vision festival 2025
Vision Festival
Roulette Intermedium | June 2—7
Arts for Art introduces the annual Vision Festival. The Vision Festival is the world’s premier festival of experimental music.
festival lineup
june 2
7:00pm
Opening
7:30pm
Roscoe Mitchell – reeds
Dave Burrell – piano
william parker – bass
Tani Tabbal – drums
8:30pm
Roscoe Mitchell metropolis
Emi Ferguson’s Baroque Ensemble Ruckus
Immanuel Wilkins Quartet
10:00pm
Roscoe Mitchell – percussion, winds
Thomas Buckner – voice
Scott Robinson – reeds
Robert Dick – flute
june 3
7:00pm
Miriam parker
7:00pm
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
charles burnham – violin
luke stewart – bass
tcheser holmes – drums
8:00pm
amirtha kidambi – voice
alfredo colón – tenor sax
lester st louis – cello
matt nelson – sax, electronics
jason nazary – drums
9:00pm
ellen christi – voice
cooper-moore – multi-instrument
william parker – bass
ta thompson – drums
patricia nicholson – text, movement
10:00pm
Nicole mitchell: flute, composition
james brandon lewis – tenor sax
caroline davis – alto sax
christopher williams – trumpet
maia – vocals, harp
angelica sanchez – piano
luke stewart – bass
val jeanty – electronics, percussion
jovia armstrong – percussion
june 4
6:30pm
miriam parker – dancer
emily pope – dancer
deniz erkan sancak – dancer
kathy ray – dancer
patricia nicholson – dancer
dennis o’connor – dancer
angelina laguna – dancer
jason hwang – musician
christopher mcintyre – musician
dane terry – musician
shinya lin – musician
steve swell – musician
aliya ultan – musician
7:15pm
ava mendoza – guitar
joe mcphee – tenor sax
chad taylor – drums
8:15pm
Devin Brahja Waldman – synthesizer/piano
Randall Horton – poet
Amma Islam – vocals
Melanie Dyer – viola
Brendan Regan – guitar
Warren Trae Crudup – drums
9:00pm
hamid drake – drums
daniel carter – horns
cooper-moore – homemade instruments
alfredo colón – tenor sax
Melanie dyer – viola
william parker – bass, ngoni
10:00pm
pheeroan aklaff – drums
jay rodriguez – sax
sumi tonooka – piano
lissette santiago – perc
jonathan toscano – bass
jahi sundance lake – dj
june 5
6:30pm
Davalois Fearon – dance, Artistic Direction
Mike McGinnis – clarinet, sax
Adriel Vincent-Brown – drums
Peter Appplebaum – piano
Patricia Smith – poet
Jalisa Wallerson – dance
Marýa Wethers – dance
Myssi Robinson – dance, video art
7:30pm
ivo perelman – tenor
matthew shipp – piano
william parker – bass
mat maneri – viola
8:30pm
oliver lake – poet
jahi sundance lake – dj
9:00pm
michael wimberly – drums
oluyemi thomas – alto sax
joe mcphee – tenor sax
william parker – bass
lisa sokolov – voice
jeff schlanger – visual art
10:00pm
mary halvorson – guitar
dave adewumi – trumpet
henry fraser – bass
tomas fujiwara – drums
june 6
5:00pm
mini conference on Building “the heART to Resist”
7:00pm
francisco mela – drums
george garzone – sax
john lockwood – bass
8:00pm
patricia nicholson – dance, text
val jeanty – percussion
melanie dyer – viola
miriam parker – video art
9:00pm
doyeon kim – gayageum
mat maneri – viola
john herbert – bass
satoshi takeishi – drums
Nico Cadena – visual art
10:00pm
david murray – sax
luke stewart – bass
marta sanchez – piano
russell carter – drums
june 7
6:00pm
marilyn crispell piano solo
7:00pm
gerry hemmingway – drums, percussion, voice
earl howard – synthesizer, sax
beth warshafsky – interactive video projection
surprise guest – piano
8:00pm
fay victor – voice, words
lyndon achee – steelpan
jessie cox – drums
9:00pm
rob brown – alto sax
joe morris – bass
juan pablo carletti – drums
10:00pm
william parker – bass
hamid drake – drums, voice
selendis – vibes, voice
aakash mittal – alto sax, voice
sula spirit – voice, perc
mixashawn – tenor sax, voice
frank london – trumpet, voice
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