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'formidable new-music force' --- TimeOutNY​
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​'Extra- cool new music group...a fascinating experience' --- Baltimore Sun

'terrific technical assurance and expressive force' --- Baltimore Sun

'provided ample dexterity and authority' --- Steve Smith (the log journal)

'a sonic world unlike any other' --- The Boston Musical Intelligencer

'...energetic and virtuosic' --- The Journal of Music

'a relaxed mastery' --- New York Classical Review
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'inventive' --- New York Times

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News:

April 29, 2025 - Peabody Institute Presents loadbang at Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Baltimore, MD)
loadbang will be performing works for the ensemble by Peabody students.

April 30, 2025 - Peabody Institute Presents: loadbang
(Washington D.C.)

loadbang will be performing works for the ensemble by Peabody faculty Felipe Lara, Oscar Bettison, and Sky Macklay, and will be joined by violinist Miranda Cuckson and bassist Gregory Chudzik to perform music by Michael Hersch.
7pm


May 30, 2025 - Library of Congress (Washington D.C.)
loadbang will be performing works for the ensemble by Sebastian Currier, Michael Finnissy, and Laura Cetilia.


2025 International Commission competition announcement!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our 2025 International Commission Competition. Congratulations to winner Paul Clift and runners-up Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Alessandro Ratoci, and Njabulo Phungula, and thanks to all who applied!
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Our new record on New Focus Recordings A Garden Adorned is now available on all streaming platforms and features music by Oscar Bettison, Raven Chacon, Yotam Haber, Laura Cetilia, and Christina George!
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Did you miss loadbang's presentation of Tombeau at Columbia University's St. Paul's Chapel?  The video's are now available!

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Lei Liang's Dui is now available on the Islandia Music lable.  You can hear us perform Lakescape V as well as incredible performances by many of our friends and colleagues
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Adam Mirza's Partial Knowledge is now out on New Focus Recordings.  You can hear us on the first track, and the whole album is just great!
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A new documentary about our collaboration with The Qualcomm Institute and Lei Liang is now available!

​loadbang recently released La Vida Que Vendrá, music of Orlando Jacinto García on New Focus Recordings.  In addition to a piece for the quartet, the album will also feature electro-acoustic solo works for all four members.
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  • Home
  • SEEN
  • About
    • Bios
    • Support
    • Staff and Board of Directors
    • For Composers
  • Events
  • Videos
  • Recordings
    • la vida que vendra: Music by Orlando Jacinto Garcia
    • The Consent of Sound and Meaning: Music of Eric Richards
    • Quiver
    • Plays Well With Others
    • old fires catch old buildings
    • Lungpowered
    • Monodramas
    • Complete Discography
  • Press
    • Press Quotes
    • Photos
  • Repertoire
    • Selected Repertoire
    • Program Notes
  • Projects
    • Collaborative Commissioning Fund
    • Commission Competition
    • Power Chats
    • monodramas
    • Longy's Divergent Studio
  • Merch
  • Contact