NYC Calendar August 2024

Highlight of the month: The TIME: SPANS festival 

THURSDAY, August 1
8:30 pm Trio
Matana Roberts (saxophone), Fay Victor (voice), Rebekah Heller (bassoon)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, August 2
8 pm Living Music Underground: Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson, saxophone
Summer for the City
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, August 2
8 PM Prospect Series 38: Jonathan Moritz & Mike Pride
Jonathan Moritz / Mike Pride duo (saxophone/drums)
Ben Goldberg (clarinet) w/ TBA
Eternities: Katie Porter / Bob Bellerue (bass clarinet/feedback)
VENUE: Prospect Series
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, August 3
5PM Alan Licht/Eric Arn//Samara Lubelski
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, August 3
8:30 pm Trio
Matana Roberts (saxophone) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) and a special guest
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 4
6 pm Caroline Davis’ Alula
Caroline Davis – alto saxophone and electronics
Val Jeanty – turntables
Qasim Naqvi – modular synthesizer
Chris Tordini – electric bass
Timothy Angulo – drums
Lincoln Center Presents
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, August 4
Solo & Solo, Matthew Ship & Brandon Lopez
8 pm Brandon Lopez – Double bass
9 pm Matthew Shipp – Piano
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $25

SUNDAY, August 4
8 pm Anthony Coleman Plays Duke Ellington
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 5
7pm Renewal: YSUO String Quartet Concert
Music by Dvořák, Gershwin, Hubarenko
The YSOU String Quartet
VENUE: The Kosciuszko Foundation (15 East 65th St., New York)
ADMISSION: $39

TUESDAY, August 6
7:30 PM Sam Weinberg Residency
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, August 6
7:30 pm Goldberg, Hebert, Atwal
Ben Goldberg – Clarinet
John Hebert – Contrabass
Hamir Atwal – Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, August 6 -7
7:30 pm Jonathon Heyward Conducts Mendelssohn
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte
Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor
Marianna Martines Symphony in C major
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Ryan Roberts, oboe
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: Choose-What-You-Pay

THURSDAY and FRIDAY, August 8 – 9
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock Duo
Kris Davis -piano
Ingrid Laubrock -saxophone
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

FRIDAY, August 9
8 pm Living Music Underground: JACK Quartet
hosted and curated by Nadia Sirota
Summer for the City
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, August 10
7:30 pm Ensemble Signal: Reich, Romitelli
Fausto Romitelli, Professor Bad Trip, Lesson 1-3, 1998-2000
Steve Reich, Radio Rewrite, 2012
Ensemble Signal
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 10
8PM Judith Berkson
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 10
9pm New York Forward Festival Brooklyn: Diego Hedez & Forward Quartet
Diego Hedez (trumpet), Hans Young Binter (piano)
Brandon Lopez (bass), Francisco Mela (drums)
VENUE: Secret location in Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
7:30 pm Ning Yu, Cory Smythe: Brigitta Muntendorf
Brigitta Muntendorf
Trilogy for two pianos, tape, and live electronics, (2014-2018)
Ning Yu, Piano
Cory Smythe, Piano
Levy Lorenzo, Electronics
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
New York Forward Festival Brooklyn
8pm Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola)
9pm Nick Lyons (alto sax), Carol Liebowitz (piano)
VENUE: Secret location in Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
8:30pm Sally Gates, Zoh Amba, Brian Chase / Human Rites Trio
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 12
DMG Guitar Fest Volume Two
7:30: Eyal Maoz – Solo or Duo Guitar(s)
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, August 12
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Matt Mitchell Trio “Zealous Angles” Album Release

Matt Mitchell -piano
Chris Tordini -bass
Dan Weiss -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

TUESDAY, August 13
8:30 pm Fraser, Maneri, Lopez
Nick Fraser – Drums
Mat Maneri – Viola
Brandon Lopez – Contrabass
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, August 13
8:30 PM Assembly #20
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 15
7:30 pm Wet Ink Ensemble: Mincek, Soper
Kate Soper, Epithets, 2023-2024
Alex Mincek, Nomadic Science, 2024
Wet Ink Ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 15
8:30 pm Duo 2
Kevin Hays (piano) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY – SATURDAY, August 15-17
3pm (Sat) and 8pm Natural Studies by thingNY
You Against Nature by Joseph White
Mouthful by thingNY
performed by alejandro t. acierto, Gelsey Bell, Isabel Castellvi, Andrew Livingston, Paul Pinto, Erin Rogers, and Dave Ruder
VENUE: The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $22-52

