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Friday, September 5, 2014

In Context: Alarm Will Sound


Alarm Will Sound performs at BAM September 12 & 13. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles, interviews, and videos related to the group. Once you've seen it, help us keep the conversation going by telling us what you thought below.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

10 Facts About Alarm Will Sound

By Robert Wood

Alarm Will Sound sounds


There's a reason that New York Magazine called Alarm Will Sound the "seal team six of new music": they're creatively fearless, they're up to any technical challenge, and we can only assume that they'd look svelte in Navy-issued diving gear. The members also have tons of personality and individual talents, which go far beyond being able to play Steve Reich and John Adams exceedingly well. Here are ten things you might not know about the group and its crack musicians, who play the BAM Harvey Theater in September as part of Nonesuch Records at BAM.


1. Sometimes, they play in exotic locales, like beneath the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.