| July 11, 2025 | |
| 8:00 pm | |
| New York, NY | |
| David Geffen Hall | |
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Music for New Bodies
Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 8:00pm
Friday, July 11, 2025 at 8:00pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 8:00pm
David Geffen Hall
Run AMOC* Festival, Summer for the City at Lincoln Center
Member Presale: May 8, 2025 – 12pm EDT
Tickets On Sale: May 15, 2025 – 12pm EDT
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A New York premiere and first collaboration between AMOC* Co-Founder Matthew Aucoin and director Peter Sellars, this major new work is a “vocal symphony” with music by Aucoin, directed by Sellars, and a libretto based on poems by Jorie Graham, collaboratively assembled by Aucoin and Sellars.
Music for New Bodies is brought to life by five vocalists and an 18-instrument ensemble conducted by Aucoin. Music for New Bodies is inspired by the visionary poetry of Jorie Graham, addressing some of the most urgent questions of our time: In our quest for immortality, what have human beings done to the planet, and what are we doing to ourselves? Music for New Bodies is a portrait of the moment we are living in, a piece that brings together questions of environmental responsibility, scientific progress, and the ethics of humanity’s questionable quest to surpass the human.
The staged version of Music for New Bodies premieres at Lincoln Center as part of Summer for the City’s Run AMOC* Festival, following orchestral performances with DACAMERA/Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and Aspen Music Festival and School. It was developed through an Artistic Innovators Residency at Brown Arts Institute in Fall 2024.
Matthew Aucoin*, Composer and Conductor
Peter Sellars, Stage Director
Ben Zamora, Lighting Design
Mark Grey, Sound Design
Yibin Wang, Assistant Director
Victoria Bek, Costume Stylist
Meryl Dominguez, Soprano
Taylor Raven, Mezzo
Paul Appleby*, Tenor
Evan Hughes, Bass-Baritone
Sandbox Percussion: Jonny Allen*, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney
Miranda Cuckson*, Violin
Keir GoGwilt*, Violin
Carrie Frey, Viola
Iva Casian-Lakos, Cello
Coleman Itzkoff*, Cello
Doug Balliett*, Bass
Emi Ferguson*, Flute
Hunter O’Brien, Flute
Yasmina Spiegelberg, Clarinet
Joe Jordan, Oboe
Brad Balliett, Bassoon
Jacqueline Kerrod, Harp
Baron Fenwick, Piano
Ning Yu, Keyboard
Note: Catherine Winters Boyack will perform for Emi Ferguson on Flute during Music for New Bodies on July 10.
An * asterisk next to an artist’s name denotes that they are one of 17 founding AMOC* company members.
Music for New Bodies is a co-commission of DACAMERA, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, AMOC*, LA Opera, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Foundational residency support for the development of Music for New Bodies was provided by Brown Arts Institute at Brown University. This AMOC* performance is produced in collaboration with THE OFFICE performing arts + film. Music for New Bodies is presented by arrangement with Associated Music Publishers, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.