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New York, NY

March 26, 2024 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Carnegie Hall
Alarm Will Sound returns to Carnegie Hall to perform the opening concert of an extraordinary series curated by 2021 Pulitzer Prize winner, 2022 Kennedy Center honoree, and Carnegie Hall’s 2023–2024 Debs Composer’s Chair Tania León.
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College Park, MD

April 13, 2024 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Alarm Will Sound returns to the Clarice with an evening of music by “our greatest living composer,” Steve Reich. The program celebrates the 50th anniversary of Music for 18 Musicians, perhaps the most influential minimalist work of all time and also includes Clapping Music, Vermont Counterpoint, and Radio Rewrite.
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Philadelphia, PA

April 14, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Zellerbach Theatre
Alarm Will Sound returns to Penn Live Arts with an evening of music by “our greatest living composer,” Steve Reich. The program celebrates the 50th anniversary of Music for 18 Musicians, perhaps the most influential minimalist work of all time and also includes Clapping Music, Vermont Counterpoint, and Radio Rewrite.
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“Equal parts exuberance, nonchalance, and virtuosity.”
– Financial Times of London

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“Not just extraordinary musicians, but also next-generation thinkers.”
– Time Out New York

THIS MUSIC SHOULD NOT EXIST

György Ligeti’s music is filled with drama because his life was dramatic. His work embodies these dreams and nightmares. Melodies intertwine to form dense webs, conflicting rhythms tick like a roomful of clocks gone awry, and the tiny spaces between notes are packed with charged activity. Learn More

PAPER PIANOS

Paper Pianos explores the refugee experience through the life of pianist Milad Yousufi who was forced to flee Afghanistan to avoid persecution. Learn More

MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD

Alarm System is a program that brings musical artists from a variety of backgrounds together with Alarm Will Sound to create new work. The goal is to expand the circle of those who can make great music for us, and who can contribute their ideas to the new-music world. Learn More

SPLITTING ADAMS

Alarm Will Sound has teamed up with New York Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning podcast Meet the Composer to create a new kind of concert experience. Learn More

MIND OUT OF MATTER

Scott Johnson has created Mind Out of Matter — a work examining religion from an atheist point of view. Learn More

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“Alarm Will Sound has grabbed the future of classical music and made it now – merging styles, erasing boundaries, championing experimentation and obviously having fun along the way.” - The Denver Post
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