In the Dark Concert

George Friedrick Haas’s In iij. Noct. offers the NMNC audience an experience of sensual immersion: sitting in the center of a completely dark space, the audience is surrounded by the intrepid musicians of the JACK Quartet. The music, derived in part from music by Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, takes an unpredictable course, with the audience following entirely through the sense of hearing. The Los Angeles Times called the JACK Quartet’s performance of this work “a revelatory romp in the dark.” JACK’s performances at New College will help inaugurate the school’s new black box theater, located in Hamilton Center. While at New College, the JACK Quartet will work with students and NMNC Director Stephen Miles on a new experimental composition.