Poetry in the Garden: Scores

Performance in Poetry in the Garden series
A person read poetry into a microphone beside another person playing guitar for a small crowd on a sunny day in a large garden

Poetry in the Garden at the Getty Center with Mia Moretti and Balam Garcia, 2025. © J. Paul Getty Trust

Sunday, Apr 12, 2026

11:30am–6:30pm

Getty Center

Central Garden

Free

Tickets are free, but required for event entrance. Your event ticket will also serve as your Center entrance reservation. Please note, there is a fee for parking.

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About

Join us for a series of live performances set among the Getty Center’s Central Garden, featuring poetic and musical collaborative soundscapes inspired by The Scores Project: Experimental Notation in Music, Art, Poetry and Dance 1950-1975 . Informed by mid-century experimental artists like Yvonne Rainer, John Cage, and Benjamin Patterson in the Getty Research Institute’s archives, poetry and music will float through the landscape, encouraging guests to create their own experiences: rest on a bench, lay on a blanket on the lawn, admire the view, or wander the pathways among the blooming spring plants as experimental performance vibrates through the air!

Lineup:
11:30am–3pm: DJ Sam Hockley Smith
12pm: Words def sound and music V.C.R.
1pm: Words Sophia Le Fraga and music Dustin Wong
2pm: Words and music N8NoFace
3–6:30pm: DJ Grandfather.
3pm: Words Michelle Tea and music Josephine Shetty
4pm: Words Megan Dorame and music M.A. Tiesenga
5pm: Words Sarah Yanni and music Maral
6pm: Words and music Patrick Shiroishi

Presented in partnership with dublab.

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    Duration

    Each poet and musician pairing will perform for about 1 hour.

    Planning your arrival

    We recommend planning to arrive up to 40 minutes ahead of a desired performance time to allow time to park and ride the tram up the hill.

    Please bring your tickets with you and have them open on your mobile device or printed. Your event ticket is also your entry to the Getty Center and will be checked upon arrival as you go through security before taking the tram or walking up the hill.

    Seating & Experience

    Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend bringing a blanket to sit on the lawn or walking through the garden path during performances.

    Accessibility

    Wheelchairs are available for free rental on a first-come, first-served basis at the Lower Tram Station above the parking structure and at the Coat Check Room in the Museum Entrance Hall.

    Assisted listening devices are available for this event. Please request one from our Visitor Services associates when you check in.

    For more information on how we can support your visit to the Getty Center, learn about accessibility at Getty.

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