Bang on a Can

Julia Wolfe’s is co-Founder and co-Artistic Director of Bang on a Can. Her music is distinguished by its intense focus on sound: the power of sound, the ways in which sound is related to memory and experience, the possibilities for new harmonies between familiar chords and micro tonal tunings or sounds found in nature and the urban world. Her music is heard around the world including at the Next Wave Festival at BAM, the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival, Settembre Musica, the Holland Festival, Theatre de la Ville, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. She received a 2000 Village Voice OBIE Award for Best New American Work and a 2001 OBIE for the music to Jennie Ritchee, a collaboration with playwright Mac Wellman and Ridge Theater. Her music has been released on Cantaloupe Music, Teldec, Universal, Sony Classical, and Argo/Decca.