Performance

Music of My Mind

3 upcoming performances in New York

Released in 1972, *Music of My Mind* marked a turning point for Stevie Wonder, arriving with new artistic autonomy and an expanded electronic palette shaped with Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff’s TONTO system. At BAM in Brooklyn, the album’s material is reframed in a classical idiom, emphasizing ensemble blend, line, and timbre over pop presentation, with rotating premier musicians and world-renowned guests. In New York’s long conversation between the concert hall and the city’s Black popular music traditions, this score-like approach makes clear how compositional the record always was.