Highlight of the month: Erik Friedlander residency at the Stone.

Only selected performances are listed in our calendar.

WEDNESDAY, October 2

08:30 PM Jacque Demierre with guests

VENUE: Seeds

DETAILS:  Jacque Demierre – Piano, Andrea Parkins – Accordion, electronics

ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, October 2

8 PM Jenny Lin plays E# piano works

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Jenny Lin (piano) plays E# piano works including Oligosono, Suberrebus, and the world premiere of IX—for Iannis Xenakis

ADMISSION: $20

October 3 – 19

8 PM THEATER|Hoi Polloi: Beckett Solos

VENUE: JACK

DETAILS: OBIE-winning resident theater company Hoi Polloi collaborates with venerable actress Lelia Goldoni, a pairing that began after Goldoni saw Hoi Polloi’s stage adaptation of John Cassavetes’ Shadows, the 1959 film that made her a fundamental figure in the birth of American independent cinema.

The production includes Footfalls, Rockaby and the radio play Cascando, with scenic design by OBIE-winner Mimi Lien, costume design by Oana Botez, lighting design by Yi Zhao and music by Steven Leffue.

http://www.jackny.org/beckett-solos.html

ADMISSION: $18

SATURDAY, October 5

8:00 PM SAINTS & TZADIKS

VENUE: Barbes

DETAILS: Irish singer Susan McKeown and Klezmatics vocalist Lorin Sklamberg, who won Grammys for their work on The Klezmatics’ Wonder Wheel draw from a common repertoire of Yiddish and Irish songs, accompanied by Erik Della Penna.

ADMISSION: $10

SATURDAY, October 5

7:00 PM, 9:30 PM Sun Ra Turns 100: Sun Ra Arkestra with Marshall Allen

VENUE:  Lincoln Center, The Allen Room

DETAILS: On the centenary of Sun Ra’s birth (1914-1993), we warmly welcome The Arkestra to The Allen Room for the first time. Sun Ra organized The Arkestra sixty years ago as a platform to render a vision that simultaneously drew on the ancient and the modern, incorporating elements of black vaudeville, modern dance, Egyptian cosmology, Eastern philosophy, numerology, surrealism, kitsch, and the Bible.

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/208188?show_date=2013-10-05%2019:00:00

ADMISSION: FROM $45

SUNDAY, October 6

3 PM  David Krakauer’s Acoustic Klezmer Quartet

VENUE: Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College

DETAILS: David Krakauer’s Acoustic Klezmer Quartet: David Krakauer, Clarinet, Will Holshouser, Accordion, Nicki Parrott, Bass, Michael Sarin, Drums

http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2013/10/6/0300/PM/Neighborhood-Concert-David-Krakauers-Acoustic-Klezmer-Quartet/

ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, October 10

8:00 PM Composer Portraits – Georg Friedrich Haas

VENUE: Miller Theatre

DETAILS: Atthis, for soprano and 8 instruments (2009) Tria ex uno (2001) de terrae fine (2001) http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1595

ADMISSION: $25-$35

THURSDAY, October 10

8 PM In Order to Survive

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Rob Brown (alto sax) Lewis Barnes (trumpet) Cooper-Moore (piano) Hamid Drake (drums) William Parker (bass)

ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, October 16

7:00 PM ICE album release event: Xenakis chamber concertos on Mode Records

VENUE: SPECTRUM

DETAILS: Charisma (Joshua Rubin, clarinet, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello) Dikhthas (Erik Carlson, violin, Jacob Greenberg, piano) Paille in the Wind (Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello, Jacob Greenberg, piano)

http://spectrumnyc.com/blog/events/ice-album-release-event-xenakis-chamber-concertos-on-mode-records/

ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, October 16

8 PM Claws & Wings (premiere)

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics) Erik Friedlander (cello)

This new work is written in memory of Erik’s late wife. He, along with his daughter, were left to ponder how to make sense of the loss, and how to move on. The music strongly resonates with Erik’s mind-set at the time: meditating on a life lost, regaining his balance, and then moving forward with optimism.

ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, October 16

10 PM Mass Cello

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Erik Friedlander (cello) Jeffrey Ziegler (cello) Greg Heffernen (cello) and many special guests

New and old works for multiple celli—this will be a fun night! Guests include Jeffrey Ziegler, Christopher Hoffman, Greg Heffernen, and others! Works by Julius Hemphill, Imogen Heap, Friedlander and Verdi.

ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, October 17

8:00 PM Cage100 Party Pieces

VENUE: Miller Theatre

DETAILS: This new, evening-length work brings together 125 short compositions by 125 different composers, written according to a compositional model created by Cage in 1945.

http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1626

ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, October 18

8 PM Chimera

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Erik Friedlander (cello) Chris Speed (clarinet) Andrew D’Angelo (bass clarinet) and a special guest bass player Friedlander’s first working band.

