PROJECTS
Mirage
Daniel Wohl’s UFO-inspired piece Mirage asks the question “Are UFOs just products of our imagination, projections of our hopes, or something truly alien?” Works by Daniel Wohl, Nina C. Young, Dai Wei, and Angélica Negrón.
a distance, intertwined
with Kojiro Umezaki & Asia-America New Music Institute
a distance, intertwined features five new works for Hub and shakuhachi player Kojiro Umezaki. Written by composers of the Asia-America New Music Institute (AANMI), these works create dialogues between Eastern and Western musical traditions.
What If We’re Beautiful
What if We’re Beautiful is a performance exploring topics of queerness, chosen family, and defining “home.” Available as a dance program with dance and choreography by Aaron Loux and Brian Lawson. Works by Daniel Thomas Davis, Julius Eastman, and Angélica Negrón.
Interconnectedness
A program of works ruminating on cycles of life and death and the reciprocity of gift giving. Works by Rahilia Hassanova, Tyshawn Sorey, Donnacha Dennehy, and Dai Wei.
The Bird-While
A Concerto for Hub & Symphonic Winds by Gala Flagello
Gala Flagello’s The Bird-While is the first concerto written for Hub New Music. Scored for Hub + Symphonic Winds, The Bird-While is inspired by the environmentalist poetry of Keith Taylor.
The Hub Mixtape
A musical tasting menu, featuring a selection of commissions from that have guided Hub New Music’s artistic journey for more than a decade.
Works in Development
Bora Yoon x Hub New Music
Hub New Music collaborates with composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Bora Yoon on a 20-minute multimedia work conjuring audiovisual soundscapes.
Rising
A Song-Cycle by Eric Nathan for Soprano, Lindsay Kesselman and Hub New Music
Nathan’s 30-minute work Rising features multiple texts that each offer a distinct way of seeing water: as something that gives life, takes it away, divides people, brings them together, heals, transforms, erases, and renews.