Highlight of the month: Fred Frith residency at The Stone (October 4-11)
SUNDAY, October 1 -3
3pm and 7:30 pm Sandbox Percussion
Works by Andy Akiho, Amy Beth Kirsten, Juri Seo, David Crowell, Julius Eastman, Viet Cuong and Chris Cerrone
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $60
SUNDAY, October 1
8pm and 10pm Zorn’s New Masada Quartet
John Zorn w/ Julian Lage, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wollesen
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40, sold out
TUESDAY, October 3
6pm The Steve Circuit (Projected Redux)
Matt Mottel & Yuko Otomo, Jean Carla Rodea And Clifford Allen
6:00pm – Spring Street with Vito Ricci & Lise Vachon
6:27pm – Anthology Film Archives with Andrew Lampert
6:53pm – Tonic & The Knitting Factory with Jean Carla Rodea & Gerald Cleaver, White Out (Tom Surgal & Lin Culbertson)
8:00pm – Panel Conversation
8:45pm – CBGB’s Gallery & 6 & B Garden with William Parker & Matthew Shipp
9:30pm – The World Trade Center with Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer
9:38pm – Downtown Music Gallery with Loren Connors & Suzanne Langille
VENUE: ISSUE Project Room
ADMISSION: Free
WEDNESDAY, October 4
7.30 and 9.30 pm Mat Maneri Quartet ASH CD Release concert
Mat Maneri -viola
Lucian Ban -piano
Brandon Lopez -bass
Randy Peterson -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20-30
WEDNESDAY, October 4
8:30pm Fred Frith- duos and trios
Fred Frith (electric guitar) gabby fluke mogul (violin) Nava Dunkelman (percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $25
THURSDAY, October 5
8 pm George Lewis: Hearing Voices
Recent works by George Lewis:
Melodies for Miles (2022): Violin solo
a whispered nine (2019): soprano, flute, guitar, viola, percussion
Apis (2019): Baritone, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet in B-Flat, Trumpet in C, Trombone
H.narrans (2020 / US Premiere): Voice (contralto), Clarinet/Bass Clarinet in B-Flat, Trumpet in C, Percussion, violin, double bass
Creative Construction SetTM (2015): Open instrumentation
International Contemporary Ensemble
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-35
THURSDAY, October 5
8pm Dada Strain x Present Sounds
A solo set by the trombonist/composer Kalia Vandever
A set by Warp Duo, the multi-instrumentalist pairing of Scott Li and Levi Lu
Piotr Orlov will play selections before and in-between
VENUE: Light and Sound Design studio, Greenpoint
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, October 5
8:30pm Normal
Fred Frith (home-made instruments) Sudhu Tewari (home-made instruments) Cenk Ergün (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $25
FRIDAY, October 6
7.30pm + 9.30pm Miguel Zenon / Dan Tepfer Duo
Miguel Zenon -alto saxophone
Dan Tepfer -piano
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15-40
FRIDAY, October 6
8pm ASM & E.Wallace Present: Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey, Hypersurface
Laubrock/Rainey duo
Ingrid Laubrock, soprano and tenor saxophones
Tom Rainey, drums
Hypersurface
Drew Wesely, guitar/objects
Lester St. Louis, cello
Carlo Costa, drums
Eli Wallace quintet
Michael Foster, saxophones
Steve Swell, trombone
Victor Vieira-Branco, vibes
Michael TA Thompson, drums
Eli Wallace, piano/objects
VENUE: mise-en_place
ADMISSION: TBD
FRIDAY, October 6
8:30pm Fred Frith – duos and trios
Fred Frith (home-made instruments, percussion)
Ikue Mori (electronics)
Nate Wooley (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30
SATURDAY, October 7
8pm Alvin Lucier’s I Am Sitting In A Room (Projected Redux)
Joan La Barbara, Abigail Levine, James Mcnew And James Fei
8:00pm – Alvin Lucier, ISSUE Project Room, 2017
8:20pm – Panel conversation
9:10pm – Abigail Levine
9:20pm – James McNew
9:40pm – Joan La Barbara
VENUE: ISSUE Project Room
ADMISSION: free
SATURDAY, October 7
8pm Sirius Quartet
Fung Chern Hwei, violin
Gregor Huebner, violin
Sunjay Jayaram, viola
Jeremy Harman, violoncello
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, October 7
8:30pm Truth Suite (compositions for electric guitar and harp)
Fred Frith (electric guitar) Zeena Parkins (harp)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30
SUNDAY, October 8
2pm-5pm Arts For Art InGardens: Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey, Patrick Holmes & Sarah Sandoval, Devin Brahja Waldman Quartet
