Highlight of the month: TIME: SPANS festival (August 12-26)

TUESDAY, August 1
6:30pm DMG Free Tuesdays: You’re Mom Band
Michael Shapira, Alex Frondelli, James Mckain / Chuck Roth / Kevin Murray, David Grollman & Richard Kamerman
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, August 1
8pm Kyle Bruckmann & Sara Schoenbeck: Duo + Company
gabby fluke-mogul, Madison Greenstone, DoYeon Kim, Nate Wooley
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-$20

August 1 – August 6
8pm and 10pm Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Bill Frisell – Guitar
David Virelles – Piano
Ben Street – Bass
Andrew Cyrille – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $30-40

THURSDAY, August 3
8:30 pm Multidimensionally Human
Frank London (trumpet) Shoko Nagai (piano, accordion) Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) Sita Chay (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30

SUNDAY, August 6
2pm-6pm Summer Thunder
Xylouris White, Shahzad Ismaily / Darius Jones / Ryan Sawyer
VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, August 6
3:30 pm Arts For Art InGardens: Ava Mendoza (children’s workshop at 3PM)
VENUE: Stanton Btwn Essex & Norfolk
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, August 9
8pm Anthony Coleman & Yoona Kim, Zoh Amba
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 10
8:30pm Improvisations & Lace Pieces
Zeena Parkins (harp) Brian Chase (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 12
7:30 pm SWR Experimentalstudio & Ensemble Experimental: Luigi Nono
Luigi Nono, Omaggio a Vedova, 1961 for tape
Luigi Nono, A Pierre. Dell’azzurro silenzio, inquietum, 1985
for bass flute, bass clarinet and live electronics
Luigi Nono, Omaggio a György Kurtág, 1983-86* for alto flute, clarinet, bass tuba, and live electronics
Luigi Nono, Post-Prae-Ludium n. 1 “per Donau”, 1987* for tuba and live electronics
Luigi Nono, Guai ai gelidi mostri, 1983*
for voices, flute, clarinet, tuba, viola, cello, double bass, and live electronics
SWR Experimental studio (Freiburg, Germany)
Joachim Haas, Head, Experimentalstudio / Sound Director
Michael Acker, Sound Director
Ensemble Experimental (ENEX)
Detlef Heusinger, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SATURDAY, August 12
8:30 pm Arcades Duo
Anthony Coleman (piano) Brian Chase (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 13
7:30 pm JACK: Lachenmann
Helmut Lachenmann
Quartet No. 2 Reigen Seliger Geister, 1989
Helmut Lachenmann
Quartet No. 3 Grido, 2000-01
JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SUNDAY, August 13
8pm Zorn@70 At Roulette Part Two: Cobra
Wendy Eisenberg guitar
Taylor Levine guitar
Trevor Dunn electric bass
Alexandra Simpson viola
Michael Nicolas cello
Jorge Roeder bass
John Medeski organ
Brian Marsella piano
Ikue Mori electronics
Kenny Wollesen drums, vibes
Sae Hashimoto vibes, percussion
Ches Smith drums, percussion
Cha Cha La Fox violin
John Zorn prompter
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$40

TUESDAY, August 15
7:30 pm Ensemble Signal: Abbasi, Read Thomas, Shirazi, Zubel
Anahita Abbasi
Faab IV / a femme fatale, 2016
for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello
https://soundcloud.com/anahita-abbasi/faab-iv-a-femme-fatale-2016
Augusta Read Thomas
Dance Mobile, 2021*
for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, trombone, pianos, percussion, and strings
Aida Shirazi
The shadow of a leaf in water, 2018*
for bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, harp, and cello
Agata Zubel
Chamber Piano Concerto, 2018*
for piano(s) and ensemble
with Ning Yu, piano
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

TUESDAY, August 15
8pm Shades of Words
Talea Ensemble
Program:
Jeffrey Mumford: Undiluted Days (1999-2000)
Hannah Kendall: Even sweetness can scratch the throat (2023)
Jessie Cox: After-were(l)ds (2019)
Andile Khumalo: Shades of Words (2012)
George Lewis: ANTHEM (2011)
VENUE: JACK
ADMISSION: TBD

August 15 – August 20
8pm And 10pm Bill Frisell Five
Bill Frisell – Guitar
Tony Scherr – Bass
Thomas Morgan – Bass
Rudy Royston – Drums
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

THURSDAY, August 17
7.30pm & 9.30pm Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet
Ralph Alessi -trumpet
Craig Taborn -piano
Drew Gress -bass
Nasheet Waits -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 -$40

FRIDAY, August 18
7.30pm & 9.30pm Roberts/Lopez/Fujiwara
Matana Roberts -woodwinds
Brandon Lopez -bass
Tomas Fujiwara -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 -$40

SATURDAY, August 19
7:30 pm Talea Ensemble: Alessandrini, Iannotta, Yi Ting Lu, Zubel
Clara Iannotta
They left us grief-trees wailing at the wall, 2020
for clarinet, saxophone, percussion, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Yi Ting Lu
Timelessness I: Individualism, 2017
for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and cello
Agata Zubel
FLASH, 2021
for percussion soloist, and ensemble
with Sae Hashimoto, percussion soloist
Patricia Alessandrini
Pastorale (Hommage à Alfred Schnittke), 2014
Talea Ensemble
Jim Baker, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SATURDAY, August 19
8:30 pm Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tomeka Reid (cello) Jason Roebke (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Mary Halvorson (guitar)
World Premiere: Three and Three
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 20
6pm Sinonó: Isabel Crespo Pardo/ Lester St. Louis/Henry Fraser; Kwami Winfield & C. Spencer Yeh

VENUE: Property Is Theft
ADMISSION: tbd

SUNDAY, August 20
7:30 pm Talujon, Argento: Earle Brown, Alexander Calder
Earle Brown, Calder Piece, 1963-66
Earle Brown, Times Five, 1963
Earle Brown, Calder Piece, 1963-66
Performers:
Talujon Percussion Quartet
Argento New Music Project
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

August 22 – August 27
8pm And 10pm Joe Lovano: Trio Tapestry
Joe Lovano – Saxophones
Marilyn Crispell – Piano
Carmen Castaldi – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

