Saturday, May 2, 2026
7:30 pm Show (7:00 pm doors)
$0-$20. Card to Culture + 18/under free.
General admission: $20 advance, $25 door.
The Shea Theater Arts Center
71 Avenue A in Great Falls, MA (link)
Antenna Cloud Farm presents a special evening of live performance with renowned vocalist, composer, and video artist Emily Wells (vocals, violin, keys, synths, drums), along with special guest artists Hannah Berube (clarinet), Kirin McElwain (cello, composition), Che Ali (violin, composition, Ei alumni), Philip McGinty (viola, composition, Ei alumni), and Michi Wiancko (violin, composition, ACF director).
This show will be the culmination of a weeklong residency at Antenna Cloud Farm centered around creative exploration, project incubation, and musical engagements with students and youth in local schools and music programs. We are thrilled to be partnering once again with the beloved Shea Theater in Great Falls for this show.
ACF’s 2nd Annual Spring Residency is supported in part by grants from the Montague, Gill, Leyden, Orange, and Northfield Cultural Councils - local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
MEET THE ARTISTS:
Forging a bridge between pop and chamber music, EMILY WELLS has toured extensively throughout the world, including performances at Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim Museum, and the National Gallery of Art. Wells’s evocative music (described as “thrilling” by Pitchfork and “quietly transfixing” by The New York Times) impels listeners to be attuned. Her latest release, Regards to the End, explores the AIDS crisis, climate change, and her lived experience watching the world burn. A work of radical empathy, Regards to the End foregrounds the power of art, critique, and care to connect and perhaps redeem us. Learn more. (Photo by Rachel Stern)
PHILIP MCGINTY: “I am interested in exploration, curiosity, play, resistance, and plural embodiment through interdisciplinary practice. I continue to use music, writing, and visual art in intertwined ways as a method of articulation and expression.” Also an alumni of ACF’s Ei, Philip’s beautiful new recording can be heard here. Learn more.
HANNAH BERUBE is a musician and educator who performs with and serves on the leadership council of the New England Repertory Orchestra, and performs clarinet with other ensembles throughout the Northeast. Hannah teaches at Smith College and Clark University, and is a member of the Leadership Network for Accessible Arts Education through the Berklee College of Music. She holds degrees in music performance and education from the UMass Amherst and Boston University. Learn more.
CHE ALI is an experimental interdisciplinary artist based in new york city, and an alumni of Antenna Cloud Farm’s Experimental Institute. che primarily performs and creates music as a violinist and composer while also integrating objects, voice, movement, and poetry. Learn more. (Photo by Titilayo Ayangade)
KIRIN MCELWAIN is a cellist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer working in the realms of experimental, contemporary classical, and improvised music. Weaving together Renaissance and Baroque influences with an affinity for sub-bass and harsh electronic textures, her music explores desire, shame, perfection, and belonging. Learn more. (Photo by Alice Plati)
MICHI WIANCKO is a composer, violinist, curator, and collaborator whose imaginative projects and multi-faceted organizational work prioritize musical and cultural diversity, and community care. Michi directs and curates Antenna Cloud Farm, and is an associate professor at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Her solo album, Planetary Candidate is out on New Amsterdam Records, and she is a member of Silkroad Ensemble, led by Rhiannon Giddens. Learn more. (Photo by Anja Schütz)
TICKET PRICES:
Online:
General Admission: $20 + non-refundable Eventbrite fee
Youth 18 & under: FREE
Reduced Rate: $10
Card to Culture cardholders: FREE
At-the-door:
General Admission: $25
Youth 18 & under: FREE
Reduced Rate: $15
Card to Culture cardholders: FREE
IMPORTANT TICKETING INFORMATION:
Online ticket sales close 2 hours before start of each show. Tickets will be available for purchase at the venue. In the event of a sold-out concert, the ACF website will be updated immediately with a notification.
Once a ticket is purchased online, you are all set to go. We will have your name on a list at the door, so NO printed ticket or ID is required for entry.
100% of ticket sale proceeds go directly to performing artists.
The Reduced Rate is a no-questions-asked ticket option for guests who find General Admission to be cost-prohibitive. Please choose this option if you would otherwise not be able to afford to attend the event.
We are proud to participate in the Card to Culture program, and cardholders may attend any Antenna Cloud Farm concert for free. This program is a collaboration between Mass Cultural Council and the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, and the Massachusetts Health Connector, by breaking down the financial barriers to cultural programming. Click through to see complete lists of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
We are extremely grateful to our wonderful community of partners and collaborators, all of whom help make the mission and vision of Antenna Cloud Farm come to life.
Thank you for considering a donation to Antenna Cloud Farm. We gratefully accept donations at any time of the year. ACF is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are completely tax deductible. EIN 93-3707323