HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH: Thurston Moore and Ikue Mori Residencies at the Stone

SUNDAY, December 1
2 pm Carolyn Enger, piano
compositions by John Cage, Meredith Monk, John Luther Adams, Philip Glass, Caroline Shaw, and Sean Hickey, and others
VENUE: Klavierhaus (790 11th Avenue, NY)
ADMISSION: $20 suggested donation

MONDAY, December 2
7 PM Abasement #74
Eric Copeland, Arto Lindsay, Ayman Asfour, Gabe Lavin, John Murchinson Trio, Leila Bordreuil + Tamio Shiraishi, and Invisible Scissors. DJ Ivan Berko
VENUE: Artists Space
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, December 3
7:30 pm TAK: Holding
TAK Ensemble
works by Seare Farhat, Zeynep Toraman, inti figgis-vizueta and Eric Wubbels
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $10–$100

TUESDAY, December 3
8 pm Philip Glass Ensemble: Powaqqatsi
Philip Glass Ensemble, conducted by Michael Riesman
Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker, director
Powaqqatsi, the second film in the Qatsi Trilogy Glass
created with filmmaker Godfrey Reggio
VENUE: The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd St., NY)
ADMISSION: $68–$95

December 3–14
7:30 pm or 8 pm Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful
Direction and Choreography Kyle Abraham
Composition yMusic
Visual Design Cao Yuxi (JAMES)
Lighting Design Dan Scully
Costume Design Karen Young
Sound Design Sam Crawford
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $75-155

WEDNESDAY, December 4
8 PM Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30

WEDNESDAY, December 4
8:30 pm Quartet
Zoh Amba (saxophone) Jon Leidecker (electronics) Ryan Sawyer (percussion) Thurston Moore (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30

WEDNESDAY, December 4
9 PM Sam Newsome (Soprano Sax), Anthony Coleman (Piano), Zach Swanson (Bass), Ken Kobayashi (Drums)
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

December 4-6
7 pm and 8:30 pm Ekmeles performs David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion
David Lang, Little Match Girl Passion
William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
VENUE: Church of the Intercession
ADMISSION: Sold out

December 4-19
1pm, 7pm, 7:30 pm Die Frau ohne Schatten
Richard Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: from $35

THURSDAY, December 5
7:30 PM Bang on a Can Concert
Dither Quartet Plays Julius Eastman and Morton Feldman
VENUE: The Jewish Museum
ADMISSION: $15/$22

THURSDAY, December 5
8:30 pm Duo
Fred Frith (guitar) Thurston Moore (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30

FRIDAY, December 6
8 PM Fred Frith Solo
Fred Frith, guitar and sound objects
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$35

FRIDAY, December 6 and SATURDAY, December 7
7:30 pm and 9:30 pm TJG Residency Commission 2024
Patricia Brennan’s ‘Suite Of The Near and Far’
Josh Modney – violin
Pala Garcia – violin
Kyle Armbrust – viola
Michael Nicolas – cello
Sylvie Courvoisier – piano
Miles Okazaki – guitar
Kim Cass – bass
John Hollenbeck – drums
Noel Brennan (Arktureye) – electronics
Patricia Brennan – vibraphone with electronics, compositions
Eli Greenhoe – conductor
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $30-$45

SATURDAY, December 7
3pm Remembering Gheorghe Costinescu
Stephen Gosling, piano
music by Gheorghe Costinescu
private recordings
artwork and animation films by the composer
VENUE: Rutgers Presbyterian Church (236 W 73rd Street, NY)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, December 7
8PM Normal Give or Take
Fred Frith, guitar
Lotte Anker, saxophones
Sudhu Tewari, manually & electronically manipulated home-made instruments.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$35

SUNDAY, December 8
8PM Catalytic Festival 2024
3 Sets – a group of musicians in various combinations
Lotte Anker
Ikue Mori
William Winant
Nate Wooley
Brandon Lopez
Cecilia Lopez
Zeena Parkins
Ingrid Laubrock
Tom Rainey
Ned Rothenberg
Sylvie Courvoisier
Jim Staley
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$35

MONDAY, December 9
7.30PM Nate Wooley/Florian Stuff/Hans Coke, Drew Wesely/Laura Cocks/Lester St. Louis
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, December 10
7PM Max Johnson & Sam Newsome
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, December 11
7PM Reg Bloor and C. Spencer Yeh
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, December 11
8:30 pm duos, trios, and quartet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Zeena Parkins (harp) Charmaine Lee (voice) Lotte Anker (sax)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, December 12
7.30PM Lace Action Cards: Zeena Parkins, with Ishmael Houston-Jones and Craig Taborn
VENUE: e-flux (172 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, December 12
7:30 PM Bang on a Can All-Stars play Julia Wolfe
Bang on a Can All-Stars:
Kebra-Seyoun Charles – bass
Vicky Chow – piano
David Cossin – percussion
Arlen Hlusko – cello
Mark Stewart – guitar
Ken Thomson – clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone
Garth MacAleavey – sound engineer
Program – music by Julia Wolfe:
Lick (10′)
Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (9′)
Reeling (6′)
Flower Power (preview) (30′)
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $44.48 – $49.48

