NYC Calendar March 2022

Highlight of the month: Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival
Note that some changes in programming are possible because performers from Kyiv might not be able to travel.

WEDNESDAY, March 2
8:30pm Mariel Roberts (cello), Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, March 3
7:30pm Julia Wolfe: Steel Hammer
Performers:
Bang on a Can All-Stars
·· Arlen Hlusko, Cello
·· Robert Black, Bass
·· Vicky Chow, Piano and Melodica
·· David Cossin, Percussion
·· Mark Stewart, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Mountain Dulcimer, and Harmonica
·· Ken Thomson, Clarinets and Harmonica
Rebecca L. Hargrove, Vocalist
Sonya Headlam, Vocalist
Molly Netter, Vocalist
VENUE: Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: $35 to $45

THURSDAY, March 3
7:30pm Judith Hamann + Nora Fulton
“Loss,” a composition that instructs the artist to hum beyond the limits of their vocal range.
Judith Hamann (cello)
Nora Fulton (voice)

VENUE: Blank Forms (468 Grand Ave. #1D)
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, March 3
8pm Composer Portraits: Felipe Lara
Performers:
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
International Contemporary Ensemble
Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
Repertoire:
Chambered Spirals (2020)
Metafagote (2015) for solo amplified bassoon and six pre-recorded bassoons
written for and developed with Rebekah Heller
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, March 4
8pm Ekmeles: New Vocal Music from the Americas
Marc Sabat, Seeds of Skies Alibis
Hilda Paredes, Fragmentos de Altazor
Mauricio Kagel, Der Turm zu Babel
Tania León, De-Orishas
Personnel:
Charlotte Mundy, soprano
Joy Tamayo, soprano
Elisa Sutherland, mezzo soprano
Tim Keeler, countertenor
Nathaniel Barnett, tenor
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone and director
Steven Hrycelak, bass
VENUE: Saint Ignatius of Antioch
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, March 4
8:30pm Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double
Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) Adam O’Farrill (trumpet) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Brandon Seabrook (guitar) Zack O’Farrill (drums) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

Saturday, March 5
7:30pm Judith Hamann
Continuing their inquiries into shaking and humming as expressive and embodied phenomena, cellist and composer Judith Hamann presents a selection of compositions from Shaking Studiesand “Humming Suite.”
VENUE: Blank Forms (468 Grand Ave. #1D)
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, March 6
6pm Duet Behavior 2022: Meredith Monk & John Hollenbeck
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $41.5

THURSDAY, March 10
8:30pm Anna Webber and Yuma Uesaka
1st Set:
Anna Webber’s Simple Trio
Anna Webber – tenor sax, flute
Matt Mitchell – piano
John Hollenbeck – drums
2nd Set:
Yuma Uesaka – solo clarinet

VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, March 10
10pm Music of Dmitri Shostakovitch: Michael Bates’ Acrobat

Marty Ehrlich-clarinet
Mazz Swift-violin
Sara Schoenbeck-bassoon
Michael Bates-bass
Michael Sarin-drums
VENUE: The Owl
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, March 16
7pm Nicola Hein and Viola Yip

Experimental Intermedia Concert Series
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $10

FRIDAY, March 18
7 pm Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: Forest Song
Program:
Ivan Nebesnyy – Air Music 1/Wind Music
Zoltan Almashi – The echo from hitting the trunk of a dry mountain spruce in Rytsarka Gorna village
Anastasia Belitska – Rusalochka
Ostap Manulyak – Trees
Alla Zahaykevych – Nord/Ouest
Performers include: Ekmeles vocal ensemble, James Baker, Itay Lantner, Isabel Lepant Gleicher, Alice Teyssier, Laura Cocks, Gleb Kanasevich, Stella Saliei, Margarita Rovenskaya, Lindsey Eckenroth, Sean Statser
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $15-25

SATURDAY, March 19
8 pm Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: In the Field
Program:
Zoltan Almashi – Carpathian Song
Yevhen Stankovych – Morning music
Myroslav Skoryk – Hutsul Triptych
Improvisations and Pieces by Strings Air Synthesis (duo SAS)
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $15-25

SUNDAY, March 20
3 pm Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: Anthropocene
Program:
Alexey Shmurak – Greenland for solo piano (performed by Steven Beck)
Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko – Chornobyldorf Partita
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $15-25

