Livewire 16: We the People

The Department of Music presents the Livewire 16: We the People new music festival, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States and the composers and musicians who helped share our musical landscape. Through concerts and other events, Livewire celebrates the innovators, the brave, and the experimental, celebrating artists who forge new directions, challenge barriers, and open doors. This year, the newRUCKUS ensemble and the Zohn Collective present three evenings of music by Kenji Bunch, Raven Chacon, Chen Yi, Viet Cuong, Ruby Fulton, Brittany J. Green, Lou Harrison, Edgar Meyer, Daniel Pesca, Steve Reich, Frederic Rzewski, Gabriella Smith, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.

Thursday, October 22

7 p.m.
Pre-concert talk by Kenji Bunch.

7:30 p.m.
The newRUCKUS ensemble presents The American Experiment, featuring music by Kenji Bunch, Viet Cuong, Ruby Fulton, Brittany J. Green, and Gabriella Smith:

• Kenji Bunch — Downstream (premiere)
• Kenji Bunch — Vesper Flight (2021)
• Viet Cuong — Fine Lines (2019)
• Ruby Fulton — I’m sorry, not sorry (2016)
• Brittany J. Green — Shift.Unravel.Break (2022)
• Gabriella Smith — Anthozoa (2018)

Friday, October 23

7 p.m.
Pre-concert talk (to be announced).

7:30 p.m.
newRUCKUS and Zohn Collective join forces for Coming Together, an evening of works by Raven Chacon, Steve Reich, and Frederic Rzewski:

• Raven Chacon — (Bury Me) Where The Lightning [Will] Never Find Me (2019)
• Steve Reich — Double Sextet (2007)
• Frederic Rzewski — Coming Together (1971)

Saturday, October 24

12 p.m.
Emerging Artist Concert — in The Music Box

• Eddie Mora — Quartet No 1, Retrato V (2005)
• Emiri Ohki — V.G. (2026)
• Oliver Jack Panday — Elegy for Voices Unheard
• Toby Fox — Spear of Justice (arranged by Natalie Noyes)
• Allison Loggins-Hull — Stacked

4:30 p.m.
Pre-concert talk (to be announced).

5 p.m.
The Zohn Collective presents a concert entitled Songs of Ourselves, featuring works by Chen Yi, Edgar Meyer, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Kenji Bunch, Daniel Pesca, and Lou Harrison:

• Kenji Bunch — Velocity (2007)
• Chen Yi — Qi (1997)
• Edgar Meyer — Concert Duo, movement IV (1998)
• Daniel Pesca — Ripple, Current, Eddy (2016)
• Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon — Candelabra I (2002)
• Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon — Ineffable (2016)

All events will be held in Linehan Concert Hall.

For each evening: $15 general admission, $10 seniors, $5 students.