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Stephen Prina "A Lick and a Promise" // MoMA
Friday, September 12, 2025 - Saturday, December 13, 2025
The Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
Stephen Prina. The Top Thirteen Singles from Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles Chart for the Week Ending September 11, 1993. 1993. Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York
CJM revisits his 2015 collaboration with interdiciplinary artist Stephen Prina, music directing and playing trombone throughout the 3 month performance retrospective. Full details TBA in early 2025.
CJM PERFORMANCES:
September 12 & 13
Concerto for Modern, Movie, and Pop Music for 10 Instruments and Voice (2010)
MoMA, Floor 4, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio
> CJM conducts Either/Or & Prina
MoMA Event Page
October 4 & 5
String Quartet for Six Players (1976) and The Way He Always Wanted It XI (2013)
MoMA, Floor 2, The Donald and Catherine Marron Family Atrium
> CJM conducts Either/Or strings & an all-star flute sextet
MoMA Event Page
October 25
Three Folk Songs in Search of a Fanfare — Palate Cleanser (2003)
MoMA, Floor 1, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
> CJM on trombone with TILT Brass & Prina
MoMA Event Page
November 6 & 8
The Way He Always Wanted It II, Movement 4 (2008) and A Lick and a Promise (2025) [world premiere]
MoMA, Floor 4, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio
> CJM on trombone with Either/Or, International Contemporary Ensembele, & Prina
MoMA Event Page
December 13
PUSH COMES TO LOVE FEST (2025)
MoMA, Floor 1, The Agnes Gund Garden Lobby
> CJM on trombone with TILT Brass; performing his Quintette (2024-25)
MoMA Event Page