Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles
**Black Editions Presents** a night of telepathic synchronicity featuring legendary composer, improviser, guitar innovator **Fred Frith** and master harpist, composer and sound installation artist **Shelley Burgon.** This evening is the third of four performances in Shelley's 2025-26 residency at 2220 Arts. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser **Fred Frith** has been making noise of one kind or another for more than 50 years, starting with the rock collective Henry Cow, which he co-founded with Tim Hodgkinson in 1968. Fred is best known as a pioneering electric guitarist and improviser, song-writer, and composer for film, dance and theater. Through bands like Art Bears, Massacre, Skeleton Crew, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Cosa Brava, and the FF Trio he has stayed close to his roots in rock and folk music while branching out in many other directions. **Shelley Burgon** is a harpist, composer and sound installation artist who creates ambient and abstract music using graphic notation, indeterminacy, electronics and sound sculptures. She studied extensively with Oliveros at Mills College where she received an MFA in Electronic Music. Shelley’s chamber music has been recorded by the Ne(x)tworks ensemble featuring the vocalist Joan LaBarbara. Her most recent work The In Between for solo harp was released by Thin Wrist Recordings in July 2025. Shelley’s music has been commissioned for film, chamber ensembles and choreographers, ost notably by The Merce Cunningham Dance Company for their Hudson Valley Project at the Dia Beacon. As an ensemble member, Shelley is sought after for her vast experience as an interpreter of new-music and the classical avant-garde performing the works of Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Butch Morris, Morton Subotnick, Cornelius Cardew and most recently performing with the Long Beach Opera and Wild Up. She has performed at institutions such as the Whitney Museum, MoMA, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Lincoln Center and has recorded harp for various artists ranging from Bjork to Anthony Braxton. She has recently released a duo record with the guitarist Fred Frith.