14th Annual Bonk Festival of New Music
April 1-2 2005
Tampa-St. Petersburg Florida

For one week each spring, the Tampa Bay area plays host to one of the country's most unique and innovative musical events.

The Bonk Festival of New Music draws upon the talents of a worldwide network of composers and performers whose collective musical vision is an unpredictable and adventurous combination of classical traditional and modern technology.

Since 1992, Bonk has presented over 400 works by more than 80 composers, including over 150 world premieres. Each year the festival juxtaposes a variety of musical styles and performance media, including soloists, large and small ensembles, acoustic and electronic music, dance, video and chamber theater.

As a forum for contemporary music that is decidedly out of the mainstream of current popular and classical trends (yet draws easily from both traditions), the Bonk Festival provides an opportunity for audiences to be challenged and entertained by first-rate performances of cutting-edge new works by lesser-known composers and established artists alike; and it provides an opportunity for those like-minded artists to interact and collaborate in the creation of new works and technologies that will test the limits of musical expression well into this century.