THURSDAY, August 24
8pm Shoko Nagai’s TOKALA (Satoshi Takeishi, Frank London)
VENUE: Barbès
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, August 25
7:30 pm International Contemporary Ensemble: Khumalo, Pagh-Paan, Shirazi, Smith
Younghi Pagh-Paan
Wundgeträumt, 2005 for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello
Andile Khumalo
Invisible Self, 2020* for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano, violins, viola, cello, double bass
Aida Shirazi
Crystalline Trees, 2020 for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello
Wadada Leo Smith
Gondwana, 2022* for flute, oboe, clarinets, cornet, contra-bassoon, percussion, piano, violins, violas, and double bass
International Contemporary Ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $12.50-23

SATURDAY, August 26
7pm Bryant Park: Immanuel Wilkins, 75 Dollar Bill, Ka Baird
VENUE: Roulette at Bryant Park
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, August 26
6pm Marco Cappelli & Elliot Sharp

VENUE: Barbès
ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, August 27
8pm Zorn@70 At Roulette Part Three: John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Sean Ono Lennon
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$40

TUESDAY, August 29
7pm RENKU (Attias//Hébert//Takeishi)
Michaël Attias: alto saxophone, John Hébert: bass, Satoshi Takeishi: drums

VENUE: Barbès
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 31
8:30pm Live Low to the Earth in the Iron Age
Eyvind Kang (guitar, synth, viola d’amore) Shahzad Ismaily (guitar, synth) Mir Naqibul Islam (tabla)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, July 1
8pm and 9:30pm Chet Doxas
Ingrid Laubrock, Tim Berne, Angelica Sanchez, Matt Pavolka, Tom Rainey
VENUE: Bar Bayeux (1066 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $15-$20

SATURDAY, July 1
8:30 pm Crispell, Hemingway, Dresser plays Braxton and more
Marilyn Crispell (piano) Gerry Hemingway (drums) Mark Dresser (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

July 1- 9
3pm, 7:30pm, 9pm Kagami
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tin Drum
KAGAMI represents a new kind of concert, fusing dimensional moving photography with the real world to create a never-before-experienced mixed reality presentation. Audiences will wear optically transparent devices to view the virtual Sakamoto performing on piano alongside dimensional art aligned with the music.
VENUE: The Shed
ADMISSION: $45-51

July 1- 30
Sonic Sphere
Multiple live and/or recorded sets will be offered each day
Experience music in all its dimensions with Sonic Sphere, a vast, 65-foot-diameter spherical concert hall suspended in air in The Shed’s soaring, 115-foot-tall McCourt. This revolutionary new architectural space features immersive, 3-D sound and light explorations of music by boundary-pushing artists.
VENUE: The Shed
ADMISSION: $44-60

SUNDAY, July 2
7PM and 10 PM Sun Ra Arkestra – Nublu 21 Anniversary
7pm- 1st Set
10pm 2nd Set
VENUE: Nublu
ADMISSION: $30

MONDAY, July 3
7:30pm: Chris Pitsiokos & Kyle Motl
VENUE: The Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

MONDAY, July 3
6:30 Rare Monday Event
Terrence Mcmanus / John Hebert / Billy Mintz – Guitar / Bass / Drums
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, July 4
7pm Ava Mendoza 1st Tuesdays
James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Matana Roberts, 75 Dollar Bill

VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, July 6
8:30 pm Every Winter Trio
Nels Cline (guitar) Gerald Cleaver (drums) Larry Ochs (tenor, sopranino saxophones)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, July 7
7.30pm & 9.30pm Darius Jones Trio
Darius Jones -alto sax
Chris Lightcap -bass
Gerald Cleaver -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 -$40

FRIDAY, July 7
8pm Rocket Science
Peter Evans, Ikue Mori, Sam Pluta, Craig Taborn

VENUE: Brooklyn Music School
ADMISSION: $15-$20

SATURDAY, July 8
9 PM East Axis
Matthew Shipp, Piano
Scott Robinson, Reeds
Kevin Ray, Bass
Newman Taylor Baker, Drums
VENUE: Joe’s Pub
ADMISSION: $25

SATURDAY, July 8
8:30 pm Quintet
Tim Berne (alto sax) Steve Swell (trombone) Brandon Lopez (bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums) Larry Ochs (tenor, sopranino saxophones)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, July 9
5 pm (reading), 5:30 pm (performance)
A Strange Celestial Road: Sun Ra Arkestra with Ahmed Abdullah

VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, July 9
7pm Avant Guitar Cookout
Set 1: Erhard Hirt, Hans Tammen, Nick Didkovsky

SET 2: Shoko Nagai (piano), Monica Rocha (no input mixer)
VENUE: Soup and Sound (292 Lefferts Ave. Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: TBD

SUNDAY, July 9 – TUESDAY, July 11
8pm Brandon Lopez, Fred Moten, Gerald Cleaver residency
Act 1 Sun, July 9: Darius Jones solo
Act 1 Mon, July 10: Ingrid Laubrock and Cecilia Lopez
Act 1 Tues, July 11: Matt Nelson solo
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, July 11
6:30pm Joe Fonda / Erhard Hirt / Yoni Kretzmer / Lou Grassi – Bass/Guitar/Tenor Sax/Drums
7:30pm James Paul Nadien / Elias Stemeseder / Aaron Rubinstein – Drums / Keyboard/Guitar
8:30pm Ben Goldberg / John Hebert / Billy Mintz – Clarinet / ContraBass / Drums
9:30: Kelsey Mines – Solo Bass
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 12
6pm Carnegie Hall Citywide: Aizuri Quartet
Komitas “Yergink Ampel A” (“It’s Cloudy”) from Armenian Folk Songs (arr. Aslamazyan)
Bartók Allegretto pizzicato from String Quartet No. 4
Rhiannon Giddens At The Purchaser’s Option With Variations (Arr. Jacob Garchik)
Beethoven Allegretto From String Quartet In F Major, Op. 135
Chaminade “Ronde D’amour” (Arr. Lembit Beecher)
Eleanor Alberga Remember
Paul Wiancko Purple Antelope Sound Squeeze
Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté Wawani From Tegere Tulon (Arr. Jacob Garchik)
VENUE: Madison Square Park
ADMISSION: Free

