Present Music, Milwaukee's nationally acclaimed new music group, performs an explosive new work entitled "Boom" in the Grand Reception Hall of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Sat., April 26 at 7:30 p.m.

The program will feature "Shadow Traffic," with over 100 boom boxes, by downtown New York "boom box virtuoso" composer Phil Kline. Also featured is the world premiere of "Drawing" by Kamran Ince, as well as return performances of Jerome Kitzke's "Haunted America," Michael Daugherty's "Sinatra Shag," Annie Gosfield's "Manufacture of Tangled Ivory" and Michael Torke's "Telephone Book."

Kline is the author of a rock-influenced art music. His unique, genre-blurring work stretches across the aesthetic boundaries between avant-garde "classical" music and ambient electronica, typically employing dozens or even hundreds of boom box tape players as media, often mixed with acoustic and electronic instruments to create through-composed, multi-dimensional sound environments.

Present Music is offering a free ticket to anyone who brings a boom box to assist in Kline's performance. Call ahead if you would like to participate. You can also donate a boom box by dropping it off at Clark Graphics, 2915 N. Oakland Ave., this week to receive a free ticket to to the Boom concert! One complimentary ticket per boom box. Donors will also receive a coupon good for 10% off services at Clark Graphics. Hours are M-F 8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m to 5 p.m. After boom boxes are used for April 26th Boom! concert, they will be donated to Present Music's Creation Project school sites.

Also featured in the program, composer Kamran Ince brings another world premiere to Milwaukee audiences with his work for flute and piano entitled "Drawing." Ince was born in Montana in 1960 to American and Turkish parents and lived in Turkey between 1966 and 1980.

The concert will also include a return performance of Milwaukee native Kitzke's "Haunted America." Kitzke lives in New York City and was raised in Milwaukee. Many of his works thrive on the spirit of driving jazz, Plains Indian song and Beat Generation poetry.

The concert will also include the release of Present Music's latest CD recording project, entitled "Haunted America" after Kitzke's work of the same title.

Single tickets are $30, $24 and $14. Call for tickets or to arrange boom box participation at (414) 271-0711 or visit www.presentmusic.org.