TUESDAY, October 1
6pm Pop-Up Concerts – Richard Carrick: L’algérie
ensemble Either/Or
Richard Carrick, L’Algérie
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, October 1
8PM Alan Licht (solo) Sam Weinberg/Thomas Buckner Duo
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-$30

TUESDAY, October 1
9PM Užupis (Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Naujo, William Shore)
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

October 1-6
7:30pm, 8 pm, 3 pm Indra’s Net
Music and Direction Meredith Monk
Costume and Scenic Design Yoshio Yabara
Lighting Design Joe Levasseur
Sound Design Daniel Neumann
Video Scenarios/Direction Meredith Monk
Cinematography Ben Stechschulte
Projection Design Jorge Morales Picó
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $85-165

WEDNESDAY, October 2
8:30PM Matt Mitchell (piano) Tim Berne (alto sax) Kate Gentile (drums)
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, October 4
7:30pm The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians New York City Chapter
Peyton Pleninger’s Biotonic
Featuring:
Peyton Pleninger, Saxophone
Will McEvoy, Bass
Bram Kincheloe, Drums
VENUE: Symphony Space
ADMISSION: $25-$30

SATURDAY, October 5
2:30pm DoYeon Kim Trio
DoYeon Kim – kayagum
Mat Maneri – viola
Steven Long – keys
3:30pm gabby fluke-mogul – violin, Charles Burnham – violin
VENUE: First Street Green (33 E 1st St, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, October 5
6 PM Loren Connors/Alessandra Novaga/James Illgenfritz/Chris Cochrane
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, October 5
12:00 PM Phill Niblock Forever: A Marathon Memorial Celebration in Music, Images, Words, Movements…
Jim Staley, Shelley Hirsch, David Behrman, Tom Buckner, Yasunao Tone, Tom Hamilton, John King, Yoshiko Chuma, Susan Hefner, Keiko Uenishi, Barbara Held, Dave Soldier, Thomas Lehn, Tiziana Bertoncini, William Hooker, David First, David Watson, Bob Bellerue, Katie Porter, Al Margolis, Leslie Ross, Dafna Naphtali, SEM Ensemble, Dark Circuits Orchestra, and more TBA.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: Free with RSVP

SUNDAY, October 6
4:30pm Joe McPhee
VENUE: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St, Manhattan
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, October 6
8:30 PM Bergamot Quartet Extended
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-$30

MONDAY, October 7
8PM Imaad Wasif with Shahzad Ismaily and Zoh Amba
VENUE: Heaven Can Wait
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, October 7
8 PM Ned Rothenberg’s Bucket Brigade
Ned Rothenberg alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, shakuhachi
Craig Taborn piano, electric keyboard
David Tronzo slide guitar
Stomu Takeishi fretless bass
Marcus Rojas tuba
Billy Martin drums, percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30

TUESDAY, October 8
7:30 pm Marcos Balter: Three Enigmas
Marcos Balter with Conor Hanick, piano; Jay Campbell, cello; Ikue Mori, electronics; Maria Chavez, turntables & electronics; Gladstone Butler, percussion & electronics & Senem Pirler, electronics
Balter’s Three Enigmas
live electronic improvisation set
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

October 8 – 13
8pm and 10pm Julian Lage Trio
Julian Lage – Guitar
Jorge Roeder – Bass
Dave King – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $43

WEDNESDAY, October 9
7:30pm A Musical Lineage: Schoenberg and Boulez
Program to include:
Schoenberg, Suite, Op. 29
Boulez, Sur Incises
Performers:
David Robertson, conductor
Frank Huang, Violin
June Han, Harp
Daniel Druckman, Percussion
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Eric Huebner, Piano
Students from the Juilliard Orchestra
VENUE: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: $44

