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Each year National Sawdust hosts an open call for emerging and established Brooklyn-based musicians to participate in the institution’s signature Summer Labs program. Summer Labs is a chance for musicians to create and perform work in an inspiring space at a critical early stage in the journey of a work from concept to reality.
Musicians who are selected to participate in Summer Labs are given time to develop and perform a 20-40 minute music-based work-in-progress in our state-of-the-art venue. Following the performance, artists will host a 15 minute audience Q&A to discuss their process and their new work on the National Sawdust stage. As part of the program, participants receive:
- Up to 5 hours of tech-supported rehearsal and development time in the venue
- Mentorship and producing support from National Sawdust staff
- Marketing support, along with having their project featured on the National Sawdust website
- A complimentary multi-track recording of their work
- Up to 3 professional photos of their presentation
- A video of their concert for promotional use
- Access to National Sawdust’s network of world-class artists
Successful projects will also be considered for future programming in the venue and with our partners around the country.
2019 Summer Labs:
Past participants include:
- Alexa Dexa’s Be a Doll
- Jeff Tang’s Such Strange Gravity
- Yoon-Ji Lee’s Sunday Supper
- Adrianna Aguilar’s TREES
- Sugar Vendil’s Islander
- Anna Roberts-Gevalt
- GLMMR (David T. Little + David Adam Moore)’s Book of Dreams
- Found Sound Nation’s Polymath Club
- ARIADNE’s Observance_004
- Invisible Anatomy’s BODY PARTS
- Late Sea
- Joanna Wallfisch’s The Great Song Cycle Song Cycle
- Donovan Dorrance and Gregory Richardson’s Music for Dorrance Dance
