Highlights of the month:
Anthony Braxton’s 80th Birthday Series at Roulette, November 4-19
Frank London’s Residency at the Stone, November 19-22

SATURDAY, November 1
7PM Sixth Degree Sextet // Translasi
Program:
Symbols – Foo Jeng Wong
The Emigrants – George Lam
Why Was I Born Between Mirrors? – Christopher Cerrone
Duo for Flute and Clarinet – Andrea Abel and Gabe Henkin
disintegrating tape loop – Foo Jeng Wong
Sixth Degree Sextet: Madeleine Hocking, Clara Cho, Andrea Abel, Gabe Henkin, and Jon Collazo
Translasi, a post-industrial experimental noise duo by Foo Jeng and jlym
VENUE: Mise-En_Place
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, November 1
7:30pm Ekmeles + Mivos Quartet
new works by Evan Johnson, Taylor Brook, Nick Dunston, and Petros Leivadas
Mivos string quartet
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $15-20

SUNDAY, November 2
5pm Toward the Sea: A Concert for Climate Change Awareness
James Blachly, Delight, Insular Tahiti
Maurice Ravel, Une barque sur l’ocean newly arranged for immersive listening,
Tōru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea II,
George Crumb, Vox Balaenae
Experiential Orchestra
VENUE: All Souls Unitarian Church (1157 Lexington Ave)
ADMISSION: $43.48–81.52

SUNDAY, November 2
7:30 PM Donna Voce: Music of Women Composers from the 19th through 21st Centuries for Piano Duo
Anna Shelest and Dmitri Shelest, piano
Program includes works by Cécile Chaminade and Victoria Poleva
VENUE: Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall at Arnhold Hall (55 West 13th Street, New York)
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, November 4
7:30 pm Piano Dialogues
Conor Hanick, piano
Julius Eastman – Piano 2
Adrian Knight – Abide With Me
Matthew Aucoin – Sources Of Lift (New York Premiere)
Samuel Adams – Two Impromtus (World Premiere)
Charles Ives – Three-Page Sonata
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

TUESDAY, November 4
7:30pm Bowery Music + Poetry + Film
Tyler J. Borden (music director/cello)
Brandon Lopez (bass)
Nick Neuberg (drums/percussion)
Kevin Ramsay (guitar/electronics)
H. Paul Moon (film)
VENUE: Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, NYC)
ADMISSION: $20

NOVEMBER 4 – 9
8pm and 10pm Vijay Iyer Quartet
Vijay Iyer – Piano
Adam O’Farrill – Trumpet
Yunior Terry – Bass
Tyshawn Sorey – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $43

WEDNESDAY, November 5
8 PM The Music of Anthony Braxton
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone) and Shinya Lin (piano), Composition No. 101
Syntactical Ghost Trance Music by The Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble
The Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble
Roland Burks
Tomás Cruz
Chris DiMeglio
Nick Hallett
Kyoko Kitamura
Adam Matlock
Anne Rhodes
Kamala Sankaram
Elizabeth Saunders
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-30

WEDNESDAY, November 5
8:30 pm Darshan —Basya Schechter and Eden Pearlstein
Basya Schechter (guitar, ukulele, vocals) Eden Pearlstein (vocals) Shai Wetzer (drums) Yoshie Fruchter (guitar, vocals) Micha Gilad (keyboards) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Eleonore Weill (flutes, vocals) Chaia Berman Peters (accordion, vocals, electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

NOVEMBER 6 – 8
7:30 PM and 11 AM Joshua Bell & Dalia Stasevska
Program:
Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
De Hartmann, Violin Concerto
Bohdana Frolyak, Let There Be Light (US Premiere)
Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem
Dalia Stasevska, Conductor
Joshua Bell, Violin
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $69-230

