Non-Event is a Boston-based concert series devoted to the presentation of the finest in experimental, abstract, improvised, and new music from New England and around the world.
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Non-Event, in collaboration with the Tufts University Art Galleries and Department of Music, presents a solo performance by experimental musician and artist C. Spencer Yeh. Yeh will perform improvisations on violin, voice, and electronics at the Granoff Music Building, next door to the Aidekman Arts Center, where Yeh’s installation World of Music and the Impossible Music exhibition will be on view through April 20th. There is a free tour of the exhibition at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.
Non-Event presents a special children’s program with Rachel Devorah who uses live coding to make music. Live coding is making art with computers on-the-fly and not worrying about making mistakes. Kids will learn about live coding, see & hear a short live coding performance, and live code themselves! Free and open to children of all ages!
Non-Event presents an evening of improvisation & spoken word with the duo of poet & theorist Fred Moten and bassist Brandon López, plus an ensemble to be announced.
We’re hard at work planning the 2025 season with concerts including Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez at the Cambridge Foundry, Non-Event for Kids with Rachel Devorah at Jamaica Plain Branch of the BPL and C Spencer Yeh at Tufts Granoff Music Center. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements.
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.
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.
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.
Non-Event, in collaboration with the RPM Festival, proudly presents To Weave and Sing, an evening of experimental film and music, supported by the Boston Mayor's Office of Art and Culture.
Non-Event presents a concert featuring the music of Michael Ranta and Sarah Hennies performed by Madison Greenstone (clarinets), Sarah Hennies (percussion), and Katie Porter (clarinets).
Non-Event is pleased to present a performance of Jon Mueller’s The Future is Unlimited, Always. Due to illness, Junko Fuiwara is unable to perform. Jon Mueller will perform the piece as a solo.
Non-Event is pleased to present a performance by the Glasgow and South London-based trio Still House Plants along with NxCx from Central and Western Mass.
Non-Event along with Tufts FMS, Tufts Music, SMFA at Tufts Media Arts, and the RPM Festival, presents the film Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros which tells the story of the iconic composer, performer, teacher, philosopher, technological innovator and humanitarian. There will be a post-screening Q&A with the director Daniel Weintraub.
Non-Event and Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a new piece in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Serge Modular Synthesizer by Thomas Ankersmit and a performance by composer Kelley Sheehan.
Non-Event is pleased to present a program of experimental short films by the filmmaker Marie-Pierre Bonniol.
Non-Event at Home presents a live stream featuring a solo by Jennifer Gelineau, a violinist, improvisor, and educator based in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Non-Event is excited to participate in the 2022 online edition of XFest Online, featuring presentations from artists and organizations from around the globe. As part of the program, Non-Event will present a live-cast of a duo by Dirk Adams (Activated drain pipe, voice) and Noell Dorsey (voice) streamed from Washington Street Arts on Friday, March 4 at 7:45pm. (Live stream only)
Non-Event presents an evening of electronic music featuring the duo of Franck Vigroux (live electronics) & Ulrich Krieger (saxophone, pedal board) performing Dodécaèdre as well as a solo by Rachel Devorah (live electronics on a bespoke MOTM synthesizer system)
Non-Event at Home presents an a/v video premiere featuring PVHP (Premium Velvet Headache Pillow), a band that plays compositions by Olivia W-B .
Non-Event at Home presents an a/v video premiere by Kristina Warren.
Non-Event is hosting a talk by Judy Dunaway about the exhibit Sound Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1979 featuring Maggi Payne, Connie Beckley and Julia Heyward.
