Keep in touch with AWS   Saturday, May 6th, 12:30 pm Mark Morris Dance Center Brooklyn, NY PROGRAM Tyshawn Sorey, For George Lewis* *written for Alarm Will Sound NOTES For over a decade George Lewis has been, and continues to be, a mentor of mine whose groundbreaking work and ideas in spontaneous and predetermined […]

Keep in touch with AWS   Sunday, February 5th, 2:00pm Contemporary Gallery Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis, MN PROGRAM John Luther Adams, Ten Thousand Birds* *written for Alarm Will Sound Conceived, designed, and directed by Alan Pierson Peter Ferry, staging and assistant direction    NOTES Ten Thousand Birds is based on the songs of birds […]

Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound Artistic Director/conductor, sat down with Mary Kouyoumdjian and Nigel Maister to discuss Paper Pianos, an evening-length theatrical work that explores the dislocation, longing, and optimism of refugees. PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 25, 2023, EMPAC Listen to an AI-generated version of this conversation (11′ minute listen): Alarm Will Sound · Paper Pianos: Alan […]