BEYOND

BEYOND

David and Dylan in a recording session (circa 2012)
Contemporaneous performing in a warehouse. Stylized photo of the group in Black and White.

All of Contemporaneous’s past performance videos, recordings, podcasts and more….

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Dylan Mattingly - The Transmutation Notebooks: I. Ulysses Dances (Official Video)
Dylan Mattingly - The Transmutation Notebooks: I. Ulysses Dances (Official Video)

Dylan Mattingly - The Transmutation Notebooks: I. Ulysses Dances (Official Video)

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River's End Times / The Spirit of Water | Andrew Prahlow
River's End Times / The Spirit of Water | Andrew Prahlow

River's End Times / The Spirit of Water (Live @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Contemporaneous)

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THE PRECIPICE (FULL) | KARL (Karl Ronneburg) & Grey Rose Grant
THE PRECIPICE (FULL) | KARL (Karl Ronneburg) & Grey Rose Grant

THE PRECIPICE (FULL) | KARL (Karl Ronneburg) & Grey Rose Grant

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Songs at Night (FULL CONCERT) | Shelley Washington, Dylan Mattingly, & Lila Meretzky
Songs at Night (FULL CONCERT) | Shelley Washington, Dylan Mattingly, & Lila Meretzky

Songs at Night (FULL CONCERT) | Shelley Washington, Dylan Mattingly, & Lila Meretzky

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MIDDEN FIND (FULL) | Dan Trueman & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
MIDDEN FIND (FULL) | Dan Trueman & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh

MIDDEN FIND (FULL) | Dan Trueman & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh

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BREATH CONTAINED, III | Tonia Ko
BREATH CONTAINED, III | Tonia Ko

BREATH CONTAINED, III | Tonia Ko

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MASANE SESSAY | Pa Bobo Jobarteh and Jali Bakary Konteh (arr. Zachary Ritter)
MASANE SESSAY | Pa Bobo Jobarteh and Jali Bakary Konteh (arr. Zachary Ritter)

MASANE SESSAY | Pa Bobo Jobarteh and Jali Bakary Konteh (arr. by Zachary Ritter)

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JELANKA | Pa Bobo Jobarteh and Jali Bakary Konteh (arr. Dylan Mattingly)
JELANKA | Pa Bobo Jobarteh and Jali Bakary Konteh (arr. Dylan Mattingly)

JELANKA | Pa Bobo Jobarteh and Jali Bakary Konteh (arr. by Dylan Mattingly)

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MOSES IN NEDERLAND – I. | Michael Kropf
MOSES IN NEDERLAND – I. | Michael Kropf

MOSES IN NEDERLAND – I. | Michael Kropf

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MOSES IN NEDERLAND: II. | Michael Kropf
MOSES IN NEDERLAND: II. | Michael Kropf

Michael Kropf | MOSES IN NEDERLAND: II.

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MOSES IN NEDERLAND: III. | Michael Kropf
MOSES IN NEDERLAND: III. | Michael Kropf

MOSES IN NEDERLAND: III. | Michael Kropf

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MOSES IN NEDERLAND (FULL) | Michael Kropf
MOSES IN NEDERLAND (FULL) | Michael Kropf

MOSES IN NEDERLAND (FULL) | Michael Kropf

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GENEALOGY (EXCERPT) | Music by Dylan Mattingly, by Thomas Bartscherer
GENEALOGY (EXCERPT) | Music by Dylan Mattingly, by Thomas Bartscherer

GENEALOGY (EXCERPT) | Music by Dylan Mattingly, text by Thomas Bartscherer

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STRANGER LOVE: Act I, Scene 13 — Jubilee (EXCERPT) | Dylan Mattingly
STRANGER LOVE: Act I, Scene 13 — Jubilee (EXCERPT) | Dylan Mattingly

STRANGER LOVE: Act I, Scene 13 — Jubilee (EXCERPT) | Dylan Mattingly

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Projects

Projects & Imagination
THE OPEN MIC SERIES
THE OPEN MIC SERIES

The Open Mic Series
A free opportunity for all composers to submit their work for a performance & recording.