SUNDAY, March 20
6:30pm Thollem Mcdonas, Michael Wimberley – Synth / Percussion

VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, March 21
7:30pm Living Music with Nadia Sirota
The program includes works by Nico Muhly, Gabriella Smith, Julia Wolfe, Marcos Balter, and Andrew Norman.
VENUE: Chelsea Factory (547 West 26th Street)
ADMISSION: $10

March 22–30
Upload, an opera by Michel van der Aa
Composition, Director, Libretto, Michel van der Aa
Daughter, Julia Bullock
Father, Roderick Williams
Psychiatrist, Katja Herbers (film)
CEO, Ashley Zukerman (film)
Music Director, Otto Tausk
Orchestra, Ensemble Musikfabrik
Set & Lighting Design, Theun Mosk
Dramaturgy, Madelon Kooijman, Niels Nuijten
Director of Photography, Joost Rietdijk
Motion Capture and Real-Time Graphics, Darien Brito
VFX Supervisor & Fractal Artist, Julius Horsthuis
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: starting at $45

WEDNESDAY, March 23
1pm Wednesdays at One: Percussion Ensemble
Baljinder SEKHON Sun
Robert HONSTEIN An Index of Possibility
Joseph PEREIRA Mallet Quartet
John Luther ADAMS “Deep and Distant Thunder” from Three Drum Quartets
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Free

WEDNESDAY, March 23
7:30pm Decoda: Urgent Sounds
Program:
Alice Jones Dark is a way
Joy Guidry Y’all don’t wanna listen

Gilad Cohen The Last Battle of King Sorrow (World Premiere)
M. Hersch anonymous beneath the lemon trees (World Premiere)
Xiao Bao He “When We Are Poor” (NY Premiere)
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: $32 to $38

THURSDAY, March 24
7:30 pm New Milestones: Visions and Illuminations
Program:
Sofia Gubaidulina Quartet No. 4 for Strings with Tape (1993)
Anna Clyne Breathing Statues for String Quartet (2019) (CMS Co-Commission)
Joan Tower White Water for String Quartet (2011)
Jörg Widmann Jagdquartett for Strings (2003)
Calidore String Quartet
VENUE: Rose Studio/Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: from $35

FRIDAY, March 25
7:30 pm American Composers Orchestra: Sanctuary
Program:
Anna Clyne, Restless Oceans (Ny Premiere)
Hannah Kendall, Tuxedo: Vasco ‘De’ Gama (NY Premiere)
Dai Wei, Invisible Portals (World Premiere)
Paula Matthusen, Prophecy in Reverse (World Premiere)
Lisa Bielawa, Sanctuary (NY Premiere, Co-Commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
American Composers Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Conductor
Jennifer Koh, Violin
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $45 to $55

SATURDAY, March 26
8:30pm Brian Chase & Anthony Coleman – Record Release concert
Brian Chase (drums) Anthony Coleman (piano)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, March 30
8pm Brandon Lopez (bass), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) and Tom Rainey (drums)
https://www.viewcy.com/e/brandon_lopez__ingri
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, March 30
8:30pm Ches Smith (drums, percussion), Craig Taborn (piano), Mat Maneri (viola), Bill Frisell (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, March 31
8:30pm Ches Smith Interpret It Well album release show
Ches Smith (drums, percussion), Craig Taborn (piano), Mat Maneri (viola), Bill Frisell (guitar)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

Contemporary Ukrainian Music: an Informal Introduction

I want to share some of my favorite pieces by Ukrainian composers.
Just as there is no logical order in today’s world, there is no alphabetical, chronological, philosophical, stylistic or any other order in this list, apart from the intention to provide the maximum possible contrast between the works.

Valentyn Silvestrov (b. 1937), String Quartet No. 1 (1974)

String Quartet no. 1 by the major Ukrainian avant-garde composer Valentyn Silvestrov could be termed neo-romantic, if not for its frequent atonal gestures. Long resounding echoes play important roles, as does the “juxtapositioning of old and new techniques in a self- conscious, bare yet fluid manner.” (More in Peter J. Schmelz, Sonic Overload: Alfred Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, and Polystylism in the Late USSR, 106-112.)

