NYC Calendar April 2024

MONDAY, April 1
8PM John Zorn / Christian McBride / Steve Coleman / Ches Smith
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$35

MONDAY, April 1
8:30PM No Land with Shahzad Ismaily & Daniel Carter
VENUE: Pete’s Candy Store
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, April 2
6pm Pop-Up Concerts Yarn/Wire
Sarah Hennies, Primers 2018-19

VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, April 2
8PM Zoh Amba Sun Quartet
Zoh Amba, sax
Lex Korten, piano
Caroline Morton bass
Miguel Marcel Russell drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

TUESDAY, April 2
8PM Center for Psychic Technology presents Duo Dynamics
C. Spencer Yeh & Kwami Winfield, Tamio Shiraishi & Gyna Bootleg
VENUE: Trans-Pecos
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, April 3
8pm Nate Wooley’s new music
Nate Wooley, Carlo Costa, Brandon Lopez
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 4
7:30 pm Pamela Z & D-Composed
Pamela Z – Ethel Dreams Of Temporal Disturbances
Tomeka Reid – Prospective Dwellers
Jessie Montgomery – Voodoo Dolls
Daniel Bernard Roumain – String Quartet No. 5 “Rosa Parks”
Nathalie Joachim – Betwixt
Pamela Z – The Unraveling
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

THURSDAY, April 4
8pm Composer Portraits: Sarah Hennies
Repertoire:
Sarah Hennies, Borrowed Light (2023)
Sarah Hennies, Spiral Organ (2024)
Performers:
Mivos Quartet
Yarn Wire
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 4
8PM Ka Baird – “Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos” Release Show
Henry Fraser, Chris Williams, Joanna Mattrey and gabby fluke-mogul ,Andrew Bernstein (alto saxophone), Max Eilbacher (flute processing, electronics), Greg Fox (percussion), gabby fluke-mogul (violin), Henry Fraser (contrabass), Joanna Mattrey (viola), John McCowen (contra clarinet), Camilla Padgitt-Coles (bowls, waterphone) Troy Schafer (strings), Chris Williams (trumpet), Nate Wooley (trumpet), and their beloved cat, Nisa (purrs)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, April 4
8PM Loren Connors/Sergio Sorrentino

VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, April 4
8PM Tim Berne, Eivind Opsvik, Gregg Belisle-Chi, Jeff Davis
VENUE: Lowlands Bar
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, April 5
8pm Letters:
a collaboration between filmmaker Mimi Chakarova and pianist/composer Kris Davis
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, April 5 and SATURDAY, April 6
8:30 pm Adam Rudolph Sunrise Quartet
Alexis Marcelo (piano, electric keyboards, kudu horn, percussion) Kaoru Watanabe (taiko, Japanese percussion, noh kan and fue flutes, electric koto and processing) Stephen Haynes (cornets, flugelhorns, trumpet, conch shells, didgeridoos, percussion) Adam Rudolph (handrumset, electronic processing, thumb pianos, mouth bow, gongs, percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 6
4pm Made in America
Argento New Music Project
Program:
Edgard Varèse, Octandre (1923) for chamber ensemble
William Grant Still, Mother and Child (1943) for string orchestra
Charles Ives, The Housatonic at Stockbridge (1921), for soprano and piano
Charles Ives, Three Places in New England (1903-1929) for chamber orchestra
Sang Song, Hoarding Behaviors (2022-2023) for soprano and 11 instruments
Sharon Harms, soprano
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $10- $20 (Suggested Donation)

SATURDAY, April 6
7:30pm Maya Beiser: Terry Riley’s In C(Ello)
Maya Beiser, cello and drummers Shane Shanahan and Matt Kilmer
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $35

SUNDAY, April 7
8PM Patricia Brennan & Adam O’Farrill Duo
Patricia Brennan’s SeVeNPatricia Brennan & Adam O’Farrill Duo:
Patricia Brennan vibraphone, electronics
Adam O’Farrill trumpet, electronics
Patricia Brennan’s SeVeN:
Patricia Brennan vibraphone, electronics
Adam O’Farrill trumpet, electronics
Jon Irabagon alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone
Mark Shim tenor saxophone
Kim Cass bass
Dan Weiss drums
Mauricio Herrera percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

MONDAY, April 8
7:30pm The Tallis Scholars – Darkness to Light
Program:
R. White, Lamentations for Five Voices
David Lang, sun-centered (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Nico Muhly, “Recordare, Domine”
Eric Whitacre, Sainte-Chapelle
Parsons, “Ave Maria”
Byrd, All Saints Propers
Performers:
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, Conductor
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $64

APRIL 8 – MAY 2
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Terence Blanchard, composer
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $47

TUESDAY, April 9
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program:
Schulhoff, Concertino For Flute, Viola, And Double Bass
Weill String Quartet, Op. 8
Berg, Lyric Suite
Gershwin, Lullaby
Performers:
Ensemble Connect
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $41

WEDNESDAY, April 10
8:30 pm Sanity
Fred Frith (guitar, violin) gabby fluke-mogul (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 11
7:30 pm Wu Fei and Shanir Blumenkranz
Wu Fei, guzheng zither
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, the Middle Eastern oud lute and double bass
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, April 11
8 PM The Annual Isaac Stern Memorial Concert
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Kathryn Stott, Piano
Program:
Fauré, Berceuse, Op. 16
Dvořák, “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” Op. 55, No. 4
Sérgio Assad, “Menino”
N. Boulanger ,”Cantique”
Fauré “Papillon,” Op. 77
Shostakovich, Cello Sonata In D Minor, Op. 40
Arvo Pärt, Spiegel Im Spiegel
Franck, Violin Sonata In A Major (Transcr. For Cello By Delsart)
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: starting at $319

