Save the date for our Americas Society debut on May 16 at 7pm! Co-presented with ChamberQUEER, this program gives voice to queer liberation struggles and radicalism, journeying through a whirlwind of anger, fear, unbridled joy, and resilience. We'll be premiering Cristiano Melli’s “Glitter, Shards of Rain,” which connects the 1969 Stonewall riots to the composer’s lived experience of growing up gay in Brazil, and Abi Prían-Gallardo’s new duo for cello and viola, “Barracas.” The program also includes works by Hannah Kendall, Erica Navarro and Leah Asher! https://www.as-coa.org/events/rhythm-method-resistance-strategies (fb)

We are so excited to be bringing Anaïs Maviel's sweeping, intimate, cathartic piece "listen to the rain" to this year's Bang on a Can Long Play Festival! Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 3, 2:30pm at Issue Project Room. Anaïs says: The fusion of the 5 elements, a Taoist meditation originally taught by chi kung master Mantak Chia, is what prompted me to write listen to the rain. In this practice, the cyclical equilibrium between our organs, our senses, colors, emotions, elements of nature, seasons and the planetary movements are all expressed through the 8 forces or 8 trigrams, which are variations of yin & yang combinations -- the powerful paradox of polarity transcending itself as its dynamic agents constantly change. In the fusion of the 5 elements meditation, the 8 forces are called upon in their heavenly order: Water, Fire, Thunder, Rain, Earth, Mountain, Wind & Sky. I invite you to slow down the ways that you listen to and integrate sensory information as it relates to everything else, your inner landscape, your experience of your environment in the earthly order, and their cosmic resonances in the heavenly order. @bangonacan #longplayfestival #longplayfestival2025 (fb)