WEDNESDAY, October 9
7:30pm Welltone New Music Presents: Four Strings Around the World
music by Jerod Impichaachaaha’ Tate, Reza Vali, Violeta Dinescu, Shirish Korde, Victoria Bond and others
VENUE: Symphony Space
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, October 11
6 PM Sara Koller & Matt Mottel “FANDOM”
Jean Carla Rodea/Raffi Garabedian/Devin Brahja Waldman/Georgia Wartel Collins/Matt Mottel/sTo Len
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, October 11
8 PM Ken Kobayashi Quartet
Anthony Coleman – piano
Jeff Miles – guitar
Michael Gilbert – bass
Ken Kobayashi – drums
9:00PM Horntet
Guillermo Gregorio – clarinet
Daniel Carter – multiple instruments
Jeff Pearring – alto sax
Ayumi Ishito – tenor sax
Stan Zenkov – multiple instruments
Amazan Audoine – trumpet
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, October 11
8pm 40th Anniversary of John Zorn’s Cobra
Brian Marsella electric piano, keyboards
Sylvie Courvoisier piano
Ikue Mori electronics
Wendy Eisenberg electric guitar
Mary Halvorson electric guitar
Taylor Levine electric guitar
Simon Hanes electric bass
Jay Campbell cello
Henry Fraser acoustic bass
Willie Winant percussion
Kenny Wollesen drums, electric vibes
Ches Smith drums
John Zorn prompter
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $35-$45

SATURDAY, October 12
2:30pm Rob Brown Trio
Rob Brown – alto sax
Brandon Lopez – bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
3:30pm Trae Cruddup – drums, Craig Taborn – keyboard, Miriam Parker – dance
VENUE: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St, Manhattan
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, October 13
1:30pm Lewis / Knuffke / Mok
James Brandon Lewis – sax
Kirk Knuffke – cornet
Lesley Mok – drums
2:30pm Steve Swell Trio
Steve Swell – trombone
Dave Sewelson – baritone sax
Tcheser Holmes – drums
VENUE: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St, Manhattan
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, October 13
7:30pm Tony Malaby/Ana Fortuna/Charlie Lincoln/Ilya Blazh, Kaelen Ghandhi/Evan Palmer/Michael Larocca, Rob Magill
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

MONDAY, October 14
3:30pm Mixashawn Rozie – sax, voice, flute; Joe Morris – guitar; Michael Larocca – drums
4:30pm Drum & Dance Circle: Percussion led by Hamid Drake & William Parker, Dance led by Patricia Nicholson & Davalois Fearon
VENUE: First Street Green (33 E 1st St, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: free

October 15 – November 9
Ainadamar
Music by Osvaldo Golijov
Libretto by David Henry Hwang
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: from $35

THURSDAY, October 17
6pm Ivalas Quartet: Fate and Longing
Ivalas Quartet:
Reuben Kebede, Violin
Tiani Butts, Violin
Marcus Stevenson, Viola
Pedro Sanchez, Cello
works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Alvin Singleton
VENUE: Sugar Hill Museum of Art & Storytelling (898 St Nicholas Ave, NY)
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, October 17 and FRIDAY, October 18
7:30 PM Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora
Program:
Carlos Simon, Four Black American Dances
Nathalie Joachim, Had To Be (New York Premiere–NY Phil Co-Commission with Spoleto Festival USA, Orchestre Métropolitain, and Chautauqua Institution)
D. Baker, Kosbro
Still, Symphony No. 4, Autochthonous
Artists:
Thomas Wilkins, Conductor
Toggle accordion for Thomas Wilkins
Seth Parker Woods, Cello
VENUE: David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $39-116

FRIDAY, October 18
7:30 PM Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness
Gabriela Ortiz, Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness
Performers:
The Crossing
Alejandro Escuer, Flute
Svet Stoyanov, Percussion
Ksenija Komljenović, Percussion
Shane Roderick, Percussion
Mingyu Son, Percussion
Julia Krohn, Performer
Larry S. White II, Performer
Dancers from The Ailey School
Donald Nally, Conductor
James Drake, Visual Art
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Text
Harrison Guy, Choreographer
Adam Holender, Photography
Stephen Jiménez, Producer and Director
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $60