FRIDAY, August 16
8:30 pm Duo 3
Kevin Hays (piano) Craig Taborn (keyboards)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 17
8PM Brandon Lopez and guests

VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, August 17
8PM Turbo Lotus “album release performance”
Ayako Kanda, Patrick Golden, Matt Hollenberg
Toadal Package: Ipek Eginli, Tim Dahl, Kevin Shea
VENUE: Nublu
ADMISSION: $20

August 20 – 25
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: $43

WEDNESDAY, August 21
8:30 pm Quintet
Immanuel Wilkins (saxophone) Lauren Cauley (violin) gabby fluke-mogul (violin) Jessica Pavone (viola) Lester St Louis (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 21
7:30 pm JACK Quartet: McCormack
Timothy McCormack, your body is a volume, 2016-19
JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 22
7:30 pm Alarm Will Sound: Baker, Balter, Norman, Komschlies, Tovar-Henao, Sheehan
Andrew Norman, Try, 2011
Claude Baker, Carmen Infernarum Machinarum Fugax, 2022-23
Chelsea Komschlies, Hexactinellida, 2019
Felipe Tovar-Henao, Enjambres, 2022
Kelley Sheehan, splitting to collapse, 2023
Marcos Balter, Code-Switching, 2022-23
Alarm Will Sound
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 24
7:30 pm Yarn/Wire: Evans, Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth, Black Dwarf, 2023
Peter Evans, Animations, 2023, featuring Peter Evans, trumpet
Yarn/Wire
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 25
2 PM Summer Thunder
The Sun Ra Arkestra
VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, August 27
9PM & 10:15PM Brian Marsella’s Gatos do Sul
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

TUESDAY, August 27
7pm Renku (Michaël Attias, John Hébert, Satoshi Takeishi)
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 28
8:30 pm The Partita Project
Jennifer Choi (violin)
Bach Partita No. 2 in D Minor; Missy Mazzoli Dissolve, O My Heart; John Zorn Partita
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

August 29-September 1
7PM and 9PM Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau, piano
VENUE: Smoke
ADMISSION: $40-$65

FRIDAY, August 30
8:30 pm A Modern Sound Bath
Jennifer Choi (violin) James Moore (electric guitar) Kathleen Supove (piano)
Improvisations / Zorn Hockey / A. Vrebalov Sound Shapes…
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 31
8:30 pm Resurrect
Jennifer Choi (violin) Michael Nicolas (cello) Kyle Armbrust (viola) Stephen Gosling (piano)
Schoenberg String Trio, Op. 45; Alfred Schnittke Sonata No. 2 “Quasi Una Sonata”
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar June 2024

Highlight of the month: Vision Festival

SATURDAY, June 1
6 pm Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound
Dianne Mcintyre (Dance) With Pheeroan Aklaff
The New School Dolphy Ensemble Edelyn Huang, Cole Cotton, Kayla Kessler, Russell Markey
Feat. Mehrnam Rastegari
Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown
Patricia Brennan
Don Byron Bass Clarinet Quartet
Don Byron, Jd Parran, Bob Debellis, Todd Marcus
The Dolphy Trio
Nicole Mitchell, Darius Jones, Jd Parran
Reggie Workman With Jen Shyu, Jason Kao Hwang, Ayana Workman
VENUE: John L. Tishman Auditorium, The New School (63 Fifth Ave., Greenwich Village)
ADMISSION: $35, two-day pass $60

SATURDAY, June 1 – SUNDAY, June 2
8pm and 10 pm Brad Mehldau Trio
Brad Mehldau – Piano
Felix Moseholm – Bass
Joe Farnsworth – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $50

