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Since our inception, MoCoCo has presented at venues such as the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Mannes School of Music, the Tenri Institute, and National Sawdust, and alongside organizations such as Equality New York (EQNY) and the Brooklyn Harm Reduction Outreach Cooperative (BKHROC).

As young artists in music, MoCoCo composers believe that we have a responsibility to catalogue and represent the experiences of the communities that we inhabit. In keeping with this responsibility, MoCoCo strives to build environments wherein muted and misrepresented narratives can be heard and nourished by composers, performers, and observers alike.

In particular, MoCoCo is intent upon questioning traditional notions of “composerhood”, especially that of the “lone genius composer”, and that composer’s closeness to their surrounding community (or stereotypical lack thereof). Music written by MoCoCo composers is deeply rooted in lived experiences that can be shared, and in the fundamental intimacy of enjoying music together. It is our hope that anyone engaging with a MoCoCo presentation feels as though they are meant to participate, and that the experiences they bring to the table as a listener, observer, and creator are valuable and worth processing alongside us.