Victoria Polevá (b. 1962), Transforma (1993/2014)

The first version of the piece was composed in 1993, at the time of Poleva’s spiritual conversion and an important personal transformation. When it was finally performed, in 2014, the piece transformed into a drama-mystery. Although there was no intention to refer to any political issues, the composition somehow naturally fit in to the social circumstances. (It was performed shortly after the Revolution of Dignity.) The performance presents the creation of earth. Its main idea is hope, which, as Poleva notes, “is always present in the world and in absolutely all human actions.”

Zoltan Almashi (b. 1975), Mirasteilas for two violins and orchestra (2006)

Mirasteilas means “those who look at the stars” in Romansh (Swiss) language. Almashi created a compositional concept with three layers that continue throughout the entire piece. First, the pitch D slowly raises from the lowest register in the base to the highest register in the violins; this symbolizes the sky that changes from thick darkness to the shimmering light of day. The second layer, representing the stars, consists of chords in the orchestra with 12-tone harmonies that rotate in various ways. Finally, two solo violins with neo-romantic melodies represent a conversation under the stars.

Alla Zagaykevych (b. 1966), Friend Li Po.. (dedicated to Oleg Lysheha) for guzheng and electronics

The name of the piece refers to the title of the book Friend Li Po, Brother Tu Fu by poet and writer Oleh Lyshega, whose work is “informed by transcendentalism and Zen-like introspection, with meditations on the essence of the human experience and man’s place in nature.” The combination of folk instruments (in this case a Chinese plucked zither) or folk singing with electronics is a recurrent characteristic of Zagaykevych’s work.

Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko, IYOV, opera-requiem for prepared piano, cello, drums and voices (2015)

Opera-requiem “IYOV” is a synthesis of ancient Greek drama, baroque opera, oratorio, Requiem, and the techniques of postmodern theater. It is the mystery of the birth of a new sound inside the piano and the demonstration of endless possibilities of the human voice. Job (Iyov in Hebrew) is the central character of the Book of Job in the Bible. This is a story of his life, pride and disbelief, the search for life’s meaning and death, hope and regret.

Anna Korsun (1986), Wehmut (2011)

Wehmut was written for a project dedicated to Robert Schuman. The piece is a surrealistic world of co-existing parallel lives, where noise part is at the forefront, seeming more realistic, while the melody is coming from a distant illusive world.

Svyatoslav Lunyov (b.1964), TUTTI for symphony orchestra (2005)

Mariana Sadovska (b. 1972), Chernobyl. The Harvest (2013)

Chernobyl. The Harvest was commissioned by Kronos Quartet and is based on ancient ritual music from Northern Ukraine. In this “pagan requiem” Sadovska refers to the nuclear catastrophe of Chernobyl explosion as a starting point for experimenting with the ideas of destruction and creation.

Alexey Shmurak (1986), I Have Lost My Eurydice (2014)

The work has the subtitle “four lost dances.” These dances are gradually disappearing as the piece develops. The disconnected contrasting sections in the piece are intended to create a feeling similar to watching a surrealist film.

Olesya Zdorovetska, Seconds (2016)

A setting of Yuri Izdryk’s poem “Sekundy,” this piece is a part of Zdorovetska’s project “Telling Sounds” – a sonic journey across the landscape of contemporary Ukrainian poetry. “Telling Sounds” explores the relationship between music and language in the current literary renaissance, which was spurred by the Revolution of Dignity, in new settings for voice and citera.

Maxim Kolomiiets (1981), opera Night (2020)

The music of the opera, with its delicate sensitivity, strength and irony, is written in contemporary idiom and at the same time is grounded in Ukrainian collective musical memory. The main character in the opera is a song “What a moonlit night” (Nich taka misyachna), which has an almost 200-year history; its prototype appeared in 1831, in a series of short stories by Mykola Gogol Evenings on a Farm near Dykanka. As the Italian conductor Luigi Gaggero stated, “This opera reveals the fundamental meaning of memory: it allows us to see and understand our personal history and creates connections between people. A society that has lost its memory cannot see itself, is unable to understand the meaning of historical events, is unable to be united.”

Victoria Polevá, Simurgh-Quintet (2000)

Structurally free and sensual, this minimalist piece creates the effects of bells on the piano and ethereal skies on the strings, and climaxes to an almost apocalyptic bird call. While the influence of Poleva’s musical-spiritual teacher Arvo Pärt is audible, Simurgh-Quintet also reminds of scenes from Kyiv – baroque churches, crowds and clouds.