FRIDAY, July 14
7 Pm Wow Summer Festival, Day 1 – New Muse Trio, Overkil, Fujiwara/Dunston/Leon
7pm New Muse Trio
Gwen Laster (violin), Melanie Dyer (Viola), Alexis Marcelo (piano)
8:15pm Overkil
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Gregg Belisle-Chi (guitar), Tom Rainey (drums)

9:30pm Fujiwara / Dunston / Leon
Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Nick Dunston (bass), David Leon (saxophone)
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $25

FRIDAY, July 14
8:30 pm Jessica Pavone, Peter Evans, Brandon Lopez, Ryan Sawyer quartet
Jessica Pavone (viola) Peter Evans (trumpet) Brandon Lopez (double bass) Ryan Sawyer (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, July 15
7pm Wow Summer Festival, Day 2 – Rob Garcia 4, Sam Newsome/Dave Liebman, Scott Robinson/Julian Thayer/Newman Taylor Baker
7 Pm Rob Garcia Four
Noah Preminger (tenor saxophone)
Gary Versace (piano), Kim Cass (bass)
Rob Garcia (drums)
8:15 Pm Sam Newsome / Dave Liebman

Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Dave Liebman (soprano saxophone)
Scott Robinson / Julian Thayer / Jeff “Tain” Watts – 9:30 Pm
Scott Robinson (multi reeds)
Julian Thayer (bass)
Newman Taylor Baker (drums)
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $25

SUNDAY, July 16
7:30pm Chris Pitsiokos & Ben Bennett, TBA
VENUE: The Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

SUNDAY, July 16
8pm Keith Fullerton Whitman, Ka Baird + Shelley Hirsch, Snake Union
VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, July 18
Guitar Quadruple-Header
6:30pm Su$Hi With Gian Perez – Guitar / Greg Lou – Bass / Eliza Salem – Drums!
7:30pm Chris Cochrane / Michael Foster – El Guitar / Saxes!
8:30pm Rob Price / Chris Cawthray – Guitar / Drums!
9:30pm Eyal Maoz / Eric Arn – Two Guitars – Cd Debut Set!
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 19
6pm Carnegie Hall Citywide: Aeolus Quartet
Program:
Jessie Montgomery, Strum
Dvořák, Allegro Moderato From String Quartet No. 13 In G Major
Andrea Casarrubios, Overture & Chorale
Price, Andante Moderato—Allegretto From String Quartet In G Major
William Bolcom, Three Rags For String Quartet
Reena Esmail, Zeher (Poison)
Dvořák, Finale String Quartet No. 13 In G Major
Aeolus Quartet
Nicholas Tavani, Violin
Rachel Shapiro, Violin
Caitlin Lynch, Viola
Jia Kim, Cello
VENUE: Madison Square Park
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 19
8PM The Bass Bridge Quartet
Che Chen, Dave Hofstra, William Parker, Dave Sewelson
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, July 22
1pm & 3pm Dublin Guitar Quartet
Program:
Bryce Dessner: Ahey
Marc Mellits: Titan (Selected Movements Tbc)
Wojciech Kilar: Orawa
Gyorgy Ligeti: Inaktelki Nóták
Philip Glass: Piano Etudes No. 2, 9 & 20
VENUE: Nolan Park (Governor’s Island)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, July 22
8PM Stanford Cheung, eüsh, Will Graefe, Shahzad Ismaily

VENUE: The Owl
ADMISSION: $12

WEDNESDAY, July 26
6pm Carnegie Hall Citywide: Aizuri Quartet
Program:
Von Bingen, Columba Aspexit (Arr. Alex Fortes)
Bartók, Allegretto Pizzicato From String Quartet No. 4
Tanya Tagaq, Sivunittinni (Arr. Jacob Garchik)
Haydn, Allegro Con Spirito From String Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4, “Sunrise”
Chaminade, “Ronde D’amour” (Arr. Lembit Beecher)
Trad. “Working On A Building” (Arr. George Meyer)
Komitas, “Yergink Ampel A” (“It’s Cloudy”) From Armenian Folk Songs (Arr. Aslamazyan)
Hawa Kassé, Mady Diabaté Wawani From Tegere Tulon (Arr. Jacob Garchik)
Aizuri Quartet:
Miho Saegusa, Violin
Emma Frucht, Violin
Aria Cheregosha, Viola
Hannah Collins, Cello
VENUE: Madison Square Park
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 26
8:30pm O, SUN
Zoh Amba (tenor sax) Craig Taborn (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

July 25 – 30
8pm and 10pm Julian Lage Trio
Julian Lage – Guitar
Jorge Roeder – Bass
Billy Hart – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH: Vision Festival, Jazztopad, SONO FEST!, MISE-EN MUSIC FESTIVAL

THURSDAY, June 1
8pm Parker / Sewelson / Rosenbloom / Hirsh
William Parker – Bass
Dave Sewelson – Baritone Saxophone
Mara Rosenbloom – Piano
Steve Hirsh – Drums

VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20

June 1 – June 3
7.30pm (June 1) and 8pm Julia Wolfe’s unEarth
Sibelius, Violin Concerto
Julia Wolfe, unEarth (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Frank Huang, Violin
Else Torp, Soprano (Wolfe)
The Men of The Crossing, Chorus, Donald Nally, director
Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Francisco J. Núñez, director
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $89-198

June 1 – June 11
7pm/2pm Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks
Dance Artists: Agnê Auželyte, Claire Fleury, Emily Pope, Miriam Parker, Mizuho Kappa, Owen Prum, Ryuji Yamaguchi, Stephanie Maher, Ursula Eagly, Kathryn Ray, Sarah Skaggs
Actors: Eileen Myles, Jim Fletcher, Kate Valk
Musicians: Aliya Ultan, Christopher McIntyre, Dane Terry, Jason Kao Hwang, Marisa Tornello, Robert Black
VENUE: La Mama
ADMISSION: $10-$40

FRIDAY, June 2
7:30 La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela: Just Charles
VENUE: Peter Freeman, Inc. (140 Grand Street)
ADMISSION: $55-$65

FRIDAY, June 2
7:30PM LPR 15: Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet
Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet, Ingrid Laubrock, Chris Lightcap & Tom Rainey
VENUE: Le Poisson Rouge
ADMISSION: from $32.96

