WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3rd,
8:00 Causing a Tiger

VENUE:  The Stone
DETAILS: Carla Kihlstedt (voice, electronics) Shahzad Ismaily (tenor guitar) Matthias Bossi (drums, percussion)

ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4^th,
8:00 Willem Breuker Kollektief

VENUE:  shapeshifter lab
DETAILS: This will be the final tour for The Willem Breuker Kollektief.

http://www.shapeshifterlab.com/portfolio/oct-4-willem-breuker-kollektief-final-tour/

ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5^th,

Margaret Leng Tan, 6:30

VENUE:  national academy

DETAILS:   John Cage’s Suite for Toy Piano, 4’33”, 0’00” and her multiple-toy piano version of one of his final works, Extended Lullaby for music boxes. Ms. Tan will also share her thoughts on Cage with curator Marshall Price.

http://www.nationalacademy.org/art-museum/public-programs/

ADMISSION: $10-$15

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6^th,

Musica Elettronica Viva, 8:00

VENUE:  The Kitchen

DETAILS: Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, and Richard Teitelbaum.

http://www.thekitchen.org/event/331/0/1/

ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9^th,

[Ear Heart Music presents] RED LIGHT NEW MUSIC: Laughing (Still): The Satie-Cage Connection

8:00

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS:

John Cage · Chess Pieces†
Gérard Grisey · Solo pour deux
Scott Wollschleger · Larval Soup
Vincent Raikhel · Afternoon, Alpine Lake · Dune Shadow
Christian Wolff · Nocturne for John
Erik Satie · Sports et Divertissements (selections)π · Descriptions Automatiquesπ ·La Belle Excentriqueπ · High Society Cancan

http://roulette.org/events/ear-heart-music-red-light-new-music-the-satie-cage-connection/

ADMISSION: $10-$15

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10^th,

Swans, 10:00

VENUE:  The Bowery Ballroom

DETAILS: http://www.boweryballroom.com/event/136353/

ADMISSION: $32 advance / $35 day of show

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11^th,

Levy Lorenzo and Adam Cuthbért, 8:00

VENUE:  the firehouse space

DETAILS: Mike Lowenstern presents NYC electronica

Levy Lorenzo creates a new musical language that evolves the definition of the word “instrument.”  Yes, Levy uses teacups as electronic instruments — see what else he’s bringing to Firehouse in this unique set. 

www.levylorenzo.com

http://thefirehousespace.org/event/michael-lowenstern-curates-2/

ADMISSION: $10

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13th,

Mivos Quartet, 8:00

VENUE:  DiMenna Center

​DETAILS:

Wolfgang Rihm – Quartettstudie

John Cage – String Quartet in Four Parts

Helmut Lachenmann – String Quartet No. 3, “Grido”

https://www.artful.ly/store/events/480

Admission: $10

WESDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th,
8:00 Nate Wooley + Mazen Kerbaj
VENUE: Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn
DETAILS:
http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/nate-wooley-mazen-kerbaj
ADMISSION: $8-10

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th,
8:00 Composer Portraits – John Cage
VENUE: Miller Theatre, Columbia U
DETAILS:
http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1528
ADMISSION: $25-$30

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st,
8:00 Erik Friedlander
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th,
8:00 New Songs by Andy Laster
10:00 Anthony Coleman
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: New Songs by Andy Laster for mixed ensembles with text by D. Nurkse, Samuel Beckett and Samuel Hanagif
ADMISSION: $10/set

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th,
8:00 VOICES & ECHOES: Otomo Yoshihide/Marina Rosenfeld + Gozo Yoshimasu/Tamio Shiraishi/Cammisa Bueraus + Akio Suzuki/Jason Lescalleet
VENUE: Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand St, New York
DETAILS:
http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/akio-suzuki-gozo-yoshimasu-otomo-yoshihide-more
ADMISSION: $15 / $12 members + students

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th,
8:00 Composer/Choreographer Series: Melanie Maar, Shelley Hirsch, Kenta Nagai
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS: http://roulette.org/events/composerchoreographer-series-melanie-maar-shelley-hirsch-kenta-nagai
ADMISSION: $15 / $10 students

THEATER:
SOUNDING BECKETT
September 16 at 3:00
September 21 and 22 at 8:00
September 23 at 3:00
VENUE: Classic Stage Company (136 E. 13 St.) in Manhattan.
DETAILS:
http://soundingbeckett.com/
..a singular evening of theater and music that pairs three plays by Samuel Beckett from his “ghost period” with new works by contemporary composers written expressly in response to those plays
ADMISSION: $50-$75

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,
6pm

THURSTON MOORE & GENE MOORE – Brotherly Guitar Duo!

