On June 2, 2025, Arts for Art is proud to open VISION 2025 with a celebration of the creative genius of Roscoe Mitchell for his Lifetime of Achievement that is rooted in an unquenchable thirst for boundary defying creative thought in both music and art. The festival will close June 7th, with William Parker’s Healing Message from Time & Space featuring an all star band to send us home with the wisdom to know that Power lies with the People and Music is the Message.
FULL SCHEDULE
Monday June 2 Celebrating Roscoe Mitchell LifeTime of Achievement
The Art of Roscoe Mitchell will be projected throughout the night
7:00 PM Opening
7:30 PM Roscoe Mitchell Quartet
Roscoe Mitchell – reeds / Dave Burrell – piano /
Tani Tabbal – drums / William Parker – bass
8:30 PM Roscoe Mitchell Metropolis
Features Emi Ferguson’s Baroque Ensemble Ruckus + Immanuel Wilkins Quartet
10:00 SPACE Ensemble : Roscoe Mitchell – percussion, winds /
Thomas Buckner – baritone / Scott Robinson – winds / Robert Dick – flute
Tuesday June 3
6:30 PM Miriam Parker – Video Art, dance
7:00 PM gabby fluke-mogul’s Thread:
gabby fluke-mogul, Charles Burnham – violin /
Luke Stewart – bass / Tcheser Holmes – drums
8:00 PM Amirtha Kidambi Elder Ones: Amirtha Kidambi – voice / Alfredo Colon – tenor /
Lester St Louis – cello / Matt Nelson – sax, electronics / Jason Nazary – drums
9:00 PM. Ellen Christi’s Flux in Chaos:
Ellen Christi – voice / Cooper-Moore – multi-instrument / William Parker – bass /
TA Thompson – drums / Patricia Nicholson text, movement
10:00 PM Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble : Portraits of Sonic Freedom
Nicole Mitchell – flute, composition / James Brandon Lewis – tenor / Caroline Davis – alto sax / Christopher Williams – trumpet / Maia vocals – harp / Angelica Sanchez – piano
Luke Stewart – bass / Val Jeanty – elec, percussion / JoVia Armstrong – perc.
Wednesday June 4
6:30 PM yoshiko chuma and The school of hard knocks “ unfinished Symphony, #1 Suite New York “
Dancers
Miriam Parker
Emily Pope
Deniz Erkan Sancak
Kathy Ray
Patricia Nicholson
Dennis O’Connor
Angelina Laguna
Musicians
Jason Hwang
Chrisopher Mclntyre
Dane Telly
shinya_side_effect
Steve Swell
Aliya Ulta
7:15 PM Mendoza/ McPhee/ Taylor
Ava Mendoza – guitar / Joe McPhee – tenor / Chad Taylor – drums
8:15 PM. Radical Reversal:
Devin Brahja Waldman – sax & Randall Horton – poet
9:00 PM Hamid Drake’s Indigenous Mind
Hamid Drake – drums/ Daniel Carter – horns / Cooper-Moore – homemade instr / Alfredo Colon – tenor / Melanie Dyer – viola / William Parker – bass, ngoni
10:00 PM Pheeroan akLaff’s Robeson Rise
Jay Rodriquez – sax / Sumi Tonooka – piano / Lissette Santiago – perc/ Jonathan Toscano – bass / DJ Jahi Sundance Lake / Pheeroan akLaff – drums
Thursday Jun 5
6:30 PM Davalois Fearon Dance
Davalois Fearon – dance, Artistic Direction
Mike McGinnis – clarinet, sax / Adriel Vincent-Brown – drums
Peter Appplebaum – piano / Patricia Smith – poet
Jalisa Wallerson, Marýa Wethers – dance / Myssi Robinson – dance, video art
7:30 PM Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio
Ivo Perelman – tenor / Matthew Shipp – piano
William Parker – bass / Mat Maneri – viola
8:30 PM Oliver Lake poet & DJ Jahi Sundance Lake
9:00 PM Spirit World
Michael Wimberly – drums / Oluyemi Thomas – alto / Joe McPhee – tenor /
William Parker – bass / Lisa Sokolov – voice
10:00 PM Mary Halvorson’s Canis Major:
Mary Halvorson- guitar / Dave Adewumi- trumpet
Henry Fraser- bass / Tomas Fujiwara- drums
Friday Jun 6
5:00 PM CONFERENCE
7:00 PM The Fringe:
Francisco Mela – drums / George Garzone – sax / John Lockwood – bass
8:00 PM Shamanic Principle
Patricia Nicholson – dance, text / Val Jeanty – percussion /
Melanie Dyer – viola / Miriam Parker – video art
9:00 PM DoYeon Kim Quartet
DoYeon Kim – gayageum / Mat Maneri – vola / John Hebert- bass /
Satoshi Takeishi – drums Boomi Choi – video art
10:00 PM David Murray Birdley Serenade
David Murray – sax / Luke Stewart – bass / Marta Sanchez – piano /
Russell Carter – drums
Saturday Jun 7
6:00 PM Marilyn Crispell Solo Piano
7:00 PM ‘How the Dust Falls’: Gerry Hemingway – drums, percussion, voice /
Earl Howard – synthesizer & saxophone / Surprise Guest – piano
Beth Warshafsky – interactive video projection
8:00 PM Fay Victor Tree Trini Collective
Fay Victor – voice, words / Lyndon Achee – steelpan / Jessie Cox – drums
9:00 PM Brown /Morris /Carletti
Rob Brown – alto sax / Joe Morris – bass / Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
10:00 PM William Parker’s Healing Message from Time & Space:
William Parker – composition, 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
