NYC Calendar April 2024

MONDAY, April 1
8PM John Zorn / Christian McBride / Steve Coleman / Ches Smith
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$35

MONDAY, April 1
8:30PM No Land with Shahzad Ismaily & Daniel Carter
VENUE: Pete’s Candy Store
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, April 2
6pm Pop-Up Concerts Yarn/Wire
Sarah Hennies, Primers 2018-19

VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, April 2
8PM Zoh Amba Sun Quartet
Zoh Amba, sax
Lex Korten, piano
Caroline Morton bass
Miguel Marcel Russell drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

TUESDAY, April 2
8PM Center for Psychic Technology presents Duo Dynamics
C. Spencer Yeh & Kwami Winfield, Tamio Shiraishi & Gyna Bootleg
VENUE: Trans-Pecos
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, April 3
8pm Nate Wooley’s new music
Nate Wooley, Carlo Costa, Brandon Lopez
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 4
7:30 pm Pamela Z & D-Composed
Pamela Z – Ethel Dreams Of Temporal Disturbances
Tomeka Reid – Prospective Dwellers
Jessie Montgomery – Voodoo Dolls
Daniel Bernard Roumain – String Quartet No. 5 “Rosa Parks”
Nathalie Joachim – Betwixt
Pamela Z – The Unraveling
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

THURSDAY, April 4
8pm Composer Portraits: Sarah Hennies
Repertoire:
Sarah Hennies, Borrowed Light (2023)
Sarah Hennies, Spiral Organ (2024)
Performers:
Mivos Quartet
Yarn Wire
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 4
8PM Ka Baird – “Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos” Release Show
Henry Fraser, Chris Williams, Joanna Mattrey and gabby fluke-mogul ,Andrew Bernstein (alto saxophone), Max Eilbacher (flute processing, electronics), Greg Fox (percussion), gabby fluke-mogul (violin), Henry Fraser (contrabass), Joanna Mattrey (viola), John McCowen (contra clarinet), Camilla Padgitt-Coles (bowls, waterphone) Troy Schafer (strings), Chris Williams (trumpet), Nate Wooley (trumpet), and their beloved cat, Nisa (purrs)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, April 4
8PM Loren Connors/Sergio Sorrentino

VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, April 4
8PM Tim Berne, Eivind Opsvik, Gregg Belisle-Chi, Jeff Davis
VENUE: Lowlands Bar
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, April 5
8pm Letters:
a collaboration between filmmaker Mimi Chakarova and pianist/composer Kris Davis
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, April 5 and SATURDAY, April 6
8:30 pm Adam Rudolph Sunrise Quartet
Alexis Marcelo (piano, electric keyboards, kudu horn, percussion) Kaoru Watanabe (taiko, Japanese percussion, noh kan and fue flutes, electric koto and processing) Stephen Haynes (cornets, flugelhorns, trumpet, conch shells, didgeridoos, percussion) Adam Rudolph (handrumset, electronic processing, thumb pianos, mouth bow, gongs, percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 6
4pm Made in America
Argento New Music Project
Program:
Edgard Varèse, Octandre (1923) for chamber ensemble
William Grant Still, Mother and Child (1943) for string orchestra
Charles Ives, The Housatonic at Stockbridge (1921), for soprano and piano
Charles Ives, Three Places in New England (1903-1929) for chamber orchestra
Sang Song, Hoarding Behaviors (2022-2023) for soprano and 11 instruments
Sharon Harms, soprano
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $10- $20 (Suggested Donation)

SATURDAY, April 6
7:30pm Maya Beiser: Terry Riley’s In C(Ello)
Maya Beiser, cello and drummers Shane Shanahan and Matt Kilmer
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $35

SUNDAY, April 7
8PM Patricia Brennan & Adam O’Farrill Duo
Patricia Brennan’s SeVeNPatricia Brennan & Adam O’Farrill Duo:
Patricia Brennan vibraphone, electronics
Adam O’Farrill trumpet, electronics
Patricia Brennan’s SeVeN:
Patricia Brennan vibraphone, electronics
Adam O’Farrill trumpet, electronics
Jon Irabagon alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone
Mark Shim tenor saxophone
Kim Cass bass
Dan Weiss drums
Mauricio Herrera percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

