Grossworld Music Festival Night 1

Join us for the first ever “Gross World” Music Festival featuring New York City’s most exciting performers, composers and instrumentalists. Performances will range from solo works to massive ensembles, all presenting absolutely epic music. This two day festival (August 22-23) is curated by Isaac Grossman in partnership with Life World.

Featuring:
Billy Martin Bamboo Performance
Steve Long Large Ensemble 
Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson Big Band
QUALIATIK

Billy Martin Bamboo Workshop Performance

Performance featuring participants of the Gross World bamboo instrument workshop conducted by Billy Martin.

Steve Long Large Ensemble

A large ensemble piece presented by Steve Long, a lifelong New Yorker from Canarsie, Brooklyn, is an artist and organizer working with sound, language, and space. 

Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson Big Band

‘The Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson Big Band has been playing shows around New York City for the last 3 years, performing a mix of full improvisation, conduction, new compositions and archival ones. With a rotating cast of musicians the band is never the same and as the personnel evolve so does the music.’

QUALIATIK

QUALIATIK is a multimedia artist, producer, performer, and engineer preoccupied with the throughlines of science, psychology, and metaphysics. Drawing from their work in neuroscience, QUALIATIK is home to a distinct conversation between the concrete and intangible factors of existence.

Doors: 7:00pm Music: 7:30pm