Pandit Pran Nath La Monte Young Marian Zazeela Jung Hee Choi Charles Curtis Terry Jennings Angus Maclise Richard Maxfield Just Alap Raga Ensemble The Theatre of Eternal Music Kirana Center Teaching Program

2024-2025 MELA CALENDAR



June 20 and 23, 2025
Two Concerts of Evening Ragas


JARE_2024Oct

29th Anniversary Memorial Tribute
Pandit Pran Nath
(November 3, 1918 - June 13, 1996)

1st Anniversary Memorial Tribute
Marian Zazeela
(April 15, 1940 - March 28, 2024)


Raga Darbari
“Hazrat Turkaman” ektal (12 beats) vilampit

The Just Alap Raga Ensemble

La Monte Young · voice
Jung Hee Choi · voice
Jon Catler · electric just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe · electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar · tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD

Friday, June 20, 2025, 7:00 pm
Monday, June 23, 2025, 7:00 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York


CONCERT NOTES →


May 8 - May 25, 2025
MEXICO CITY DREAM HOUSE


MEXICO 25 V 08 DREAM HOUSE

Sound and Light Environment

CDMX2025DH

a time installation
measured by a setting of continuous frequencies in sound and light

Opening
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 6pm

Installation Open
Thursday, May 8 — Sunday, May 25, 2025
11 am - 6 pm

Artist Talk
Jung Hee Choi with Aubin Arroyo
Sunday, May 11, 2025 | 4:30 PM

Casa del Lago UNAM

Bosque de Chapultepec Primera Seccion S/N,
San Miguel Chapultepec I Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11850 CDMX

MORE INFO AT CASA DEL LAGO WEBSITE ->

MELA PRESS RELEASE ->




March 27 - April 12, 2025
Music and Light Box





La Monte Young     Marian Zazeela
Music and Light Box
(1967 - 1968)


March 27 - April 12, 2025

Thursday - Saturday
4 pm - 7 pm

MELA Foundation

PRESS RELEASE


January 18 and 25, 2025
Seven and Studies in the Bowed Disc




JUNG HEE CHOI

Seven (2024)
on
Walter de Maria
Instrument for
La Monte Young (1966)


Avant-Premi�re
Performed by Jung Hee Choi
using Walter De Maria's sculptural Instrument for La Monte Young (1966)

INTERMISSION

LA MONTE YOUNG

STUDIES IN THE BOWED DISC (1963)
on
Robert Morris
Gong for
La Monte Young (1963)


Performed by La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi
using the gong designed and constructed by Robert Morris (1963)



January 18 and 25, 2025, at 7 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York


CONCERT NOTES →
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.



December 14, 2024
Maxfield: Perspectives for La Monte Young


Richard Maxfield

Perspectives
for
La Monte Young
(1961-62)

Performed by La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi on stringed instruments along with the tape montage produced by Maxfield and special symmetrical forward-retrograde arrangement by Young

Saturday, December 14, 2024, 7 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York


MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.



November 10, 2024
Composition in the Style of La Monte Young's
1960 Sustained Friction Sounds




video sound performance

Jung Hee Choi

Composition in the Style of La Monte Young's 1960 Sustained Friction Sounds (2000)

RICE (1999)

in a setting of
Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
Environmental Composition 2017 #1 v. 2, Jung Hee Choi

Sunday, November 10, 2024, 7 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York



CONCERT NOTES →
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.



November 2 and 3, 2024
Studies in the Bowed Disc


La Monte Young

Studies in the Bowed Disc (1963)
on
Robert Morris Gong for La Monte Young (1963)

La Monte Young · bowed disc
Charles Curtis · bowed disc
Jung Hee Choi · bowed disc

Saturday, November 2 and Sunday, November 3, 2024, 7 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York


MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.



October 17 and 19, 2024
La Monte Young 89th Birthday Concert


TSAB_2023

La Monte Young 89th Birthday Celebration

Raga Darbari
“Hazrat Turkaman” ektal (12 beats) vilampit

The Just Alap Raga Ensemble

La Monte Young · voice
Jung Hee Choi · voice
Jon Catler · electric just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe · electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar · tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD

Thursday, October 17 and Saturday, October 19, 2024, 7:30 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York


CONCERT NOTES →
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.





VIEW MORE PAST EVENTS FROM THE ARCHIVES →