THURSDAY, April 11
8:30 pm AM/FM
Ava Mendoza (electric guitar) gabby fluke-mogul (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 13
7:30 PM Ensemble Modern
Performers:
Ensemble Modern
Stefan Asbury, Conductor
Program:
TANIA LEÓN Indígena
NANCARROW Study No. 7 (transcr. Yvar Mikhashoff in cooperation with Charles Schwobel)
ANDILE KHUMALO Invisible Self
NANCARROW Study No. 6 (transcr. Yvar Mikhashoff in cooperation with Charles Schwobel)
CHRISTOPHER TRAPANI no window without a wall (NY Premiere)
NANCARROW Study No. 12 (transcr. Yvar Mikhashoff in cooperation with Charles Schwobel)
TANIA LEÓN Rítmicas
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $39

SATURDAY, April 13
8PM Double Trouble: A Night of Duos
Blood Luxury (Erica Dicker, violin and Dennis Sullivan, percussion)
Mara Mayer (voice, bass clarinet, compositions) and Jonah Rosenberg (synth, electronics, compositions)
VENUE: Creature Space (400 3rd Ave Suite 2, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, April 14
7:30PM Outlier Presents: Ingrid Laubrock / Brandon Lopez / Tom Rainey
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, April 16
7 PM Electroacoustic music from Italy
Program:
Laminar Flow by Zeno Baldi
Simple Music for Complicated Souls by Andrea Agostini
Performers:
Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer, piano
Russell Greenberg and Sae Hoshimoto, percussion
VENUE: The Italian Academy
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, April 17
8:30 pm Quintet
Matt Mottel (hybrid keytar, piano, synthesizer, banjo) Loren Connors (guitar) Suzanne Langille (lyricist, vocals) Yuko Otomo (poetry, vocals) Daniel Carter (reeds)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 18
8PM Joanna Mattrey: Battle Ready

Swoon ensemble
Joanna Mattrey viola, voice, composition
gabby fluke-mogul violin, voice
Patrick Shiroishi saxophone, voice
Chris Williams trumpet/electronics, voice
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, April 18
8PM Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $25/$30

SATURDAY, April 20
3pm Dance and Talk: Opera & Democracy – Listening in Exile
Dance by New Chamber Ballet, Choreography by Miro Magloire, performed by Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Nicole McGinnis, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla, Kayla Schmitt.
Music composed by Ursula Mamlok, Tania León, and Alyssa Regent, performed by Weiyu Wang, soprano, Rea Abel, flute, Clara Cho, cello.
VENUE: 1014 – Space For Ideas (1014 5th Ave)
ADMISSION: Free

APRIL 23 – MAY 17
El Niño
John Adams, composer
Marin Alsop, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
Davóne Tines, baritone
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $47

WEDNESDAY, April 24
7PM S.E.M. Ensemble Presents: 2024 – The Year Of Czech Music In Reverse
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Rudolf Komorous, Tango (1986)
Anna Heflin, The man who owned the forrest also owned the racetrack (2023)
Petr Bakla, String trio no. 2 (2017)
Petr Kotik, Ariane – Sonata (2001/2024)
Christian Wolff, Small Orchestra Piece (2019)
Phill Niblock, Disseminate (2001)
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall Ballroom
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, April 25
6 pm Sun Ra Marathon: Space is the Place
50th anniversary screening of the classic Sun Ra film Space is The Place
performances and screenings of Sun Ra related projects by Angels & Demons (Darius Jones / Amirtha Kidambi) and Kamau Patton (premiering his new piece: Sekhet Hetepu), screenings of archival films and videos from the Sun Ra/El Saturn Collection at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago—including Phill Niblock’s experimental film of the Arkestra The Magic Sun
music videos created by Sun Ra and the Arkestra in collaboration with Bill Sebastian and his “visual music instrument” (the OVC)
audio recording of one of Sun Ra’s UC Berkeley lectures
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $30-40

THURSDAY, April 25
8:30 pm I Don’t Hear Nothin’ but the Blues
Jon Irabagon (saxophone) Ava Mendoza (guitar) Mike Pride (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, April 26
8:30pm Jon Irabagon Trio plus Two
Jon Irabagon (saxophone) Ray Anderson (trombone) Uri Caine (piano) Mark Helias (bass) Barry Altschul (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 27
11 am and 4 pm John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground
Composed by John Luther Adams
Directed and choreographed by Pam Tanowitz
Music directed by Nadia Sirota and Douglas Perkins
VENUE: Lincoln Center (outdoors)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, April 27
8 PM Ghost Ensemble
Lester St. Louis, PRIM ii: Metaphors Made of Soot and Ultraviolet Light (2024, world premiere)
Pauline Oliveros, In Consideration of the Earth (1998)
Ben Richter, Rewild (2022)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, April 28
5 PM Kyiv Camerata, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Program:
Zoltan Almashi, Maria’s City
Kozarenko, Concerto Rutheno
Yevhen Stankovych, Legend From The Mountains
Volodymyr Zubytsky, Violin Concerto No. 1
Victoria Poleva, No Man Is An Island
Oleksandr Shchetynsky, Requiem
Skoryk, Melody
Valentin Silvestrov, Prayer For The Ukraine
Performers:
Kyiv Camerata
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Bohdana Pivnenko, Violin
Dmytro Tavanets, Piano
Kateryna Suprun, Viola
The Ukrainian Dumka Chorus of New York
Vasyl Hrechynsky, Director
Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $104

MONDAY, April 29
8PM Magda Mayas: Chant
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$35

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