HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH: Long Play Festival, May 1 -3

RECOMMENDED OUT-OF-TOWN EVENTS:
10th International Conference on Music and Minimalism, The University of Maryland School of Music, May 7–10
75th Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen), May 15-June 21

FRIDAY, May 1
7:30 pm Ensemble Fantasque: Beyond Urban
Varèse – Octandre
Schoenberg – Five Pieces Op. 16 (arrangement for ensemble)
Amelia Brey – Hermes of the Ways
Wuorinen – New York Notes
VENUE: The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, May 1
8:30 PM Period Bomb, Chris Pitsiokos, Tim Dahl, Kevin Shea, Chaser, Vid Linger
VENUE: The Statue
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, May 1 and SATURDAY, May 2
7pm + 9pm Jen Shyu presents Fertile Land, Fertile Body
Jen Shyu – composition, text*, voice, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, piano, movement, raw video footage
Nana Dakin – director
Layale Chaker – violin, voice, movement
Alexandria DeWalt – flute, voice, movement
Melanie Dyer – viola, voice, movement
Elizabeth Kate – cello, voice, movement
Lesley Mok – drums, voice, movement
Haruna Lee – writing doula
Soomi Kim – choreographer
Laura Sofía Pérez – projection design
Eric Cheng – photography and iceberg video
Jamie Chen – stage manager
Melyanet Suarez – digital program design
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-38

SATURDAY, May 2
3PM Long Play Festival 2026: Dither and Friends perform James Tenney
VENUE: BRIC Ballroom
ADMISSION: $95+

SATURDAY, May 2
4PM Long Play Festival 2026: Matthew Shipp The Cosmic Piano
VENUE: Theatre for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
ADMISSION: $95+

SATURDAY, May 2
5PM Long Play Festival 2026: The Percussion Collective performs Mauricio Kagel Dressur
VENUE: Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew
ADMISSION: $95+

SATURDAY, May 2
7PM Long Play Festival 2026: David Lang mystery sonatas with Emma Meinrenken
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $95+

SATURDAY, May 2
7:30 pm Futuros: New Ideas in Composition
with inti figgis-vizueta
the debut portrait of composer inti figgis-vizueta, spanning the past eight years of her collaborations living in New York City
Orange Road String Quartet
Miguel Calleja, violin
Lauren Conroy, violin
Nicky More, viola
Jordan Bartow, cello
Mantra Percussion
Mika Godbole
Joe Bergen
Caitlin Cawley
Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet
Amber Scherer, piano
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, May 2
8:30pm Ned Rothenberg And Alec Goldfarb + very special guest
Ned Rothenberg – Alto Sax, Clarinet, Sakuhachi
Alec Goldfarb – Guitar
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

SUNDAY, May 3
12 pm John Luther Adams Crossing Open Ground
40 winds, brass, and percussionists, led by Doug Perkins
VENUE: Fort Greene Park
ADMISSION: FREE

SUNDAY, May 3
3PM Ellery Eskelin, solo sax
VENUE: Zen Center of New York City (500 State Street, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $10

SUNDAY, May 3
3:00 pm Long Play Festival 2026
3:00 pm – Morton Feldman Three Voices with Charlotte Mundy
5:30 pm – Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre
7:30 pm – Philip Glass Glassworks with Bang on a Can All-Stars
10:00 pm – Secret Chiefs 3
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $95+

SUNDAY, May 3
5PM Long Play Festival 2026
Kwami Winfield and C. Spencer Yeh
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $95+

MONDAY, May 4
8:30pm David Leon – Yuma Uesaka Thumbs
David Leon – Alto Sax, Flute
Yuma Uesaka – Saxophones, clarinets
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, May 5
8:30pm David Leon – Yuma Uesaka Thumbs
David Leon – Alto Sax, Flute
Yuma Uesaka – Saxophones, clarinets
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, May 6
7:30 PM Songs of Cultural Transition
Ensemble Connect
David Krakauer, Artistic Partner
Program
Hindemith, Kleine Kammermusik
Krein, Lento from Jewish Sketches, Op. 12
Osvaldo Golijov, “K’vakarat” from The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
“Love Song for Lemberg / Lvov”
Bartok, “Sebes (Fast Dance)” from Contrasts
Trad. “Der Gasn Nign” (arr. David Krakauer)
“Synagogue Wail”
trad. “Der Heyser Bulgar” (arr. David Krakauer)
VENUE: Resnick Education Wing
ADMISSION: Tickets $25

