For Respiration, composer John Fitz Rogers grappled with the question, “How can we listen to each other over the internet and still feel like a community?” He found his answer by discovering anew what he loves about ensemble music-making: the simple act of interaction, not necessarily rooted in pulse or meter. Rogers abandoned rhythmic […]

Alarm Will Sound’s Video Chat Variations series opened on Saturday, August 1 with the first performance of Anthem by the legendary artist Meredith Monk. Anthem is inspired by the Buddhist concepts of interdependence and cause and effect. Using what is inherent in the video-chat medium, Monk offers a spacious and expansive composition that encourages us to move forward with an awareness of […]

Alarm Will Sound performs Autoschediasms by Tyshawn Sorey. Sorey’s “Autoschediasms” are live compositions: works composed in the moment, challenging the distinction between improvised and composed music. In this video-chat Autoschediasms, Sorey uses his unique language of visual gestures, text directives, and autonomous prompts to collaboratively create a piece with Alarm Will Sound in real time over video chat. He […]