SATURDAY, June 3
8:30 pm John Zorn Masada Book III: Keter
JC Maillard (saz bass, stomp box) Sofía Rei (vocals, looper, charango)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 4
4:30 La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela: Just Charles
VENUE: Peter Freeman, Inc. (140 Grand Street)
ADMISSION: $55-$65

SUNDAY, June 4
8pm Eishin Nose and Satoshi Takeishi

VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, June 5
9:30pm Sonic Festival: Yosvany Terry
Atlantic Connections
Fabian Almazan, piano
Yosvany Terry, composer and saxophone
Yunior Terry, violin and bass
David Virelles, composer and pianist
VENUE: Dizzy’s Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $20-40

TUESDAY, June 6
7:30pm and 9pm Sono Fest! Ethan Iverson With Miranda Cuckson

VENUE: Soapbox Gallery
ADMISSION: $17.85 (stream)/$28.52 (in house)

TUESDAY, June 6
6pm Pop-Up Concerts
Sae Hashimoto, Vibraphone And Brian Marsella, Piano
Brian Marsella, new work for piano and vibraphone (2023)
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

June 7 – July 2
Kagami
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tin Drum
KAGAMI represents a new kind of concert, fusing dimensional moving photography with the real world to create a never-before-experienced mixed reality presentation. Audiences will wear optically transparent devices to view the virtual Sakamoto performing on piano alongside dimensional art aligned with the music.
VENUE: The Griffin Theater (The Shed)
ADMISSION: $45-51

FRIDAY, June 9
8:30 pm Ben Goldberg’s Glamorous Escapades
Ben Goldberg (clarinet) Steve Cardenas (electric guitar) Ben Allison (bass) Allan Mednard (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, June 8 – SATURDAY, June 10
7:30pm, 11am, 8pm From Water to Desert
Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Takemitsu, I hear the water dreaming
John Luther Adams, Become Desert
Artists:
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Robert Langevin, Flute
New York Philharmonic Chorus, Malcolm J. Merriweather, Director
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $52-160

FRIDAY, June 9
7:30pm and 9pm Sono Fest! Taka Kigawa
VENUE: Soapbox Gallery
ADMISSION: $17.85 (stream)/$28.52 (in house)

FRIDAY, June 9 – SUNDAY, June 11
ChamberQueer 2023: We Refract
Jules Biber, Aviva Jaye, Alexis C. Lamb, Brian Mummert, Rajna Swaminathan, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Yoshi Weinberg

VENUE: Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island (see link)
ADMISSION: $12.47 – $31

June 9 – July 7
The Sonic Sphere
Live performances by electronic music producer, drummer, artist, and activist Madame Gandhi on June 9; rising London-based singer-songwriter-producer yunè pinku with DJ sets on June 14 and 16; Jersey Club Queen DJ and producer UNIIQU3 on June 23 and 24; and world-renowned pianist Igor Levit on June 30 and July 1 performing Morton Feldman’s Palais de Mari in collaboration with visual artist Rirkrit Tiravanija who is creating a visual counterpoint for Levit’s performances
VENUE: The Shed
ADMISSION: $44-116

SATURDAY, June 10
7pm New Moons: World Premieres by Luna Composition Lab Fellows
International Contemporary Ensemble
Alice Jones, flute
Leah Asher, violin
Meaghan Burke, cello
Emmalie Tello, clarinet
Erika Dohi, piano
Program
Hannah Chen: Spiral (World Premiere)
Lucy Chen: Seventeen (World Premiere)
Wang Lu: From the Distant Plains II
Lili Masoudi: [to be determined] (World Premiere)
Nina Shekhar: GLITCH
Gabrielle Smith: Stellar Evolution (World Premiere)
Elaina Rae Stuppler: Waluga (World Premiere)
Isabelle Tseng: Bumbershoot (World Premiere)
Curators: George Lewis, Missy Mazzoli, Ellen Reid
VENUE: Stiefel Hall at Mannes School of Music
ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, June 11
7:30pm and 9pm Sono Fest! Sam Newsome

VENUE: Soapbox Gallery
ADMISSION: $17.85 (stream)/$28.52 (in house)

MONDAY, June 12
8 PM Mark Dresser
Solo Bass Performance
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, June 12
7:30pm and 9pm Sono Fest! The Momenta Quartet

VENUE: Soapbox Gallery
ADMISSION: $17.85 (stream)/$28.52 (in house)

TUESDAY, June 13
7:30pm and 9pm Sono Fest! Judith Berkson
VENUE: Soapbox Gallery
ADMISSION: $17.85 (stream)/$28.52 (in house)

TUESDAY, June 13
7PM Vision Festival: Celebrating Joëlle Léandre

Set 1, 7:00pm: Tiger Trio
Joëlle Léandre – bass / Myra Melford – piano / Nicole Mitchell – flute
Set 2, 8:00pm: Joëlle Léandre and Fred Moten
Joëlle Léandre – bass / Fred Moten – poetry
Set 3, 8:30pm: Judson Trio
Joëlle Léandre – bass / Craig Taborn – piano / Mat Maneri – viola
Set 4, 9:30pm: Joëlle Léandre Septet premieres “Creation Mondiale”
Joëlle Léandre Septet premiers “Creation Mondiale”: Joëlle Léandre – bass, composition / Ingrid Laubrock – saxophone / Steve Swell – trombone / Mat Maneri – viola / Jason Kao Hwang – violin / Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello / Joe Morris – guitar
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15 (stream)/$49.87 (in house)

WEDNESDAY, June 14
7PM Vision Festival: Gerald Cleaver Black Host / Karen Borca Quartet / Hamid Drake Turiya / Mark Dresser
Set 1, 7pm: Gerald Cleaver Black Host
Cooper-Moore – piano, synth / Brandon Seabrook – guitar / Darius Jones – alto saxophone / Dezron Douglas – bass / Brandon Lopez – bass / Gerald Cleaver – drums, composition
Set 2, 8pm: Karen Borca Quartet
Karen Borca – bassoon / Rob Brown – alto sax, flute /Hilliard Greene -bass / Jackson Krall – drums
Set 3, 9pm: Hamid Drake Turiya: Honoring Alice Coltrane
James Brandon Lewis – tenor sax / Jamie Saft – piano, keyboards / Pasquale Mirra – vibraphone / Joshua Abrams – bass, guembri / Hamid Drake – drums, percussion, vocals / Patricia Nicholson Parker – dance, spoken word
Set 4, 10pm: Mark Dresser 7
Mark Dresser – bass, composition / Nicole Mitchell – flutes / Keir GoGwilt – violin / Marty Ehrlich – reeds / Michael Dessen – trombone / Joshua White – piano Michael Sarin – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15 (stream)/$49.87 (in house)

