Using sound, lights, and video, performers from around the world create new experiences that expand your concept of music. The MCA's musical events take place in the intimate Edlis Neeson Theater, on the Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden, or other spaces around the museum.
Short A group of young people pose playfully in an empty room standing in an semi-circle behind one person wearing a cat mask, black shirt and pants, and bright yellow shoes. Some wear brightly colored wigs and colorful clothing.
Short Rainbow-hued straight lines on a white page intersect, forming a rectangular frame and geometric shapes and arrows. Black, cursive text above reads "The Work of Light".
Short A pale-skinned middle aged man with closed eyes raises his fingers to his lips, turning toward the steel braking drum mounted on a drum stand next to him, against a black background.
Short There are two women in a stairwell performing: one on the upper landing plays a cello and looks at the camera while the other woman appears on a lower level, lifting an arm and leg up as if dancing.
Short A woman sits at a piano in a dimly lit club. She tilts her head to the left and smiles.
Long A woman sits on a bench in front of a piano in a dimly lit club with dark curtains. Her right arm rests in her lap and her left hand scratches the top of her head. She tilts her head to the left and smiles. Photographs of other musicians cover the back walls.
Short A black man smiles, posing with the bell end of a trumpet on his right. He rests his face on his left hand and looks directly at the camera, his brow furrowed.
Short A dark-skinned person wears only a metallic, maroon, fur-lined jacket while seated, looking directly at the viewer and holding an apple in their right hand.