2pm Laubrock / Rainey
Ingrid Laubrock – reeds
Tom Rainey – drums
3pm Holmes / Sandoval
Patrick Holmes – clarinet
Sarah Sandoval – dance
4pm Devin Brahja Waldman Quartet
Devin Brahja Waldman – sax
Sam Newsome – soprano sax
Shayna Dulberger – bass
Michael TA Thompson – drums
VENUE: InGardens (First Street Green 33 East 1st St, NY)
ADMISSION: FREE
MONDAY, October 9
8pm Wet Ink Ensemble Season 25 Opener: Roberts (feat. Hanick), Soper, Modney
Mariel Roberts: New Solo Piano Work for Conor Hanick
Kate Soper: New Solo Cello Work for Mariel Roberts
Josh Modney: LYNX (2023), for violin, cello, and electronics (feat. Sam Pluta, Mariel Roberts)
VENUE: Opera America, Scorca Hall (330 7th Ave 7th Floor, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: $20 suggested
TUESDAY, October 10
7:30pm PRISM Quartet and Susie Ibarra: Record Release Concert
Program:
Procession Along the Aciga Tree by by Susie Ibarra
Walking on Water by Susie Ibarra (selections, premiere of new arrangement)
Fragility Etudes by Susie Ibarra (selections, premiere of new arrangement)
Spring in New York by Gardika Gigih (premiere)
New arrangement of work by José Maceda
VENUE: The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $15-$25
WEDNESDAY, October 11
7pm Darsombra, Sally Gates/Zoh Amba/Brian Chase trio & Ala Muerte
VENUE: Mama Tried
ADMISSION: FREE
WEDNESDAY, October 11
8:30pm Quartet
Nava Dunkelman (percussion, voice)
Fred Frith (electric guitar, voice)
Carla Kihlstedt (violin, voice)
Theresa Wong (cello, voice)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, October 12
8 pm Darius Jones: Samesoul Maker
Gelsey Bell voice and bell
Aviva Jaye voice and bell
Sunder Ganglani voice and bell
Paul Pinto voice and bell
Levy Lorenzo vibraphone
Darius Jones Composer
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30
THURSDAY, October 12 and SATURDAY, October 14
8pm Chamber Opera The Hunt by Kate Soper
Kate Soper, Book and Music
Ashley Kelly Tata, Stage Director
Mila Henry, Music Director
Annie Holt, Dramaturg
Aoshuang Zhang, Scenic Designer
Masha Tsimring, Lighting Designer
Terese Wadden, Costume Designer
Camilla Tassi, Projections Designer
Elliot Yokum, Sound Designer
Cha Ramos, Intimacy Choreographer
VENUE: Miller Theatre
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, October 13
8:30pm Duo
Theresa Wong (cello, voice) Joan La Barbara (voice)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, October 14
7pm Sirius Quartet Presents: The 2023 Progressive Chamber Music Festival
Sirius Quartet
Matthew Shipp
Tokala
VENUE: Greenwich House Music School
ADMISSION: $28
SATURDAY, October 14
8:30pm Trio—Improvised Music in Just Intonation
Chris Brown (keyboard & electronics) Zeena Parkins (harps & electronics) Theresa Wong (electric guitar, cello, voice)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, October 17
8pm Let X = X: Laurie Anderson with Sexmob
Laurie Anderson and Sexmob: Steven Bernstein (horns), Briggan Krauss (saxophone, guitar), Tony Scherr (bass), Kenny Wollesen (percussion), and Doug Wieselman (guitar and woodwinds)
VENUE: BAM
ADMISSION: $35+ (sold out)
THURSDAY, October 19
8pm John Zorn At 70 New Masada / Simulacrum
New Masada Quartet
John Zorn, Saxophone; Julian Lage, Guitar; Jorge Roeder Bass, Kenny Wollesen, Drums
Simulacrum
John Medeski, Organ; Matt Hollenberg, Guitar; Kenny Grohowski, Drums
VENUE: Miller Theatre
ADMISSION: $25
THURSDAY, October 19
7:30pm, 9:30pm Elliott Sharp
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15-40
FRIDAY, October 20
7:30PM Jay Campbell, cello and Conor Hanick, piano
Debussy, Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 144
Marcos Balter, Kerning from Three Enigmas
Marcos Balter, New Work from Three Enigmas (world premiere; 92NY commission)
Poulenc, Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143
VENUE: 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: $25+
SATURDAY, October 21
8:30 pm International Contemporary Ensemble – John Cage|Ryoanji
Pre-concert lecture at 7:30 pm
International Contemporary Ensemble: Michael Lormand (trombone), Lizzie Burns (double bass) and Clara Warnaar (percussion)
Hitomi Nakamura on the ancient hichiriki woodwind and Maki Ota on vocals–streaming live from a tea house.