This amazing acoustic improvising quartet will reunite to perform for the first time since the late ’90s, performing works from Chimera (Avant) and The Watchman (Tzadik)…a mesmerizing tour through the dark corridors of modern jazz.

ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, October 23

8:00 PM MiND GAMeS: Maroney – Ilgenfritz – Niescier – Drury 4tet

VENUE: Roulette

DETAILS: Pianist Denman Maroney, bassist James Ilgenfritz, saxophonist Angelika Niescier, and percussionist Andrew Drury make up this unorthodox quartet that blends complex time fields with unusual textures and melodies. All four members contribute compositions, balanced with extended improvisations that might at any moment turn from melodious to ethereal.

http://roulette.org/events/mind-games-maroney-ilgenfritz-niescier-drury-4tet/

ADMISSION: $10-15

FRIDAY, October 25

7:30 PM Krzysztof Penderecki @ symphony space

VENUE: Symphony Space

DETAILS: Leonard Nimoy Thalia performs Krzysztof Penderecki http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/8046/Music/krzysztof-penderecki

ADMISSION: $20/$32

SUNDAY, October 27

8 and 10 PM  Cantorial Brass

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Steven Bernstein & Frank London (trumpets, flugelhorn, alto horn) Jamie Saft (keyboards) Kenny Wollesen (drums, vibes, percussion)

ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, October 28

7:30 PM  Up-close,  White Light Festival

VENUE: Manhattan Center, Grand Ballroom (Lincoln Center)

DETAILS: Kaori Yamagami, cello, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Musicians from the International Contemporary Ensemble: David Bowlin, violin, Michael Nicolas, cello, Jacob Greenberg, piano

Program: All–Michel van der Aa Program -Memo; Oog; Transit; Up-close (U.S. premiere) http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207902?show_date=2013-10-28%2019:30:00 http://vimeo.com/31200000

ADMISSION: from $35

WEDNESDAY, October 30

8 PM Anthony Coleman, Michael Attias and Mike Pride

VENUE: Barbes

DETAILS: Anthony Coleman; Michael Attias – alto and baritone saxes and Mike Pride – drums.

ADMISSION: $10

Highlights of the month:
Zorn at 60 – citywide celebration
The Stone residencies of Evan Parker (Sept 17-22) and David Krakauer (Sept 24-29)

Only selected performances are listed in our calendar.

David Krakauer talks about his recent work and his residency at the Stone  (an excerpt from WKCR’s Transfigured Night program)

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SUNDAY, September 1
8 and 10 PM Fred Frith, Annie Lewandowski and Theresa Wong
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Fred Frith (electric guitar, voice) Annie Lewandowski (piano) Theresa Wong (cello, voice)
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, September 2
8 PM  JOHN ZORN 60th BIRTHDAY IMPROV NIGHT—A STONE BENEFIT
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: John Zorn (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Cyro Baptista (percussion) Nava Dunkelman (percussion) Jeanie-Aprille Tang (electronics) Uri Gurvich (sax) Erik Friedlander (cello) Fred Sherry (cello) Chuck Bettis (electronics) and many special guests
ADMISSION: $25

TUESDAY, September 3
8 PM:  Charlemagne Palestine / Joe McPhee / Steve Dalachinsky

VENUE:   Issue Project Room
DETAILS: A composer-performer originally trained to be a cantor, Charlemagne Palestine is best known for his intensely performed piano works, in which he uses emblematic objects including teddy bears and scarves, as what he terms “symbols of identification”. Palestine gives his first-ever performance in his hometown of Brooklyn on solo piano, joined by composer and improvisor Joe McPhee– a watershed player of the creative jazz scene– and the poet Steve Dalachinsky, who has long occupied a unique role in the jazz firmament.
http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/charlemagne-palestine-joe-mcphee-steve-dalachinsky
ADMISSION: $25 / $18

SATURDAY, September 7 and SUNDAY, September 8
10 PM and 8 PM Jones Jones
VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Vladimir Tarasov (percussion) Mark Dresser (bass) Larry Ochs (saxes)
Ochs and Tarasov met and recorded together when Rova first toured the former USSR in 1983. He was already a legend in the USSR as one of the players in the original Ganelin Trio, as important a band there for “avant-garde” listeners in the ’60s and ’70s as the Art Ensemble of Chicago was here. Dresser met him not long after that, and they performed together intermittently in ensuing years. This trio first performed in the Bay Area in 2008, with tours to Europe in 2009 and 2010. First East Coast performances.
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, September 10
8.30 PM Sylvie Courvoisier Trio with Kenny Wollessen and Drew Gress
VENUE:  SPECTRUM
DETAILS:  Sylvie Courvoisier, piano; Kenny Wollessen, drums; Drew Gress, bass
ADMISSION: $10-15

