Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand at Waterworks
Non-Event presents
yvette Janine Jackson and jessica Shand
performing A modified version of Jackson’s radio Opera ENTF (Backspace)
Saturday, september 19, 2025
Doors at 7:30, Performance begins at 8pm
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
2450 Beacon Street, Boston
Doors: 7:30pm, Music: 8pm
$20 General Admission | $15 students & Non-Event members
NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS
Note: the museum has limited parking, so please take public transportation, carpool, or bike, if possible. The museum is a 10-minute walk from the Cleveland Circle stop on the C branch and the Reservoir stop on the D branch of the Green Line.
The museum is fully accessible to people with disabilities. If you have questions, call the museum at 617-277-0065 or email susanna@nonevent.org.
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.
About the artists
Yvette Janine Jackson draws on her experiences as a theatrical sound designer to create an aesthetic of narrative soundscape composition she calls “radio opera.” Her compositions have been heralded as “immersive non-visual films” (The Guardian). Jackson is a recipient of the 2025 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts.
Jackson’s projects often draw from history to examine relevant social issues. Her album Freedom is described as “one of the most unique releases to chronicle the Black American experience” (The Wire). Recent projects include Hello, Tomorrow! for orchestra and electronics co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and American Composers Orchestra; and T-Minus, A Radio Opera commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble. Her permanent installations Underground (Codes) and Destination Freedom can be experienced at Wave Farm in Acra, New York, and the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA.
Jessica Shand is a flutist, producer, composer, and researcher currently based out of Providence, RI. She merges contemporary experimental classical, jazz, and electronic performance practices with mathematics and computer science to (de)construct sound as a relational interface between and among humans and machines.
This performance is presented with the support of the Waterworks Museum and WZBC 90.3 FM.
