The Hop: Kronos Quartet: Three Bones
Fri, Oct 23
|Spaulding Auditorium
A multimedia concert experience celebrating the power of listening through stories of American cultures that meld, layer and endure. In honor of America's 250th anniversary.
Time & Location
Oct 23, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Spaulding Auditorium, 4 E Wheelock St, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
About the event
We experience a world of sound thanks to the three smallest bones in our bodies. These tiny bones in our ears—the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil) and stapes (stirrup)—amplify faint vibrations from the outside world, enabling our minds to transform these signals into the aural landscape we know.
Three Bones combines music, storytelling, vintage recordings, video elements and visual arts to share vivid histories and amplify. Kronos is joined by an array of luminary special guests to bring three of these American stories to life.
The first segment, Ground, interlaces historical recordings from 1899 with the contemporary musical approaches of composers such as Raven Chacon and Tanya Tagaq. The work centers guest artist Laura Ortman in a visceral performance of her music on Apache violin, electric violin, and vocals, against projected visuals developed by multimedia artist Jeffrey Gibson.
The second segment, At the Sea Islands, featuring percussionist Quentin Baxter, is a…