THURSDAY, September 12
8:00 PM Marc Ribot / Matana Roberts / Cian Nugent
VENUE: ISSUE Project Room
DETAILS:  Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain continues this evening featuring the acclaimed guitarist Marc Ribot. Ribot has been called “a master of introverted ironies” by The Village Voice. Over three decades and 19 solo albums, his music has explored diverse genres including Haitian classical music, free jazz, American roots music, and composition for symphony orchestra. He returns for an evening featuring the dynamic saxophonist, composer and improviser Matana Roberts, and the Irish guitarist Cian Nugent, whose striking instrumental folk draws on acoustic Americana traditions.http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/marc-ribot-matana-roberts-cian-nugent
ADMISSION: $12-15

THURSDAY, September 12
7:30 PM Dan Tepfer, piano: “Goldberg Variations / Variations”
VENUE: LPR
DETAILS:The New York City-based Tepfer, born in 1982 in Paris to American parents, has performed with some of the leading lights in jazz, including extensively with veteran saxophone luminary Lee Konitz. His 2011 Sunnyside/Naïve album Goldberg Variations / Variations saw the prize-winning pianist performing J.S. Bach’s masterpiece as well as improvising upon it to “build a bridge across centuries and genres” (Wall Street Journal) in “an impressive feat that keeps coming back to a hearty and abiding respect” (New York Times).
http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/dan-tepfer-piano-goldberg-variations-variations-september-12th-2013
ADMISSION: $15-20

SATURDAY, September 14
8:00 PM Pauline Oliveros: “Primordial Lift” / Olivia Block
VENUE: ISSUE Project Room
DETAILS: Pauline Oliveros, composer, performer, author and philosopher, has left a profound imprint American music through her decades of work with improvisation, electronic music, teaching, myth, ritual and meditation. Primordial Lift (1998) is a surreal work for large ensemble centered around a low frequency oscillator, mirroring the resonant frequency of the earth. Chicago-based composer Olivia Block presents the World Premiere of Dissolution (2013), a solo performance crossing field recordings, recorded dialogues, and live processing in a meditation on mistranslation, interference, and disruption.

http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/pauline-oliveros-primordial-lift-olivia-block
ADMISSION: $15 / $12

SUNDAY, September 15
8PM  Magda Mayas & Anthea Caddy
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS: Pianist Magda Mayas and cellist Anthea Caddy, both currently based in Berlin, Germany, showcase their respective recent works. In exploring the textural, percussive, and abstract/ambient possibilities of the acoustic piano – solo and prepared – as well as in other keyboard instruments, Magda Mayas is a leading innovator, marking her astonishing virtuoso technique in the realm of sound collages and visceral noise experiments. With her unique quadraphonic setup and often performing in near-pitch darkness, Anthea Caddy’s performances immerses the audience within the sonic intricacies of the cello, meshing the individual sounds into a larger multidimensional spatial environment.
http://roulette.org/events/magda-mayas-anthea-caddy
ADMISSION: $10-15

SUNDAY, September 15 and TUESDAY, September 17
8PM and 10 PM Rocket Science

VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Evan Parker (saxes) Peter Evans (trumpets) Sam Pluta (live electronics) Craig Taborn (piano)
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, September 19
8 PM Bleeding Edge Trio
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Peter Evans (trumpet) Okkyung Lee (cello) Evan Parker (saxes)
ADMISSION: $25

FRIDAY, September 20
10 PM Evan Parker and Sylvie Courvoisier
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Evan Parker (saxes) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY September 21
8:00 PM Quartet Collective

VENUE: Littlefield
DETAILS: A part of MOVING SOUNDS FESTIVAL
Quartet Collective brings together four artists in the shared endeavor of experimenting through movement and sound in performance.  The search for transdisciplinary understanding of spontaneous action, relationship, and intention takes this group to music venues, galleries and onto dance stages alike.   http://www.acfny.org/event/quartet-collective/
ADMISSION: TBA

SUNDAY, September 22
10 pm Rothenberg/Parker – Solos and Duos
VENUE: The Stone
DETAIL: Ned Rothenberg (reeds, shakuhachi) Evan Parker (saxes)
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, September 22
7:00PM LORIN SKLAMBERG AND DAVID ASHKENAZY.
VENUE: Barbes
DETAILS: Singer/instrumentalist Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics teams up with eclectic NYC drum stylist David Ashkenazy for a debut vocal-percussion celebration of choice ethnic songs and dances.
ADMISSION: $10

MONDAY, September 23
7:00 PM The Hermetic Organ
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel, 2960 Broadway
DETAILS: Presented by Miller Theatre at Columbia University
John Zorn himself performs on the Columbia University chapel’s incredible Aeolian-Skinner organ.
ADMISSION: free and no tickets are required. Guaranteed seating is available for Miller Theatre “Zorn at 60” All-Access Pass holders only.