THURSDAY, November 6 and SATURDAY, November 8
7 pm Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise
The Way He Always Wanted It II, Movement 4, a marimba/vibraphone duet derived from Stephen Prina’s film of the same name
A Lick and a Promise (2025) by Stephen Prina
Stephen Prina, voice
Either/Or:
Richard Carrick, conductor
Jennifer Choi, violin
Michelle Farah, oboe
Madison Greenstone, clarinet
Nicolee Kuester, horn
Chris McIntyre, trombone
William Schimmel, accordion
Kal Sugatski, viola
Dennis Sullivan II, percussion
International Contemporary Ensemble:
Alexander Davis, bassoon
Nathan Davis, percussion
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, piccolo
Edward Kass, double bass
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Levy Lorenzo, percussion
Dan Peck, tuba
Alice Teyssier, flute
VENUE: MoMA, Floor 4 (11 West 53 Street, NY)
ADMISSION: $5-15​​

FRIDAY, November 7
7:30 pm Composer Portrait: Bohdana Frolyak
Program:
(all works by Bohdana Frolyak)
Three Miniatures for piano trio (1998)
Molfar for solo clarinet (2012)
Music for Ann-Gel (from the oboe concerto) (2022)
Suite for cello and piano (2008)
Venus in Furs for violin and piano (2004)
Beethoven’s Clouds No. 2 (2023)
Contrabass Dance (2013)
Goodbye, World, Goodbye for soprano and string quintet (2023)
Performers:
Eve Gigliotti, soprano
Igor Leschishin, oboe
Alan Kay, clarinet
Duoming Ba, violin
Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin
Leah Ferguson, viola
Darrett Adkins, cello
Nina Bernat, double bass
Melvin Chen, piano
Yael Weiss, piano
VENUE: Ukrainian Institute of America (2 East 79th Street, NY)
ADMISSION: $25-45

FRIDAY, November 7
7:30 PM Soloist – Josh Perry
Josh Perry, percussion
Program:
Einbond/Kim/Perry – Bayside Miniatures
Cem Güven – new work
Perry – the core burns and shutters
VENUE: Mise-En_Place
ADMISSION: $20 (suggested donation)

FRIDAY, November 7
7:30 PM Alisa Weilerstein: Fragments 4
Labyrinth
Alisa Weilerstein, Project Creator and Cello
Elkhanah Pulitzer, Director
Seth Reiser, Scenic and Lighting Designer
Molly Irelan, Costume Designer
Hanako Yamaguchi, Artistic Producer and Advisor
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $56

FRIDAY, November 7
8:30 pm Meg Okura Project
Meg Okura (violin) Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone) Angelica Sanchez (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, November 7 and SATURDAY, November 8
7:30pm Cyro Baptista at 75: A Banquet for the Spirits
Cyro Baptista – Percussion / Vocals
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – Bass / Oud
Jason Fratticelli – Bass / Cuatro
John Lee – Guitar / Banjo
Felipe Hostins – Accordion
Scott Kettner – Drumkit
Carlos Eduardo da Costa – Piano
Zé Luis – Woodwinds
John Altieri – Sousaphone
Junior Karegato – Percussion
Max Pollak – Tap Dance and Body Percussion
Chikako Iwahori – Tap Dance and Vocals
Sofija Knezevic – Vocals
Brian Marsella – Piano (November 8 Only)
VENUE: Frederick P. Rose Hall (Broadway at 60th Street)
ADMISSION: $67-207

SATURDAY, November 8
4 PM Resilience and Revelation: Hailstork, Howells, & León
Herbert Howells, Requiem
Herbert Howells, Magnificat
Adolphus Hailstork, The World Called
Tania León, It’s a Journey
The Dessoff Choirs
Steven Ryan, piano
VENUE: Brick Church (1140 Park Avenue New York)
ADMISSION: $25-45

NOVEMBER 11 – 16
8pm and 10pm Tyshawn Sorey Trio
Tyshawn Sorey – Drums
Aaron Diehl – Piano
Harish Raghavan – Bass
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $48

WEDNESDAY, November 12
8:30 pm Talamanti
Patricia Brennan (vibes) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, November 12
8 pm The Music of Anthony Braxton
Concert and Reflections, with Mary Halvorson and George Lewis
International Contemporary Ensemble
works by Braxton and composer-guitarist Mary Halvorson, for an ensemble of 10 performers
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: free