Valentyn Silvestrov, Seranade for string orchestra (1978)

According to composer Zoltan Almashi, Silvestrov’s Serenade is a quintessentially polystylistic piece because it embodies the freedom to “exit from the avant-garde”: the composer seems to be in a closed room, but then he opens the door – and here is a river, a forest, a boat is floating…

If you want to hear more works by some of these composers in New York, come to Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival at Kaufman Music Center, March 18-20, 2022.

NYC Calendar February 2022

TUESDAY, February 1
7:30pm Quartetto di Cremona
Program:
Prokofiev Quartet No. 1 in B minor for Strings, Op. 50 (1930)
Weber Quintet in B-flat major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34 (1811-15)
Schoenberg Quartet No. 1 in D minor for Strings, Op. 7 (1904-05)
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: from $34

TUESDAY, February 1
8pm Limited Resources 42
Jeremiah Cymerman, Mariel Roberts, and Mike Pride
https://jeremiahcymerman.bandcamp.com/album/citadels-sanctuaries
https://www.marielroberts.com
http://mikepride.com
Never (Jack Wright, Ben Bennett, and Zach Darrup)
VENUE: Freddy’s Bar and Backroom
ADMISSION: $10

TUESDAY, February 1- SUNDAY, February 6
8pm Tyshawn Sorey with Joe Lovano & Bill Frisell
Tyshawn Sorey – Drums
Joe Lovano – Reeds
Bill Frisell – Guitar
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $43

THURSDAY, February 3
7:30pm Ravi Coltrane: Duos
Ravi Coltrane (saxophone)
James Carney (piano), Allan Mednard (drums/percussion)
VENUE: Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space)
ADMISSION: $20-30

February 3, 22, 23 and 24
7:30pm Visionary Voices
Explore Balletic Boundaries with Three Vanguard Dancemakers
Music by Wayne Shorter, Béla Bartόk, Nico Muhly, James Blake, Jay-Z, and Kanye West
VENUE: David H. Koch Theater (New York City Ballet)
ADMISSION: $38

FRIDAY, February 4
7:30pm Ravi Coltrane’s Freedom Trio
Ravi Coltrane (saxophone), Nick Jozwiak (bass), and Savannah Harris (drums)
VENUE: Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space)
ADMISSION: $20-30

FRIDAY, February 4 and SATURDAY, February 5
7.30pm + 9.30pm Borderlands Trio CD release party
Kris Davis -piano
Stephan Crump -bass
Eric McPherson -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10 – $35

SATURDAY, February 5
6pm Matt Darriau/Katie Down, Lyre Bird

Matt Darriau – Woodwinds, Toys
Katie Down – Litophone, Glass Harmonica, Flutes, Toys
Special guest tba..
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 5
7:30pm Cosmic Music: A Contemporary Exploration into the Music of John & Alice Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane (saxophone)
VENUE: Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space)
ADMISSION: $20-30

SUNDAY, February 6
3pm John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet
John Zorn – Saxophone
Julian Lage – Guitar
Jorge Roeder – Bass
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $43

SUNDAY, February 6
4pm The Solomon Diaries: Album Release Show
Sam Sadigursky – clarinet, compositions
Nathan Koci – accordion

VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, February 6
8pm Angelica Sanchez Trio with Michael Formanek and Billy Hart

Angelica Sanchez: piano/compositions
Michael Formanek: bass
Billy Hart: drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 10
8pm Yana Mann, Julian De La Chica
Julián De La Chica, 10 Poemas de Bar (World Premiere)
Julián De La Chica, Arias Florentinas (World Premiere)

VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: $20 – $40

FRIDAY, February 11
8pm Ethan Iverson: Every Note is True
Ethan Iverson, piano
Larry Grenadier, bass
Nasheet Waits, percussion

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 12
6:30pm CD release concert for “Kenneth Jimenez / Stephen Gauci, Pandemic Duets”
Kenneth Jimenez – bass / Stephen Gauci – tenor saxophone
7:15pm CD release concert for “Raf Vertessen / Stephen Gauci, Pandemic Duets”
Raf Vertessen – drums / Stephen Gauci – tenor saxophone
8pm Gauci / Jimenez / Vertessen Trio

VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: suggested donation

SATURDAY, February 12
7.30pm + 9.30pm Ralph Alessi Quartet
Ralph Alessi -trumpet
Angelica Sanchez -piano
Chris Lightcap -bass
Tom Rainey -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: 10 – $40

