Highlight of the month: Ikue Mori’s residency at the Stone
FRIDAY, December 1
7:30 PM Raphael Rogiński and Martyna Basta
VENUE: Lincoln Center, David Rubenstein Atrium
ADMISSION: Free
FRIDAY, December 1
9pm Tim Dahl + Matt Nelson DJ
VENUE: Mama Tried
ADMISSION: Free, tip the band
DECEMBER 1-14
Florencia en el Amazonas
Composer: Daniel Catán
Librettist: Marcela Fuentes-Berain
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: $59-505
SATURDAY, December 2
2pm Jenny Lin, Piano
Program:
Valentin Silvestrov The Messenger
Liszt “Ständchen,” from Lieder aus Franz Scubert’s Schwanengesang
Liszt Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata, from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année
And works by Philip Glass
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: $49
SATURDAY, December 2
9 PM Sō Percussion
Performers:
Sō Percussion
Milena Casado, Trumpet
Vijay Iyer, Piano
Olivier Tarpaga, Percussion
Program:
Angélica Negrón, Inward Pieces
Vijay Iyer, Dharma-Eye
Olivier Tarpaga, Fē Fē
Jason Treuting, Go Placidly With Haste
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $74
SUNDAY, December 3
8pm Outlier Presents:
Greg Kelley/Michael Foster/Brandon Lopez/Sean Meehan Quartet & Zosha Warpeha/Carlo Costa Duo
VENUE: Property Is Theft
ADMISSION: TBD
MONDAY, December 4
7pm C Spencer Yeh | Charlie Looker | Mariel Roberts | Cory Bracken
VENUE: Sundown Bar
ADMISSION: $12
MONDAY, December 4
8PM Sandy Ewen, Michael Foster with Strings, Lisa Cameron / Nick Neuberg / Eli Wallace / Drew Wesely
Foster w/ Webb Crawford, Zosha Warpeha, Doyeon Kim, Nava Dunkelman
VENUE: The Record Shop
ADMISSION: $10-$20
WEDNESDAY, December 6
8PM Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier: Talamanti
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30
THURSDAY, December 7
7:30 Cage Shock, Homage to His First Japan Visit
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
Tania Caroline Chen, Victoria Shen, Tomomi Adachi – Cage’s Haiku and 0’00”
Toshi Ichiyanagi’s Sapporo
Followed by a Private Gathering for Artists and Members
VENUE: Japan Society
ADMISSION: sold out
THURSDAY, December 7
8:30 pm Trio
Caroline Davis (alto saxophone) Craig Taborn (piano, keyboard) Val Jeanty (turntables, percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, December 8
8pm Time | Again – Either/Or performs works by Victoria Cheah and Henning Christiansen
Victoria Cheah It only has shelves (2023)
for violin, cello, trombone, electronics
Henning Christiansen Requiem of Art (NYC) (fluxorum organum II) (1973/2014)
Score realization & soundtrack by Anton Lukoszevieze
Either/Or
Richard Carrick – keyboard, Director
Victoria Cheah – electronics, composer
Anthony Coleman – keyboard
Pala Garcia – violin, perc.
Margaret Lancaster – voice, perc.
Alex Lough – sound technician
Chris McIntyre – trombone, perc., Curator
John Popham – cello, perc.
Dennis K. Sullivan – percussion
VENUE: University Settlement
ADMISSION: $12
FRIDAY, December 8
8PM Carl Stone 70th Birthday Lollapalooza: Night 1
Senile Felines (Ned Rothenberg winds + Soo Yeon Lyuh haegeum)
MIN Xiao-Fen voice, pipa
Elliot Sharp guitar
Todd Reynolds violin
Matthew Sargent pedal steel
Booker Stardrum percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30
SATURDAY, December 9
7pm Exo-Tech – In The Round
Sophia Brous – voice; Kimbra – voice, electronics; Zoh Amba – saxophone; Darian Donovan Thomas – violin electronics; Trevor Dunn – bass; Greg Fox – drums; Will Graefe – guitar; Mike Haldeman – guitar; Jason Lindner – synthesizer, keyboards; Mauro Refosco – percussion; Lester St Louis – cello; Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet, electronics; Kaoru Watanabe – shinobue flutes, percussion; and Doug Wieselman – saxophones, woodwinds.
VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $30
SATURDAY, December 9
7.30pm & 9.30pm Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson
Sylvie Courvoisier -piano
Mary Halvorson -guitar
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15-$40
SATURDAY, December 9
8PM Carl Stone 70th Birthday Lollapalooza: Night 2
Senile Felines (Ned Rothenberg winds + Soo Yeon Lyuh haegeum)
MIN Xiao-Fen voice, pipa
Elliot Sharp guitar
Todd Reynolds violin
Matthew Sargent pedal steel
Booker Stardrum percussion
Todd Reynold (violin) and Matt Sargent (steel guitar)
Stone, Elliott Sharp, Min Xiao-Fen, and Booker Stardrum.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30
SUNDAY, December 10
7 PM Catalytic Sound Festival NYC
Ikue Mori, Lotte Anker, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg, Zeena Parkins, Nate Wooley, Cecilia Lopez, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Charmaine Lee, Brandon Lopez, Tom Rainey
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $25
SUNDAY, December 10
8pm Marty Ehrlich: Dark Woods/Bright Sparks
Marty Ehrlich woodwinds, compositions
Ron Horton trumpet
Sara Schoenbeck bassoon
Erik Friedlander cello
Matt Pavolka bass
Satoshi Takeishi percussion
Erica Hunt poetry
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30
SUNDAY, December 10
4-6 PM Sunday Salon Play An Accordion, Go To Jail
Clarinetist / composer / Distinguished Professor (Music and Philosophy) David Rothenberg curates a loosely-themed Hanukkah event
Ben Richter on accordion; Leon Gruenbaum on Samchillian and Misha; Thomas Strønen (in from Oslo) on drums.
VENUE: Spectrum
ADMISSION: Free
TUESDAY, December 12
8pm Luisa Muhr/Daniel Carter/Jessica Pavone in Trialogue
Luisa Muhr: voice
Daniel Carter: horns and flute
Jessica Pavone: viola
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20
WEDNESDAY, December 13
8:30 pm Quartet 1
Zeena Parkins (harps) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Lotte Anker (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, December 14
8:30 Quartet 2
Craig Taborn (piano) Lotte Anker (sax) Erik Friedlander (cello) Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, December 14
7 pm Georgia: Theme And Variations
Georgian Classical Music Of The Xx-Xxi Centuries
Music by Meliton Balanchivadze, Giya Kancheli, Alexi Matchavariani, Giorgi Mikadze, Nicolas Namoradze, George Oakley, Zakaria Paliashvili, Alexander Tsereteli
Performed by Eteri Andjaparidze, Giorgi Guliashvili, Inga Kashakashvili, Salome Lomidze, Giorgi Mikadze, Nicolas Namoradze, Sandro Sidamonidze, Sophiko Simsive, Alexander Tsereteli
VENUE: Baryshnikov Arts Center
ADMISSION: From $35
FRIDAY, December 15, and SATURDAY, December 16
2:30pm and 6:30pm Third Bird by Isaac Mizrahi and Nico Muhly
Performers:
Ensemble Connect
Michael P. Atkinson, Conductor
John Heginbotham, Choreographer
Isaac Mizrahi, Director
Program
Nico Muhly and Isaac Mizrahi, Third Bird
VENUE: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
ADMISSION: $5 – $100
SATURDAY, December 16
7:30 pm JACK Quartet with Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey, For Grachan Moncur III (US premiere)
Tyshawn Sorey, percussion
JACK Quartet
VENUE: Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center (92nd Street Y)
ADMISSION: from $25
SATURDAY, December 16
8 pm Jack: An Improvisational Symphony: Coordinated By Suzanne Langille
First movement (Earth): Allegro featuring: Daniel Carter (saxophone & trumpet), Loren Connors (guitar), William Hooker (vocal), Chris McIntyre (trombone) & Lucie Vítková (percussion)
Second movement (Water): Andante or adagio featuring: Che Buford (violin), Madison Greenstone (contrabass clarinet), James Ilgenfritz (bass), Suzanne Langille (voice & maraca) & Joanna Mattrey (viola)
Third movement (Air): Moderato featuring: Ras Moshe Burnett (flute), Nicolee Kuester (french horn), Billy Martin (percussion), Ava Mendoza (guitar) & Aliya Ultan (cello)
Fourth movement (Fire): Finale–allegro featuring: Zoh Amba (saxophone), Nava Dunkelman (percussion), gabby fluke-mogul (violin), Alan Licht (guitar) & Lee Odom (clarinet)
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $10-$20
SATURDAY, December 16
8:30 pm Trio
Koichi Makigami (voice) John Zorn (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, December 17
5:30 pm Sun Tracing Magic Special
Ned Rothenberg (reeds) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Charmaine Lee (voice) Ches Smith (drums) Sae Hashimoto (percussion) David Watson (bagpipes) Makigami Koichi (voice) Satoko Fujii (piano) kappamaki (trumpet) Erik Friedlander (cello) Zeena Parkins (harps) Ikue Mori (electronics)
A Special Afternoon Show In Celebration Of Ikue Mori’s 70th Birthday
VENUE: The Stone (Steifel Hall In The New School, Fourth Floor—Room I400)
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, December 17
7:30 pm Hans Tammen, Shelley Hirsch, Ken Filiano
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20
MONDAY, December 18
8 PM Doyeon Kim – gayageum, Henry Fraser – bass
8:45 PM Anna Webber’s Simple Trio –
Anna Webber – tenor sax, flute; Matt Mitchell – piano; John Hollenbeck – drums
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20
MONDAY, December 18
7pm George Lewis: Acoustic Works, Stay In The Light: Amina Claudine Myers Trio And Special Guest Richarda Abrams
George Lewis, Blombos Workshop (2020) for piano, which engages Sylvia Wynter’s celebration of the human, and Assemblage (2013) for nonet
Richarda Abrams, Stay in the Light
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $65 (plus fees)
THURSDAY, December 21
7.30pm & 9.30pm Caroline Davis’ Portals
Caroline Davis -alto saxophone, compositions
Julia Easterlin -vocals
Milena Casado -flugelhorn
Julian Shore -piano
Chris Tordini -bass
Jimmy Macbride -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15- $30
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