Mark Stewart and David Cossin, two members of Bang on a Can All Stars, will grace our “circle” in an evening of music with rare & neglected instruments and their dulcet, surprising and powerful sounds. The performance will also feature the ISSUE Project Room NOSEFLUTE CHOIR and noseflutes will be provided for all attendees.
Mark Stewart lives in New York and makes his living playing and writing popular music, semi-popular music and unpopular music, while designing and building new musical instruments to be his allies in these endeavors. He plays regularly with Paul Simon, Fred Frith, Steve Reich, ZEena Parkins and Polygraph Lounge.
David Cossin has recorded and performed internationally with Talujon Percussion Quartet, Newband (micro-tonal music played on the Harry Partch instruments), New Music Consort, Sudden Sight, Blue Man Group and with a German-accordion-polka-lounge band called B. Blush. He’s done a number of additional theatrical performances such as The Lion King, Peony Pavilion (Peter Sellars/Tan Dun), and Mabou Mines and recorded music for the films Fallen and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee), both composed by Tan Dun. He has been working on two installation-pieces, SwingSet, a sonic sculpture with large suspended aluminum pipes, and SpinCycle, an oscillating quadraphonic tape piece, both of which were exhibited in New York in 1999. This year, he has been performing solo percussion concerts throughout Italy and the United States incorporating video, electronic processing, and homemade instruments.