VENUE: Japan Society
ADMISSION: $32-40 (sold out)
SUNDAY, October 22
6pm Rorem at 100
90 Notes for Ned, music composed for Thomas Piercy for Rorem’s birthday concerts by his former students: Jennifer Higdon, Eli Marshall, Troy Peters, Russell Platt, and Paul Anthony Romero.
Carole Farley, soprano
Eiko Kano, violin
Aaron Wolff, cello
Marina Iwao, piano
VENUE: Martha Graham Studio Theater (55 Bethune Street, New York)
ADMISSION: $19.23
MONDAY, October 23
7pm Ned Rothenberg | Clak | Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson | Orchiddbb
VENUE: Sundown Bar (68-38 Forest Avenue #storefront B Queens)
ADMISSION: $18
MONDAY, October 23
8pm Ensemble Decipher: Cat’s Cradle
Ensemble Decipher
Joseph Bohigian laptop, papier-mâché, tethers, keyboard
Robert Cosgrove laptop, tethers, percussion
Eric Lemmon laptop, tethers, live mixing
Chelsea Loew laptop, egg orb, tethers, vocals
Taylor Long laptop, cow rib bone, tethers, percussion
Niloufar Nourbakhsh laptop, planchette, tethers, no-input mixing and feedback
Guest collaborator
Hiva Sedaghat choreographer, dance performer
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-25
TUESDAY, October 24
6pm Vicky Chow, Piano
Tomeka Reid, Lamenting G.F., A.A., B.T., T.M. (2020)
Felipe Lara, Injust Intonations (2017)
Caroline Shaw, Gustave Le Gray (2012)
Julia Wolfe, Compassion (2001)
Tania León, Rituál (1987)
VENUE: Miller Theatre
ADMISSION: FREE
TUESDAY, October 24
7pm Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Shahzad Ismaily- bass
Ches Smith- drums
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $30.90
TUESDAY, October 24
7:30pm International Contemporary Ensemble
David Byrd-Marrow’s new work
Jacob Greenberg (harmonium), Cory Smythe (keyboard)
Nathan Davis, cello, Liz Liguori, projections
Rebekah Heller, compositions and improvisations for solo bassoon
Joshua Rubin (clarinet), Fay Victor (voice), and Rebekah Heller with lighting Design by Nicholas Houfek
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $10 suggested
WEDNESDAY, October 25
8 pm “The Unknown” with Jennifer Choi & Les Frères Méduses
Jennifer Choi, violin
Randall Avers, guitar
Benoît Albert, guitar
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: 20-30
THURSDAY, October 26
7:30pm False Harmonics #18
Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton, Hieroglyphic Being, Mesa Ritual, MV Carbon
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $30-35
FRIDAY, October 27
8:30pm Haywire
Erik Friedlander (cello) Wendy Eisenberg (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, October 27
8pm Sound On: Zorn, Azmeh, Chaker, and Chin
Program to Include:
John Zorn, for your eyes only
Kinan Azmeh and Layale Chaker
Dawning for improvising musicians and orchestra (New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival and Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra)
Unsuk Chin, Gougalōn
Artists:
Brad Lubman, Conductor
Kinan Azmeh, Clarinet
Layale Chaker, Violin
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $25
SATURDAY, October 28
8:30pm Electric Snowfall
Erk Friedlander (cello) Ikue Mori (laptop) Kevin Norton (vibes)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
MONDAY, October 30
8 pm Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn, piano
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30
TUESDAY, October 31
8 and 10 PM Tyshawn Sorey Trio
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40
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