Hearing the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble play Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians at around 4am (2007 Marathon).

My favourite music live music event was a concert by the British Esoteric band COIL in 2000 in Nantes, France. The music was powerful, highly evocative and inspiring. The show was both magnificent and humane. I am ever so glad I saw John Balance and Peter Christopherson in the flesh before they both sadly passed away... Hence, my very favourite live music event...

May be Gérard Grisey's Les Espaces acoustiques in 1996 in Strasbourg, France. I was 19. First time of my life I heard contemporary music. And now theorizing contemporary music in philosophy is my job !

Roomful of Teeth doing Caroline SHaw's Partita for 8 Voices in Times Square.

Steve Reich - 2x5 at Carnegie Hall with 10 players - we achieved 'liftoff' - the entire stage and auditorium seemed to hover is space.

Robert Ashley in Avignon festival

Naked City in Montreux festival

David Byrne - American Utopia. And, of course, many BoaC marathons. So glad I could be there for lots of them.

Two: * Listening to 18 Musicians in a Church in Berkely CA in 1974 or 75 * Trichy Sankaran and Abraham Adzinyah drumming together at the Music Gallery in Toronto

Jimmy Buffett's Banana Wind concert at the Gorge in George in 1996.