WEDNESDAY, June 14
8:30pm LAGE-COHEN DUO
Julian Lage (guitar) Greg Cohen (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, June 15
8PM Balance Anna Webber & Matt Mitchell

VENUE: The Owl
ADMISSION: $12

June 15 — June 18
7.30pm and 9.30 pm Vijay Iyer Trio
Vijay Iyer, piano
Harish Raghavan, bass
Tyshawn Sorey, drums
Graham Haynes, cornet/flugelhorn (6/16 & 6/17)
VENUE: Jazz at Lincoln Center (Dizzy’s Club)
ADMISSION: $25-55

FRIDAY, June 16
7pm Vision Festival
Set 1, 6:30pm: Patricia Brennan’s More Touch
Patricia Brennan- vibes marimba / Kim Cass – bass / Marcus Gilmore – drums
Mauricio Herrera – percussion | Visual Art by Mincho Vega
Set 2, 7:30pm: Mayan Space Station Flight 66
William Parker – bass / Ava Mendoza – guitar / Gerald Cleaver – drums
Jason Kao Hwang & gabby fluke-mogul – violin
Set 3, 8:30pm: Shamanic Principle = PNP x Val
Patricia Nicholson – movement, text / Val Jeanty – electronics, perc | Visual Art: Patricia Nicholson & Miriam Parker
Set 4, 9:30pm: Mississippi to NY Freedom Band
Dick Griffin – trombone / Dave Sewelson – baritone saxophone / Luke Stewart – bass
Michael Wimberly – piano / Tcheser Holmes – drums | Visual Art by Dick Griffin
Set 5, 10:30pm: Matthew Shipp Quartet
Matthew Shipp – piano / Mat Walerian – reeds / Michael Bisio – bass / Whit Dickey – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15 (stream)/$49.87 (in house)

Thursday, June 22
Carnegie Hall Citywide: Attacca Quartet
Attacca Quartet
·· Amy Schroeder, Violin
·· Domenic Salerni, Violin
·· Nathan Schram, Viola
·· Andrew Yee, Cello
Philip Glass Quartet Satz
Caroline Shaw Three Essays
Caroline Shaw Plan & Elevation
Gabriella Smith Carrot Revolution
VENUE: Wave Hill
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, June 23
8 pm Jazztopad Festival New York
1 set: Amir ElSaffar, Ole Mathisen, Tomas Fujiwara
2 set: Ksawery Wójciński and friends
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, June 24
12pm-8:30pm Yarn/Wire Institute Festival
12:30pm – Travis Laplante/Eduardo Leandro/Charles Overton Trio
1:30pm – Institute participants present world premieres by Quigley, Liu, OGA, and Allen
2:30pm – TAK Ensemble with Brandon Lopez present Empty and/or Church of Plenty
3:30pm – Institute participants present world premieres and music by Fandel, Lausé, Jia, Smith and Klaus Lang
5:30pm – Institute participants present world premieres and music by Royaee, Wang Lu, Wong, Oliveros, and Crumb
6:30pm – Mary Halvorson/Marc Ribot duo
7:30pm – Yarn/Wire presents music by Klaus Lang; Tyshawn Sorey solo set
VENUE: Dimenna Center For Classical Music
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, June 24
7:30 pm Jazztopad Festival New York
Craig Taborn With Lutosławski Quartet – “Luminous Grid” Premiere
Don Davis – “Screaming Into The Void” Premiere
Composed for the Lutosławski Quartet
Craig Taborn Solo & Duo with Ksawery Wójciński
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $25

SATURDAY, June 24
8PM Richard Carrick’s “The Atlas”

VENUE: Tenri Cultural Institute
ADMISSION: $10-$20

SUNDAY, June 25
8pm Jazztopad Festival New York
Joanna Duda, Max Mucha, Michał Bryndal
Ksawery Wójciński & Maniucha Bikont
Kirk Knuffke
VENUE: Barbès
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, June 27
7:30 pm, 9:30 pm Jazztopad Festival New York
Joanna Duda Trio
VENUE: Dizzy’s Club
ADMISSION: $25-$35

TUESDAY, JUNE 27
6pm Pop-Up Concerts Piano + 1
Works From Mission: Commission
Repertoire
Ann Cleare New Work For Two Pianos (2023)
Wang Lu New Work For Piano And Percussion (2023)
Miguel Zenón New Work For Guitar And Piano (2023)
Performers
Laura Barger, Piano
Vicky Chow, Piano,
Julia Den Boer, Piano
Matt Mitchell, Piano
Miles Okazaki, Guitar
Russell Greenberg, Percussion
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, June 28
7:30 pm Jazztopad Festival New York
Ksawery Wójciński & Maniucha Bikont
Michael Bates’ Acrobat + Lutosławski Quartet — Metamorphosis Album Premiere
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, June 28
8:30 pm Jones Jones
Larry Ochs (sax) Vladimir Tarasov (drums) Mark Dresser (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, June 29
8PM DoYeon Kim

DoYeon Kim – Gayageum, vocal, dance
Satoshi Takeishi – Percussion
Tomas Fujiwara – Percussion
Brandon Lopez – Bass
Yuma Uesaka – Saxophone
David Leon – Saxophone
Adam O’Farrill – Trumpet
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, June 29
7:30 pm Naïssam Jalal Trio
Quest of the Invisible

VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, June 29
8 PM BassDrumBone
Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Ray Anderson
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: 20

FRIDAY, June 30
8:30 pm Trio M
Myra Melford (piano) Matt Wilson (drums) Mark Dresser (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

APR 10 – MAY 13
Champion, an opera by Terence Blanchard
Libretto By Michael Cristofer
VENUE: the Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $50

