Over the past two years, communities have struggled to connect without sharing space. As we come back together, we want to take time to focus on what happens when we all share space together.

Performances of Jackson Mac Low’s Asymmetries (chance poems that can be played as music) are different every time. The poems themselves are nonsensical, and there’s no specific goal or correct outcome from each performance, but because people are gathered, listening, and relating, the sensation of meaning always emerges. As if by magic, meaning arises simply from events sharing time and space.

Community members are invited to participate in the performance, either as readers or observers. No professional experience is necessary; an interest in the work and desire to perform it is enough.

After a long time apart, we look forward to gathering and to creating meaning together. Those interested in participating in the performance can attend one or both of the coaching sessions that the Music Festival musicians will be attending, in preparation for Friday night’s performance. These sessions will be:

MONDAY, JUNE 20 7:30-8:30 pm and WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 4:00-6:00pm

Both coaching sessions and the Friday night performance will be held at the Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church at 9 Ayer Road in Harvard, MA.