SUNDAY, June 2
3pm Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound
The Dolphy String Quartet
Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris, Mariel Roberts, Kimberly Foster
Eugene Chadbourne
James Brandon Lewis With Kirk Knuffke, Chris Lightcap, Chad Taylor
Nicole Mitchell & Craig Taborn Geri Allen’s Celebration Ensemble Suite For Eric Dolphy
VENUE: The New School (63 Fifth Ave., NY)
ADMISSION: $35, two-day pass $60

MONDAY, June 3
8 pm Spirit Stronger Than Blood: A “Fare-Well” Celebration of the Music of Frank London
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

TUESDAY, June 4
8 pm Wet Ink Spring Chamber Concert
Eric Wubbels:
//chlorophyll [2024], from Second Nature
for alto flute, computer-controlled cymbals, and percussion
Carolyn Chen: Rendition (2007)
for cello, bass, and piano
Sam Pluta: binary/momentary ii: flow state/joy state (2017)
for trumpet, two trombones, piano, and percussion
Peter Evans/Sam Pluta duo
VENUE: St Peters Chelsea (346 W 20th St New York)
ADMISSION: $20 suggested

TUESDAY, June 4
9:30 pm Invisible Guy
Ben Goldberg – Clarinet / Michael Coleman – Keyboard / Hamir Atwal – Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, June 5
8:30 pm Quartet
Nels Cline (electric guitar) Trevor Dunn (bass) Tom Rainey (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

June 5–14
7 pm and 4 pm Inside Light
Part 1: All-Stockhausen Program
Montags-Gruss
Unsichtbare Chöre from Donnerstag
Mittwochs-Gruss
2 hours and 30 minutes with intermission
Part 2: All-Stockhausen Program
Freitags-Gruss
Freitags-Abschied
Composition Karlheinz Stockhausen
Sound Projection Kathinka Pasveer
Spatial Installation and Lighting Design Urs Schönebaum
Video Design Robi Voigt
Sound Engineer Reinhard Klose
Original Concept Pierre Audi
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $50-85

THURSDAY, June 6
6:30 PM Roulette’s 45th Anniversary Gala
Henry Threadgill
Yuka Honda and Nels Cline
Immanuel Wilkins and Joel Ross
Zeena Parkins and Ikue Mori
Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon
John Zorn and Jim Staley
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: from $125

THURSDAY, June 6
8 PM Pastorale Album Release show
The Rhythm Method
Release of ‘Pastorale’ on New Focus Records
Paul Pinto: String Quartet No. 4 (‘I pass’d a church’)
Marina Kifferstein: String Quartet No. 2
Lewis Nielson: Pastorale … para los pobres de la tierra
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=245912884/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/ VENUE: Jack
ADMISSION: Free

FRIDAY, June 7
8 PM Prospect Series (#36)
Marija Kovačević, Music for Broken Violins
Webb Crawford / Chuck Roth guitar duo
Michael Foster / John Blum / Brandon Lopez / Joey Sullivan Quartet
saxophone / piano / bass / drums
VENUE: 1923 8th Ave, Brooklyn (corner of 20th st, door at top of steps)
ADMISSION: pay what you want

SATURDAY, June 8
1 pm and 4 pm Motor Tapes
Sarah Hennies, Motor Tapes, a one-hour work for a large ensemble
VENUE: Whitney Museum of American Art
ADMISSION: $25-30

SATURDAY, June 8
8:30 pm Quartet
Angelica Sanchez (piano) Carmen Quill (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 9
3:30 pm Bang on a Can Music Series: David Grubbs and Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg, guitar
David Grubbs, guitar
VENUE: Noguchi Museum (9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City)
ADMISSION: $6-16

MONDAY, June 10
8PM Indian Funk with Theo Woodward, Katya Naphtali & Hans Tammen
VENUE: Troost
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, June 13
7 pm and 9 pm Jazztopad Festival: Kris Davis & Lutoslawski Quartet
Kris Davis, piano
Roksana Kwasnikowska, violin
Marcin Markowicz, violin
Artur Rozmyslowicz, viola
Maciej Mlodawski, cello
VENUE: Frederick P. Rose Hall (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $20+21 – $40+21

THURSDAY, June 13
8PM Elliott Sharp: Die Grösste Fuge (The Greatest Fugue), a time travel opera
Elliott Sharp composer, electronics
Nicholas Isherwood bass/baritone
Janene Higgins projection design
DGF String Quartet
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20/$30

