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August 30, 2026
loadbang Presents: Definition at St. Charles Borromeo Church
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
loadbang will give the New York City premiere of a work by Augusta Read Thomas and perform works for the ensemble by Charles Wuorinen, Andy Akiho, Angélica Negrón, Alex Mincek, Heather Stebbins, and Daniel Fawcett.
4pm 
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October 12, 2026 - Amherst College
Amherst, MA
loadbang will be performing works by Daniel Fawcett, Angélica Negrón, Raven Chacon, Carolyn Chen, Alex Mincek, Pamela Z, and Laura Cetilia.
7pm

November 22, 2026
loadbang Presents: Wintering
The Crypt at the Church of the Intercession
Washington Heights, Manhattan
loadbang will perform works by David Brynjar Franzson, Bára Gísladóttir, Scott Worthington, Marti Epstein, Anthony Vine, Franz Schubert, and loadbang's trumpeter Andy Kozar
7pm 
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November 24, 2026 - Brooklyn College
Flatbush, Brooklyn
loadbang will be performing works by Laura Cetilia, Chenghao Michalis Li, Seare Farhat, Christina George, Quinn Mason, and Cem Guven.
7pm

February 25, 2026
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
loadbang will be in residence at and perform music by students at UCSD.

May 2, 2027
loadbang Presents: What is ___?
Opera America
Chelsea, Manhattan
loadbang will be premiering works by Paul Clift, Mischa Salkind Pearl, Xenia St. Charles Iris Llyllyth, and Joanna Motouama (through the Luna Lab/loadbang Partnership) and perform older works for the ensemble by Scott Wollschleger, Alex Paxton, Christian Wolff, and Maya Miro Johnson.
​3pm
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May 16, 2027
loadbang Presents: Inheritance at St. Charles Borromeo Church
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
loadbang will premiere a new work by Stratis Minakakis and perform works for the ensemble by Carolyn Chen, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Raven Chacon, and Christina Lord.
4pm 
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News:

Tickets for loadbang's 26/27 series of NYC concerts are now available! 
David Lang's arrangement of Lou Reed's Waiting for the man and Pamela Z's Things Thing ​are now available on YouTube....and subscribe while you're there!

2026 International Commission competition announcement!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our 2026 International Commission Competition. Congratulations to winner Inga Chinilina (USA),  runner-up Yixie Shen (German), and honorable mention awardees Robert Karpay (USA) and Lau Lovotti (Argentina), and thanks to all who applied!
Did you miss loadbang's presentation of A Place to Land in the Crypt at the Church of the Intercession?  The video's are now available!
Lei Liang's Six Seasons is now available on New Focus Recordings.  You can learn more about the whole project below.
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!