THURSDAY, December 12
7:30 pm FUTUROS, New Ideas in Composition
Pauchi Sasaki, composer, violin
ARTEMIS, a multimedia opera inspired by NASA’s program to bring the first woman to the Moon’s surface in 2026
VENUE: Lincoln Center, David Rubenstein Atrium
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, December 12
8:30 pm Quartet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Hans Koch (sax) Florian Stoffner (guitar) Nate Wooley (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, December 13
8:30 pm TRIO
Ikue Mori (electronics) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) special guest Lotte Anker (sax)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, December 14
6 pm and 8 pm Wet Ink Ensemble Mini-festival: Artists-In-Residence, Soper Romance of the Rose Release
6 pm Kate Soper: Lady Reason Suite, for voice, piano, vocoder keyboard, and electronics
Carolyn Chen: Birria (2021), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano
Kate Soper: Shame, for voice and electric guitar
Carolyn Chen: Introducing Object (2018), for speaker and object
Kate Soper: Rondeau, for soprano and violin
8 pm Ben LaMar Gay: Solo (2024), for cornet
Raven Chacon: Biyan I (2011), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion
Gelsey Bell: Solo, for voice and daxophone
Sam Pluta: Systems of Interaction I, for flute, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, voice, and cornet
Performers:
Gelsey Bell, Carolyn Chen, Ben LaMar Gay
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Clare Monfredo, cello
James Moore, electric guitar
Wet Ink Ensemble
VENUE: Dixon Place
ADMISSION: $20 – $30

SATURDAY, December 14
7:30 pm The Living Earth Show and Post: ballet: Lyra
Artistic Direction: Vanessa Thiessen, Benjamin Tarquin, Robin Drekkers
Music: Samuel Adams
Musicians: Travis Andrews (guitars), Andy Meyerson (percussion)
Choreography: Vanessa Thiessen
Cinematography: Benjamin Tarquin
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: from $40

SATURDAY, December 14
8PM & 9:30PM Chet Doxas
w/Ingrid Laubrock, Tim Berne, Angelica Sanchez, Matt Pavolka, Tom Rainey
VENUE: Bar Bayeux
ADMISSION: One Drink minimum

SATURDAY, December 14
8:30 pm Highsmith +
Ikue Mori (electronics) Craig Taborn (piano) Tomeka Reid (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, December 15
3 PM Charles Curtis: Landslide
Charles Curtis, cello: Tashi Wada and Carolyn Chen
5 PM Charles Curtis: Carolyn Chen’s Rara Avis (2015)
VENUE: Blank Forms
ADMISSION: $25 – $40

SUNDAY, December 15
3 PM John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet
John Zorn – Saxophone
Julian Lage – Guitar
Jorge Roeder – Bass
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $50 (sold out)

MONDAY, December 16
8 PM Preview of Paula Cooper Gallery Concert
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, director
VENUE: Willow Place Auditorium (26 Willow Place, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: FREE

TUESDAY, December 17
7:30 PM Tactus Homecoming
works by David Lang, György Ligeti, Nina C. Young, Julius Eastman
VENUE: MSM (130 Claremont Avenue)
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, December 18
7pm Experimental Intermedia series
Hans Tammen, pianos, guitars, and other stringed instruments
Marcus Cummins, soprano saxophone
Shelley Hirsch, voice
VENUE: WhiteBox (9 Avenue B, New York)
ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, December 18
8 PM The Year of Czech Music In Conclusion
John Cage – Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)
Rudolf Komorous – Olympia (1962)
Anna Heflin – The Man Who Owned the Forest also Owned the Racetrack (2023)
Luboš Mrkvička – Quartet, Part A (2021)
Morton Feldman – Structures (1951)
Petr Kotik – Why Melody? (2024 – premiere)
VENUE: Paula Cooper Gallery (534 West 21st Street, NY)
ADMISSION: $19-25

WEDNESDAY, December 18
8 pm DM R, Ledah Finck, Ian Power
solo sets:
Ledah Finck, Hardanger d’Amore
DM R (aka Diana Marcela Rodriguez), electronica
Ian Power, new rhythmic microtonal work for electric oud
VENUE: Scholes St. Studio
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, December 18
9 PM Lamy Istrefi – Out to Brunch
Out to Brunch: Jon Elbaz (keyboards), Elias Stemeseder (synthesizers), and Lamy Istrefi (drums & percussion)
VENUE: Dada Bar (6047 Myrtle Ave, Queens)
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, December 19
7 pm El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered
Music by John Adams
Libretto compilation by Peter Sellars
Musical selections by Julia Bullock
Musical arrangement by Christian Reif
Julia Bullock, soprano
Rachael Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Kyle Tingzon, countertenor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
VENUE: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave, NY)
ADMISSION: $5 – $150

THURSDAY, December 19
8 PM Contemporary East I: DoYeon Kim / Leo Chang
Set 1: DoYeon Kim Quintet
DoYeon Kim gayageum, vocal, percussion and composition
Peter Evans trumpet
Matt Mitchell piano
Sam Minaie bass
Tomas Fujiwara drums
Set 2: Leo Chang
Young Mong
Leo Chang jeonmo (electronic feedback hat), amplified gongs, voice, electronics, piri and taepyeongso (double reeds)
Alex Zhang Hungtai electronics, saxophone
Che Chen flute & megaphone, percussion, funnel reed
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$30

SATURDAY, December 21
7:30 pm David Lang’s poor hymnal
poor hymnal (a concert-length choral work)
David Lang, composer
The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor
VENUE: Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: $5-35

SATURDAY, December 21
7.30pm + 9.30pm Ethan Iverson Sextet
Ethan Iverson – piano
Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet
Sam Newsome – soprano saxophone
Jacob Garchik – trombone
Peter Washington – bass
Kush Abadey – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $30-45