118 Elliot

08/19/2026

Final Events!
Tonight August 19: Circle Singing with Paris Kern
Friday August 21: Masters of Sonic Liberation.

BRATTLEBORO — For three weekends in August, musicians, artists, students and audience members will converge on 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro for a festival where the boundary between watching art

08/18/2026

In the closing week of the Nu Mu festival, we have Paris Kern hosting a singing circle. The festival concludes with Masters of Sonic Liberation curated by Bonnie Kane featuring extended techniques and non-traditional structures.
Check out the full schedule below:

Wednesday, August 19th, 7pm
Join Paris Kern, a student of Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon for a playful and inspiring exploration of group singing. Paris co-founded VoiceExchange, an improvisational vocal ensemble in the Washington, D.C area based on a program started by Bobby McFerrin. As McFerrin describes it, it’s like finding a language you’ve always known: a space to finally express yourself, surrounded by others doing the same. Explore your voice, expand your rhythm and melody, and sing the “here and now.” It’s playful, freeing, and deeply connecting—an imperfect, vibrant experience of belonging through sound.

Thursday, August 20:
Masters of Sonic Liberation pt 1: Bonnie Kane curates new music featuring extended techniques and non-traditional structures.
7:30 pm: (Streamed from Holyoke) Emmanuelle Zagoria Kalo + Conor Perrault; Aeroelastic Flutter (Flair + Nicholas); KaneLoggia Hypothesis

Friday, August 21
7pm: Masters of Sonic Liberation pt 2: Bonnie Kane curates new music featuring extended techniques and non-traditional structures.
Conor + Kalo: Irman Peck – electric cello solo; Emmanuelle Zagoria – voice, electronics solo; Matt Weston – solo drums; KaneLoggia Hypothesis

Event details on 118elliot.com

08/17/2026

Great piece on the Nu Mu Festival of New & Experimental Music & Art from last week's Keene Sentinel. Thank you Matt Ozlewski, you really caught the essence of this event -- we have community sing this Wed and big 'Sonic Liberation' finale on Friday, we'll keep you posted...

BRATTLEBORO — For three weekends in August, musicians, artists, students and audience members will converge on 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro for a festival where the boundary between watching art

08/17/2026

Pleased to welcome Kathryn Jezer-Morton to 118 Elliot for her book launch with Viking Press Saturday August 29 at 6pm. She has written about domestic life and digital culture for the New York Times, The Nation, The Guardian, and Jezebel, among many other publications. She holds a PhD in sociology from Concordia University and lives with her partner and two children in Montreal, but is a the daughter of Mimi Morton and Marty Jezer, two beloved Brattleboro writers. More details to come...

08/13/2026

Thank you for this feature, Keene Sentinel!

BRATTLEBORO — For three weekends in August, musicians, artists, students and audience members will converge on 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro for a festival where the boundary between watching art

08/13/2026

Week 2 of the Nu Mu festival is here! We have multiple performances and a morning meditative listening session lined up from August 13th–16th at 118 Elliot. Please take a look at the programs taking place this weekend:

Thursday, August 13th
7pm-8pm: Students from Long Island University and Brattleboro’s Anarchoharmonia to play an improvised composition under the conduction of Jeff Lederer.

Friday, August 14th
7:00 pm (45 min) – “Post-Modern 1”: New music ensemble from Long Island University performs experimental works by living composers including Stephan LaRosa, Matt Wilson, and Kali Malone. Performers: Stuart Heim/Aaron Abrams (electronics), Sofia Lanese(guitar), Benedetto Zangri(bass), Justin Krauss (drums), Ray Schwan (bass) Jeff Lederer (bass clarinet, director)

8:00 pm: Julian Gerstin’s “Dr Julian’s Yes Yes”
Brattleboro’s own Julian Gerstin presents the premiere of a new ensemble that plays original music steeped in jazz and sparkling with rhythms and instruments from the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Arabic world.
Paul Austerlitz and Jeff Lederer (multiple woodwinds), Don Anderson(trumpet), Andrew Wilcox (piano), Wes Brown (bass), Ben James (drums), Julian Gerstin (percussion).

9:30 pm: NU MU Afterparty at Midnight’s, 2 High Street, Brattleboro, VT, with a performance by student emo-gaze band “Cannon Fodder”.

Saturday, August 15th
A very special performance by The Turbulence Orchestra, a large format improvisational ensemble that brings many musicians together who collaborate both in small ensembles (the sub units) and as an improvisational orchestra under the conduction of Dave Peck aka Sparkles the Evil Clown. There will be two performances with a break for refreshments:
6 pm: The sub units play a series of short improvisations
8 pm: The full ensemble will perform “Explosive Cyclogenesis” an improvised pastoral symphony under the conduction of Dave Peck, AKA Sparkles, The Evil Clown.

Sunday, August 16th
A morning of music conducive to personal meditation practices and quiet activities including yoga, movement, reading, writing, drawing, contemplation.

More information on 118elliot.com

08/12/2026

Some highlights from the opening night of the Nu Mu festival featuring master storyteller and bassist Hilliard Greene and the opening parade with Peter Simoneaux, Linda Simoneaux along with Julian Gerstin, Dan DeWalt and others.

Nu Mu continues until August 21st. Please follow this link for the full event schedule: https://118elliot.com/event/nu-mu-5-the-mending-wall-music-and-art-festival-august-7-13-14-15-16-20-21/

Entry is free with donations accepted.

08/08/2026

Nu Mu Festival of improvisational music is in full swing. We're now gearing up for week 2 of the festival which will feature Julian Gerstin, Jeff Lederer along with the students from Long Island University. Below is the detailed breakdown of week 2 events:

Friday August 14th, 7pm: “Post-Modern 1,” a new music ensemble from Long Island University will perform experimental works by living composers including Stephan LaRosa, Matt Wilson, and Kali Malone. Stuart Heim/Aaron Abrams (electronics), Sofia Lanese(guitar), Benedetto Zangri(bass), Justin Krauss (drums), Ray Schwan (bass) Jeff Lederer (bass clarinet, director)

8pm: Dr Julian’s Yes Yes playing New Music by Jullian Gerstin loaded with adventuresome, exciting rhythms, and audience-friendly melodies. Paul Austerlitz and Jeff Lederer (multiple woodwinds), Don Anderson(trumpet), Andrew Wilcox (piano), Wes Brown (bass), Ben James (drums), Julian Gerstin (percussion).

Saturday, August 15th The Turbulence Orchestra will perform bringing together over 25 musicians to play two sets.

6pm: The Sub Units perform a series of short improvisations

7:30pm: The full ensemble will perform “Explosive Cyclogenesis” an improvised pastoral symphony under the conduction of Dave Peck, AKA Sparkles, The Evil Clown.

Students from Long Island University and Brattleboro’s Anarchoharmonia to play an improvised composition under the conduction of Jeff Lederer on Thursday August 13th at 7pm .

Community Music Making Events Include

Thursday August 13th
7pm: Students from Long Island University and Brattleboro’s Anarchoharmonia to play an improvised composition under the conduction of Jeff Lederer

Sunday August 16th
11am: “Sunday Sounds” A morning of meditative improvised music. Take the time to relax and engage in deep contemplation or bring a mat to practice yoga or other quiet activities or join us in the music making.

05/21/2026