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Explore distant realms of musical possibility with Resonance. The Exploratorium’s evening music series features contemporary musicians and sound artists performing and discussing their ideas, inspirations, and creative processes.
General museum admission is included in the price of Resonance tickets.
Watch contemporary musicians and sound artists perform and discuss their work.
Resonance went on hiatus after season 4.
Tune in for a listening party comprising of performances from boundary-pushing musicians. Discover the eclectic techniques and technologies used by these artists in a back-to-back stream of exclusive concerts hosted at the Exploratorium as part of our Resonance series.
Tune in for a listening party comprising of performances from boundary-pushing musicians. Discover the eclectic techniques and technologies used by these artists in a back-to-back stream of exclusive concerts hosted at the Exploratorium as part of our Resonance series.
Tune in for a listening party comprising of performances from boundary-pushing musicians. Discover the eclectic techniques and technologies used by these artists in a back-to-back stream of exclusive concerts hosted at the Exploratorium as part of our Resonance series.
Tune in for a listening party comprising of performances from boundary-pushing musicians. Discover the eclectic techniques and technologies used by these artists in a back-to-back stream of exclusive concerts hosted at the Exploratorium as part of our Resonance series.
Tune in for a listening party comprising of performances from boundary-pushing musicians. Discover the eclectic techniques and technologies used by these artists in a back-to-back stream of exclusive concerts hosted at the Exploratorium as part of our Resonance series.
Tune in for a listening party comprising of performances from boundary-pushing musicians. Discover the eclectic techniques and technologies used by these artists in a back-to-back stream of exclusive concerts hosted at the Exploratorium as part of our Resonance series.
Traditional Vietnamese music and live electronics converge in the fascinating collaborations of Chris Brown and Vân-Ánh Võ. For Resonance, Võ performs on the đàn tranh zither, đàn bầu monochord, and other Vietnamese instruments in conversation with Brown’s interactive electronics.
The formidable bassist, bandleader, composer, curator, and producer Lisa Mezzacappa presents ORGANELLE, a musical exploration of time from the nano to cosmic scale.
Experience the thrilling improvisations of renowned cellist Okkyung Lee. Drawing from noise and extended techniques, jazz, Western classical, and Korean traditional and popular music, Lee’s intensely physical performances cross exhilarating new territories of sound.
Dance to the cosmic transmissions of Hieroglyphic Being, a.k.a. Jamal Moss, whose album The Disco’s of Imhotep was rated one of the top 10 albums of 2016 by The Washington Post. Live music starts at 7:30 p.m. and continues until closing at 10:00 p.m.
Immerse yourself in the intricate dance of music and visual motion performed by composer and intermedia artist Marielle Jakobsons. Transcendent compositions for synthesizers, strings, flute, and voice will be accompanied by hypnotic projections of water and light.
Composer/improviser Eric Glick Rieman collaborates with both animals and musicians in his wide-ranging pieces.