the framing of a new house, the pure aesthetic beauty of blueprints, the sweet architecture of sound and the uneasy vulnerability that underlies even the safety of our sleep." People's Commissioning Fund (PCF) Bang on a Can has commissioned and premiered pieces by composers including Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Michael Nyman, John Adams, Somei Satoh, Iva Bittová, Roberto Carnevale, Ornette Coleman, Donnacha Dennehy and Bun-Ching Lam. In 1998 the organization began the People's Commissioning Fund, which supports the creation of new musical compositions by pooling contributions from numerous member-commissioners whose donations range from $5 to $5,000. List of PCF commissioned composers 1998 Virgil Moorefield, Pamela Z, Dan Plonsey 2000 Marc Mellits, Edward Ruchalski, Miya Masaoka, Toby Twining 2001 Jeffrey Brooks, Sussan Deyhim, James Fei, Keeril Makan 2002 Eve Beglarian, John King, Matthew Shipp 2003 Annea Lockwood, Ingram Marshall, Thurston Moore 2005 Cynthia Hopkins, Carla Kihlstedt, J.G. Thirlwell 2006 Yoav Gal, Annie Gosfield, John Hollenbeck 2007 Stefan Weisman, Joshua Penman, Lukas Ligeti 2008 Tristan Perich, Erdem Helvacioglu, Ken Thomson 2009 Kate Moore, Lok Yin Tang 2010 Oscar Bettison, Nik Baertsch, Christine Southworth, Dave Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors) 2011 Bryce Dessner (of The National), Karsh Kale, Nick Brooke 2012 Mira Calix, Florent Ghys, Christian Marclay, Nick Zammuto (of The Books) 2013 Anna Clyne, Dan Deacon, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Paula Matthusen 2014 Glenn Kotche, Jace Clayton (aka DJ/rupture), Ben Frost 2015 Caroline Shaw, Gabriella Smith, Zhang Shouwang 2016 Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Juan Felipe Waller, Nico Muhly Bang on a Can All-Stars The Bang on a Can All-Stars is an amplified sextet formed by its parent organization in 1992. The All-Stars tour internationally and have received awards and public recognition for their work in the contemporary classical music field. The instrumentation of the Bang on a Can All-Stars is clarinet, cello, electric guitar, piano/keyboard, percussion, double bass. Current members include Robert Black, Vicky Chow, David Cossin, Arlen Husklo, Mark Stewart and Ken Thomson. Asphalt Orchestra Asphalt Orchestra is Bang on a Can's 12-piece marching band. The ensemble's premiere performance was in 2009 at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, and featured new commissioned works by Tyondai Braxton (of experimental rock group Battles), Goran Bregovic, and Stew and Heidi Rodewald, alongside arrangements of songs by Björk, Meshuggah, Mingus, Nancarrow, and Zappa. The New York Times has called Asphalt Orchestra's members "12 top-notch brass and percussion players", and praised their performance as "coolly brilliant and infectious." Found