Calendar
DREAM HOUSE CLOSED JULY 26
The MELA Foundation Dream House will be closed all day on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
Ongoing:
MELA Dream House, NYC
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR OF THE DREAM HOUSE
La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi Dream House, 2023, copyright © Jung Hee Choi 2023.
Dream House
Sound and Light Environment
a time installation
measured by a setting of continuous frequencies in sound and light
Extended exhibition at MELA Foundation
Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 2pm - 7pm
Admission: $10.00MELA Foundation
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
T 917 603 9715
June 20 and 23, 2025
Two Concerts of Evening Ragas
29th Anniversary Memorial Tribute
Pandit Pran Nath
(November 3, 1918 - June 13, 1996)
1st Anniversary Memorial Tribute
Marian Zazeela
(April 15, 1940 - March 28, 2024)
Raga Darbari
“Hazrat Turkaman” ektal (12 beats) vilampit
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble
| La Monte Young | · | voice |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | voice |
| Jon Catler | · | electric just intonation guitar |
| Hansford Rowe | · | electric fretless bass |
| Naren Budhkar | · | tabla |
| The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD | ||
Friday, June 20, 2025, 7:00 pm
Monday, June 23, 2025, 7:00 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
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May 8 - May 25, 2025
MEXICO CITY DREAM HOUSE
MEXICO 25 V 08 DREAM HOUSE
Sound and Light Environment
measured by a setting of continuous frequencies in sound and light
Opening
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 6pm
Installation Open
Thursday, May 8 — Sunday, May 25, 2025
11 am - 6 pm
Artist Talk
Jung Hee Choi with Aubin Arroyo
Sunday, May 11, 2025 | 4:30 PM
Casa del Lago UNAM
Bosque de Chapultepec Primera Seccion S/N,
San Miguel Chapultepec I Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11850 CDMX
MORE INFO AT CASA DEL LAGO WEBSITE ->
MELA PRESS RELEASE ->
March 27 - April 12, 2025
Music and Light Box
La Monte Young Marian Zazeela
Music and Light Box
(1967 - 1968)
March 27 - April 12, 2025
Thursday - Saturday
4 pm - 7 pm
MELA Foundation
January 18 and 25, 2025
Seven and Studies in the Bowed Disc
JUNG HEE CHOI
Seven (2024)
on
Walter de Maria
Instrument for
La Monte Young (1966)
Avant-Première
Performed by Jung Hee Choi
using Walter De Maria's sculptural Instrument for La Monte Young (1966)
INTERMISSION
LA MONTE YOUNG
STUDIES IN THE BOWED DISC (1963)
on
Robert Morris
Gong for
La Monte Young (1963)
Performed by La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi
using the gong designed and constructed by Robert Morris (1963)
—
January 18 and 25, 2025, at 7 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
CONCERT NOTES →
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.
December 14, 2024
Maxfield: Perspectives for La Monte Young
Richard Maxfield
Perspectives
for
La Monte Young (1961-62)
Performed by La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi on stringed instruments along with the tape montage produced by Maxfield and special symmetrical forward-retrograde arrangement by Young
Saturday, December 14, 2024, 7 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.
November 10, 2024
Composition in the Style of La Monte Young's
1960 Sustained Friction Sounds
video sound performance
Jung Hee Choi
Composition in the Style of La Monte Young's 1960 Sustained Friction Sounds (2000)
RICE (1999)
in a setting of
Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
Environmental Composition 2017 #1 v. 2, Jung Hee Choi
Sunday, November 10, 2024, 7 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
CONCERT NOTES →
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.
November 2 and 3, 2024
Studies in the Bowed Disc
La Monte Young
Studies in the Bowed Disc (1963)
on
Robert Morris
Gong for La Monte Young (1963)
| La Monte Young | · | bowed disc |
| Charles Curtis | · | bowed disc |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | bowed disc |
Saturday, November 2 and Sunday, November 3, 2024, 7 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.
October 17 and 19, 2024
La Monte Young 89th Birthday Concert
La Monte Young 89th Birthday Celebration
Raga Darbari
“Hazrat Turkaman” ektal (12 beats) vilampit
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble
La Monte Young
·
voice
Jung Hee Choi
·
voice
Jon Catler
·
electric just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe
·
electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar
·
tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
Thursday, October 17 and Saturday, October 19, 2024, 7:30 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
CONCERT NOTES →
MELA's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and generous contributions from individuals and MELA Members.