WEDNESDAY, September 25
8:00 pm All-Star Orchestra Concert
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
DETAILS: John Zorn’s dream team orchestra — 80 players, at last count — performs some of the composer’s great symphonic works, including his masterpiece violin concerto. Featuring violin soloist Christopher Otto and conductor David Fulmer heading up an entire orchestra of soloists.
Suppôts et Supplications (2012) U.S. Premiere
Contes de Fées (1999)
Orchestra Variations (1996)
Kol Nidre (1996)
ADMISSION: from $25

THURSDAY, September 26
8 and 10 PM Krakauer’s Acoustic Klezmer Quartet
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: David Krakauer (clarinets) Will Holshouser (accordion) Jerome Harris (bass) Michael Sarin (percussion) Unplugged versions of Krakauer’s klezmer repertoire ranging from his own quirky originals to traditional tunes.
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, September 27
8:00 PM Zorn’s Game Pieces
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
DETAILS: Without dictating any of the notes to be played, these pieces use visual cues and graphic scores to structure the interactions of improvisers, resulting in remarkable (and one-of-a-kind) performances. This program brings together works rarely heard in a single evening and features many of Zorn’s longtime collaborators: Cyro Baptista, John Medeski, Uri Caine, Erik Friedlander, George Lewis, Marc Ribot, and many, many others.
Featuring: Bezique (1989); Cobra (1984); Rugby (1983); Book of Heads (1978); Fencing (1978); Xu Feng (1977-89); Lacrosse (1976)
ADMISSION: from $25

SATURDAY, September 28
10:00 AM–7:00 PM John Zorn—A Museum-Wide Celebration
VENUE: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
DETAILS: For an entire day, the Museum’s galleries pulsate with John Zorn’s restless and kinetic sounds, as musicians perform in twelve different galleries during an unprecedented event that marks the creative genius’s 60th birthday. Some of the works presented on this day are Met Museum commissions; others are existing pieces, specifically selected for their organic and sonic relevance to particular gallery spaces.
ADMISSION: Free with Museum admission

SATURDAY, September 28
8 and 10 pm DUO AND TRIO IMPROVISATIONS

VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: David Krakauer (clarinets) Jeff Zeigler (cello) Helga Davis (soprano) Todd Reynolds (violin, electronics)
Krakauer is joined by former Kronos cellist Jeff Zeigler, new music soprano extraordinaire Helga Davis and violinist/electronics wizard Todd Reynolds for an evening of new composition and improvisation. ADMISSION: $25

SUNDAY, September 29
8 and 10 PM Krakauer with Strings
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: David Krakauer (clarinet, bass clarinet) Cornelius Dufallo, Abigale Reisman (violins) Margaret Dyer (viola) Jeff Zeigler (cello)
Krakauer has assembled an all star string quartet to play Osvaldo Golijov’s monumental “Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” (performed in both sets) plus arrangements and improvisations.
ADMISSION: $25

MONDAY, September 30
8:00 PM Wet Ink Ensemble & Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Septet
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS:
Set 1: Wet Ink Ensemble
Composition 227 by Anthony Branxton
Verkündigung by Peter Ablinger
Set 2: Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Septet
Evan Parker, saxophones
George Lewis, trombone and electronics
Ikue Mori, electronics
Ned Rothenberger, clarinets
Peter Evans, trumpet
Okkung Lee, cello
Sam Pluta, electronics
http://roulette.org/events/wet-ink-ensemble-evan-parker-electro-acoustic-septet/
ADMISSION: $15-20

Highlights of the month:

US Debut of Argentinean singer Soema Montenegro, AUG 3 @Nublu

The Stone residency of Fred Frith: AUG 27–SEPT 1

Indeterminate performances of frogs in upstate New York and seagulls on Fire Island

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THURSDAY, August 1

6:30 PM MoMA Nights with Pauline Oliveros

VENUE: MoMA, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, first floor

DETAILS: Pauline Oliveros: What’s the Score?
Pauline Oliveros, accordion

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/events/18491

ADMISSION: Free with museum admission

SATURDAY, August 3

10.30 PM Soema Montenegro

VENUE: Nublu

DETAILS: US debut of Argentinean singer Soema Montenegro, known for an intense, dramatic, and innovative style that has drawn comparisons to Yma Sumac and Meredith Monk.

Jorge Sottile – drum and bandoneon

Marcos Cifuentes – bass

Edu Herrera – guitar

https://www.facebook.com/events/622011631151364/

ADMISSION: $10

SATURDAY, August 10

7.30 PM David Lang: the whisper opera

VENUE: Lincoln Center, Clark Studio Theater

DETAILS: International Contemporary Ensemble, Tony Arnold, soprano, Jim Findlay, director

http://mostlymozart.org/event-calendar/ice-2013-08-10

ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, August 15

8:00 PM Myra Melford & Snowy Egret: Excerpts from Language of Dreams

VENUE: Roulette

DETAILS: Pianist Myra Melford presents excerpts from the work-in-progress Language of Dreams, an ambitious interdisciplinary project inspired by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano’s Memory Of Fire trilogy, which explores the history of the Americas through the retelling of indigenous myths and accounts from the European colonizers.

http://roulette.org/events/myra-melford-snowy-egret/

ADMISSION: $10-15

FRIDAY, August 16- SUNDAY, August 18

8:00 PM & 10:00 PM  Mary Halvorson Septet

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Tim Berne (alto sax) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) John Hébert (bass) Ches Smith (drums)

3 night record release event for Illusionary Sea on Firehouse 12 records

ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, August 16 – SATURDAY, August 17

9:00 PM & 10:30 PM  MICHAEL FORMANEK’S RESONATOR

VENUE: Cornelia Street Cafe

DETAILS: Loren Stillman, alto sax; Chris Speed, tenor sax, clarinet; Angelica Sanchez, piano; Michael Formanek, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums Michael Formanek’s Resonator image

ADMISSION: $20 cover includes a drink

FRIDAY, August 23

8:00 PM  Min-Yoh Ensemble

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Kappa Maki (trumpet) Satoko Fujii (piano) Curtis Hasselbring (trombone) Andrea Parkins (accordion)

ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, August 24

10:00 PM Minamo

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Satoko Fujii (piano) Carla Kihlstedt (violin)

ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, August 25

8:00 PM Brass and Percussion Ensemble

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Kaze: Kappa Maki, Frank London, Nate Wooley (trumpets) Satoko Fujii (piano) Special Guests

ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, August 27

8:00 & 10:00 pm Fred Frith and Laurie Anderson

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Fred Frith (guitar) Laurie Anderson (violin, keyboards)

ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, August 29

8:00 PM Fred Frith and John Zorn

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Fred Frith (electric guitar) John Zorn (sax)

ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, August 29

10:00 PM Fred Frith Solo

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Fred Frith (electric guitar)

ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, August 30

7:00 PM Charity Chan, (piano, Montreal), Frank Gratowski (sax, Berlin), Weasel Walter (drums, NYC)

VENUE: Spectrum

DETAILS: http://spectrumnyc.com/blog/events/charity-chan-piano-montreal-frank-gratowski-sax-berlin-weasel-walter-drums-nyc/

ADMISSION:TBD

SATURDAY, August 31

8:00 PM Fred Frith, Ikue Mori and Nate Wooley

VENUE: The Stone

DETAILS: Fred Frith (electric guitar) Ikue Mori (electronics) Nate Wooley (trumpet)

ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, July 7
5:00 PM Maja S.K. Ratkje

VENUE:  Cannon’s Walk, South Street Seaport
DETAILS:  Quadrophonic mix of voices in site-specific set
http://o-m-w.org/events/ex-situ-maja-sk-ratkje/
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, July 8
8:00 PM Maja Ratkje, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins and Okkyung Lee
VENUE:  Spectrum
DETAILS: Album Launch Party for Scrumptious Sabotage
https://www.facebook.com/events/476505592431172/
ADMISSION: $15/$20

TUESDAY, July 9
8:00 PM Anthony Coleman/John Zorn Duo
VENUE:  The Stone
DETAILS: Anthony Coleman (piano) John Zorn (alto sax)
https://www.facebook.com/events/522138991173953/
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 11
8:00 PM Coleman plays Coleman

VENUE:  The Stone
DETAILS: Notated pieces for solo piano.
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, July 11
8:00 PM Hauschka, Kosminen and Zeigler
VENUE:  East River Esplanade, Pier 15
DETAILS: http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/artists/hauschka-kosminen-and-zeigler/
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, July 14
10:00 PM Michael Attias, Doug Wieselman, Anthony Coleman, Christopher Hoffman, David Shively
VENUE:  The Stone
DETAILS: The Abysmal Richness of the Infinite Proximity of the Same
Michael Attias (alto and baritone saxes) Doug Wieselman (clarinet, bass harmonica) Anthony Coleman (piano, electric organ) Christopher Hoffman (cello) David Shively (percussion)
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, July 16
8:00 PM Margaret Leng Tan
VENUE: Washington Square, Main stage
DETAILS: US premiere of chamber version of toy piano concerto by Michael Wookey
http://washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org/
ADMISSION: FREE

THURSDAY, July 18
8:00 PM  Zorn@60: The Holy Visions
VENUE: Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater Adrienne Arsht Stage
DETAILS:  Abby Fischer, Kirsten Sollek, Lisa Bielawa, Jane Sheldon, Melissa Hughes
The first night of Zorn@60 consists of two lyrical works for a cappella female voices:  Shir Ha-Shirim (“Song of Songs”),  The Holy Visions and Zorn’s organ improvisations.
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207451?show_date=2013-07-18%2020:00:00
ADMISSION: $25-$35

SATURDAY, July 20
8:00 PM Zorn@60: The Complete String Quartets

VENUE: Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater Adrienne Arsht Stage
DETAILS:  Featuring JACK Quartet, Alchemy Quartet, Brooklyn Rider
The second night of Zorn@60: six works for string quartet performed by the JACK Quartet, the Alchemy Quartet, and Brooklyn Rider.

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207452?show_date=2013-07-20%2020:00:00
ADMISSION: $25-50

WEDNESDAY, July 24
8:00 PM Darius Jones

VENUE:  Barbes
Darius Jones (alto saxophone)
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, July 25
7:30 PM  Kronos Quartet with Mariana Sadovska

VENUE: Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Damrosch Park Bandshell
DETAILS: Art songs by Mariana Sadovska accompanying herself on harmonium with Kronos Quartet in a “pagan requiem”.
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207709?show_date=2013-07-25%2019:30:00
ADMISSION: FREE

FRIDAY, July 26
7:30 PM Kronos Quartet / The Gloaming
VENUE: Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Damrosch Park Bandshell
Kronos Quartet: works either composed or arranged for the Quartet by Omar Souleyman, Ramallah Underground, Ram Narayan, and others. A world-premiere collaboration with Greek-American composer Magda Giannikou on laterna, Strophe in Antistrophe reimagines the ancient call-and-response of Greek choruses. Vietnamese multi-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ.
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207713?show_date=2013-07-26%2019:30:00
ADMISSION: FREE

SUNDAY, July 28
6:30 PM Kronos Quartet / Asphalt Orchestra plays The Pixies’ Surfer Rosa / Jacob Garchik’s The Heavens
VENUE: Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Damrosch Park Bandshell
DETAILS: “atheist trombone shout choir,” led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Jacob Garchik (a frequent arranger for Kronos Quartet), performs The Heavens.

Kronos Quartet debuts new works by electronic vanguardists and indie rock revolutionaries, including Jherek Bischoff and Dan Deacon with an interactive light show in which audience members can participate via a free download of Deacon’s mobile app.
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207718?show_date=2013-07-28%2018:30:00
ADMISSION: FREE

Highlights of the month (only selected events are included in our calendar)

THE STONE RESIDENCIES  

SYLVIE COURVOISIER (JUNE 4—9),  NED ROTHENBERG (JUNE 18—23), ZEENA PARKINS  (JUNE 25—30)

http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php

Vision Festival 18 – Improvisation / Freedom / Revolution

(June 12-16)

http://artsforart.org/event/visionfestival18/schedule

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MONDAY, June 3

8:00 PM C. Spencer Yeh – New Works from the Jerome Foundation Commission

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS:  A gifted interdisciplinary artist of the highest caliber, C. Spencer Yeh will showcase  a series of new works, including a portrait – part homage and part perversion – of his longtime collaborator, Nate Wooley, as well as a new work for piano and electronics.

http://roulette.org/events/c-spencer-yeh-jerome-foundation-commission/

ADMISSION: $10-15

TUESDAY, June  4

10:30 PM TIM BERNE, saxophone; RYAN FERREIRA, guitar; DEVON HOFF, bass; CHES SMITH, drums

VENUE: Korzo

DETAILS:  The concert is a part of the Konceptions Music Series at Korzo Restaurant.

http://konceptionsmusicseries.wordpress.com/2013-schedule/

ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, June 5

8 :00 PM  and 10:00 PM  Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Quartet

VENUE:  THE STONE

DETAILS:  Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Mark Feldman (violin) Billy Mintz (drums) Thomas Morgan (bass)

ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, June 6

8:00 PM Nate Wooley: “Seven Storey Mountain”

VENUE: ISSUE Project Room

DETAILS: Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain IV, for ecstatic instruments and tape. The most recent iteration of Wooley’s seven part song cycle, this concert brings presents all sections of the work in their entirety for the first time, performed by an all-star and epic group of musicians including Chris Corsano(drums), Ryan Sawyer (drums), Ben Vida (electronics), C. Spencer Yeh (violin), Matt Moran (vibraphone), Chris Dingman (vibraphone), and TILT Brass sextet.