ADMISSION:FREE
VENUE: DMG
DETAILS:

http://www.dtmgallery.com/Main/instoreshows.html

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,
6pm

JOHN CAGE EARLY BIRTHDAY PERFORMANCE!

ADMISSION:FREE
VENUE: DMG
DETAILS:
Meeting of Capitalists Inc. to Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of John Milton Cage, Jr., Hosted by rahrahree! (Kurt Gottschalk and Tamara Yadao):

With “Lecture on Nothing” and “Theatre Piece”; please bring 100 records to break during the session.

http://www.facebook.com/events/138418539632409

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,
c spencer yeh – violin+voice
okkyung lee – cello
ryan sawyer – drums

ADMISSION: FREE
VENUE: Zebulon
DETAILS:
http://www.facebook.com/events/137960613015084/

Our review of one of Okkyung Lee’s previous performances: With her sonorous explorations Okkyung Lee appears to be the truest follower of John Cage – “getting rid of the glue” and letting the sounds be themselves.

WESDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,
8 and 10pm
Cage100@Stone Festival, Day 2

ADMISSION:$10
VENUE: Stone
DETAILS:
The John Cage Variety Show Big Band directed by Miguel Frasconi
Miguel Frasconi (flute, electronics) Daniel Goode (clarinet) Gelsey Bell (voice) Kathleen Supove (piano) Chris McIntyre (trombone) TILT Brass, Cristian Amigo, Richard Carrick (guitars) David Watson (bagpipes) John Zorn (sax) and many others celebrating the composer on the day of his birth, 100 years ago. Pieces will include “Sonata for Clarinet” (1932), “In a Landscape” (1948), “Fontana Mix” (1958), “Aria” (1958), “Music for Amplified Toy Pianos” (1960), “Variations II” (1961), “Solos from Song Books” (1970), “Child of Tree” (1975), “Composed Improvisations” (1990) and an ensemble performance of “4’33″” (1952).

WESDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,
8pm
Brötzmann / Adasiewicz Duo & Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society with Chad Taylor

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION:$15/free for members

DETAILS:
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/3642

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,
6:30-7pm
The Festival of New Trumpet Music

ADMISSION:FREE
VENUE: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Jane’s Carousel – DUMBO
DETAILS:
FONT’S 10th Anniversary Celebration and Grand Opening – Rotations, Rotations by Stephanie Richards Rotations, Rotations is a site-specific performance composed and directed by Stephanie Richards, who will be joined by nine moving brass and percussion players performing with the nostalgic sounds of the carousel’s “mechanical band”. Personnel includes Kirk Knuffke and Ben Holmes on trumpet, Brian Drye and Jen Baker on trombone, and Andrew Munsey, Nick

Jenkins and Kenny Wollesen on percussion.   Wardrobe stylist  Sarah Maiorino and movement direction by Mark DeChiazza.
http://fontmusic.org/

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,
8pm

New Vision Emerging Artists 2012

ADMISSION:RSVP|FREE ($10 Suggested Donation)
VENUE:Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn
DETAILS: Che Chen and Sherlock Terrys with zithers and monochords drawing on Indian music, Minimalism, and the outsider tradition of instrument building composers
http://issueprojectroom.org/event/che-chen

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,
8pm

axel dörner, phil minton, okkyung lee, c spencer yeh

VENUE: FB Gallery

ADMISSION: $10

DETAILS:

http://www.facebook.com/events/443176822400373/

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,
6:30 PM

Steve Reich: complete string quartets

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION:$15/free for members (with lottery)

DETAILS:
http://lepoissonrouge.com/calendar
(Different Trains, Triple Quartet, & world premiere of WTC 9/11, all-live version) performed by ACME
w/ composer and special guest Steve Reich in attendance

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,
7:30 PM
EVELYN GLENNIE / ZEENA PARKINS with The Joshua Light Show

VENUE: NYU

DETAILS:
http://nyuskirball.org/calendar/jlszrlg

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,

7:30 TERRY RILEY/ GYAN RILEY
10 JOHN ZORN / LOU REED / BILL LASWELL / MILFORD GRAVES

with The Joshua Light Show

VENUE: NYU
ADMISSION:$12 with NYU id, from $40 otherwise
DETAILS:
http://nyuskirball.org/calendar/jlszrlg

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

9.00 Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet

VENUE: The Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson St
ADMISSION:$10
DETAILS:
http://taylorhobynum.com/091512

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
07:30 THE JACK QUARTET
Clemens Gadenstätter, Georg Friedrich Haas

VENUE: Austrian Cultural Forum
ADMISSION:FREE with RSVP
DETAILS:
http://www.acfny.org/event/the-jack-quartet/