June 14 and 16, 2024
Marian Zazeela Memorial Concert
In Memoriam
Marian Zazeela
(April 15, 1940 – March 28, 2024)
Two Concerts of Evening Ragas
Raga Yaman Kalyan“Raga Sundara” ektal (12 beats) vilampit • La Monte Young
Raga Sindh Bhairavi
Song to Guruji, “Was It The Shadow of His Feet?” dipchandi tal (14 beats) madhyalay • La Monte Young
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble
| La Monte Young | · | voice |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | voice |
| Jon Catler | · | just intonation guitar |
| Hansford Rowe | · | electric fretless bass |
| Naren Budhkar | · | tabla |
in a setting of
Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
Light Point Drawings Nos. 27, 28, 29 and 30, Jung Hee Choi
Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 16, 2024, 7:30 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York
CONCERT NOTES →
MELA’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
December 21, 23, 2023
Studies in The Bowed Disc: Live Performance Series
Robert Morris Gong for La Monte Young in Marian Zazeela Imagic Light. Robert Morris
MELA Dream House, New York. Photo: Jung Hee Choi. Copyright © La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi 2023
LA MONTE YOUNG
Studies in The Bowed Disc (1963)
Robert Morris Gong for La Monte Young (1963)
| La Monte Young | · | bowed disc |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | bowed disc |
in a setting of
Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
Environmental Composition 2017 #1, v. 2, Jung Hee Choi
Thursday, December 21 and Saturday, December 23, 2023 · 7:30 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
CONCERT NOTES →
MELA’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
October 12, 14, 2023
Tonecycle for Blues: Live Performance Series
The Sundara All Star Band with Marian Zazeela Abstract No. 1
MELA Dream House, New York. Photo: Jung Hee Choi. Copyright © Jung Hee Choi 2023
JUNG HEE CHOI
Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6
The Sundara All Star Band
| La Monte Young | · | voice |
| Marian Zazeela | · | light design |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | voice |
| Ben Neill | · | just intonation trumpet |
| Jon Catler | · | just intonation guitar |
| Hansford Rowe | · | electric fretless bass |
| Naren Budhkar | · | tabla |
| Jung Hee Choi Tonecycle Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Vocal Version | ||
Thursday, October 12 · 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 14 · 8:30 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
MELA’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
June 2, 4, 2023
Charles Curtis: Live Concert Performance
Photo by Christina Hansen
La Monte Young Marian Zazeela
Just Charles & Cello in the Romantic Chord
in a setting of
Abstract #1
from
Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals
with
Dream Light
Friday, June 2 · 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 4 · 4:30 pm
BLANK FORMS at Peter Freeman Inc.
140 Grand St, New York, NY 10013
Just Charles & Cello in the Romantic Chord, composed by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela for cellist Charles Curtis in 2003, is a monumental essay in sustained sound and gradually shifting light projection, centered on the voice of Curtis's cello-playing, improvising within the rigorous formal framework of Young's composition.
In 2003, the ongoing collaboration between Young and Curtis coalesced in the composition of Just Charles through months of extended rehearsals at Young and Zazeela’s Church Street loft. Young, seated on the floor directly beside Curtis's cello, would sing the melodic lines to Curtis, who would then match Young’s voice on his cello, building up the work note by note until a body of material was formed. While listening in on their daily rehearsals, Zazeela made the drawings that would eventually become the constantly-transforming calligraphic projection Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals.
Just Charles has been made possible with generous support from Peter Freeman, Inc., Lostand Foundation, and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music.
May 19, 21, 2023
The Theatre of Eternal Music: Live Performance Series
LA MONTE YOUNG
Akash Devi Blues for Marian
Young's Dorian Blues (c. 1960-61-present)
THE THEATRE OF ETERNAL MUSIC
| La Monte Young | · | voice |
| Marian Zazeela | · | light design |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | voice and light design |
| Ben Neill | · | just intonation trumpet |
| Jon Catler | · | just intonation guitar |
| Hansford Rowe | · | electric fretless bass |
Friday, May 19 and Sunday, May 21 · 7:00 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
MELA’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
October 14, 16, 2022
The Theatre of Eternal Music: Live Performance Series
The Theatre of Eternal Music with Marian Zazeela Abstract No. 1
MELA Dream House, New York. Photo: Jung Hee Choi. Copyright © Jung Hee Choi 2021
LA MONTE YOUNG
Birthday Blues
Young's Dorian Blues (c. 1960-61-present)
THE THEATRE OF ETERNAL MUSIC
| La Monte Young | · | voice |
| Marian Zazeela | · | light design |
| Jung Hee Choi | · | voice and light design |
| Ben Neill | · | just intonation trumpet |
| Jon Catler | · | electric fretless guitar |
| Hansford Rowe | · | electric fretless bass |
| Naren Budhkar | · | tabla |
in a setting of
Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals,, Marian Zazeela
Environmental Composition 2017 #1, Jung Hee Choi
Friday, October 14 and Sunday, October 16 · 7:00 pm
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
MELA’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
September 30, 2022
Jung Hee Choi in conversation with La Monte Young and Megan Witko
Friday, September 30, 6pm
The Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery
417 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor, NYC
Jung Hee Choi will discuss her work and process with the legendary artist La Monte Young and Dia curator Megan Witko, who has worked closely with both Choi and Young on all of their Dia projects since 2015.
For over twenty years, Choi has studied and collaborated with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela on many art, music and life studies projects. Choi states, "This conversation will provide insight into our unique and life-long collaboration, which is a profound means of continuing our art practice into the future beyond the lifetime of the artist."
The talk will contextualize Choi’s sound work and music practice, providing an in-depth focus on her long series of Environmental Compositions, presented with various media including video, evolving light-point patterns, drawings, incense, performance and sound, invoking the concept of Manifest Unmanifest.
This conversation is organized in conjunction with Jung Hee Choi's current exhibition Manifest, Unmanifest XII, on view at SWPK through September 30, 2022.