SATURDAY, February 12
8pm Zoh Amba Trio
Zoh Amba, Saxophone and flute
Henry Fraser, Bass
Marc Edwards, Drums
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, February 14
8pm Prism Quartet with Tony Arnold and Arturo O’Farrill: Mending Wall

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, February 15
7:30pm Treesearch
Kyle Motl – bass
Keir GoGwilt – violin
Brandon Lopez – solo bass
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, February 15
6:30pm Joe Mcphee / Henry Fraser / Raf Vertessen
Reeds or Brass / Double Bass / Drums
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: suggested

THURSDAY, February 17
9 – 10pm E#3 = Elliott Sharp Trio
w/ Dave Hofstra – bass, Don McKenzie – drums
VENUE: Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3 (185 Orchard Street, New York)
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 17
9pm Sun Ra Arkestra
Marshall Allen, Director
with Special Guests
Kelsey Lu
Moor Mother
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $55-65

TUESDAY, February 22
6:30pm Nick Fraser / Mat Maneri / Brandon Lopez
Drums / Viola / Contrabass
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: suggested

THURSDAY, February 24
8pm Gyan Riley’s Elixir

Gyan Riley – electric guitar and ukulele; Taylor Levine – electric guitar; Greg Chudzik – bass and David Cossin – drums
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 24
7pm A Conversation & Buchla Demonstration with Morton Subotnick
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: Free with membership

FRIDAY, February 25
7.30pm + 9.30pm Elliott Sharp Aggregat Trio 70th Birthday Celebration
Elliott Sharp -saxophones, bass clarinet
Brandon Lopez -bass
Don McKenzie -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10 – $35

FRIDAY, February 25
8:30pm Intimate Strangers
Sara Serpa (voice) Sofia Rei (voice) Aubrey Johnson (voice) Qasim Naqvi (modular synth) Matt Mitchell (piano) and a surprise guest
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 26
8:30pm World Premiere of CMA Jazz Works
Sara Serpa (voice) Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones) Angelica Sanchez (piano) Erik Friedlander (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, February 27
6 pm Duet Behavior 2022: Meredith Monk & John Hollenbeck
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $41.5

NYC Calendar December 2021

FRIDAY, December 3
8pm Acrobat, exploring Dmitri Shostakovich
Marty Ehrlich-clarinet; Mazz Swift-violin; Sara Schoenbeck-bassoon; Michael Bates-bass
Michael Sarin-drums

VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, December 4
8pm Kris Davis: Suite Charrière
Kris Davis: piano
Angela Sanchez: moog
Hidemi Akaiwa: microtonal koto/keyboards
Mat Maneri: viola
Trevor Dunn: bass
Sam Pluta: electronics
Taylor Ho Bynum: trumpet
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$25

SATURDAY, December 4
8pm David Rothenberg, Douglas Ewart, and Tony Garnier
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

December 4-16
various times Eurydice
An opera by Matthew Aucoin
libretto by Sarah Ruhl
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: $30-480

SUNDAY, December 5
7.30pm An Ayler Christmas with Mars Williams
Mars Williams – Sax, Toy Instruments
Jaimie Branch – Trumpet, Electronics
Steve Swell – Trombone
Hilliard Greene – Bass
Chad Taylor – drums
Ava Mendoza – Guitar
Fred Lonberg-holm – Cello, Electronics
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, December 8
7pm TargetMargin@7 with Wet Ink Ensemble
Program:
R. Ahvenniemi: Sonata in Pippi Form (2020) for violin and piano performed by Josh Modney, violin, and Cory Smythe, piano
Linda Catlin Smith: Dreamer Murmuring (2016) performed by Josh Modney, violin, Mariel Roberts, cello, and Eric Wubbels, piano
R. Ahvenniemi: Dada-Aria (2019) performed by Alice Teyssier, voice
Eric Wubbels: If and Only If Mvt III (2018) performed by Josh Modney, violin, Mariel Roberts, cello, and Eric Wubbels, piano
Anthony Braxton: Quartet and Syntactic Ghost Trance Music Works feat. Mok, Modney, Wubbels, Roberts, Lippel, Teyssier, and Smythe
VENUE: Target Margin Theater (232 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY)
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, December 8
8pm Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation)
Darius Jones (saxophone)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, December 8
7pm & 8:30pm Operatic Orchestra
Ju-Eh, gabby fluke-mogul, Joanna Mattrey, Charlie Burnham, Cyro Baptista, Wendy Eisenberg, Ava Mendoza, Ken Filiano, Asher Herzog, conducted by Billy Martin
VENUE: Nublu
ADMISSION:$20

