Open Rehearsal with GRAMMY Award-Winning Ensemble Alarm Will Sound

Open Rehearsal with GRAMMY Award-Winning Ensemble Alarm Will Sound
Date & Time: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 5:45-6:30PM
Registration required, RSVP above!

Join us to observe a special open rehearsal with the GRAMMY Award–winning ensemble Alarm Will Sound and acclaimed singer-songwriter serpentwithfeet.

This rehearsal offers a rare opportunity to witness the creative process behind a collaborative performance that blends contemporary classical music, poetry, and R&B-influenced songwriting. The artists will be preparing a program centered on collaboration and storytelling, including a performance of Julius Eastman’s seminal work Stay On It, reimagined with serpentwithfeet as vocalist and narrator.

The rehearsal will explore a continuous set Alarm Will Sound and serpentwithfeet will perform at the University of Pennsylvania. That set weaves together spoken poetry, music, and projected video. serpentwithfeet will share newly written text and poetry alongside readings connected to Eastman’s work, while the ensemble gradually builds into the electrifying musical textures of Stay On It. The performance will also feature “invoice,” one of serpentwithfeet’s own songs, newly orchestrated for Alarm Will Sound.

Open rehearsals offer a unique window into how artists shape a performance: experimenting, refining ideas, and building the musical and theatrical connections that audiences will ultimately experience on stage.

We hope you’ll join us for this informal and inspiring glimpse into the collaborative process.

Learn more about Alarm Will Sound here!

Photo Credit: Nir Arieli – Alarm Will Sound @ Irish Arts Center 2024

This event is a Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather, engage, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners.