RBO/Shift Festival : Sensorium Ex
Jun
6
to Jun 8

RBO/Shift Festival : Sensorium Ex

Composer Paola Prestini and a group of advanced technologists have exploited AI to enable non-vocal and other performers to have a voice, leveraging the power of AI for artistic access and possibility.

Created by Prestini and librettist Brenda Shaughnessy and directed by Jay Scheib, the narrative of Sensorium Ex is a dystopian sci-fi tale that explores the intersection of corporate greed, artificial intelligence and the fundamental nature of the human voice. Set in a future dominated by a global entity known as 'CORP,' the story revolves around the struggle for agency and the definition of humanity. Co-created with Jerron Herman. Commissioned by VisionIntoArt in association with Beth Morrison Projects, and Common Senses Festival. Developed and Produced by VisionIntoArt and Beth Morrison Projects.

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Split Tooth : Saputjiji @ Holland Fest
Jun
7
8:30 PM20:30

Split Tooth : Saputjiji @ Holland Fest

Split Tooth: Saputjiji is the new performance by Tanya Tagaq, based on her acclaimed book Split Tooth and her album Saputjiji. Tagaq is Inuk (plural: Inuit), one of the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic regions of Canada. Her work is deeply rooted in Inuit community and culture: in a landscape of ice and light, but also marked by colonial history, violence, and cultural disruption.

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Split Tooth : Saputjiji @ TDW
Jun
18
8:30 PM20:30

Split Tooth : Saputjiji @ TDW

Split Tooth: Saputjiji is the new performance by Tanya Tagaq, based on her acclaimed book Split Tooth and her album Saputjiji. Tagaq is Inuk (plural: Inuit), one of the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic regions of Canada. Her work is deeply rooted in Inuit community and culture: in a landscape of ice and light, but also marked by colonial history, violence, and cultural disruption.

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Fusebox Festival
Apr
19
3:00 PM15:00

Fusebox Festival

Music for Trees

Jeffrey Zeigler, Graham Reynolds and the Golden Hornet Science Club present a work-in-progress concert of Music for Trees, an intimate exploration of the ancient, mysterious, and wonderful world of trees. Before the concert, tour the grounds with arborists explaining the trees and ecosystem at Laguna Gloria.

Presented in partnership with The Contemporary Austin

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National Sawdust Gala
Apr
9
7:00 PM19:00

National Sawdust Gala

Join us for an evening of inspiring performances as we celebrate three trailblazers in the creative and artistic community and honor the bold, future-shaping work of National Sawdust. This special night will shine a light on visionary artists and the institution that champions them.
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Speakers and Performers:

  • Arooj Aftab

  • Chief Awósanmí Sékou Alájé

  • Gandini Juggling

  • Kamilah Forbes

  • Japanese Breakfast

  • Marc Bamuthi Joseph

  • Lil Buck

  • Danae Venson

  • Julia Wolfe

  • Jeffrey Zeigler

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“Division of Time” World Premiere
Mar
25
8:30 PM20:30

“Division of Time” World Premiere

“Division of Time," an evening-length work for cello, Yamaha Disklavier™ piano and jugglers, features cellist Jeffrey Zeigler and London-based Gandini Juggling performing music composed by Eric Nathan with choreography by Gandini Juggling, in a groundbreaking celebration and exploration of music, movement, and technology. "Division of Time" speaks about humanity and its relationship to numbers, weaving a dramatic arc that is both thrilling and touching, complex and visceral, poetic and humorous.

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No One is Forgotten
Feb
6
to Feb 8

No One is Forgotten

Co-composed by Paola Prestini and Sxip Shirey
Libretto by Winter Miller
Creative producer Eve Gigliotti
Music direction by Michelle Rofrano
Performed by Kathleen Chalfant, Eve Gigliotti, Amelia Workman
Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler
Sound conception, design and engineering by Lucas Corrubia
Produced by Cath Brittan
Stage directed by faculty member Elena Araoz
Originally commissioned by Dallas Opera, Eve Gigliotti and Emitha/Lexicon Classics

Wallace Theater

Presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts

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National Sawdust | Huang Ruo String Quartet
Jan
25
7:00 PM19:00

National Sawdust | Huang Ruo String Quartet

Composer's Note:

Symbolizing the cycle and circle of an hour the piece is to be performed live without a break. Its structure is like a Tibetan sand mandala, created slowly from the central essence point expanding outward into its colored fullness, and then to be subtracted from it inwards back to the central essence point, fulfilling the
spiritual and life cycle and journey of traveling from nothing (emptiness) to something (fullness), and then back to nothing (emptiness). A colorful perfect world created by sands, although beautiful, yet it will eventually return back to dust. By going through this entire journey, what will remain afterwards is the fulfillment and internal peace laying in the heart...