THURSDAY, November 13
7:30 PM yMusic with Special Guest Emily King
Program:
Judd Greenstein, Together
yMusic / Emily King, Selected Songs
Gabriella Smith, Aquatic Ecology (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
yMusic
Alex Sopp, Flutes
Mark Dover, Clarinets
CJ Camerieri, Trumpet and Horn
Rob Moose, Violin
Nadia Sirota, Viola
Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
Allison Loggins-Hull, Flutes
Emily King, Vocals
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $56

THURSDAY, November 13
7:30pm Composer Portraits: Anthony Cheung
Repertoire
(all works by Anthony Cheung)
Improvised Intro for piano (2025)
Twice Removed (2024)
Tactile Values (2023)
The Real Book of Fake Tunes (2015)
Performers:
Claire Chase, flute
Anthony Cheung, piano
Jack Quartet
Yarn Wire
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, November 14
7:30 PM Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto Trio
Henry Threadgill, saxophonist and flutist
Vijay Iyer, pianist
Dafnis Prieto, percussionist
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $45

FRIDAY, November 14
7:30 pm Kronos Quartet
Garth Knox – Satellites
Aleksandra Vrebalov – My Desert, My Rose
Traditional – Tusen Tankar
Terry Riley – Cadenza On The Night Plain
Angélica Negrón – Marejada
Jungyoon Wie – Starlings
Terry Riley – Sunrise Jam
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

FRIDAY, November 14
8 pm ACM NYC’s 60th Anniversary: Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams (Night 1)
Panel Discussion, featuring Amina Claudine Myers, Chico Freeman, Roscoe Mitchell, Adegoke Steve Colson, Iqua Colson, and Thurman Barker. Moderated by George E. Lewis.
Roscoe Mitchell solo performance.
A showcase of Roscoe Mitchell’s paintings for sale.
The Chico Freeman Quintet featuring Chico Freeman on saxophone, Amina Claudine Myers on piano, Kenny Davis on bass, Yoron Israel on drums, and Reto Weber on exotic percussions ( i.e. Djembe, Hang, Ghatam).
Amina Claudine Myers’s performance of a special gospel musical tribute on piano to AACM members Leonard E. Jones and Lester Helmar Lashley.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $35-45

SATURDAY, November 15
9 PM Natural Machines 2.0
Dan Tepfer, Piano
The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $56

SATURDAY, November 15
8 PM Zach Layton, Alex Waterman, and Ryan Sawyer
Zach Layton (17 string electric bass)
Alex Waterman (cello)
Ryan Sawyer (drums)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, November 16
6 PM Celloi-stic: Whispers and Cries
Jihwon H. Na, cello
Rachel Zhao, violin
PROGRAM
Dutilleux – Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher (1976) 9’
Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons (2000) 12’
Moon Ha – Nabi (2012) 10’
Jinhee Han – Echo me (i), for violin and cello (2017): Featuring Rachel Zhao on violin. 7’
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Lamentation (1973) 15’
Giovanni Sollima – Lamentatio (1998) 7’
VENUE: Mise-En_Place
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, November 18
6 pm Quince Ensemble
Quince Ensemble:
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett (soprano)
Liz Pearse (soprano)
Carrie Henneman Shaw (soprano)
Clara Osowski (guest mezzo-soprano)
Repertoire
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Destierros (2025) New York Premiere
Evan Williams, Dust Bowl (2021)
Carrie Henneman Shaw, The Smallest Gap (2019)
Eliza Brown Cassandra, Il (2018)
Martin Hoffman And Woody Guthrie, Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (2018) Arr. Liz Pearse
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, November 19
8 pm Music for Two Pianos: Anthony Braxton’s Compositions
Ursula Oppens, Adam Tendler, piano
Braxton’s Composition 95
Darius Jones, saxophone, Cecilia Lopez, mixed media
Braxton’s Composition 38
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-35

THURSDAY, November 20
8:30 pm Loisaida Fife & Drum Corp
Frank London (trumpet) Elijah Thomas (piccolo) Ron Caswell (tuba) Charles Burnham (violin) Reut Regev (trombone) Satoshi Takaeshi (bass drum) Brian Chase (snare drum)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, November 21
7 PM Mark Dresser and Robert Dick in Duet
Mark Dresser, bass
Robert Dick, flute
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $17.18 – $27.69

