Abrons Art Center | June 23—28

The Vision Festival, an annual internationally-acclaimed festival in New York City, celebrates Black Multicultural Improvised Creative Arts. It showcases experimental music, dance, poetry, and visual arts with a strong emphasis on improvisation.

festival lineup

 june 23

Abrons Arts Center

6:00pm

Joe Morris – guitar

Nicole Mitchell – flute

6:40pm

Joe Morris – guitar

Tomeka Reid – cello

Melanie Dyer – viola

Solomon Caldwell – bass

7:20pm

Joe Morris – guitar

Matthew Shipp – piano

william parker – bass

8:30pm

Joe Morris – bass 

Rob Brown – alto, flute

Hery Paz – tenor flute

Matt Rousseau – drums

Hidemi Akaiwa – piano

10:00pm

Joe Morris – bass

DoYeon Kim – Gayageum

Dan Blacksberg – trombone

Jonathan Paik – piano

Selendis Johnson – vibes

Nick Neuberg – drum/percussion

Noah Campbell – saxaphone

Lemuel Marc – trumpet

 june 24

Abrons Arts Center

6:30pm

Jen Shyu – voice, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, piano, movement

Layale Chaker – violin, voice, movement

Alexandria DeWalt – flute, voice, movement

Melanie Dyer – viola, voice, movement

Elizabeth Kate – cello, voice, movement

Lesley Mok – drums, voice, movement

7:00pm

Luke Stewart – bass

Chris Williams– trumpet

Brian Settles – tenor

Chad Taylor – drums 

guest: Angelica Sanchez – piano

8:00pm

Jamal Moore – sax, perc, el.

Emperor King Bishop – keys, sax, vocals

David Diongue – sax, keys

Bashi Rose – drums, spoken

9:00pm

Kaoru Watanabe – flute

Kweku Sumbry – drums

Yuniya Edi Kwon –  violin, voice

Maeve Gilchrist – harp

Cyro Baptista – percussion

Alicia Hall Moran – voice

 june 25

abrons arts center

6:00pm

Ingrid Laubrock – saxophone

Brandon Seabrook – guitar

Shawn Lovato – bass

Tom Rainey – drums

DoYeon Kim – Gayageum

7:00pm

Craig Taborn – piano

Tomeka Reid – cello

8:10pm

Val Jeanty – electronics, percussion

Patricia Nicholson – spoken word, dance

Laura Fernandezfilm

9:05pm

Alexis Marcelo – piano

James Brandon Lewis – saxophone

Bill Mazza – live Art projections

 june 26

abrons arts center

6:00pm

Marshall Allen – saxaphone

Dave Burrell – piano

David Hotep – guitar

William Parker – bass

Darius Jones – saxophone

Andrew Cyrille – drum

Mickey Davidson – dance

7:15pm

Alfredo Colon – sax

Shara Lunon – vocals 

Gervis Miles – bass

Trae Crudup – drums

Miriam Parker – Projections

8:30pm

Hamid Drake – drums, percussion

William Parker – gimbre, doson ghoni, flute reeds

Josh Abrams – gimbre

Lisa Alvardo – Projections

9:25pm

DoYeon Kim – Gayageum

Henry Fraser – bass 

Tom Rainey – drums

Laura Cocks – flute

 june 27

abrons arts center

6:00pm

7:00pm

Alan Braufman – alto / flute

Eri Yamamoto – piano

Luke Stewart – bass

Chad Taylor – drums

8:10pm

Cooper-Moore – banjo, diddley bow

Bobby Zankel – alto saxophone

Chad Taylor – drums

9:10pm

William Parker – bass

Hamid Drake – drums

Mixashawn Rozie – Tenor, vocals

Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet

Jason Kao Hwang – violin

Art Jones – Projections

june 28

abrons arts center

2:00pm

Steve Swell – trompbone

Ellen Christi – voice, electronics

Rob Brown – alto flute

Jeremy Carlstedt – drums

Ken Filiano – bass

Miah Artola – Projections

3:00pm

Whit Dickey – drums

Matthew Shipp – piano

Brandon Lopez – bass

4:10pm

Ned Rothenberg – reeds

Sylvie Courvoisier – piano

Nasheet Waits – drums

5:15pm

Daniel Carter – reeds, horns

Ayumi Ishito – saxophone

Stalios Mihas – guitar 

Federico Ughi – drums

Hamid Drake – drums

William Parker – bass

Matthew Shipp – piano

Matt Lavelle – trumpet

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