TUESDAY, May 2
7:30pm Morir Soñando
J. Pavone String Ensemble, Gill Arno
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, May 2
6:30pm Eyal Maoz – Solo Guitar
VENUE: The Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, May 3
8:30 pm Ned Rothenberg’s SYNC
Ned Rothenberg (woodwinds) Jerome Harris (acoustic guitar, acoustic bass guitar) Samir Chatterjee (tabla)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, May 3
8pm Yarn/Wire Currents
3 world premieres by composers Heather Stebbins, Jordan Dykstra, and Jessie Cox
Yarn/Wire:
Laura Barger, piano
Julia Den Boer, piano
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Heather Stebbins, electronics
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-$25

THURSDAY, May 4
8:30 pm TRIO
Ned Rothenberg (woodwinds), Ikue Mori (electronics), Alex Waterman (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 4
8pm Austin Williamson, Sophie Agnel, Nate Wooley, Brandon Lopez
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, May 5 – SUNDAY, May 7
Long Play Festival 2023 | Bang On A Can
Various venues, various times
Meredith Monk
Bang On A Can All-Stars
Michael Gordon
David Lang
Julia Wolfe
Annea Lockwood
75 Dollar Bill
Adam O’Farrill
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Philip Glass Ensemble
Dave Liebman
Kenny Werner
Greg Davis
Gyan Riley
Krishna Bhatt
The JACK Quartet
Jessica Moss
Taylor Deupree
June McDoom
Lori Goldston
Nailah Hunter
Spencer Zahn
Dawn Richard
SO Percussion
Caroline Shaw
Nathalie Joachim
Mary Halvorson
Michael Formanek
Tyondai Braxton
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Ben Vida
Ian Chang
Time Wharp
Conrad Tao
Tyshawn Sorey
Alarm Will Sound
LITURGY
Momenta Quartet
Alvin Singleton
The Hands Free
Yarn/Wire
Morton Subotnick
Quince Ensemble
Harriet Tubman
Mount Eerie
Shabaka Hutchings
Joseph Branciforte
VENUE: VARIOUS
ADMISSION: From $96.29

SATURDAY, May 6
The Pianists United: Rzewski in New York
3 pm Jed Distler, Nacho Ojeda, Aron Kallay, Ursula Oppens, Vicki Ray & Carl Patrick Bolleia
5.30pm Lisa Moore, Anthony de Mare, Conrad Tao, Ursula Oppens, Vicki Ray and Mikael Darmaine
8 pm Anthony de Mare, Lisa Moore & Conrad Tao
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30-50

SATURDAY, May 6
8:30 pm TRIO
Ned Rothenberg (woodwinds)
David Tronzo (slide guitar)
Stomu Takeishi (fretless bass guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, May 7
8 pm Zorn/Hanes duo, Tredici Bacci, Jazz Lambaux
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, May 7
7 pm Sessions
Earl Howard Trio–Eh (saxophone/electronics), Kyle Motl (bass), Andrew Drury (percussion)
Ayako Kanda (voice) visits from Tokyo & plays in a trio with Yuma Uesaka (contra-alto clarinet/electronics) and Andrew DRURY
Marco Capelli visits from Sicily and presents his “Bach/Monk” solo guitar project
VENUE: Soup And Sound
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, May 8
7:30 PM Sangam, A Confluence of Musical Rivers

Ensemble Connect
Sandeep Das, Tabla and Vocals
Mike Block, Cello and Vocals
VENUE: Carnegie Hall, Resnick Education Wing
ADMISSION: $23

TUESDAY, May 9
8 PM Piano Spheres: new piano sounds from Los Angeles
Mark Robson, Ray/Kallay Duo, and HOCKET performing works by Nina Shekhar, Samuel Adams, Sarah Gibson, Thomas Kotcheff, and Daniel Rothman

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-$25

TUESDAY, May 9
6:30pm Sally Gates / Jessica Pavone / Nava Dunkelman – Guitar / Viola / Percussion
VENUE: The Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, May 9
8 PM Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Sibelius “Lemminkäinen’s Return” from Lemminkäinen Suite
Kaija Saariaho Aile du songe
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Performers
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, Chief Conductor
Claire Chase, Flute
VENUE: Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium
ADMISSION: $28-114

WEDNESDAY, May 10
8 PM Secrets of Armenia
Mikael Ayrapetyan, Piano
Armenian piano music
VENUE: Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium
ADMISSION: $30-149

FRIDAY, May 12
7:30 pm ET Dan Tepfer: Natural Machines
Tepfer explores the intersection between natural and mechanical processes, improvising at the piano and interacting both musically and visually in real time with computer-written programs.
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: from $20

FRIDAY, May 12
8:30 pm Rubinstein | Wooley Duo
Nate Wooley (amplified trumpet) Aaron Rubinstein (guitar)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, May 13
7:30 pm The Vex Collection
VENUE: Appel Hall, Hunter College
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, May 14
7:30 pm Vicente Atria and Mat Muntz’s “The Vex Collection” and Wet Ink Ensemble
Program:
Ira Minervae Prelude Hex Gavro*
Untitled* Angels No. 2* Zona* Dirge Fugue The Bagslingers
*New York premiere
https://thevexcollection.bandcamp.com/album/the-vex-collection
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, May 16
7 & 9pm: Tony Malaby – Tenor Sax / Colin Duval- Bass / James Paul Nadien – Drums
VENUE: The Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, May 17
8:30 pm Marta Sanchez with Mivos Quartet
Marta Sanchez (piano) Olivia de Prato (violin) Maya Bennardo (violin) Victor Lowrie Tafoya (viola) Tyler J. Borden (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, May 17
8 PM Zeena Parkins & Laetitia SonamiZeena Parkins – harps and objects
Laetitia Sonami – electronics (the Spring Spyre)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, May 18
7 pm New Works for Feedback Ensemble
Leila Bordreuil & Luke Stewart:
New Works for Feedback Ensemble
with Chris Corsano, Nina Garcia, Julia Santoli, Nate Wooley & C. Spencer Yeh
VENUE: Under the “K” Bridge Park
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 18
7:30 and 9:30 pm Vinnie Sperrazza with Ethan Iverson and Michael Formanek
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20-30

THURSDAY, May 18
7:30pm Density 2036: part i & ii
Program:
Varèse Density 21.5 For Flute Solo
Felipe Lara Meditation And Calligraphy For Solo Bass Flute
Felipe Lara Parábolas Na Caverna For Solo Flute
Marcos Balter Pessoa For Six Bass Flutes
Mario Diaz De Leon Luciform For Flute And Electronics
Du Yun An Empty Garlic For Bass Flute And Electronics
George Lewis Emergent For Flute And Electronics
Performers:
Claire Chase, Flutes
Levy Lorenzo, Live Sound
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $54-64