FRIDAY, November 21
7 PM Exponential Ensemble: Origins
Program:
Paul Schoenfield: Trio
Reena Esmail: Tasveer
Robert Paterson: Summit Trio
Lowell Liebermann: Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano
Exponential Ensemble:
Pascal Archer, clarinet
Rubén Rengel, violin
Ramón Carrero-Martínez, viola
Caleb van der Swaagh, cello
Han Chen, piano
VENUE: Americas Society (680 Park Avenue, New York)
ADMISSION: Free (suggested donations $25-40)

FRIDAY, November 21
7:30 PM Curtis New Music Ensemble: We the Artists
Curtis New Music Ensemble
Clarice Assad’s Canções da America, inspired by South American rhythms and Indigenous traditions; Carlos Simon’s Giants, honoring five iconic Black Americans; Valerie Coleman’s Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, exploring Black Indigenous heritage; and selections from Joan Tower’s Copland-inspired Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $45

FRIDAY, November 21
7:30 pm Talea presents Derivations
Program:
George Lewis: Born Obbligato (2013)
Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Percussion
Pierre Boulez: Derive 2 (1988/2006)
English Horn, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Marimba, Vibraphone, Harp, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
Talea Ensemble
VENUE: Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $10-20

FRIDAY, November 21
8 pm Music for Two Pianos: The Music of Henry Threadgill
Rahul Carlberg, Maya Keren, piano
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

SATURDAY, November 22
8 pm Music for Two Pianos: Jace Clayton’s The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner
Jace Clayton electronics, voice
David Friend piano
Emily Manzo piano
music by Julius Eastman
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

SATURDAY, November 22
8:30 pm Conspiracy Brass with guest Steven Bernstein—My Favorite Things
Frank London (trumpet) Steven Bernstein (trumpet) Kenny Wollesen (drums) José Davila (trombone) Marcus Rojas (tuba)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, November 23
5 PM Piano+#48
music by James Tenney, Gabriela Areal, Hollas Longton, Mark R Taylor, and Teodora Stepančić
performed by LCollective:
Katie Porter (clarinet)
Erin Rogers (saxophone)
Amanda Tabor (French horn)
Douglas Farrand (trumpet)
Jordan Dykstra (viola)
Laura Cetilia (violoncello)
Teodora Stepančić (piano)
VENUE: Mise-En_Place
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, November 25
8 pm A Concert to Benefit Roulette: IMPROV NIGHT
ft. John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Jim Staley, Marc Ribot, John Medeski, Ikue Mori, Jorge Roeder, Simon Hanes, Brian Chase, and Kenny Wollesen
John Zorn sax
Laurie Anderson voice, violin
Jim Staley trombone
Marc Ribot guitar
John Medeski piano
Ikue Mori electronics
Jorge Roeder bass
Simon Hanes electric bass
Brian Chase drums
Kenny Wollesen drums, vibes
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $50-100

NOVEMBER 26-29
7:30 Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Pines of Rome
Program:
Lera Auerbach, Icarus (New York Premiere)
Khachaturian, Piano Concerto
Rautavaara, Cantus Arcticus
Respighi, Pines of Rome
Stéphane Denève, Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $88-204

FRIDAY, November 28
8 PM and 10 PM Matthew Shipp – Rob Brown
Matthew Shipp – Piano
Rob Brown – Saxophone
VENUE: Close Up
ADMISSION: $32

SUNDAY, November 30
1 PM Mongolian Steppe Wind
Ulziijargal Tumurchudur, Yochin
Nomin Samdan, Piano
Program:
“Dangiin daavuu maikhan, dovchin unzad” (arr. Lhagvasuren Dagva)
Jantsannorov Natsag, Allegro From Yochin Concerto In G Minor, No.2
Sarasate Carmen, Fantasy
Ulziibayar Shatar, Yochin Concerto
Munkhbold Birvaa, Yochin Sonata In C Major
Byambasuren Sharav, Yochin Concerto
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $79