MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5^TH,

8:00 PM Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava – Morton Feldman: Major Orchestral Works

VENUE: Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater

DETAILS: The 100-piece Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava (Czech Republic) comes to New York to perform an evening of Morton Feldman’s orchestra music, conducted by Petr Kotik. Highlights will include the American premieres of the hour-long Violin and Orchestra and Flute and Orchestra, 35 years after their creation. The program also includes Structures for Orchestra, and the lyrical Piano and Orchestra. The soloists are the acclaimed pianist Joseph Kubera, a longtime associate of Feldman and Cage; flutist Erin Lesser; and Czech violinist Hana Kotková, whose performances of concertos by Ligeti, Rihm and Francesconi have been celebrated internationally.

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/205874?show_date=2012-11-05%2020:00:00

ADMISSION: $25

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6^th,

7:30 PM Fred Van Hove – (The Onortodox Piano) Top

VENUE: ShapeShifter Lab

DETAILS:

http://www.shapeshifterlab.com/portfolio/nov-6-fred-van-hove-the-onortodox-piano-top/

Fred Van Hove, piano

Lou Grassi, percussion

Project: free improvisation

ADMISSION: $15/$10

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8^TH,

10:30 PM The Unanswered Journey: Alexei Lubimov, piano (White Light Festival)

VENUE: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

DETAILS:

Liszt: Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort

Chopin: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

Pärt: Partita, Op. 2

Liszt: Nuages gris

Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 5

Mozart: Adagio in C major, K.617a

Mahler (arr. Singer): Trauermarsch, from Symphony No. 5

Liszt: Sursum corda, from Années de pèlerinage, troisième année

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/205296?show_date=2012-11-08%2022:30:00

ADMISSION: from $45

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10^th

8:00 PM Ned Rothenberg Chamber Music Retrospective

VENUE: ROULETTE

DETAILS:

Joining Rothenberg over the two nights retrospective will be Erik Friedlander (cello), Min Xiao Fen (pipa), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), and the Mivos Quartet

http://roulette.org/events/ned-rothenberg-2/  

ADMISSION: $10-15

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13^TH

10pm/7.30pm

Wolfgang Mitterer and Ensemble Mise-En

VENUE: Austrian Cultural Forum New York

DETAILS:

Austrian pioneer in the field of electroacoustic music.

http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/austrian-cultural-forum-presents-wolfgang-mitterer-ensemble-mise-en/

http://www.acfny.org/event/wolfgang-mitterer/

ADMISSION:  Free/RSVP

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13^TH – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14^TH  

7:30 The Hilliard Ensemble/Heiner Goebbels:I went to the house but did not enter (White Light Festival)

VENUE: Rose Theater

DETAILS:

Heiner Goebbels, conception, music, and director

Klaus Grünberg, lighting design and staging

Florence von Gerkan, costume design

Willi Bopp, sound design

Texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka, and Samuel Beckett

Post-performance discussion with Heiner Goebbels on November 13

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/205298?show_date=2012-11-13%2019:30:00

ADMISSION: from $25

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15^th (POSTPONED – See the link below)

3PM-5PM Demo. | 7PM – 9PM Concert

Pauline Oliveros and Friends

VENUE: EYEBEAM

DETAILS: merging artificial intelligence and free improvisation through the electroacoustic improvising systems

http://eyebeam.org/events/strange-umbrella-1-an-afternoon-and-evening-with-pauline-oliveros-and-friends

ADMISSION:  Free Demo | $15 Concert

 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18^TH  

3:00PM, White Light Festival Conversations: The Body and the Self

VENUE: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

DETAILS: In Sunday’s discussion, we turn our attention to the exceptional power of music to reflect and speak to our innermost selves. How is it that even wordless music can be so eloquent? What influence does music have on how we feel, how we see ourselves, and how we see our place in the world? And how has the role of music changed through the ages?

