After a three-year, pandemic-induced hiatus from performing live together, the musical ensembles and Zeitgeist (St. Paul, MN) will once again share a stage to present an evening of enlivening experimental music.

The critically-acclaimed No Exit, which features members of the faculty, will co-headline with Zeitgeist at Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥'s Drinko Hall, 2001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland on Thursday, February 2 at 8 p.m. For the safety of all present, masks are recommended. 

The joint program, titled "Here and There 2023 in Cleveland" is a part of a six-date/two-city tour collaboration and will include brand new world premiere works along with avant-garde music from the not-so-distant past. Works from Philip Blackburn, Alvin Lucier, Luis Daniel Jiménez Rojas, Frederic Rzewski, Jonathan Posthuma and George Lewis will be a part of the no-cost, open to the public musical event. A second night of this collaborative performance event will take place at  on Saturday, February 4 from 7 - 9 p.m.

In between these two dates, No Exit and Zeitgeist will present a one-night-only intimate and unique program at  on Friday, February 3 This concert will feature original composition by Kaija Saariaho, James Praznik, Luke Rinderkencht and George Lewis, in addition to a masterful arrangement by pianist Rob Kovacs () of Rob Fuller’s score for the classic video game, .

Three additional dates, entitled "," are scheduled for later this month. They will reflect the programs held on February 2 and 4, not the SPACES programming. For more information, visit and the .