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

'formidable new-music force' --- TimeOutNY​

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


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STAY TUNED FOR LOADBANG'S 22/23 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT!




After 14 years and over 450 premieres, loadbang's dear friend and baritone Jeffrey Gavett is moving on to new musical explorations.  Beginning in the 22/23 season, we are thrilled to welcome Tyler Bouque to the loadbang family!

On May 17, 2022 at Opera America, loadbang, partnering with the Iranian Female Composers Association, gave the New York City premieres of works by Bahar Royaee, Nasim Khorassani, Kimia Koochakzadeh, Yasaman Ghodsi, and Golfam Khayam.
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The winners of the 2022 loadbang Commission Competition have been announced!
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As a part of the 2022 Corcoran Music Festival at George Washington University, we performed truly extraordinary music in a truly extraordinary space, the Flagg Building in Washington D.C. You can hear four of the works here.

If you missed the most recent loadbang Presents: Premieres concert, you can hear two of the works here, the first by Daijana Wallace and the second by Carolyn Chen. 

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Have you picked up your copy of Plays Well With Others yet?  The reviews are coming in!

'an extravagantly sumptuous sound-world' and 'loadbang performs this avant-garde repertoire with architectural authority and elegant rhetoric'
--- The Whole Note Magazine

'the group's boldest gambit to date'
--- Steve Smith (Night After Night)

'Plays Well With Others sees them continuing their atypical version of contemporary ensemble dynamics with unparalleled meticulousness and a vision that few others will ever be able to replicate.'
--- Take Effect Reviews

Get your copy HERE!

Did you miss loadbang's presentation of Premieres: Vol. 17?  You can hear a few of the pieces here and on our YouTube channel.  And while you're there, subscribe!

Plays Well With Others
​t-shirts now available 
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New recording of Chaya Czernowin's IRRATIONAL is now available, and subscribe to our YouTube channel while you're there!

If you missed our recent performance of loadbang Premieres: Vol. 16, we've got you covered!  Check out some of the pieces below and subscribe to your YouTube channel while you're there!

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After many months of planning, we're so excited to finally announce loadbang's Collaborative Commissioning Fund, a brand new initiative designed to commission BIPOC composers with direct funding from the ensemble. Head over to this page to learn more and donate!

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Did you miss loadbang's livestream of 'Premieres: Vol. 15'?  You can hear a few of the performances here:


Photos from loadbang's 2019 tour to Guangzhou and Nanning in China!
  • Home
  • About
    • Bios
    • Support
    • Staff and Board of Directors
    • For Composers
  • Events
  • Videos
  • Recordings
    • 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