MAY 19-MAY 25
Claire Chase Density @ 10
VENUE: The Kitchen at Westbeth
ADMISSION: free (RSVP)

FRIDAY, May 19
8 PM Sun Han Guild
eddy kwon violin, voice, body, composition
Laura Cocks flutes, voice
Jessie Cox percussion, voice
DoYeon Kim gayageum, voice
Lester St. Louis cello, voice

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ddgdpY2wKJ8%3Fstart%3D324

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, May 19
8 PM Love and Loss: Traditional Music of Syria
Program:
Works by Mahmood Aijan, Majdi al-‘Aqili, Khalil Haj Hussein, Ziad Aijan, Samer Ali, and traditional works by Syrian composers
Performers:
Samer Ali, Artistic Director and Violin
Marissa Arciola Ali, Double Bass
Lubana Al Quntar, Lead Vocalist
Brian Prunka, Oud
John Murchison, Qanun
Gideon Forbes, Nay
Nezih Antalkli, Riq
Zahra AlZubaidi, Vocalist
Marwa Morgan, Vocalist
Erik Jönsson, Vocalist
Stefan Paolini, Vocalist
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: From $23

SATURDAY, May 20
8 pm Tim Berne
Tim Berne – Saxophones
Bill Frisell – Guitar
Aurora Nealand – Accordion
Tim Angulo – Drums
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, May 20
7 pm Brandon Seabrook’s Epic Proportions + CUP (Nels Cline and Yuka Honda)
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, May 23
8pm Composer Portraits: Suzanne Farrin
Repertoire:
Suzanne Farrin Their Hearts Are Columns (2020) World Premiere For For Soprano, Double bass, harp, ondes Martenot, and percussion
Farrin dolce la morte: unico spirto, come serpe, veggio, l’onde della non vostra, rendete (2016) for countertenor and ensemble
Farrin Il Suono (2016) for harp and soprano
Farrin corpo di terra (2009) for cello
Farrin polvere et ombra (2008) for harp
Farrin Time is a Cage (2007) for violin
Performers:
International Contemporary Ensemble
And others
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: From $20

WEDNESDAY, May 24
7PM and 9PM BAC Salon: AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company)
AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company)
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor;
Keir GoGwilt, violin;
Miranda Cuckson, violin; Carrie Frey, viola; Coleman Itzkoff, cello; Doug Balliett, bass; Emi Ferguson, flute; Conor Hanick, piano; Matthew Aucoin, piano; Jonny Allen, percussion; Clara Warnaar, percussion;
Mary Ellen Stebbins, lighting designer (*Guest Artist)
VENUE: Baryshnikov Arts Center
ADMISSION: $25

TUESDAY, May 30
8 PM Brandon Lopez: vilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevile
Brandon Lopez, solo bass

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

SUNDAY, April 2
6pm Mivos Quartet: Steve Reich String Quartets
record release show with Elori Saxl
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $30.90

MONDAY, April 3
7pm Mossenek
Mick Barr – guitar
Chuck Bettis – voc/fx
Judith Berkson + Jerry Lim
VENUE: Sunview Luncheonette
ADMISSION: $10

TUESDAY, April 4
6pm Pop-Up Concerts: Olivia De Prato
Repertoire:
Miya Masaoka, Mapping A Joyful Path (2022) World Premiere
Zosha Di Castri, The Dream Feed (2021)
Jen Baker, Fire In The Dark (2021)
Katherine Young, Mycorrhiza I (2021)
Angélica Negrón, Panorama (2012)
Missy Mazzoli, Tooth And Nail (2010)
Olivia De Prato, violin
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: FREE

WEDNESDAY, April 5
8pm International Contemporary Ensemble
New Works by Mazz Swift and Murat Çolak
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$30

WEDNESDAY, April 5
8:30 pm Eye for the Critical Puzzle Piece
Brian Marsella (piano, keys, percussion) Sae Hashimoto (vibraphone, percussion) Cyro Baptista (percussion, vocals) Tim Keiper (percussion, ngoni)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 6
8pm Sara Serpa- voice + compositions
Ingrid Laubrock- saxophones
Angelica Sanchez- piano
Erik Friedlander- cello
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, April 7
7:30 pm Matthew Shipp, piano solo
VENUE: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY (365 5th Avenue, New York)
ADMISSION: Free with RSVP

FRIDAY, April 7
8:30 pm Trio
Brian Marsella (piano) Trevor Dunn (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 8
7PM Gauci/ Matsuno/ Dahl/ Shea
Stephen Gauci – sax / Keisuke Matsuno – guitar / Tim Dahl – bass / Kevin Shea – drums
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, April 8
8:30 pm Quartet
Brian Marsella (piano) Ben Goldberg (clarinet) Michael Formanek (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, April 9
5pm to and fro: Sylvie Courvoisier
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $15

APR 10 – MAY 13
Champion, an opera by Terence Blanchard
Libretto By Michael Cristofer
VENUE: the Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $50

TUESDAY, April 11
9PM Užupis (Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Naujo, William Shore)

VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

TUESDAY, April 11
8PM False Harmonics #14: Clone Decay
(feat. Mary Halvorson) and Symphony (feat. Peter Evans) vs. GNR8RZ (feat. Simon Hanes)
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $10/$30

WEDNESDAY, April 12
8PM Annea Lockwood & Ruth Anderson: “Tête-à-tête” LP Release
VENUE: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY
ADMISSION: sold out

FRIDAY, April 14
7:30PM Stony Brook Premieres
Premieres and new compositions by Matthew Barnson, Nirmali Fenn, Perry Goldstein, Daria Semegen, Margaret Schedel, and Daniel Weymouth.
Performed by the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players under director Eduardo Leandro
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: Free

FRIDAY, April 14
7:30 and 9:30 Matt Mitchell with Kate Gentile and Ches Smith

VENUE: Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $33/$44

SATURDAY, April 15
8:30 pm TRIO
Micah Thomas (piano) Zoh Amba (tenor sax) Kweku Sumbry (percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, April 16
8pm Tim Berne
Tim Berne – saxophones
Matt Mitchell – piano
Kate Gentile – drums
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

