“We have this gift of all these beautiful spaces and they need to be used to their maximum potential,” says Brian Sweeny, the cofounder and curator of Ambient Church. His semi-regular Brooklyn concert ...

We’re constantly worried so much about the future of our historic churches, yet we don’t often figure out ways to showcase them in new lights. By drumming up new ideas, we are able to introduce new ...

Ambient Church founder Brian Sweeny is well aware of the problems ambient artists face when playing traditional venues. For years, the Los Angeles organizer had been intrigued by the idea of churches ...

In 1949, the British composer Daphne Oram wrote a piece for two orchestras. A traditional ensemble would perform first, then its work would be manipulated through early-era electronics. When the two ...

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, the site of this week’s Ambient Church concert celebrating 25 years of the Kranky label Credit: Matt Frankel Update on Thursday, December 6, at 5:30 PM: Windy & Carl will ...