FRIDAY, June 14 and SUNDAY, June 16
7:30 pm Marian Zazeela Memorial Concert
Two Concerts of Evening Ragas
Raga Yaman Kalyan
“Raga Sundara” ektal (12 beats) vilampit, La Monte Young
Raga Sindh Bhairavi
Song to Guruji, “Was It The Shadow of His Feet?” dipchandi tal (14 beats) madhyalay, La Monte Young
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble:
La Monte Young, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet
Jon Catler, just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe, electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
VENUE: MELA Foundation Dream House (275 Church Street, New York)
ADMISSION: $56-63

FRIDAY, June 14
8 PM 8th Jazztopad
Marta Sanchez / Amalia Umeda / Michael Bates / Lesley Mok
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, June 15
4 pm and 8 pm A Thousand Thoughts
Summer for the City: The Ephemeral Cinema of Sam Green
A live documentary with the Kronos Quartet
Written and Directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: $5-100

SATURDAY, June 15
4:30 pm Jazztopad Presents Hand to Earth
The Crow by Hand to Earth featuring Amalia Umeda
Daniel Wilfred – voice and bilma
David Wilfred – yidaki (didgeridoo) and voice
Sunny Kim – voice, percussion, and electronics
Aviva Endean – clarinets, harmonic flute, electronics
Peter Knight – trumpet, electronics, percussion
Amalia Umeda – violin
VENUE: Hearst Plaza (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, Jun 15
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Tony Malaby’s Firebath (NYC)
Tony Malaby -saxophone, composer
Dave Ballou -trumpet
Ben Monder -guitar
Angelica Sanchez -piano
Mark Helias -bass
Allan Mednard -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20 – $45

SUNDAY, June 16
8PM Tony Malaby/Kaelen Ghandhi/James Paul Nadien/”P.M.A.” (drums, Lisbon), Jeremy Viner/Tim Berne/Kenny Warren/Nick Dunston/Kate Gentile
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, June 18
6 PM Vision Festival 2024: Honoring William Parker, LifeTime of Achievement
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

TUESDAY, June 18
8 pm Sam Weinberg 2024 Residency
Peter Evans – trumpet
Brandon Seabrook – guitar
John Hebert – bass
Sam Ospovat – drums
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-30

WEDNESDAY, June 19
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 2
9 PM: Matthew Shipp Trio
Michael Bisio – bass / Newman Taylor – drums / Matthew Shipp – piano
10 PM: Nasheet Waits: Tarbaby: THIS IS AMERICA
Orrin Evans – piano / Eric Revis – bass / Nasheet Waits – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

WEDNESDAY, June 19 – SATURDAY, June 22
8:30 pm Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Steve Coleman (sax) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Matt Mitchell (piano) Anthony Tidd (bass) Sean Rickman (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, June 20
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 3
7 PM: Jen Shyu: Fertile Land, Fertile Body (1st Movement)
Jen Shyu – composition, voice, violin, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute / Layale Chaker – violin, voice / Martha Redbone – vocals / Maeve Gilchrist – celtic harp / Devon Gates – bass, voice
8 PM: Ingrid Laubrock: Lilith
Ingrid Laubrock – saxophones / David Adewumi – trumpet / Yvonne Rogers – piano/ Adam Matlock – accordion / Eva Lawitts – bass / Henry Mermer – drums
9 PM: Darius Jones Quintet
Darius Jones – alto sax / Christopher Hoffman – cello / Liani Matteo – bass / Nick Saia – guitar / Jason Nazary – drums
10 PM: James Blood Ulmer Black Rock Trio
James Blood Ulmer – guitar, vocals / Mark Peterson – bass / G. Calvin Weston – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

THURSDAY, June 20
8PM Adam Lane Quartet
Ray Anderson, Trombone
Kirk Knuffke, cornet
Adam Lane, bass
Billy Mintz, drums
9PM Anthony Coleman Trio
Anthony Coleman, Piano
Adam Lane, bass
Patrick Golden, drums
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, June 21
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 4
9 pm: Trio Plex: Together We Rise
Cooper-Moore – piano / TA Thompson – drums / Ken Filiano – bass
10 pm: Mendoza / Hoff / Revels
Ava Mendoza – guitar, vocals / Devin Hoff – bass / James Brandon Lewis – tenor sax / Ches Smith – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