Monday, April 17
7PM Unfiltered Music Festival. Night I: Eighth Blackbird
music by Viet Cuong, Valerie Coleman, Julius Eastman, and Andy Akiho
Eighth Blackbird: Lisa Kaplan, piano; Matthew Duvall, percussion; Lina Andonovska, flute; Zachary Good, clarinet; Maiani da Silva, violin; and Laura Metcalf, cello
VENUE: Fotografiska (281 Park Ave South, New York)
ADMISSION: $25-50

TUESDAY, April 18
7:30pm and 9:30pm The Living Collection
Lesley Mok -drums/compositions
David Leon -alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
Yuma Uesaka -tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet, contraalto clarinet
Adam O’Farrill -trumpet
Kalun Leung -trombone
Joanna Mattrey -viola
Aliya Ultan -cello
Florian Herzog -bass
Weston Olencki -electronics

VENUE: Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20/$50

TUESDAY, April 18
7:30 pm Herding Cats
Icarus Quartet
Program:
iterate no trace (2015) Manuela Meier
Bass clarinet
Melodie – fallend (2003) Beat Furrer
Piano
Camouflage (2012, 2017, 2022) Michel Galante
Two keyboards, two percussion
little things lost WORLD PREMIERE* (2022) Amy Beth Kirsten
Two keyboards, two percussion
sensibilità assimilate (2023) Lang Chen
Fast Darkness III: Moonwards (2022) Chaya Czernowin
Flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello
Growth (2010) Marcos Balter
Flute, clarinet, saxophone, electric guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: suggested Donation $10-$20

WEDNESDAY, April 19
7pm Unfiltered Music Festival. Night III: Jenny Lin
Jenny Lin, piano
Works by Philip Glass and Valentyn Silvestrov
VENUE: Fotografiska (281 Park Ave South, New York)
ADMISSION: $25-50

THURSDAY, April 20
8pm Wendy Eisenberg’s Eye Music
Wendy Eisenberg guitar and vocals
Chris Williams trumpet and electronics
Zekkereya El-magharbel trombone and electronics
Andrew Links piano/keyboards
Tyrone Allen bass
Booker Stardrum drums
video projection by Richard Lenz

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$30

FRIDAY, April 21
7pm Art of Music and Ideas
Ostravská banda & S.E.M. Ensemble
Jiří Rožeň & Petr Kotik, conductors
Program:
Petr Kotik Nine + 1 (2014-15)
Petr Bakla Elswhere (2017)
Christian Wolff Trust (2012)
Roscoe Mitchell Improvistaion
Pauline Oliveros Meditations for Orchestra (1997)
Jana Vörösová Oratio Phillipica (2021)
Pavel Zemek Novák Kvartet č. 3 / Památce Evžena Plocka (2011-13)
Rudolf Komorous Olympia(1964)
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall Ballroom
ADMISSION: Free

FRIDAY, April 21
7:30 pm Wild Up: Radical Adornment
The Music of Julius Eastman: I — Femenine
Program: Eastman, Femenine
Performers: Wild Up
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: from $25

SATURDAY, April 22
2 pm The Music of Julius Eastman: II
Stay On It, Piano 2, and other chamber works
7 pm The Music of Julius Eastman: III — Buddha
The retrospective culminates with a special five-hour performance of Eastman’s egg-shaped, open-score epic Buddha.
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: from $25

SUNDAY, April 23
8pm Morton Subotnick’s 90th Birthday Celebration
performing live:
SooJin Anjou
David Behrman
Shelley Burgon
Miguel Frasconi
Earl Howard
John King
Joan La Barbara
Chris McIntyre
Ikue Mori
David Simons
speaking live:
Jill Fraser
George Lewis
Hunter Ochs
in-lobby sound installation:
John Morton
video tributes:
Rhys Chatham
Suzanne Ciani
Mark Coniglio
Peter Grenader & Jill Fraser
Ralph Grierson
Charlemagne Palestine
Curtis Roads
David Rosenboom
Ramon Sender
Carl Stone
Lois V Vierk
Willie Winant/Zeena Parkins/Brendan Glasson
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$30

SUNDAY, April 23
5PM to and fro: Alexis Marcelo

VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, April 24
7:30 pm Meitar Ensemble
Uri Kochavi – Stitches that are meant to tear
for amplified quintet, objects and electronics
Sivan Cohen Elias – multicounterspeechless
for bass clarinet and electronics
Yair Klartag & Yoav Barel – Three Silent Illuminations
for emsemble, video and electronics
Amos Elkana – Tripp
for ensemble
Talia Amar – Labyrinth
for ensemble and electronics
Ruben Seroussi – The Yearnings of the Duck … In Memoriam Dudu Geva
for ensemble
Pierre-André Valade, conductor
Meitar Ensemble
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $25

TUESDAY, April 25
7:30PM Imani Winds: Bruits
Program:
WILLIAMS “St. Martin de Porres” (arr. Helen Sung; World Premiere)
FREDERIC RZEWSKI Sometimes (NY Premiere)
ANDY AKIHO BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging
REENA ESMAIL The Light is the Same
VIJAY IYER Bruits (NY Premiere)
TAYLOR “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” (arr. Mark Dover; World Premiere)
Performers
Imani Winds
·· Brandon Patrick George, Flute
·· Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Oboe
·· Mark Dover, Clarinet
·· Kevin Newton, French Horn
·· Monica Ellis, Bassoon
with
Janinah Burnett, Soprano
Cory Smythe, Piano
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $44-54

TUESDAY, April 25
8pm Zoh Amba, Steve Gunn, Gabby Fluke-Mogul & Ryan Sawyer
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, April 26
8PM Tropos (Philip Golub, Mario Layne Fabrizio)
Mariel Roberts/ Tomas Fujiwara
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, April 27
8:30 pm TRIO
Sally Gates (guitar) Zoh Amba (tenor sax) Dan Weiss (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

Saturday, April 29
8:30 pm QUARTET
Sally Gates (guitar) Matt Hollenberg (bass vi) Trevor Dunn (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 29
6pm Wood & Metal
Max Johnson, bass
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone) and Erin Rogers (tenor and soprano saxophone)
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, April 30
5PM to and fro: Anthony Coleman
VENUE: Shift
ADMISSION: $15