The mission of Outsound Presents is to encourage experimental musical composition, improvisational performance, and the invention and use of new musical instruments. Genres include jazz, the avant-garde, found sound, noise art, musique concrète, minimalism, and the unnamable. We support the presentation of original works of new, creative, and experimental music and sound while raising public awareness of local and touring musicians as an alternative to both traditional and market-driven music.
Currently, Outsound Presents produces at least two weekly music series throughout the year, actively promotes artists who have participated in Outsound performances, and seeks to introduce a wider audience to new music through talks, demonstrations and performances at local schools and colleges and other educational venues. The organization’s premiere showcase is the weeklong New Music Summit, held each year in July.