SUNDAY, June 23
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 6
6 PM Matana Roberts COIN COIN Chapter V
Matana Roberts: saxophone, conduction, voice, electronics / Darius Jones: alto saxophone, voice / Matt Lavelle: trumpet, alto clarinet, voice / Stuart Bogie: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, voice / Cory Smythe: piano, electronics / Ryan Sawyer: drumset, auxiliary percussion, voice / Mike Pride: drumset, auxiliary percussion / TBA – special guest
7 PM: Thollem McDonas / ACVilla
Thollem McDonas – electronics, pianos / ACVilla – live art projections
8 PM Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few:
Isaiah Collier – saxophone / Nat Reeves – bass / Michael Ode – drums
9 PM: Watershed Continuum: Art projections by Jo WoodBrown
Rob Brown – alto saxophone / Steve Swell – trombone / Alexis Marcelo – piano / Whit Dickey – drums
10 PM Marshall Allen & the Arkestra 100th birthday Celebration
Marshall Allen – director reeds, evi / Knoel Scott, Anthony Nelson – baritone sax / Chris Hemingway – reeds / James Stewart – tenor sax / Tara Middleton – voice / D. Hotep – guitar / Michael Ray, Kevin Batchelor, Cecil Brooks – trumpet / Dave Davis, Robert Stringer – trombone / Vincent Chancey – french horn / Tyler Mitchell – bass / Elson Nascimento, Jorge DeSilva – perc / George Gray – drums / Live Art projections by William Mazza
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

WEDNESDAY, June 26
7 pm and 9 pm Tyshawn Sorey: Tribute To Max Roach
Tyshawn Sorey, drums, arranger
Adam O’ Farrill, trumpet
Mark Shim, tenor saxophone
Lex Korten, piano
VENUE: Frederick P. Rose Hall (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $20+21 – $40+21

WEDNESDAY, June 26
8:30 pm Duo 1
Eliza Bagg and Catherine Brookman (two amplified voices with electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 27 and FRIDAY, July 28
8 pm The Precipice
A chamber-rock opera
Created by KARL (Karl Ronneburg)
Music & Text by KARL & Grey Rose Grant
Performances by Contemporaneous Ensemble, with vocalists Morgan Mastrangelo & Wayne Arthur
VENUE: The Space at Irondale
ADMISSION: $12-28

SATURDAY, June 29
8 PM Terry Jenoure Trio
Terry Jenoure, Joe Fonda, Reggie Nicholson
Andrew Drury Tentet
Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Christopher Hoffman (cello), Thomas Heberet (corner), Frank Lacy (trombone), Briggan Krauss (alto sax), JD Parran (bass flute), Alexis Marcelo (keyboard), Ken Filiano (bass), Andrew Drury (drums)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 30
4pm Soup & Sound 200
Doyeon Kim, Gayageum
Sarah Bernstein, Violin
Gwen Laster, Violin
Melanie Dyer, Viola
Tessa Brinckman, Flute
Sarah Hughes, Multi-Winds
Mara Rosenbloom, Piano
Andrew Drury, Percussion
VENUE: Soup & Sound
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 30
8 pm 20th Annual NYC In C
Terry Riley’s In C
Ava Mendoza, Matana Roberts, Qasim Naqvi, Zoh Amba, Gelsey Bell, Angélica Negrón, Kaoru Watanabe, Aba Diop, Adam Tendler
VENUE: Damrosch Park (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, June 30
8pm Two Exciting Duos
Anthony Coleman / Barry Altschul
Gabe Boyarin / Brandon Lopez
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar February 2015

THURSDAY, February 5
7:30PM Electric Voices!: Pamela Z and Joan La Barbara in Concert

VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: FREE

SUNDAY, February 8
8 pm Dunkelman-Kaiser-Mori-Zorn Quartet
Nava Dunkelman (percussion) Henry Kaiser (bass) Ikue Mori (electronics) John Zorn (sax)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY – SUNDAY, February 10-15
John Zorn’s week at the Village Vanguard
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $30