WEDNESDAY, December 8
7pm & 8:30pm Tim Berne / Gregg Belisle-Chi
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, December 9
8pm Anthony Coleman: Piano Solos

VENUE: The Old Stone House
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, December 9
8:30pm Ikue Mori Solo
Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, December 10
8:30pm & 9:30pm Vijay Iyer & Arooj Aftab:
Land of Broken Dreams Convening & Concert Series
Daytime Convening: 1:00pm–7:00pm
composer/pianist Vijay Iyer, with vocalist and composer Arooj Aftab and bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh.
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $25

December 9–10 at 8pm
December 11 at 2pm
Claire Chase: Density 2036, part viii
Program:
Liza Lim: Throat-Song from Sex Magic, Density 2036: part vii (2019-20)
Wang Lu: Aftertouch (2021)
Ann Cleare: anfa (2021)
Matana Roberts: Auricular Hearsay (2021)
Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5 (1936)
Claire Chase, flutes
*Guest performers on Matana Roberts’ composition:
Senem Pirler, live electronics (Dec 9, 10, 11)
Nathan Wooley, trumpet (Dec 10)
Susie Ibarra, percussion (Dec 11)
VENUE: The Kitchen
ADMISSION: $15-25

FRIDAY, December 10
8:30pm Highsmith
Craig Taborn (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, December 11
8:30 pm Archipelago X
Ikue Mori (electronics) Brian Marsella (keyboards) Sae Hashimoto (percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, December 11
9pm Sō Percussion and Friends
Program
Nathalie Joachim, Note to Self (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Caroline Shaw, Narrow Sea
Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero, Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice
Jason Treuting, Amid the Noise
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
ADMISSION: $65-$80

SUNDAY, December 12
AEON Ensemble: Nada te Turbe
Hildegard von Bingen, Pauline Oliveros, Galindo.
VENUE: Church In the Gardens
ADMISSION:$12-$50

MONDAY, December 13
8pm Graham Haynes with Lucie Vítková and Shakoor Hakeem
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$25

THURSDAY, December 16
8pm Tyshawn Sorey & Adam Rudolph
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, December 17 and SATURDAY, December 18
7:30 and 9:30pm Threadgill + Iyer + Prieto
Henry Threadgill -saxophone
Vijay Iyer -piano
Dafnis Prieto -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $35-45

SATURDAY, December 18
8pm & 9:30pm GauciMusic presents
Stephen Gauci – tenor saxophone
Angelica Sanchez – piano
Adam Lane – bass
Chad Taylor – drums
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, December 20
8pm S.E.M. Ensemble Holiday Concert 2021
Program:
Petr Kotik – Three in One (2021)
Jon Gibson – Equal Distribution No. 1 (1977)
John Cage – Cheap Imitation (excerpt) (1969-1982)
Vladimír Srámek – 6 Minute Exercises for Petr Kotik (1960)
Frederick the Great – Five Daily Exercises (ca. 1730)
Petr Kotik – Many Many Women (excerpt) (1975-1978)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $15-20

TUESDAY, December 21
6:30pm – Dissipated Face 2021
w/ Steve Popkin / Kurt Ralske / Daniel Carter & Special Guests
7:30pm – Suburban Bohemia
Special Apocalyptic Version w/ Elliott Sharp / Steve Swell / Michael Vatcher
VENUE: DMG In-store
ADMISSION: suggested

THURSDAY, December 30
7:30pm The Tom Rainey Trio with Ingrid Laubrock & Mary Halvorson
Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones
Tom Rainey, drums
Mary Halvorson, guitar
VENUE: DiMenna Center for the Performing Arts
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar November 2021

All venues in NYC require adult audiences to show a proof of vaccination and/or a negative COVID test result. Our readers are advised to check with the venue for their specific requirements.

