The Return: Eden Rayz and Argent & Sable- A Death Aware Musical Concert
Mount Auburn Cemetary, Cambridge, MA
Join us at Mount Auburn for a concert that celebrates the third homecoming of the Bigelow Chapel pipe organ* after it was decommissioned by Mount Auburn and reformed by Eden as a new multi-component instrument called Argent and Sable**. The performance includes amplified cello with vocals, electronics, and Eden’s band featuring Daniel Gordevich (bass guitar) and AJ Grimes (drums), Eden’s original compositions including “Aboriginal Sensible Muchness” which she wrote as her first piece as an artist-in residence, plus several newer songs inspired by the Cemetery and spending time with her friend Roy Hawes, the Cemetery’s Operations Manager. The performance will feature a new arco-electroacoustic percussion instrument (2026) created from one of the remaining flute pipes of the Bigelow Chapel organ. She will perform and recite her 2025 musical death awareness meditation “Nox Obscura,” which explores collective grief, reinvention, ritual, subversion, and the dark night of the soul. Attendees are encouraged to listen, meditate, and immerse in the cacophonous sound of Argent & Sable. “The Cemetery Tapes,” a live performance album recorded in Bigelow Chapel featuring the death meditation…