Past Events — 2023

Non-Event is pleased to present performances by Simon Whetham, Yoona Kim, and Variant State (Jesse Kenas Collins and Michael Rosenstein).

Non-Event is pleased to present solo performances by electronic sound artists Carl Stone and David Dogan.

Non-Event is pleased to present a rare Boston concert of music by the celebrated French composer Éliane Radigue by two champions of her music, Nate Wooley and Enrico Malatesta.

Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present the Boston debut of the sound artist poet and electronic music producer, Antye Greie (AGF), and the Boston-based interdisciplinary artist Lani Asunción.

Non-Event presents a program of music for kids at the Codman Square branch of the Boston Public Library. Learn about experimental music, see a performance, and learn about making music with everyday objects from local musician and instrument-maker Jesse Collins. Free and open to children of all ages!

Non-Event is pleased to present solo performances by Madison Greenstone (clarinet) and Forbes Graham (trumpet, electronics).

Non-Event and Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present and evening of improvisation featuring the Jeb Bishop Trombone Trio along with Forbes Graham, Pandelis Karayorgis and Brittany Karlson.

Non-Event is pleased to present an evening of improvisation by the Anne-F Jacques/Gudinni Cortina/Gabriel Drolet trio, a solo by Seth Cluett and the Vic Rawlings/Greg Kelley duo.

Non-Event and the New England Conservatory presents Wolff on Composition, a film by Ernesto Livon-Grosman offering a rare document of composer Christian Wolff (b. 1934).

Non-Event is pleased to present and evening of improvisation featuring a solo set by Jake Meginsky, a duo set by Beam Splitter (Audrey Chen & Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø), and a trio set by all three musicians.

Non-Event presents a free concert at Fisher Hill Reservoir Park in Brookline featuring solo sets by A. Campbell Payne and Natalie Hogue.

Non-Event presents a free concert at Fisher Hill Reservoir Park in Brookline featuring performances by Lautaro Mantilla and Playbackers (Stella Silbert, Arkm Foam, Donald Warner Shaw.

Non-Event is pleased to present the Berlin-based trio Saw Out along with the duo of suzueri (Elico Suzuki) & Bonnie Jones.

Non-Event is pleased to present Arthur Brooks Ensemble V featuring Arthur Brooks (trumpet and flugelhorn), Bill Heminway (trumpet and flugehorn), Polly Vanderputten (cello), Jeremy Harlos (bass), Anthony Santor (bass, Tibetan bowls. and Chinese gong) and Matthew Weston (percussion).

Non-Event is pleased to present Weilu Ge’s installation, Resonant Bodies for multiple loudspeakers as part of the Waterworks 2023 Festival.

Non-Event is pleased to present three nights of experimental music in the extraordinary acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Waterworks Museum. Each night features three sets of music.

Night One: Thursday, April 27 — Luke Stewart / Greg Kelley / Rhea

Night Two: Friday, April 28 — Claire Rousay / Retribution Body / Staubitz and Waterhouse

Night Three: Saturday, April 29 — Charmaine Lee / Asha Tamirisa / Joe Bastardo

Non-Event is pleased to present Mike Bullock’s installation, Whip-poor-will, for multiple loudspeakers as part of the Waterworks 2023 Festival.

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.