MONDAY, November 1
7pm Max Johnson Quarantet
Allison Philips – Trumpet,
James Brandon Lewis – Tenor Saxophone,
Max Johnson – Bass,
Lesley Mok – Drums
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: suggested $20

WEDNESDAY, November 3
8pm and 9:30pm: Sabbagh Weds Jazz: Zoh Amba Quartet
Zoh Amba w/ Micah Thomas, William Parker, Marc Edwards

VENUE: Bar Bayeux (1066 Nostrand ave, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, November 4
7pm TargetMargin@7
Nathan Davis: Planetary Home Improvement
Phyllis Chen: Tone Grove
International Contemporary Ensemble:
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Levy Lorenzo, percussion
Nathan Davis, percussion
Phyllis Chen, piano
Dan Lippel, guitar
Josh Modney, violin
Katinka Kleijn, cello
VENUE: Target Margin Theater (232 52nd St, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: Free with RSVP

THURSDAY, November 4
8pm Joanna Mattrey: New Compositions for Improvisor
Nick Dunston: A Fleeting Once
Weasel Walter: Dire Consequenzas
Lucie Vitkova: Octavia
Leila Bordreuil: Mirage
Joanna Mattrey: Weaver

VENUE: Center for Performance Research (361 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: Free ($10 suggested donation)

THURSDAY, November 4
8:30pm Trio
Ikue Mori (electronics) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Zeena Parkins (harp)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, November 4
10pm Gyan Riley’s Elixir
Gyan Riley – electric guitar and ukulele;
Taylor Levine – electric guitar;
Greg Chudzik – bass;
David Cossin – drums

VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: suggested $20

FRIDAY, November 5
7pm TargetMargin@7
International Contemporary Ensemble
Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot
Gareth Flowers, trumpet
Levy Lorenzo, percussion
Nathan Davis, percussion
Dan Lippel, guitar
Josh Modney, violin
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Nicholas Houfek, ColorSynth
VENUE: Target Margin Theater (232 52nd St, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: Free with RSVP

FRIDAY, November 5
7pm Hilos de viento
Andrés Guadarrama: Como hilos de viento y luz [World Premiere of New Version]
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone
Dm R: Sunsets in Mars are Blue [World Premiere]
Taylor Brook: The Machine Stops (2020) [World Premiere]
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone

Yarn/Wire
Laura Barger, piano
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Ning Yu, piano
VENUE: Americas Society (680 Park Avenue, New York)
ADMISSION: Free, RSVP required

FRIDAY, November 5
8:30pm Duo
Brandon Lopez (bass) Zeena Parkins (harp)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, November 10
9pm & 10:15pm Bergamot Quartet

VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, November 11
8pm Musical Ecologies: Loren Connors

VENUE: The Old Stone House
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, November 13
Shoko Nagai/Satoshi Takeishi

VENUE: Soup and Sound 292 Lefferts Ave
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, November 18
7:30pm Cramer Quartet: The Seven Last Words Project
Program includes works by Jessica Meyer, Colin Jacobsen, Nico Muhly, Tania León, Reena Esmail, Paola Prestini and Caroline Shaw
Cramer Quartet
Camilla Tassi, projection artist
VENUE: The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture (18 Bleecker St, New York)
ADMISSION: $30

THURSDAY, November 18 and SATURDAY, November 20
8:30pm Modum
Jon Madof (guitar, effects) Yoshie Fruchter (bass, guitar, oud) Chris Stromquist (drums, percussion) Mathias Kunzli (drums, percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, November 19
7pm Ragas Live Festival
Ragas Live: In D by Brooklyn Raga Massive and Terry Riley (virtual), Innov Gnawa, Jay Gandhi and Abhik Mukherjee
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $25

FRIDAY, November 19
8:30 pm Zoh Amba Trio
Zoh Amba (sax) Matt Hollenberg (guitar) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, November 20
8pm & 9:30pm Stephen Gauci, Matt Shipp, William Parker, Francisco Mela
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, November 21
7pm Cramer Quartet: The Seven Last Words Project
Program includes works by Jessica Meyer, Colin Jacobsen, Nico Muhly, Tania León, Reena Esmail, Paola Prestini and Caroline Shaw
Cramer Quartet
Camilla Tassi, projection artist
VENUE: Flushing Town Hall (137-35 Northern Blvd | Queens)
ADMISSION: $15-25 General Admission

MONDAY, November 22
7:30pm John Adams Conducts the Juilliard Orchestra
Steve Reich, Three Movements for Orchestra
Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E minor
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: $30