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HEAPS
HEAPS

HEAPS
A 40-minute sound collage of Imogen Heap’s iconic track Hide and Seek – melding choir, chamber orchestra, electronics, and live processed solo vocals.

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The Precipice
The Precipice

The Precipice
A chamber-rock opera’s tale of ‘becoming’

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Songs at Night
Songs at Night

Songs at Night
A large-scale song cycle drawing on the poems of Yiddish-language poet Anna Margolin

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Parables
Parables

Parables
A celebration of the kora with Gambian griots Mafu Conteh & Jali Bakary Konteh

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Midden Find
Midden Find

Midden Find
The Hardanger D'Amore in power, rhythm, & resonance

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Stranger Love
Stranger Love

Stranger Love
A celebration of life

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Sunrise / Sunset
Sunrise / Sunset

Sunrise / Sunset
A daylong communal performance

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Treading Water
Treading Water

Treading Water
Exploring cognitive distortions and closed-circuit logic

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And Flowers Showered
And Flowers Showered

And Flowers Showered
An immersive exploration of self

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Recorded Music

Recorded Music
The Wild Heart by Dylan Mattingly
The Wild Heart by Dylan Mattingly

THE WILD HEART
Dylan Mattingly

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Jherek Bischoff's Cistern
Jherek Bischoff's Cistern

CISTERN
Jherek Bischoff

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Finnegan Shanahan's The Two Halves
Finnegan Shanahan's The Two Halves

The Two Halves
Finnegan Shanahan

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The NYFA Collection, Volume Two
The NYFA Collection, Volume Two

The NYFA Collection, Volume Two

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Yotam Haber’s TORUS
Yotam Haber’s TORUS

Torus
Yotam Haber

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Dylan Mattingly’s Stream of Stars
Dylan Mattingly’s Stream of Stars

Stream of Stars
Dylan Mattingly

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Imagination Radio

Contemporaneous Imagination Radio logo

Imagination Radio investigates the ways we search for meaning through music and life, & why people are compelled to create.

Produced by Contemporaneous and hosted by co-artistic directors David Bloom and Dylan Mattingly, Imagination Radio explores the boundless imagination in every walk of life — from BASE-jumping to neuroscience, and cartography to music — in search of what drives each of us to venture into the unknown. Imagination Radio features episodes that pursue monumental questions of creativity alternating with episodes that dive deep into works that Contemporaneous has commissioned.

Though the podcast is on hiatus, we hope you listen to our current episodes below (and subscribe for any updates 😉)!

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IMAGINATION RADIO EPISODES
BONUS EPISODE: Two songs from Finnegan Shanahan’s “The Two Halves”
BONUS EPISODE: Two songs from Finnegan Shanahan’s “The Two Halves”

Enjoy these two songs from the heart of Finnegan Shanahan's lush and driving record.

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EPISODE 3: The permanence and impermanence of growing up – Finnegan Shanahan on “The Two Halves”
EPISODE 3: The permanence and impermanence of growing up – Finnegan Shanahan on “The Two Halves”

An 1852 map of Finnegan Shanahan's native Hudson Valley sparks his imagination, and into his genre-defying debut album, he pours not only his own story but also the story of growing up.

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BONUS EPISODE: Katherine Balch’s “New Geometry”
BONUS EPISODE: Katherine Balch’s “New Geometry”

Contemporaneous performs Katherine Balch's captivating New Geometry.

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EPISODE 2: The joy of creation – Katherine Balch on “New Geometry”
EPISODE 2: The joy of creation – Katherine Balch on “New Geometry”

Discovery is the catalyst for composer Katherine Balch's creativity, and her music is a deeply personal expression of the wonderment she feels in experiencing the new.

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EPISODE 1: What does it mean to work without limits?
EPISODE 1: What does it mean to work without limits?

What possibilities emerge when we begin to question the tacitly accepted — and easily overlooked — limits that govern who we can be and what we can do?

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