WEDNESDAY, February 11
8PM Synth Nights: Eli Keszler
Featuring performances by Leila Bordreuil and Mariel Roberts (cello), Tom Chiu (violin), Anthony Coleman (piano), Eli Keszler (drums), and Geoff Mullen, (guitar, controls).
VENUE: The Kitchen
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, February 12
8PM John Zorn with Talea Ensemble, Tyshawn Sorey & Ikue Mori | Ecstatic Music Festival
John Zorn’s “Prophetic Mysteries” for solo flute and two foley performers, and features Ikue Mori and the world premiere of a new trio for piano, bass and drums featuring Tyshawn Sorey and Trevor Dunn along with Talea pianist Stephen Gosling. Also featured will be two of Zorn’s classic game pieces, Rugby and Hockey, the latter including John Zorn on saxophone. Talea will perform the ensemble work “Bateau Ivre,” composed for Talea, and the world premiere of a new string trio.
http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/ecstatic-music-festival-john-zorn-talea-ensemble-tyshawn-sorey-ikue-mori
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $25/$15

WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, February 11/12/13/14
09:00 PM – Matt Mitchell 4tet
Matt Mitchell – Piano
Chris Speed – Ten Sax/Clar
Chris Tordini – Bass
Dan Weiss – Drums
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, February 13 and MONDAY, February 16
8 PM | 7:30 PM Ensemble ACJW
Program:
• ROUSSEL Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello, Op. 40
• MEREDITH MONK Backlight (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
• RAVEL Piano Trio in A Minor
VENUE: Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
ADMISSION: check with the venue

TUESDAY, February 17
8 pm Uri Caine (piano) Tim Berne (sax) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, February 21
7:30 PM Symbiosis II: Music from Australia
Performers: Voice (Jane Sheldon), piano (Lisa Moore), and clarinets (Eileen Mack)
Program: Beat Furrer: Invocation VI (2007) for soprano & bass flute 9′ David Lang: vent (1990) for flute & piano 8′ David Bedford: Come in here child (1968) for soprano & amplified piano 9′ Inés Thiebaut: cuncta fluunt (2013-14) for soprano & flute 5′ Claude Vivier: Hymnen an die nacht (1975) for soprano & piano 6′ Beat Furrer: Presto con fuoco (1999) for flute & piano 8′ Maurice Ohana: Deux Incantations (1996) for soprano, flute & piano 10′
VENUE: Spectrum
ADMISSION: $10-15

SATURDAY, February 21
8 pm Dragnet
Uri Caine (piano) Erik Friedlander (cello) Clarence Penn (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, February 21
8:30 PM Katja Cruz & Howard Curtis w/ Darius Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FqaZrBHdc
Katja Cruz – vocals
Howard Curtis – drums
Special Guest – Darius Jones – Saxophone
ADMISSION: $15
VENUE: ibeam

SUNDAY, February 22
8 pm IMPROV NIGHT—A STONE BENEFIT
Uri Caine (piano) John Zorn (sax) and many special guests
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $25

TUESDAY, February 24
6PM JACK Quartet
Program: Georg Friedrich Haas String Quartet No. 8 (2014) U.S. premiere
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: FREE

NYC Calendar: January 2015

WEDNESDAY, January 7
01:00 PM Jen Shyu Vocal Workshop

A rare opportunity to hear and work alongside vocalist phenom Jen Shyu. Students encouraged to bring their instrument.
VENUE:Seeds
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, January 10
8:00 PM Ken Vandermark / Nate Wooley Duo
http://www.winterjazzfest.com/schedule/
VENUE:JUDSON CHURCH 55 Washington Square Park South
ADMISSION: $35, part of Winter Jazz Fest

SATURDAY, January 10
9:30 PM Steven Beck, Piano
Mauricio Kagel: A Deux Mains
Beat Furrer: Voicelessness. The Snow Has No Voice
Study
Tristan Murail: La Mandragore
Magnus Lindberg: Two Etudes
Salvatore Sciarrino: de la nuit anamorfosi
https://www.facebook.com/events/740241199388766/
VENUE:Spectrum
ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, January 15
6:30PM Viewing Room: Mark Beasley and Arto Lindsay
Looting, performance that involves a dental procedure with an original soundtrack by Arto Lindsay
http://www.thekitchen.org/event/viewing-room-mark-beasley-and-arto-lindsay
VENUE:The Kitchen
ADMISSION: Free, RSVP is encouraged: viewingroom@coleccioncisneros.org

