Yarn/Wire

06/02/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Currents 12 at the and at last week! This edition of the series was co-commissioned by the Moers Festival and featured new works by Jonah Haven and Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir.

Jonah entrusted us with a deeply personal work inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver, Bergrun made us into a superorganism (particularly effective in this resonant church, see slide 3!!) thank you both for your generosity and imagination in creating these new pieces for us ✨

If you weren’t able to attend, the archival livestream is available online the website.

05/31/2026

Join us for the Yarn/Wire International Institute Festival! June 5 • 7PM
Manhattan School of Music, NYC
Free RSVP at link in bio 🎟️

Featuring Ashian Ensemble, Catalizador, Fog in a Forest, Magpie Duo and Tac2us

The Festival is the culmination of a week of performances, improvisations, workshops, discussions and creative exchanges, we hope to see you there!

Ashian Ensemble: Runchen Li, Bo Zhang

Catalizador: Andres Bonilla Garcia, Austin Wegener

Fog in a Forest: Nicholas Tran, Athos Maelstrom
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Magpie Duo: Matthew Schultheis, Lauren Conroy duo .schultheis

Tac2us: Ethan Burke, Mihail Babus, Sarah Pedlar + Yuval Medina (composer)
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05/27/2026

Being at the felt like stepping into an amazingly joyful world built entirely around curiosity, openness, and musical experiments✨

We began on the main stage with ‘s After Nan Shepherd: stark, dark, spacious music that felt really thrilling to share in that setting. It was also wonderful to collaborate with the luminous@taraling for the first time on this project!

Then came Currents 12, featuring pieces by Jonah Haven and . The resonance in the church was extraordinary, and this program is both beautiful and weird in the best of ways. If you missed it at Moers, we’re bringing the program to in NYC THIS THURSDAY.

There was also the Pianomobil (a Moers institution) got to perform for residents at a retirement home, rolling through the park, and bring music into unexpected corners of the city.

We’re very grateful to everyone who listened, organized, helped, and shared these days with us.

1. PC: Nils Brinkmeier
2. PC: Dennis Hoeren
3. The pianomobile 🎹🚗
4. PC: Dennis Hoeren

05/24/2026

Since 2016, the Yarn/Wire Institute has brought together adventurous musicians composers and collaborators from around the world.
This year, we’ll welcome 12 musicians and 5 chamber groups for a week in partnership with the Manhattan School of Music.
As funding sources shrink and production costs rise, we’re raising support to help keep the institute accessible for artists, and 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 thanks to early supporters!
If you believe in bold, curious and collaborative music making, please consider supporting the future of the institute! Donation link in story 🤍

05/18/2026

Next week we unleash ‘s SUPRASEETHER at the , then we bring it to on May 28th as part of Currents 12!

Get your tickets at the link in bio 🎟️

Program notes below, 🔊ON for slide 2!

SUPRASEETHER explores the interplay between performers and their environment as they are dissolved into a shared, teeming field of awareness. Feelers extended, wanting to be limbs unfurled - the quartet as organism, sensing at the edges of its conditions. The sound becomes a field of perception, a body that listens as it negotiates with itself to breach their boundaries, shaped through contact, pressure and proximity. The material slipping away as it emerges, heeding a call towards impending fission.

05/12/2026

CURRENTS 12 coming up this Spring!

This edition features two commissions by Jonah Nuajo Luo Haven and Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, in partnership with the legendary

We are so excited to bring this program to Germany and NYC in the same week!

✺ May 23, 7:15PM
✺ May 28, 8PM

Since 2013, Currents has been one of our favorite opportunities to explore new collaborative relationships and support adventurous new work, we hope to see you there!

05/08/2026

Announcing the 2026 Yarn/Wire Institute participants!
This year brings together 12 musicians and 5 ensembles, and we are looking forward to a week of collaboration and exploration next month at .nyc !
Join us for the final concert on June 5th at 7PM

- 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 ( )
Runchen Li
Bo Zhang

- 𝗙𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁
Nicholas Tran ( )
Athos Maelstrom (.not.male )

- 𝗧𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝘀
Ethan Burke ( )
Sarah Pedlar (.pedlar )
Michael Babus (.bab )
Yuval Medina ( )

- 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿
Andres Bonilla Garcia ( )
Austin Wegner

- 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗽𝗶𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗼 (.duo )
Matthew Shultheis (.schultheis )
Lauren Conroy ( )

The Yarn/Wire Institute is made possible by generous support from the Augustine Foundation and the Manhattan School of Music.

05/05/2026

Still reflecting on two emotional and beautiful performances of Be Holding as part of the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh.

It was an honor it was to share this project, one we’ve lived with for so many years, at such a legendary festival at the with Brooke O’Hara directing and music direction by .tyshawnsorey_official

This iteration featured Ross Gay reading his own work alongside with amazing . We’ve heard this text a hundred times, and it still feels moving, new, and deep each time…

Many thanks to .oli for lending his talent to this project and joining us as a guest percussionist, and much gratitude to the entire staff at the Lovette YMCA, along with the fantastic group of teenagers who brought so much joyful energy to this experience!

Also to for making it all sound so good (no small feat in a gym!), to for shaping such a dramatic visual world, and for the amazing video design.

We’re also immensely grateful to and for providing two grand pianos for these performances.

Until next time! 🏀❤️🎹🥁

04/29/2026

We spent a fantastic week in Aarhus for the ! What a privilege to bring back ‘s epic Grosso and perform it with the under the direction of Joseph Bastian!

The following day we performed a brand new piece by Mads Emil Dreyer as well as one of our longtime favorites, Orchestra for Black Butterflies by

There was a theme through the week: each piece came with its own slightly unreliable extra band member: a Leslie speaker for Grosso, a music box for ‘s new work and motors for Lisa’s piece… all adding their unpredictable charm to the performances.

Massive thanks to the incredible production teams at the and the for making everything run smoothly, no small feat given the sheer amount of gear involved in these performances!

Last but not least, all our apologies to the for the heroic quantities of smoked salmon consumed at their fantastic breakfast buffet.

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