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Terry Riley ~ 88th Birthday Global Celebration / June 24, 2023 Midnight (12:00am EST / 4am GMT)

AN ONLINE REAL-TIME TELEMATIC PERFORMANCE
88 MUSICIANS ON 6 CONTINENTS LIVE!

Performing Poppy@88, a collective composition based on Terry Riley’s Poppy Nogood.

On the occasion of Terry Riley’s 88th birthday, MIT Sounding and ContaQt are set to host a celebratory event that will truly reverberate across the globe. A community of 88 talented musicians hailing from six continents will assemble for an unforgettable virtual concert, paying homage to the legendary composer through a mesmerizing real-time performance of Poppy@88, a collective composition arranged by MIT Sounding curator Evan Ziporyn based on Riley’s 1967 masterpiece, Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band.

Saturday, June 24, 2023 / Midnight (12:00am EST / 4am GMT) Free and open to the public.

For more information click here.

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