The Broad Presents Live Music Programming For Robert Therrien: This Is A Story

As part of Robert Therrien: This is a Story, The Broad is presenting a series of live music performances that highlight the artist’s influence on contemporary sound and experience. The programming includes immersive, cross-disciplinary commissions that echo Therrien’s radical approach to scale and transformation reshaping how audiences encounter the museum’s galleries and public spaces.

Located in downtown Los Angeles, The Broad is known for its live programming and innovative exhibition experiences. In conjunction with the Therrien exhibition, the museum will host two musical performances that activate the building itself, turning the lobby and galleries into shared spaces of sound and perception.

Programming Details

Wild Up – February 7, 2026: Wild Up, the Grammy-nominated orchestral collective known for challenging traditional concert practices, will perform Cornelius Cardew’s The Great Learning, Paragraphs 2 and 7. Thirty performers will create a participatory soundscape that moves from the Therrien galleries into The Broad lobby. Wild Up musicians will teach the work to a public ensemble, learning through repetitions and echoes, culminating in a performance where music becomes a shared space to embody collective creativity. The evening features two performances:

⏰Time: 7:30–8:30 pm and 9:00–10:00 pm

🎟️Tickets: $25

Sarah Davachi + Robert Takahashi Novak – March 7, 2026: Sound artists Sarah Davachi and Robert Takahashi Novak will debut new commissions designed specifically for The Broad’s lobby. Using a spatial sound system, their performances explore memory, perception, and the physical experience of space connecting directly to Therrien’s sculptural themes of scale and altered perception.

⏰Time: 7:30–9:15 pm

🎟️Tickets: $25

Tickets & Details

Tickets include same-day access to Robert Therrien: This is a Story, The Broad’s third-floor rotating collection galleries, and The Shop at The Broad during regular museum hours.

For full programming details and tickets, visit thebroad.org/events.