Upcoming Events:
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April 4, 2020 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
loadbang Presents: Premieres Vol. 14 at Opera America (New York City, NY)
World Premieres by Chris Otto, Yoshiaki Onishi and Matthew Ricketts, and works by Anne Hege and Lisa Atkinson.
7:30

April 30, 2020 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
City University of New York (New York City, NY)
World Premieres by composition students at the CUNY Graduate Center.
7:30

May 7, 2020 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
UMKC and KcEMA at recordBar (Kansas City, MS)
loadbang will be performing music for the ensemble and electronics by composers from the Kansas City Electronic Music Association including Ted King-Smith, Stacy Busch, Seth Davis and Daniel Morel as well as works from their own repertoire.

May 8, 2020 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
UMKC and KcEMA  @ White Recital Hall at UMKC (Kansas City, MS)
loadbang will be performing music for the ensemble by Jonathan Booker and Diego Rocha, student composers at UMKC, as well as works from their own repertoire.

June 7-17, 2020
Longy's Divergent Studio (Boston, MA)
​Along with renowned pianist Donald Berman, loadbang will be the featured contemporary music performance faculty for Longy's Divergent Studio.  This program will give students the opportunity to engage in daily coachings, hear faculty performances, and participate in student performances and seminars on subjects including atonal and microtonal ear training, performing with electronics, complex rhythms, grant writing, and career development.

August 4-9, 2020
Vermont College of Fine Arts (Montpelier, VT)
loadbang will be in residence at VCFA working with and performing music by the students.

October 16, 2020
The Stone (New York City, NY)
loadbang will be in residence at the The Stone for two nights.  Repertoire TBD.

October 17, 2020
The Stone (New York City, NY)
loadbang will be in residence at the The Stone for two nights.  Repertoire TBD.

News:

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We're so pleased to announce that the winners of the 2020 Commission Competition are:
First Prize: Max Vinetz
Runner Up: Yotam Haber
Honorable Mentions: Darcy Copeland and Udi Perlman
On February 26, loadbang was joined by conductor Eduardo Leandro and a fantastic string orchestra to present Plays Well With Others, a concert of music for us and string orchestra.  Did you miss it?  Check out Heather Stebbins' piece here!  
 On December 11 at 7:30pm, The American Opera Project and loadbang presened the NYC premiere of Hannah Lash's the Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep at the Crypt of the Church of the Intercession.  Check out a review of the show HERE!

​See the trailer below.
Did you miss loadbang's NYC show in November? 
No sweat!  Check out recordings of pieces by Erik Carlson, Cristina Lord, and Alex Mincek:
loadbang's 2020 Commission Competition is now OPEN! Find all of the details and apply HERE.
The 2019 Divergent Studio at Longy was such an enriching and inspiring 10 days for all, both students and faculty!  
Photos from loadbang's 2019 tour to Guangzhou and Nanning in China!
Lovely photos from a lovely concert!
Look and Listen Festival 2019
Working with American Opera Projects, we had a lovely time performing Hannah Lash's 'Stoned Prince' and 'The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep' in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.  Stay tuned for upcoming performances and check out some pictures below!
Winners of the  2019 Commission Competition!​

Winner: Ben Davis
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Honorable Mentions: Chin Ting Chan and Andrew Rodriguez
loadbang is thrilled to be featured on Reiko Füting's recent release distant song on New Focus Recordings!  You can see a video of the work here -------------------------->
Great review from New York Classical Review of the first of 3 'loadbang at 10' concerts!  
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Thanks to I CARE IF YOU LISTEN for the very thoughtful review of our 2018 record.  Give it a read here!  Then a watch here, and a purchase here!  
loadbang's new record, old fires catch old buildings (New Focus Recordings) is now available!  Here are videos of four of the pieces...
Check out the video of Taylor Brook's 'Tarantism' for loadbang and string orchestra with BMOP's Gil Rose conducting!
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loadbang is featured on Charles Wuorinen's newest release on Bridge Records titled 'Charles Wuorinen - Vol. 3' 
All four members of loadbang are on instrumental/vocal faculty at the Longy School of Music in Boston!  
Primephonic recently interviewed our trumpeter Andy Kozar about the ensemble and some of our thoughts on commissioning.  Give it a read here!
The videos are up from our recent collaboration with the composers of ICEBERG New Music!
Really nice article about us and
LUNGPOWERED in the New Yorker!