation of the finest in experimental, abstract, improvised, and new music from New England and around the world.
Non-Event and the Revolutions per Minute festival present a special double bill, featuring a live performance by percussionist Jon Mueller of All Colors Present, his collaborative work with visual artist Tom Lecky, and a special screening of short films by the late filmmaker Tomonari Nishikawa, honoring Nishikawa’s unique artistic vision and enduring impact.
Non-Event presents a collaborative performance by Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand based on Jackson’s radio opera ENTF (Backspace) in the unique acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. The piece is presented as part of the Radio Opera Workshop, a project exploring narrative soundscapes.
Non-Event and Agora Cultural Architects present the Boston debuts of the atmospheric & dynamic experimental trio sinonó and the Phase to Phase clarinet duo of Katie Porter with a special guest from Argentina by way of Berlin.
Non-Event & the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present an evening of acoustic guitar, performance art, and spoken word
Non-Event, MIT Spatial Sound Lab, and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present an evening of music featuring performances using the Serge modular synthesizer, field recordings, found objects, and electronics with artists from Germany, Japan, and Rhode Island.
Non-Event is pleased to partner again this year with the composer and musician Nomi Epstein to present a workshop of Deep Listening®, a practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, exploring an awareness of our attention to and relationship with sound. The workshop is geared toward adults. No musical experience is necessary.
Non-Event presents an evening of high intensity improvisation with sets by the trio MANAS (Che Chen, Tashi Dorji, and Thom Nguyen) and the duo the Kane Loggia Hypothesis (Bonnie Kane and John Loggia)
Non-Event is pleased to partner with the MIT Media Lab to present a rare solo performance by the electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick
Non-Event is pleased to present a performance of solo flute by Laura Cocks and amplified balloons by Huichun Yang
Non-Event is pleased to present two nights of experimental music in the extraordinary acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Waterworks Museum.
Night 1: Doors 7:30pm, Music 8pm
id m theft able and The Choir Required, The Peeling Revealing
Nima Janmohammadi
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Night 2: Doors 7pm, Music 7:30pm
Regan Bowering
Lean
Mariam Rezaei
Sheer Anxiety
Non-Event is pleased to present a performance of a suite for string quartet by Ollie Becker, June Violet Aino, and Edward Longo, plus a performance by The Bicentennial Memorial Accordion Choir.
Non-Event & the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present an evening of experimental electronics and (cassette) tape music.
Non-Event, the Goethe-Institut Boston, and Studio 170 are pleased to present a double bill of experimental music and song by the Berlin-based musicians Jules Reidy and crys cole
Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a triple bill of joyous noise with the Berlin-based duo RAFGAK, Lorenzo Abattoir, and Guillermo Pizarro.
Non-Event, in collaboration with the Tufts University Art Galleries and Department of Music, presents a solo performance by experimental musician and artist C. Spencer Yeh. Yeh will perform improvisations on violin, voice, and electronics at the Granoff Music Building, next door to the Aidekman Arts Center, where Yeh’s installation World of Music and the Impossible Music exhibition will be on view through April 20th. There is a free tour of the exhibition at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.
Non-Event presents a special children’s program with Rachel Devorah who uses live coding to make music. Live coding is making art with computers on-the-fly and not worrying about making mistakes. Kids will learn about live coding, see & hear a short live coding performance, and live code themselves! Free and open to children of all ages!
Non-Event and the Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture, are pleased to present a free concert of live electronic music by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Natalie Epstein-Hogue inside Boston’s iconic City Hall
Non-Event presents an evening of improvisation & spoken word with the duo of poet & theorist Fred Moten and bassist Brandon López, plus an ensemble to be announced.
Non-Event presents an evening of electroacoustic improvisation featuring a rare Boston performance by drummer Sean Meehan, who will play in a trio with trumpeter Greg Kelley and musician & instrument builder Vic Rawlings along with a solo by Brooklyn-based composer-performer Zosha Warpeha.
Non-Event presents a night of experimental techno featuring sets by Speaker Music, Rachel Devorah & Carl Schmidt, and ehrdz.
