Non-Event presents an evening of electroacoustic improvisation featuring a rare Boston performance by drummer Sean Meehan, who will play in a trio with trumpeter Greg Kelley and musician & instrument builder Vic Rawlings.
All in 2024
Speaker Music / Isabella Koen & Rachel Devorah / ehrdz
Non-Event presents a night of experimental techno featuring sets by Speaker Music, Isabella Koen & Rachel Devorah and ehrdz.
MOONS (Laura Cetilia, Judith Berkson, Katie Porter, and Cristine Tavolacci) / Jessica Pavone
Non-Event is pleased to present an evening of original works by MOONS (Laura Cetilia, Judith Berkson, Katie Porter, and Cristine Tavolacci) and Jessica Pavone
Roméo Poirier / Kristina Warren
Non-Event, the Goethe-Institut Boston, and Villa Albertine present an evening of site responsive performances by Roméo Poirier and Kristina Warren in the Great Engines Hall of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. Presented as part of the Power(s) of Water Festival.
Marshall Trammell / Lemuel Marc
Non-Event is pleased to present an improvised duo set by drummer, artist, composer Marshall Trammell with trumpeter and composer Lemuel Marc plus a performance of Trammell’s audience participation piece “Surveillance on Trial.”
Raven Chacon — An original site-responsive performance
Non-Event and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture present a free, site-responsive performance by Raven Chacon in the Great Engines Hall of Waterworks.
Feng Jiangzhou / Weilu Ge — A multimedia performance in collaboration with RPM Festival
Non-Event is pleased to collaborate with the RPM Festival to present an evening of immersive multimedia performance by Feng Jiangzhou and Weilu Ge.
Charmaine Lee / Biliana Voutchkova / Aaron Michael Smith
Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a bill featuring solo sets by Charmaine Lee, Biliana Voutchkova and Aaron Michael Smith as well as a duo set by Lee and Voutchkova.
Rob Noyes / Chris Strunk / Rhea
Non-Event is pleased to present an evening of solos by guitarist Rob Noyes, percussionist Chris Strunk and violinist Rhea Burdick.
Frente Cumbiero / Lautaro Mantilla
Non-Event and Ágora Cultural Architects present a night of cumbia with Frente Cumbiero, one of Colombia’s most electrifying exponents of Nueva Cumbia. Plus, an opening set by guitarist, electronic musician, and improviser, Lautaro Mantilla.
Deep Listening® Workshops with Nomi Epstein
Non-Event is pleased to partner with the composer and musician Nomi Epstein to present two additional workshops of Deep Listening®, a practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, exploring an awareness of our attention to and relationship with sound. The workshop is geared toward adults. No musical experience is necessary.
Jake Muir / Ted Reichman
Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a night of immersive electronic music featuring an a/v performance of “Bathhouse Blues” by Jake Muir and a rare Boston-area live set by the acclaimed composer and educator Ted Reichman.
Yoona Kim – Non-Event for Kids
Non-Event presents a program of music for children at the Codman Square branch of the Boston Public Library. Learn about experimental music and the ajaeng (Korean zither) and hear a short performance by local ajaeng player and composer, Yoona Kim. Free and open to children of all ages!
Deep Listening® Workshop with Nomi Epstein
Non-Event is pleased to partner with the composer and musician Nomi Epstein to present a workshop of Deep Listening®, a practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, exploring an awareness of our attention to and relationship with sound. The workshop is geared toward adults. No musical experience is necessary. Please note that capacity has been reached.
S*Glass / Sailor Beware / id m theft able & Angela Sawyer duo
Non-Event presents an evening of improvised music featuring a rare appearance by S*Glass along with Sailor Beware and a duo by id m theft able & Angela Sawyer.
Noeplace (Nomi Epstein and Laura Cetilia) / Bonnie Jones and Liew Niyomkarn duo
Non-Event is pleased to present a double bill featuring improvised sets by by Noeplace (Nomi Epstein, piano and Laura Cetilia, cello) along with a duo by Bonnie Jones and Liew Niyomkarn.
Waterworks 2024 – A Festival of Experimental Sound (April 26 & 27)
Non-Event is pleased to present two nights of experimental music in the extraordinary acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Waterworks Museum.
Night 1: Doors 7:30pm, Music 8pm — SOLD OUT
Alex Bernhardt (Cryptwarbler)
Isabella Koen & Rachel Devorah (duo)
Arnold Dreyblatt
Night 2: Doors 7pm, Music 7:30pm — Advanced tickets sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
Lemuel Marc
sadnoise
Lea Bertucci & Henry Fraser
Neil Leonard performing Phill Niblock (duo)
Kaffe Matthews / Tim Feeney and Vic Rawlings Duo
Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a solo performance by electroacoustic musician Kaffe Matthews in her first performance with Non-Event since 2002 along with the longstanding duo of Tim Feeney and Vic Rawlings.
KMRU
Non-Event, the Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture, and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a performance of live electronic music by the Kenyan-born, Berlin-based artist Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) inside Boston’s cavernous City Hall.
Affinity + Rhythm — A Night of Expanded Cinema, Audiovisual Performance, and Noise
Non-Event, in collaboration with the RPM Festival, presents Affinity + Rhythm, an evening of an evening of immersive experiences featuring expanded cinema, audiovisual performances, and live improvisation supported by the Boston Mayor's Office of Art and Culture. The program features an expanded cinema performance by Tomonari Nishikawa, an audiovisual set by Feng Jiangzhou, and a performance by Sheer Anxiety, the duo of Chris Strunk and Andrea Pensado.