SUNDAY, January 25
20:00 PM, Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Vijay Iyer (piano)
VENUE:The Stone
ADMISSION:$15

TUESDAY, January 27
6:00 PM Trios by Zorn
Vicky Chow piano
Jennifer Choi violin
Michael Nicolas cello
John Zorn The Aristos (2014) ten metaphysical ambiguities for violin, cello, and piano
Zorn Hexentarot (2013) twelve simple canons for the witches’ Sabbath for violin, cello, and piano
Zorn Amour Fou (1999)
http://www.millertheatre.com/events/trios-by-zorn
VENUE:Miller Theater
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, January 27
8:00 PM The Heschel Project—Songs of Wonder (in Yiddish)
10:00 PM Itzik Manger—Chumesh Lider (A New Project in Yiddish)
Basya Schechter (oud guitar) Uri Sharlin (piano, keys, accordion) Megan Gould (violin) Noah Hoffeld (cello) Rich Stein (percussion)
VENUE:The Stone
ADMISSION:$15 each set

FRIDAY, January 30
8:00 PM Ingrid Laubrock – (ts), Nate Wooley – (tp), Sam Pluta – (Electronics)

VENUE:IBeam
ADMISSION: $15

NYC Calendar: December 2014

Highlight of the month: THE STONE RESIDENCIES – FRED FRITH WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 7 7:30 PM Meredith Monk http://youtu.be/FBlnrRUVfo0 http://www.bam.org/music/2014/on-behalf-of-nature VENUE: BAM ADMISSION: $20/$30 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 7PM: Michael Foster / Pascal Niggenkemper / Michael Evans VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery ADMISSION: Free MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 10 PM: Frank Gratkowski – Solo Saxophone http://youtu.be/HOZ4VXLWV3w VENUE: Ibeam brooklyn ADMISSION: $15 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 6 PM Mivos Quartet •Martin Stauning Atmende Steine (2013) •J.S. Bach Contrapunctus XIX (arr. Patrick Higgins 2013) •Patrick Higgins Aletheia (2013) •György Kurtág Hommage à Mihály András: 12 Mikroludien für Streichquartett, op. 13 (1977) http://www.millertheatre.com/events/mivos-quartet-popup VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University ADMISSION: FREE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10 8PM: Phyllis Chen Phyllis Chen: Lighting The Dark, hand-made music boxes, clavichord, accordion, electronics John Dowland / William Byrd: Pavana Lachrymae, clavichord Silvia Corda: Tre ritratti del tempo, toy piano and toy dulcimer Alvin Lucier: Music for Piano with Magnetic Strings http://youtu.be/xAUjg8Nb2Qc http://bacnyc.org/performances/performance/phyllis-chen VENUE: Baryshnikov Arts Center ADMISSION: $25 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11 8 PM: Fred Frith (guitar) John Zorn (sax) VENUE: Stone ADMISSION: $25 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 8:00 PM Pauline Oliveros http://roulette.org/events/pauline-oliveros-2/ VENUE: Roulette ADMISSION: $15/$30 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 8 PM Iva Bittová (violin and voice) Fred Frith (acoustic guitar) http://youtu.be/Kx5RPHoR0A4 VENUE: Stone ADMISSION: $20 MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 8:30 PM Wolpe & Feldman – New York New Music Ensemble http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/989724 VENUE: The Tenri Cultural Institute ADMISSION: $10/$20 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 8:30PM Mary Halvorson, guitar; Ingrid Laubrock, tenor saxophone; Tom Rainey, drums VENUE: Cornelia Street Cafe ADMISSION: $10 + $10 drinks minimum TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 8 PM, 10 PM John Zorn’s end of the year Improv Week—A Stone Benefit John Zorn (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics) James Moore (guitar) Uri Caine (piano) James Ilgenfritz (bass) Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet) Mark Feldman (violin) ) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and many special guests VENUE: Stone ADMISSION: $25