Highlight of the month: THE STONE RESIDENCIES – FRED FRITH WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 7 7:30 PM Meredith Monk http://youtu.be/FBlnrRUVfo0 http://www.bam.org/music/2014/on-behalf-of-nature VENUE: BAM ADMISSION: $20/$30 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 7PM: Michael Foster / Pascal Niggenkemper / Michael Evans VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery ADMISSION: Free MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 10 PM: Frank Gratkowski – Solo Saxophone http://youtu.be/HOZ4VXLWV3w VENUE: Ibeam brooklyn ADMISSION: $15 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 6 PM Mivos Quartet •Martin Stauning Atmende Steine (2013) •J.S. Bach Contrapunctus XIX (arr. Patrick Higgins 2013) •Patrick Higgins Aletheia (2013) •György Kurtág Hommage à Mihály András: 12 Mikroludien für Streichquartett, op. 13 (1977) http://www.millertheatre.com/events/mivos-quartet-popup VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University ADMISSION: FREE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10 8PM: Phyllis Chen Phyllis Chen: Lighting The Dark, hand-made music boxes, clavichord, accordion, electronics John Dowland / William Byrd: Pavana Lachrymae, clavichord Silvia Corda: Tre ritratti del tempo, toy piano and toy dulcimer Alvin Lucier: Music for Piano with Magnetic Strings http://youtu.be/xAUjg8Nb2Qc http://bacnyc.org/performances/performance/phyllis-chen VENUE: Baryshnikov Arts Center ADMISSION: $25 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11 8 PM: Fred Frith (guitar) John Zorn (sax) VENUE: Stone ADMISSION: $25 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 8:00 PM Pauline Oliveros http://roulette.org/events/pauline-oliveros-2/ VENUE: Roulette ADMISSION: $15/$30 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 8 PM Iva Bittová (violin and voice) Fred Frith (acoustic guitar) http://youtu.be/Kx5RPHoR0A4 VENUE: Stone ADMISSION: $20 MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 8:30 PM Wolpe & Feldman – New York New Music Ensemble http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/989724 VENUE: The Tenri Cultural Institute ADMISSION: $10/$20 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 8:30PM Mary Halvorson, guitar; Ingrid Laubrock, tenor saxophone; Tom Rainey, drums VENUE: Cornelia Street Cafe ADMISSION: $10 + $10 drinks minimum TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 8 PM, 10 PM John Zorn’s end of the year Improv Week—A Stone Benefit John Zorn (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics) James Moore (guitar) Uri Caine (piano) James Ilgenfritz (bass) Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet) Mark Feldman (violin) ) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and many special guests VENUE: Stone ADMISSION: $25