Bang on a Can

John King, composer and guitarist, has had his music presented in many major festivals, including the Time-Based Arts Festival), Fronteras Festival), Next Wave Festival, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Intermedium 1 Festival, Creative Time's "Music in the Anchorage", Warsaw Autumn, and Bang On A Can. His commissions and collaborations include the Kronos Quartet, Red {an orchestra}, Ethel, the Albany Symphony, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Mannheim Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballets de Monte Carlo, SüdWestRundfunk (Baden-Baden), Pennsylvania Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. He has received grants from the NEA, New York State Council on the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Asian Cultural Council, Meet The Composer, Minnesota Composers Forum, the Fund for US Artists at International Festivals, and New York Foundation for the Arts. He was Music Curator at The Kitchen from 1999-2003 and is currently a co-director of the Music Committee at MCDC. He currently has a new album, All Steel, out on Tzadik records featuring Ethel.