WEDNESDAY, May 6
8pm Spontaneous Resonance
Ryan Siegel – Alto Sax
Adam Lane – Double Bass
Patrick Golden – Drums
9 pm set2
Ayako Kanda – Voice
Anthony Coleman – Piano
Evan Palmer – Double Bass
Ken Kobayashi – Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, May 8
8pm Ayako Kanda + Tony Jones Trio
Tony Jones Trio
Tony Jones Tenor Saxophone
Jessica Jones Tenor Saxophone
Ken Filiano Bass
Ayako Kanda Group
Ayako Kanda Voice
Anthony Coleman Piano
Andrew Drury Drum Set
VENUE: the Loove Annex
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, May 9
8 pm Queer Urban Orchestra presents Of Rage and Remembrance
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 pm
Program:
Gustav Mahler, orch. Benjamin Britten: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (1895-96, orch. 1906)
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (1939-1940, rev. 1949)
Pauline Oliveros: Heart Chant (2001)
John Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 (1988)
Artists:
Queer Urban Orchestra
David Bloom — Artistic Director and Conductor
Blake Pouliot — violin
Derek Weagle — Associate Conductor
VENUE: St. Bartholomew’s Church (325 Park Avenue)
ADMISSION: $30-35

SATURDAY, May 9
8pm Ayako Kanda & Elliott Sharp + Michael Sarin & Mp Landis
MP Landis, live painting
Michael Sarin, drums
Ayako Kanda, voice
Elliott Sharpe, electric guitar
VENUE: the Loove Annex
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, May 9
8PM Sakina Abdou, sax
VENUE: Lava Club
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, May 11
7pm Ex Machina
Clara Yang, Piano
Xuan, Immersive Visual Art
Program:
Reena Esmail Crystal Prelude No. 1
with Cryoacoustic Orb Sound Installation by Lee Weisert and Jonathon Kirk
Lee Weisert Clinamina
Clara Yang Nebula
Yvette Young, Clara Yang Conception
Philip Glass Etude No. 11
Liliya Ugay Hammers Over The Moon
Phil Young Robodream
Allen Anderson Think That’s You—A Personality Recognition Software Toccata
Stephen Anderson Drones
Christopher Cerrone Hoyt-Schermerhorn
VENUE: Jerome Robbins Theater
ADMISSION: $29-39

TUESDAY, May 12
7:30 PM Decoda: American Renaissance
Program
IVES The Unanswered Question
Still “Summerland” From Three Visions
Carlos Simon Giants
Bonds “Dream Variation” From Three Dream Portraits (Arr. Xiaobao He)
Sarah Elizabeth Charles “Discover This Country” (Arr. Monique Brooks Roberts)
Z. P. Perry “Life” from Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (arr. Brad Balliett)
Bonds “Troubled Water” (Arr. Jeremy Ajani Jordan)
Price Piano Quintet In A Minor
Performers: Decoda
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $29

THURSDAY, May 14
8:30 pm Independent Flotation Device
Tim Berne (sax) Rick Parker (electronics, trombone) Matt Hollenberg (electric guitars, bulbul tarang) Patrick Golden (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 14
8pm Richard Carrick’s The Path
Either/Or:
Richard Carrick, piano
Jennifer Choi, violin
Jeremy Harman, cello
Justin Jay Hines, drums/percussion
Mario Salvador, tres Cubano
VENUE: Mise-En Place
ADMISSION: From $12

THURSDAY, May 14 – FRIDAY, June 5
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Music by Gabriela Lena Frank
Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Frida – Isabel Leonard
Diego – Carlos Álvarez
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: from $49

FRIDAY, May 15
8PM Kellen Mills: Tryon
Performers include:
Katie Webster, alto sax
Nick Saia, guitar
Dafna Naphtali, electronics
Marta Sanchez, piano
Kellen Mills, bass
James Nadien, drums
VENUE: the Loove Annex
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, May 16
2PM 2025 AIR Qiujiang Levi Lu’s Tapescape
VENUE: Harvestworks’ Art and Technology Program Building 10a, Nolan Park, Governors Island
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, May 17
9PM and 10:15PM Roy Nathanson & Friends 75th Bday Bash!
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

MONDAY, May 18
6pm Imani Winds: The French Connection
Repertoire
Valerie Coleman,Suite: Portraits Of Josephine Baker (2016)
Lalo Schifrin, La Nouvelle-Orléans (1987)
Henri Tomasi, Cinq Danses Profanes Et Sacrées (1959)
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: free