http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/nate-wooley-seven-storey-mountain

ADMISSION: $8-10

SATURDAY, June 8

6 :30 PM  John Zorn/Bill Laswell/Milford Graves Trio  w/ Abraxas

VENUE:  LPR

DETAILS:

http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/john-zornbill-laswellmilford-graves-trio-june-8th-2013/

ADMISSION: $30-35

SATURDAY, June 8

9 :00 PM  The Just Alap Raga Ensemble w/La Monte Young

VENUE:  MELA Foundation Dream House

DETAILS:

La Monte Young, voice
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath 

http://melafoundation.org/calendar.htm

ADMISSION: $36/28(Students)

SUNDAY, June 9

8 :00 PM  Mephista, 10 :00 PM  Mephista with Lotte Anker

VENUE:  THE STONE

DETAILS:  Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics) Suzie Ibarra (drums) Lotte Anker (sax)

ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, June 11

10 :00 PM  Bill Frisell , Marc Ribot , Nels Cline , and Shahzad Ismaily w/ Matana Roberts

VENUE:  LPR

DETAILS:

http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/bill-frisell-marc-ribot-nels-cline-shahzad-ismaily-late-show-june-11th-2013/

ADMISSION: $25-35

WEDNESDAY, June 12

7:00 PM  Vision Festival 18 – Opening Night – Celebrate Milford Graves: A Life-Time of Achievement

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS:  Vision Festival 18 – Improvisation / Freedom / Revolution – opens with a celebration of drummer/percussionist Milford Graves, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, with 3 performances highlighting Graves’ extraordinary career, from his Afro/Cuban roots to stellar sets by Transition Trio and NY HeART Ensemble, featuring Amiri Baraka.

10:00 PM – Milford Graves NY HeArt Ensemble
Milford Graves – drums, percussion
Charles Gayle – tenor saxophone
William Parker – bass
Roswell Rudd – trombone
Amiri Baraka – poetry

ADMISSION: $20-30

THURSDAY, June 13

7:00 Honoring Visual Artist Robert Janz (Vision Festival)

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS:

10:00 PM – Roscoe Mitchell Trio
Roscoe Mitchell – reeds
Henry Grimes – bass, violin
Tani Tabbal – drums

ADMISSION: $20-30

THURSDAY, June 13

7:30 PM Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: arranged for four pianos and percussion

VENUE:  LPR

DETAILS: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: arranged for four pianos and percussion, and performed in-the-round w/ SONOS Chamber Orchestra , Erik E. Ochsner (conductor) , Jenny Lin, Stephanie Ho, Stephen Gosling, Saar Ahuvia, pianos

As part of its 5th anniversary celebration, Le Poisson Rouge presents an in-the-round performance of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” on the occasion of its centennial year, in a rarely performed arrangement for four pianos and percussion

ADMISSION: $15-20

THURSDAY, June 13

8 :00 PM  and 10:00 PM  Spiritual Music

VENUE:  THE STONE
DETAILS: Frank London (trumpet) Lorin Sklamberg (voice) Rob Schwimmer (keyboards) and special guests Nigunim, Zmiros and tsuker-zis.

ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, June 14

7:00 PM  A French American Connection (Vision Festival)

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS:

7:00 PM – VOCAL-EASE
Steve Dalachinsky – poetry
Connie Crothers – piano

10:00 PM – The French-American Peace Ensemble
Francois Tusques – piano
Louis Sclavis – clarinets
Kidd Jordan – tenor sax
William Parker – bass
Hamid Drake – drums

ADMISSION: $20-30

SATURDAY, June 15

9 :00 PM  The Just Alap Raga Ensemble w/La Monte Young

VENUE:  MELA Foundation Dream House

DETAILS:

La Monte Young, voice
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath 

http://melafoundation.org/calendar.htm

ADMISSION: $36/28(Students)

SUNDAY, June 16

MONDAY, June 17

7:30 PM  Steve Reich

VENUE:  Guggenheim

DETAILS: Alarm Will Sound, the Jack Quartet, and Meehan/Perkins Duo perform works by Steve Reich. Reich will participate in a discussion with the Met’s Limor Tomer

Alarm Will Sound will perform excerpts from Steve Reich’s new work Radio Rewrite (2012), inspired by the music of Radiohead, prior to its U.S. premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Jack Quartet will perform Reich’s WTC 9/11 (2011) and Meehan/Perkins Duo will perform Nagoya Marimbas (1994). Reich will participate in a discussion with Met General Manager of Concert and Lectures Limor Tomer.