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Brown composer concert
Dec
6
7:00 PM19:00

Brown composer concert

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Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler completes his semester-long residency at Brown with a concert of new works for solo cello and electronics. Zeigler gives world and local premieres of new works by Brown University faculty composers Anthony Cheung, Eric Nathan, Wang Lu and Joseph “Butch” Rovan as well as world premieres by students in Brown’s Music and Multimedia Composition PhD Program: Isaac Barzso, Nicholas Bentz, Jessica Shand, James May, Han geul Lee, I-Lly Cheng, Sofía Rocha. Admission to this event is free and open to the public.

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Division of Time
Nov
13
7:30 PM19:30

Division of Time

Brown University hosts the workshop premiere of Division of Time, a work brings together the London-based Gandini Juggling, renowned cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, and Brown professor and composer Eric Nathan in a collaborative exploration of music, movement, and technology.

Program

Eric Nathan: Division of Time (Workshop Premiere)
For Cello and Player Piano
Choreography by Gandini Juggling

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Mexico Now Festival
Nov
8
5:00 PM17:00

Mexico Now Festival

The world premiere screening of the documentary made around Prestini's 'Con Alma' will take place at the Mexico Now Festival in New York, venue to be confirmed. The film is a musical and cinematic ode that charts isolation to liberation. Magos Herrera and Paola Prestini, together with some of the most outstanding musicians in the international contemporary scene, create an iconic album during the most devastating pandemic of our time; aiming to leave a blueprint of their experience and reaching out to collectively heal through the power of music

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The Old Man and the Sea
Oct
10
to Oct 12

The Old Man and the Sea

October 10 at 7:30 PM and October 12 at 2:00 PM

The Old Man and the Sea
Music by Paola Prestini
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
Directed and cocreated by Karmina Šilec
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway
Jeffrey Zeigler as featured cellist


Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Opera Columbus.

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Paola Prestini: Houses of Zodiac
Oct
1
to Oct 3

Paola Prestini: Houses of Zodiac

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October 1-3 with performances starting at 6 & 7:30pm

Jeffrey Zeigler, Dai Matsuoka, Georgina Pazcoguin, Maria Popova

Houses of Zodiac is produced by VisionIntoArt, and was created in part at MASS MoCA. The project was commissioned by Jill Steinberg, with additional support by Sundance Institute’s Interdisciplinary Program (IDP), and premiered on June 4 and 5, 2022 at The Broad as part of the exhibition Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow.

Presented by Death of Classical

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Virtuoso & Belcanto: Workshop Guest
Aug
2
8:00 AM08:00

Virtuoso & Belcanto: Workshop Guest

Saturday August 2, 2025

Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival will host cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, former member of the Kronos Quartet and one of the most innovative and versatile musicians of our time. It will be an all-round interview, exploring current trends in contemporary classical music between Europe and the United States, hearing the voice of one of the protagonists.

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Beethoven, Ishizaki, & Brahms
Jul
9
7:30 PM19:30

Beethoven, Ishizaki, & Brahms

Wednesday, July 9 7:30 pm-9:00 pm


Studzinski Recital Hall
12 Campus Road S Brunswick, ME 04011

Program:
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Amir Eldan, cello • Pei-Shan Lee, piano

Hannah Ishizaki
Obon Uta (World Premiere)
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Itamar Zorman, Janet Ying, violin • Melissa Reardon, viola • Keiko Ying, cello • Ran Dank, piano

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Sensorium Ex (World Premiere)
May
22
to May 25

Sensorium Ex (World Premiere)

Sensorium Ex is an ambitious new opera by acclaimed composer Paola Prestini, co-directed by Jerron Herman and Jay Scheib, that synthesizes artificial intelligence, disability, and the arts in a groundbreaking and innovative artistic work.

May 22-25, 2025
Common Senses Festival
Omaha, NE

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