John Schaefer, moderator
John Heginbotham, choreographer
Elena Mannes, filmmaker and author
Pauline Oliveros, composer
Concetta M. Tomaino, music therapist
Sophie Shao, cello

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/206359?show_date=2012-11-18%2015:00:00

ADMISSION: FREE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17^th

8:00 PM Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman

VENUE: Greenwich House

DETAILS: http://www.greenwichhouse.org/announcements/sound-it-out-sylvie-courvoisier-mark-feldman

ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29^th

8:00/9:30 PM Denman Maroney, piano, Ratzo Harris,bass and Bob Myers, drums

VENUE: The Firehouse Space

DETAILS: extended bass techniques, prepared piano,  hyperpiano,temporal harmony and improvisational Jewish liturgical music

http://thefirehousespace.org/event/alt-timers/

ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18^th,

6:30 Erik Friedlander

VENUE:  The Jewish Museum

DETAILS: Cellist Erik Friedlander, composer, improviser and veteran of NYC’s downtown music scene, responds to the medieval manuscripts in the exhibition Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries with a solo cello performance in the galleries. Stools will be provided on a first come-first served basis.

ADMISSION: free with museum admission

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18^th,

8:00 Ashley Paul – sax, clarinet, voice; Anthony Coleman – piano, organ; Sean Conly – bass and Satoshi Takeishi – drums, percussion

VENUE:  barbes

DETAILS: The Damaged Quartet was formed in 2010 to play Anthony Coleman’s multi – movement work Damaged by Sunlight. Now, for the first time since that series of performances they return with another mega – opus. Cox`x`me and find out which kind of damage will be addressed this time!

ADMISSION: $10

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21st,

8:30 CARNATIC SUNDAYS: SNEHASISH MOZUMDER, mandolin

VENUE:   Cornelia Street Cafe

DETAILS: Snehasish Mozumder, an exploratory string virtuoso, expands the boundaries of the mandolin instrument. A classically indian and jazz fusion, Snehasish Mozumder’s double-neck mandolin is at the center of the band SOM. Here with his band SOM he teams up with some great New York jazz instrumentalists to produce a new synthesis that swings like jazz and floats like Indian music. A highlight of Snehasish’s career includes sharing the stage with musicians such as Eric Clapton while in Ravi Shankar’s Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall Concert for George Harrsion in 2002. A true virtuoso, Snehashish is a leading exponent of the next generation of Indian classical musicians, exploring world music at the highest level.

ADMISSION: $10 cover plus $10 minimum

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22^nd,

8:00 The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

VENUE:  Carnegie hall

DETAILS: The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Joseph Kubera and Ursula Oppens, Piano
Petr Kotik, Conductor

CAGE Atlas Eclipticalis and Winter Music (performed simultaneously)
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY Shuffle
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2012/10/22/0800/PM/S-E-M-Ensemble/

ADMISSION: $25/$10

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25^th,

8:00 Guy Klucevsek, accordion

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS: http://roulette.org/events/guy-klucevsek/

ADMISSION: $15/$10

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27^th,

6:30 Norte Maar: Cage on Vinyl on Marley

VENUE:  national academy

DETAILS: As part of its Cage Transmitted series Brooklyn-based collaborative Norte Maar presents Cage on Vinyl on Marley, a durational dance event feature renowned dancers and dance companies selecting and dancing to records of music by John Cage.

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

ADMISSION: $17/$11.50

TUESDAY, October 30th (CANCELLED),

7.30 ALL-STOCKHAUSEN PROGRAM at White Light Festival

VENUE: Alice Tully Hall

DETAILS:

• Analog Arts
• Stuart Gerber, percussion
• Joe Drew, sound projection

• ALL-STOCKHAUSEN PROGRAM
• Friday Greeting* (New York premiere)
• Heaven’s Door (New York premiere)
• Cosmic Pulses
• Friday Farewell* (U.S. premiere)

Part live performance, part sound installation, this evening is an exploration of the mind-opening music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, one of the most controversial composers of the 20th century. Before the performance, a powerful, absorbing re-creation of Friday Greeting erases the stimuli of the outside world. And onstage, a percussionist performs the allegorical Heaven’s Door, followed by Stockhausen’s mesmerizing and rarely heard Cosmic Pulses, his final electronic piece.

*Friday Greeting begins at 6:45 in the Alice Tully Hall lobby, and Friday Farewell will begin in the lobby immediately following Cosmic Pulses.

http://www.whitelightfestival.org/cosmic-pulses

ADMISSION: $10-$60

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/