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/calendar-and-events/2013/06/16/steve-reich/1371

ADMISSION: $35, $30 members

TUESDAY, June 18

8 :00 PM  Ned Rothenberg, Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins

VENUE:  THE STONE

DETAILS: Ned Rothenberg (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, shakuhachi) Ikue Mori (electronics) Zeena Parkins (harp, electronics)

ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, June 18

9:00 PM SLEEPTHIEF w/ LIAM NOBLE, piano; INGRID LAUBROCK, saxophone; TOM RAINEY, drums

VENUE: Korzo

DETAILS:  http://konceptionsmusicseries.wordpress.com/2013-schedule/

ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, June 19

8:00PM  Catherine Christer Hennix: Installation Closing & Vocal Concert

VENUE:  ISSUE Project Room

DETAILS: As part of the June PAN_ACT festival, ISSUE Project Room and Goethe-Institut New York present a solo vocal performance by Catherine Christer Hennix, marking the close of her four-channel installation Rag Infinity/Rag Cosmosis. Her new, expanded realization of “Illuminatory Sound Environment”, a concept developed in 1978 by anti-artist Henry Flynt on the basis of Hennix’ work, was first realized in a “beta-version” for Flynt’s 2012 retrospective at ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany. Her first 4-channel computer assisted composition since 1969, the work is Hennix ́most complex composition since her recent return to the avant-garde music scene. This closing event is the last chance to see the work in its first fully realized version.

http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/catherine-christer-hennix-installation-closing-vocal-concert

ADMISSION: FREE

THURSDAY, June 20

8 :00 PM  Ned Rothenberg’s Ghost Stories

VENUE:  THE STONE
DETAILS: Ned Rothenberg (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, shakuhachi) Min Xiao-Fen (pipa) Erik Friedlander (cello) Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
A trio composition and a quartet improvisation.

ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, June 21

8 :00 PM  Ned Rothenberg and John Zorn

VENUE:  THE STONE

DETAILS: Ned Rothenberg (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, shakuhachi) John Zorn (alto sax)

ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 23 and TUESDAY, June 25

7:30 PM and 8:00 PM John Zorn @ 60: Sacred Voices

VENUE:  Guggenheim

DETAILS:

The maverick American composer and new-music pioneer premieres EARTHSPIRIT and MADRIGALS, two new works for female voices, inside James Turrell’s site-specific installation in the Guggenheim’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda. Experience Turrell’s groundbreaking exploration of light, color, and space while listening to Zorn’s transcendent compositions. George Steel, General Manager and Artistic Director of the New York City Opera, moderates a discussion with Zorn.

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/calendar-and-events/2013/06/23/john-zorn-sacred-voices/1493

ADMISSION:  $40, $35 members

TUESDAY,  June 25

9:00 PM  Jeremiah Cymerman (Solo Clarinet & Electronics)

VENUE: Jack

DETAILS:  http://www.jackny.org/post/51700528848/michael-foster-presents-tuesday-june-25

ADMISSION: $10

FRIDAY, June 28

8:00 PM Tim Berne – “More Snake Oil”

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS:  Commanding “considerable power as a composer and … frighteningly deft ability as a soloist,” (All Music) saxophonist Tim Berne has composed and performed prolifically since the 1980s. For this very special occasion, Tim Berne will be introducing new music written for this new octet as well as some “extreme reworkings” of recent smaller ensemble works.

Set 1:
Tim Berne
Erik Friedlander
Ryan Ferreira
Trevor Dunn
Ches Smith
Matt Mitchell
Oscar Noriega
Herb Robertson

ADMISSION: $10-15

SATURDAY, June 29

10:00 PM BROOKLYN QAWWALI PARTY

VENUE: Barbes

DETAILS: Inspired by recordings of the late great Sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Brook Martinez founded Brooklyn Qawwali Party in 2004 as an experiment. What would happen if New York jazz musicians were to play and improvise around the melodies of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. From this idea, Brook’s Qawwali Party was born. BQP consists of fourteen musicians: five horns, three percussionists, guitar, acoustic bass, harmonium and three designated clappers. The exuberant sound of BQP has been enthusiastically welcomed in New York City and across the globe.

SUNDAY, June 30

8 :00 PM  and 10:00 PM  LACE PIECE

VENUE:  THE STONE

DETAILS:  Jim Staley (trombone) Ikue Mori (electronics) Ned Rothenberg (reeds) Chris McIntyre (trombone) David Shively (percussion) Anthony Coleman (piano) Ryan Ross Smith (keyboards), Matt Small (bass) Zeena Parkins (harp) Jim Pugliese (conductor)
My graphic score based on patterning and nested stories inspired by pieces of lace collected from obscure corners of the world.

ADMISSION: $15