Yarn/Wire

39 artists. 18 world premieres. 20+ performances. 6 countries. One unforgettable 20th anniversary season!

These few snippets from this year capture just a fraction of the instruments and sonic worlds we explored this season. Behind them is a deep commitment to exploration, collaboration, and the joy of playing together!

Thank you to every one who shared this season with us: composers, collaborators, presenters and audiences. Here’s to season 20. Onward to 21!

The 2026 Yarn/Wire Institute is a wrap!
What a fantastic week with our 2026 participants: .duo Tac2us Catalizador and Tran + Maelstrom

It was incredible to witness how much each project developed over the course of the week, the amount of growth, refinement and discovery between the first presentations and the final performances was so impressive and our minds were blown away by each participant’s curiosity, commitment and creativity.

We’re so excited to welcome these groups into the Yarn/Wire Institute alumni community and can’t wait to see where their work takes them next!

Huge thanks to .nyc for hosting and supporting the Institute, and special thanks to and for the administrative and technical support throughout the week!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Currents 12 at the and at last week! This edition of the series was co-commissioned by the Moers Festival and featured new works by Jonah Haven and Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir.

Jonah entrusted us with a deeply personal work inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver, Bergrun made us into a superorganism (particularly effective in this resonant church, see slide 3!!) thank you both for your generosity and imagination in creating these new pieces for us ✨

If you weren’t able to attend, the archival livestream is available online the website.

Join us for the Yarn/Wire International Institute Festival! June 5 • 7PM
Manhattan School of Music, NYC
Free RSVP at link in bio 🎟️

Featuring Ashian Ensemble, Catalizador, Fog in a Forest, Magpie Duo and Tac2us

The Festival is the culmination of a week of performances, improvisations, workshops, discussions and creative exchanges, we hope to see you there!

Ashian Ensemble: Runchen Li, Bo Zhang


Catalizador: Andres Bonilla Garcia, Austin Wegener


Fog in a Forest: Nicholas Tran, Athos Maelstrom
.not.male

Magpie Duo: Matthew Schultheis, Lauren Conroy duo .schultheis

Tac2us: Ethan Burke, Mihail Babus, Sarah Pedlar + Yuval Medina (composer)
.bab .pedlar

Being at the felt like stepping into an amazingly joyful world built entirely around curiosity, openness, and musical experiments✨

We began on the main stage with ‘s After Nan Shepherd: stark, dark, spacious music that felt really thrilling to share in that setting. It was also wonderful to collaborate with the luminous@taraling for the first time on this project!

Then came Currents 12, featuring pieces by Jonah Haven and . The resonance in the church was extraordinary, and this program is both beautiful and weird in the best of ways. If you missed it at Moers, we’re bringing the program to in NYC THIS THURSDAY.

There was also the Pianomobil (a Moers institution) got to perform for residents at a retirement home, rolling through the park, and bring music into unexpected corners of the city.

We’re very grateful to everyone who listened, organized, helped, and shared these days with us.

1. PC: Nils Brinkmeier
2. PC: Dennis Hoeren
3. The pianomobile 🎹🚗
4. PC: Dennis Hoeren

Next week we unleash ‘s SUPRASEETHER at the , then we bring it to on May 28th as part of Currents 12!

Get your tickets at the link in bio 🎟️

Program notes below, 🔊ON for slide 2!

SUPRASEETHER explores the interplay between performers and their environment as they are dissolved into a shared, teeming field of awareness. Feelers extended, wanting to be limbs unfurled - the quartet as organism, sensing at the edges of its conditions. The sound becomes a field of perception, a body that listens as it negotiates with itself to breach their boundaries, shaped through contact, pressure and proximity. The material slipping away as it emerges, heeding a call towards impending fission.

Announcing the 2026 Yarn/Wire Institute participants!
This year brings together 12 musicians and 5 ensembles, and we are looking forward to a week of collaboration and exploration next month at .nyc !
Join us for the final concert on June 5th at 7PM

- 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 ( )
Runchen Li
Bo Zhang

- 𝗙𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁
Nicholas Tran ( )
Athos Maelstrom (.not.male )

- 𝗧𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝘀
Ethan Burke ( )
Sarah Pedlar (.pedlar )
Michael Babus (.bab )
Yuval Medina ( )

- 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿
Andres Bonilla Garcia ( )
Austin Wegner

- 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗽𝗶𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗼 (.duo )
Matthew Shultheis (.schultheis )
Lauren Conroy ( )

The Yarn/Wire Institute is made possible by generous support from the Augustine Foundation and the Manhattan School of Music.