MONDAY, May 18
7 pm Crossing Borders Music: Haitian Flag Day Celebration
Program
Werner Jaegerhuber (1900–1953): Trio à Rosemène
Jean “Rudy” Perrault: Exodus String Quartet
Gifrants (b. 1957): Rara Kout Dlo Cho, Kout Dlo Frèt
Dickens Princivil (b. 1961): Incertitudes!
Daniel Bernard Roumain (b. 1971): “Klap Ur Handz” from String Quartet #5 (Rosa Parks)
Crossing Borders Music String Quartet
Dan Galat and Sarah Kim, violins
Wilfred Farquharson, viola
Tom Clowes, cello
VENUE: Americas Society (680 Park Avenue)
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, May 19
6:30pm Roulette Gala
The Robert Ashley Band
Thomas and Kamala Buckner
Roscoe Mitchell & Thomas Buckner
Dave Ruder & Brian McCorkle perform The Offering of Images
Gelsey Bell, Paul Pinto, & Aliza Simons perform Bell’s arrangement of Love is a Good Example
Matmos performs The Backyard, from Perfect Lives
and archival footage of Robert Ashley’s work.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $150+

THURSDAY, May 21
7:30 p.m. Canticle of the Sun, Featuring Guest Conductor: Beth Willer
Program:
Celeste Oram – All my salt falls short (World Premiere)
Ellen Reid – Oscillations: One Hundred Years and Forever (East Coast Premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Canticle of the Sun (New York City Premiere)
Messiaen – Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle
Messiaen/Gottwald – Louange a l’eternite de Jesus
Artists:
Voices of Ascension
Beth Willer, guest conductor
Tommy Mesa, cello
Jon Gillock, organ
VENUE: Church of the Ascension (36 Fifth Avenue at 10th St., New York)
ADMISSION: $40-81

THURSDAY, May 21
8:30 pm Semitic Brass
David Buchbinder (trumpet, cornet, alto horn, piano) Frank London (trumpet, brass, piano) Mark Rubin (banjo, bass, tuba)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, May 22
8PM “A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros” Book Release and Score Performances
Gelsey Bell voice and daxophone
Seth Cluett electronics
Viv Corringham voice
Mary Edwards waterphone and effects / micro foley
James Ilgenfritz bass
C. Lavender gongs and small percussion
Ben Richter accordion
Jane Rigler flutes
Lisa Schonberg drums and percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, May 23
8PM Tim Berne
Tim Berne – saxophone
Isak Ingvarsson- reeds
Tom Rainey – drums
John Hebert – bass
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, May 24
4:30PM Ekmeles and electronics
Ekmeles is a vocal ensemble
George Lewis’s Amo
Kaija Saariaho’s Nuits, adieux
Bethany Younge’s Bright Void
Christopher Trapani’s End Words
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $15-45

TUESDAY, May 26
6:30pm Jones/Ismaily /Sawyer
Darius Jones – alto sax
Shahzad Ismaily – bass / misc
Ryan Sawyer – drums
VENUE: Property Is Theft
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, May 27
8:30 pm Quartet With String Quartet
Sara Serpa (voice) Sarah Elizabeth Charles (voice) Aubrey Johnson (voice) Qasim Naqvi (modular synth) and the Bergamot String Quartet
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 28
8PM Yarn/Wire: Currents 2026
Yarn/Wire ensemble
Laura Barger piano
Julia Den Boer piano
Dustin Donahue percussion
Russell Greenberg percussion
Jonah Haven composer
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir composer
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 28
8:30 pm Trio
Sara Serpa (voice) Ikue Mori (electronics) Erik Friedlander (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 28
7pm + 9pm Caroline Davis – Portals
Caroline Davis – saxophone
Julian Shore – piano
Chris Tordini – bass
Tim Angulo – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-45

FRIDAY, May 29
8PM John Zorn: New Masada Quartet
John Zorn sax
Julian Lage guitar
Jorge Roeder bass
VENUE: Kenny Wollesen drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $40+

FRIDAY, May 29
8PM Prospect Series house show #59
Eli Wallace / Marija Kovacevic / Rocio Sanchez (piano/violin/cello)
Jason Stein / Damon Smith / Adam Shead (bass clarinet / drums / bass)
Josh Sinton / Owen Stewart-Robertson (winds/ bass)
VENUE: 1923 8th ave Brooklyn, door at top of steps
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, May 29
8:30 pm Quartet
Sara Serpa (voice) Andre Matos (guitar) Craig Taborn (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20