On July 14th a new computer piece by veteran electronic music composer Alice Shields will be performed at National Sawdust as part of the 2017 NYC-Electroacoustic Music Festival, with Noh Theater performer Mayo Miwa and video by artist Tom Barratt. The concert  "Ancient Voices of the Computer," includes White Heron Dance  by  Shields, as well as electronic works by Joel Gressel, Jeff Hall, Stephen Dydo, Maurice Wright and Joe Hudson. The concert has been curated by the Association for the Promotion of New Music.

White Heron Dance is a shamanic ritual in sound in which a human being experiences a moment of union with nature in the form of a Great White Heron. Shields has compiled sounds

The Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music returns to Maine from July 12th - 21st, 2017. This year, the Festival explores the theme “Seeing Sound” and in addition to the public concerts for which it is known, there will be master classes for composers and a visual arts component. The featured guest composers this year are Augusta Read Thomas, Victoria Bond, Daniel Strong Godfrey, Elliott Schwartz, Vineet Shende , Peter McLaughlin and Delvyn Case. Music by Elliott Schwartz in a concert on July 12 (see full program here) will feature photographs/powerpoint video of artwork by Maine artist Deedee Schwartz.

Two events this week, featuring the music of ACA composer Ray Luedeke: in Toronto, Ontario, on Monday, June 5 at 7:30 pm, the Zephyr Piano Trio will perform Three Episodes from Iron John at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre as part of The Toronto Symphony's Small Concerts series; and in New York, on Thursday, June 8 at 7pm, clarinetist Julian Milkis and accordionist Alex Sevastian will perform Serenity at the Nicholas Roerich Museum 319 W 107th St, New York City.

Announcing the premiere concert of the Basmatics, an ensemble performing early and contemporary music.  Performers include Matthew Greenbaum (recorders), Stephanie Griffin (violin/viola), William Anderson (theorbo, etc), Elena Smith (gamba/cello), and Cyndie Bellen-Berthezene (soprano).  Works to be performed on May 27th at the Hiart Studio, 227 W. 29th St. in Manhattan, include Falconieri, Becker, Telemann, and Greenbaum.