In the Icebox Project Space, a huge concrete project space on American Street in North Philadelphia, 14 local musicians and artists are stationed around gongs of different sizes. At a Monday evening ...

A sizzle. A roaring. The sound of massed cellos making a droning chord. Distant thunder, and a lively breeze. Give Tatsuya Nakatani’s Gong Orchestra the blindfold test, and you might hear all of these ...

The Nakatani Gong Orchestra is a mobile community-engagement project overseen by its founder, avant-garde percussionist and acoustic sound artist Tatsuya Nakatani. For its incarnation at SITE Santa Fe ...

In recent years, the Music Gallery has devoted more time and resources to the presentation of adventurous, participatory musical systems. We have seen scores of local musicians from all walks of life ...

A gong hangs suspended from its stand, light dancing across its bronzed surface, each hammered dent hinting at some mysterious overtone waiting to be released. If you grab the right mallet and strike ...

"People think it's funny to hit [a gong] really hard and loud, and they can laugh about it. My gong is not like that. It's almost meditative. I can say it's beyond your imagination." Tatsuya Nakatani ...

Watching Gong Linna perform the song TanTe during a New Year television performance in 2010, it's difficult to tell if she's in pain or laughing hysterically. Screeching wordless folk-inspired sounds ...

“I’m not a nihilist and I’m not an anarchist, but I understand that they’re tools in a process.” – Richard Tognetti In this interview specially commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Kate ...

Iowa City architect Brian Gotwals is probably more comfortable playing drums, a banjo or washtub bass than he is playing a Chinese gong. Yet, he will be among 14 or so local musicians recruited to ...

Bold, complex and thought-provoking. The Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City and its array of performers can be described as any or all three. It’s not surprising, considering the festival defines ...