Students Feel the Noise at NYPL

by Andrew Marzoni

Earlier this month, Mr. Cockrell and I accompanied a group of 11^th graders to Wolf Eyes Library Style, a residency and exhibit by Michigan noise music ensemble Wolf Eyes at the Library for the Performing Arts in Lincoln Center. Students appreciated the band’s efforts at pushing the boundaries of what is normally considered music through homemade instruments (including a “transforming mutant horn”), abstract painted “scores,” and some truly mind-bending sounds, which they were able to take home on free vinyl LPs of music Wolf Eyes recorded just for the library (one of nearly 300 albums released over the course of their career). Apologies to those parents and family members with record players at home! Learn more about Wolf Eyes Library Style here!