BlackBox Ensemble
Wednesday March 18 | 7:30 pm
Chapin Hall on the college campus, Weston Hall 995 Main Street Williamstown, MA 01267 USA
BlackBox performs works by Ursula Mamlok, Annie Nikunen, Tania León, Nathalie Joachim, Ileana Perez Velazquez, and Douglas Boyce ’02.
BlackBox Ensemble is winner of the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Award New York 2025.
Our name, BlackBox, comes from the many meanings the term holds. In theatre, a black box is a bare, flexible space—four dark walls that can transform into anything, creating an environment ripe for bold experimentation and intimate connection. In science and technology, a black box is a system with known inputs and outputs, but the mystery of what happens inside makes it compelling. For us, we believe music, as a cultural medium, lives in that same space—enacting an ambiguous but vital relationship between artistic expression and human experience. Guided by the spirit of the theatrical black box, we create programs that invite risk, innovation, and connection, presenting contemporary classical music in ways that feel fresh, human, and alive.
www.blackboxensemble.org
BlackBox Ensemble
Wednesday March 18 | 7:30 pm
Chapin Hall on the college campus, Weston Hall 995 Main Street Williamstown, MA 01267 USA
BlackBox performs works by Ursula Mamlok, Annie Nikunen, Tania León, Nathalie Joachim, Ileana Perez Velazquez, and Douglas Boyce ’02.
BlackBox Ensemble is winner of the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Award New York 2025.
Our name, BlackBox, comes from the many meanings the term holds. In theatre, a black box is a bare, flexible space—four dark walls that can transform into anything, creating an environment ripe for bold experimentation and intimate connection. In science and technology, a black box is a system with known inputs and outputs, but the mystery of what happens inside makes it compelling. For us, we believe music, as a cultural medium, lives in that same space—enacting an ambiguous but vital relationship between artistic expression and human experience. Guided by the spirit of the theatrical black box, we create programs that invite risk, innovation, and connection, presenting contemporary classical music in ways that feel fresh, human, and alive.
www.blackboxensemble.org