Being & Becoming + Voices

Wednesday, June 3, 2026. 8:00 pm
Trumpeter's longstanding group is joined by virtuosic singers and instrumentalists for the US premiere of an abstract music-drama.

A Workshop on the Operas of Robert Ashley

Tuesday, May 5, 2026. 7:00 pm
An exploration of Ashley's unique singing techniques and notational practices led by Gelsey Bell, Brian McCorkle, & Dave Ruder.

PERFECT LIVES: A Screening to Benefit Roulette

Thursday, April 2, 2026. 7:00 pm
A screening of Robert Ashley's iconic video opera with pre-show introductions from members of the original production—to support artists.

Gelsey Bell: mɔɹnɪŋ [morning//mourning] in Concert

Monday, January 12, 2026. 8:00 pm
An experimental music-theatre work tracing the weeks, months, years, and millennia that follow humanity's disappearance from the Earth.

Aruán Ortiz: Transatlantic Contemporary Music and Five Operatic Scenes

Tuesday, September 23, 2025. 8:00 pm
Composer/pianist explores Afro-diasporic identity through the lens of new music & avant-jazz, with scenes from his opera.

CELESTIAL EXCURSIONS: An Opera by Robert Ashley (NIGHT 3)

Sunday, September 14, 2025. 8:00 pm
The great American composer's wise, sensitive, charming, and humorous portrayal of largely ignored territory: old people.

CELESTIAL EXCURSIONS: An Opera by Robert Ashley (NIGHT 2)

Saturday, September 13, 2025. 8:00 pm
The great American composer's wise, sensitive, charming, and humorous portrayal of largely ignored territory: old people.

CELESTIAL EXCURSIONS: An Opera by Robert Ashley (NIGHT 1)

Friday, September 12, 2025. 8:00 pm
The great American composer's wise, sensitive, charming, and humorous portrayal of largely ignored territory: old people.

Simon Hanes: GARGANTUA

Thursday, December 12, 2024. 8:00 pm
Gargantua is a new composition for large ensemble, consisting of 3 drum sets, 3 electric basses, 3 trombones, 3 french horns, and 3 voices.

Elliott Sharp: Die Grösste Fuge (The Greatest Fugue), a time travel opera

Thursday, June 13, 2024. 8:00 pm
An opera by Elliott Sharp in which Beethoven becomes unmoored from reality, visits our time, and witnesses its beauties and horrors.