FRIDAY, October 18
8:30PM Ryan Sawyer (drums, vocals, violin) Laura Ortman (violin, Apache violin) C. Spencer Yeh (violins, tapes)
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, October 19
8PM Premieres I: Inhale
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective
Roots – Evan Fontaine
Breath – Alexa Letourneau
Perspective – Colston Reinhoff
In the News – Cynthia Shaw
Connecting Flights – Charlie Kreidler
Truth – Tara Mack
…and Everything Began – Helder Oliveira
Anima et Animus – Kelly Wang
VENUE: The Church of St. Luke in the Fields (487 Hudson Street New York)
ADMISSION: $10-50

SUNDAY, October 20
8 PM Anthony Coleman solo
Gabe Boyarin / Zoh Amba / Shahzad Ismaily trio
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7 PM Woolgathering
Directed and composed by Oliver Tompkins Ray
Choreography by John Heginbotham
Featuring Patti Smith
VENUE: Jerome Robbins Theater
ADMISSION: $39-$69

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7:30pm Caroline Shaw, Alicia Olatuja & Sō Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance
Rectangles and Circumstance
Narrow Sea
Sō Percussion
Caroline Shaw
ADMISSION: from $40
VENUE: Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7 PM Marco Fusi, Violin: New Music by Yu Kuwabara and Salvatore Sciarrino
Marco Fusi, Violin
Program:
Kuwabara, Bai and Dharani (2020–21, U.S. premiere)
Sciarrino, Sei capricci per violino (1975–76)
Kuwabara, Mizu no Koe (2014–15/2019, U.S. premiere)
Sciarrino, Sei nuovi capricci e un saluto (2023, U.S. premiere)
VENUE: Teatro of the Italian Academy
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, October 23
8PM ASA-CHANG & Junray / Alma Laprida
VENUE: The Invisible Dog Art Center
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, October 23
8PM Sylvie Courvoisier: Poppy Seeds
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7:30pm Susana Santos Silva, trumpet
VENUE: Blank Forms
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, October 25
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program:
Bongani Ndodana-Breen Safika: Three Tales On African Migration
Andile Khumalo Cry Out
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2
VENUE: Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, October 25
7PM M³ Festival 2024: Day 1
Zeena Parkins solo, Kenny Wollesen (drums), Craig Taborn “Shadow Plays Solo”
and many more
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, October 25
7pm Sound On: Composing While Black: Volume II
International Contemporary Ensemble
Program:
Jalalu Kalvert-Nelson, Prelude No. 1
Daniel Kidane, Foreign Tongues
Hannah Kendall, Tuxedo: Diving Bell 2.
Tebogo Monnakgotla, Wooden Bodies
Joshua Uzoigwe, Ukom and Egwu Amala from Talking Drums
Leila Adu-Gilmore, Alyssum
VENUE: Museum of Modern Art
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, October 29
6pm In Memoriam – Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm, Musik für Drei Streicher (Music for Three Strings) (1977)
Performers:
Josh Modney, violin
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Michael Nicolas, cello
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, October 30
7:30 PM The New Virtuoso: Borders
American Composers Orchestra
Program:
Michael Abels, Guitar Concerto, “Borders” (NY Premiere)
Paul Novak, Forest Migrations (World Premiere)
Kebra-Seyoun, Charles Bass Concerto, “Nightlife” (World Premiere)
Victoria Polevá, The Bell (NY Premiere)
Curtis Stewart, Embrace
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $50

WEDNESDAY, October 30
9PM heartsleeves: LoVid & Ka Baird
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, October 30
8:30pm Thunder Storm
Marcus Rojas (tuba, percussion) Tim Keiper (drums, percussion, voice) Ze Luis Oliveira (sax, flute) Brian Marsella (piano, percussion) Cyro Baptista (percussion, voice)
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, October 31
8:30pm Spooky Stories
Bill Gordh and Cyro Baptista
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20