HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH:
TIME: SPANS Festival, August 8-22

Please note that our Brooklyn curator is on vacation in August. For more events in Brooklyn, we recommend nycnoise.

SATURDAY, August 1
2 PM Wreathed in Blossom: Chamber Music on Governors Island
Glass Clouds Ensemble
Chamber music by Caroline Shaw, Kaija Saariaho, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alberto Ginastera, and Phillip Glass
Performers: Marisa Karchin (soprano), Raina Arnett (violin), Holly Workman (violin), Elijah Spies (viola), Ruth Stokes (cello)
VENUE: The Glass Clouds House (Building 14, Nolan Park, Governors Island)
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, August 5
7:30 pm Living Music: Nadia Sirota and Gabriel Cabezas
Nadia Sirota, viola
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
music by Marcos Balter, Orlando Gibbons, Nico Muhly and Alyssa Weinberg
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

August 5- 8
8:30 pm Cinder Sessions I-IV
The Stone Residencies: Matana Roberts presents the premiere of “Cinder Sessions”
Matana Roberts (sax) Chris Ryan Williams (trumpet) Lester St. Louis (cello) Adi Meyerson (bass) Ryan Sawyer (drums) plus a special guest
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

August 5 – 9
8:30 pm Anthony Roth Costanzo: Minimalism
Anthony Roth Costanzo (Countertenor), Sandbox Percussion (Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney), Bryan Wagorn (Piano), PUBLIQuartet, Vicky Chow (Piano)
VENUE: The Amph @Little Island (Pier55 in Hudson River Park)
ADMISSION: $15-25

SATURDAY, August 8
7:30 pm Talea Ensemble: Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm, Jagden und Formen, Zustand 2008
Talea Ensemble, James Baker, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 9
7:30 pm JACK Quartet: Ergün, Haas
Cenk Ergün, Celare, 2014-15
Georg Friedrich Haas, String Quartet No. 8, 2014
Cenk Ergün, Sonare, 2014-15
JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 10
7:30 pm Parker Quartet: Farrin, Kurtág
Works by György Kurtág:
Officium breve, 1989
Aus der Ferne III, 1991
12 Microludes, 1977
Aus der Ferne V, 1999
Six Moments Musicaux, 2005
Suzanne Farrin, SEA-DRIFT, 2026
Parker Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $20

August 12-15
8:30 pm Steve Coleman And Five Elements
Steve Coleman (alto sax) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Matthew Mitchell (piano) Anthony Tidd (bass) Sean Rickman (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 13
7pm + 9pm Sylvie Courvoisier & Alden Hellmuth
Sylvie Courvoisier – piano
Alden Hellmuth – saxophone
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $27.50-38

MONDAY, August 17
7:30 pm International Contemporary Ensemble: Choi, Fallah, Illés, Phungula
Imsu Choi, Pop, 2023
Njabulo Phungula, ochre song
Farzia Fallah, I did not paint the war. I lived the war
Márton Illés, Forajzok , 2021
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, August 18
7:30 pm Pamela Z
Works by Pamela Z
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 19
7:30 pm American Modern Opera Company (AMOC): Hersch, Sciarrino
Salvatore Sciarrino, Stupori, 2018
Michael Hersch, Carrion-Miles to Purgatory: thirteen pieces after texts of Robert Lowell, 2014
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 20
8 pm Jim Staley with Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins
Jim Staley trombone
Ikue Mori electronics
Zeena Parkins harp, electronics
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

FRIDAY, August 21
7PM Live from Troutman: Yarn/Wire Studio Concert
Nate Wooley’s After Nan Shepard
Yarn/Wire
Nate Wooley, trumpet
Joan LaBarbara and Tara Khozein, voice
VENUE: YW’s home turf (17-17 Troutman Street, Ridgewood)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, August 22,
7:30 pm Talea Ensemble: Saunders
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $20