“Music for New Bodies” – Run AMOC* Festival at Lincoln Center

Music for New Bodies
Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 8:00pm
Friday, July 11, 2025 at 8:00pm
David Geffen Hall

Run AMOC* Festival, Summer for the City at Lincoln Center

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In our quest for immortality, what have human beings done to the planet, and what are we doing to ourselves? What does it mean to have a mortal body in a world that is lived ever more virtually? And in our fixation on the synthetic, the virtual, the disembodied, have we forgotten how to listen to the voice of the earth itself?

A New York premiere and first collaboration, Music for New Bodies, composer and AMOC* Co-Founder Matthew Aucoin’s new vocal symphony, explores some of the most urgent questions of our time. Based on the visionary poetry of Jorie Graham, this bold new work features a production by eminent director Peter Sellars.

These Lincoln Center performances are the premiere of Sellars’s production, and will be conducted by Aucoin.

Matthew Aucoin*, Composer and Conductor
Peter Sellars, Stage Director

Ben Zamora, Lighting Design
Mark Grey, Sound Design
Yibin Wang, Assistant Director
Victoria Bek, Costume Stylist

Song Hee Lee, High Soprano
Meryl Dominguez, Soprano
Megan Moore, Mezzo
Paul Appleby*, Tenor
Evan Hughes, Bass-Baritone

Sandbox Percussion: Jonny Allen*, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney

Miranda Cuckson*, Violin
Keir GoGwilt*, Violin
Carrie Frey, Viola
Iva Casian-Lakos, Cello
Coleman Itzkoff*, Cello
Doug Balliett*, Bass
Emi Ferguson*, Flute
Hunter O’Brien, Flute
Yasmina Spiegelberg, Clarinet
Joe Jordan, Oboe
Brad Balliett, Bassoon
Jacqueline Kerrod, Harp
Baron Fenwick, Piano
Ning Yu, Keyboard

Note: Catherine Winters Boyack will perform for Emi Ferguson on Flute during Music for New Bodies on July 10.

An * asterisk next to an artist’s name denotes that they are one of 17 founding AMOC* company members.

Music for New Bodies is a co-commission of DACAMERA, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, AMOC*, LA Opera, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Foundational residency support for the development of Music for New Bodies was provided by Brown Arts Institute at Brown University. This AMOC* performance is produced in collaboration with THE OFFICE performing arts + film. Music for New Bodies is presented by arrangement with Associated Music Publishers, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.