An Experimental Music Incubator
Community of Sound is a music incubator focused on experimental, contemporary art music, free improvisation, and sound art.
The activities of Community of Sound involve Audience Development, Producing New Works, Education, Artistic Development, and Documentation. By pursuing these five areas of practice the founding members of Community of Sound improve their own work and add materially to the greater culture of Burlington Vermont and beyond.
Community of Sound is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and contributions are tax-deductible for income, gift, and estate taxes. Our EIN is 83-4026332.
DonateMembers:
Gahlord Dewald
double bass, experimental, composed, and free improvised music
Benjamin Mayock
composer, field recordings, spoken word, and guitar, sound artist
Danielle O’Hallisey
composer, film scores, guitar
Adam Ploof
composer-performer, piano, electronic music and jazz
Jo Bled
improvisational percussion
Jane Boxall
composer, mallet and percussion, poet
Matthew Jadin
jazz percussion
Matthew Evan Taylor
composer, saxophone, improvisation
Elizabeth Reid
viola, contemporary performance practices specialist
Board
Lauren Costello, experimental musician
Toussaint St. Negritude, improvisational musician and poet
Ken Bogdanowicz, music technologist and entrepreneur
Gabrielle Hall, musician and Girls Rock Vermont organizer
John Hastings, composer
Members Emeritus:
Jeffrey Pierce (electronic music, composer, sound design)
Adrianne Cooper Smith (avant-garde banjo/accordion)
Clyde Powers (composer, instrument designer)
Reggie Achilles (electronic musician and composer)
Lauren Costello (cello, electronics, tape, curator, and composer)