MONDAY, April 8
7:30pm The Tallis Scholars – Darkness to Light
Program:
R. White, Lamentations for Five Voices
David Lang, sun-centered (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Nico Muhly, “Recordare, Domine”
Eric Whitacre, Sainte-Chapelle
Parsons, “Ave Maria”
Byrd, All Saints Propers
Performers:
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, Conductor
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $64

APRIL 8 – MAY 2
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Terence Blanchard, composer
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $47

TUESDAY, April 9
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program:
Schulhoff, Concertino For Flute, Viola, And Double Bass
Weill String Quartet, Op. 8
Berg, Lyric Suite
Gershwin, Lullaby
Performers:
Ensemble Connect
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $41

WEDNESDAY, April 10
8:30 pm Sanity
Fred Frith (guitar, violin) gabby fluke-mogul (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 11
7:30 pm Wu Fei and Shanir Blumenkranz
Wu Fei, guzheng zither
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, the Middle Eastern oud lute and double bass
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, April 11
8 PM The Annual Isaac Stern Memorial Concert
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Kathryn Stott, Piano
Program:
Fauré, Berceuse, Op. 16
Dvořák, “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” Op. 55, No. 4
Sérgio Assad, “Menino”
N. Boulanger ,”Cantique”
Fauré “Papillon,” Op. 77
Shostakovich, Cello Sonata In D Minor, Op. 40
Arvo Pärt, Spiegel Im Spiegel
Franck, Violin Sonata In A Major (Transcr. For Cello By Delsart)
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: starting at $319

THURSDAY, April 11
8:30 pm AM/FM
Ava Mendoza (electric guitar) gabby fluke-mogul (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 13
7:30 PM Ensemble Modern
Performers:
Ensemble Modern
Stefan Asbury, Conductor
Program:
TANIA LEÓN Indígena
NANCARROW Study No. 7 (transcr. Yvar Mikhashoff in cooperation with Charles Schwobel)
ANDILE KHUMALO Invisible Self
NANCARROW Study No. 6 (transcr. Yvar Mikhashoff in cooperation with Charles Schwobel)
CHRISTOPHER TRAPANI no window without a wall (NY Premiere)
NANCARROW Study No. 12 (transcr. Yvar Mikhashoff in cooperation with Charles Schwobel)
TANIA LEÓN Rítmicas
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $39

SATURDAY, April 13
8PM Double Trouble: A Night of Duos
Blood Luxury (Erica Dicker, violin and Dennis Sullivan, percussion)
Mara Mayer (voice, bass clarinet, compositions) and Jonah Rosenberg (synth, electronics, compositions)
VENUE: Creature Space (400 3rd Ave Suite 2, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, April 14
7:30PM Outlier Presents: Ingrid Laubrock / Brandon Lopez / Tom Rainey
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, April 16
7 PM Electroacoustic music from Italy
Program:
Laminar Flow by Zeno Baldi
Simple Music for Complicated Souls by Andrea Agostini
Performers:
Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer, piano
Russell Greenberg and Sae Hoshimoto, percussion
VENUE: The Italian Academy
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, April 17
8:30 pm Quintet
Matt Mottel (hybrid keytar, piano, synthesizer, banjo) Loren Connors (guitar) Suzanne Langille (lyricist, vocals) Yuko Otomo (poetry, vocals) Daniel Carter (reeds)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, April 18
8PM Joanna Mattrey: Battle Ready

Swoon ensemble
Joanna Mattrey viola, voice, composition
gabby fluke-mogul violin, voice
Patrick Shiroishi saxophone, voice
Chris Williams trumpet/electronics, voice
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, April 18
8PM Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $25/$30

SATURDAY, April 20
3pm Dance and Talk: Opera & Democracy – Listening in Exile
Dance by New Chamber Ballet, Choreography by Miro Magloire, performed by Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Nicole McGinnis, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla, Kayla Schmitt.
Music composed by Ursula Mamlok, Tania León, and Alyssa Regent, performed by Weiyu Wang, soprano, Rea Abel, flute, Clara Cho, cello.
VENUE: 1014 – Space For Ideas (1014 5th Ave)
ADMISSION: Free

APRIL 23 – MAY 17
El Niño
John Adams, composer
Marin Alsop, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
Davóne Tines, baritone
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $47

WEDNESDAY, April 24
7PM S.E.M. Ensemble Presents: 2024 – The Year Of Czech Music In Reverse
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Rudolf Komorous, Tango (1986)
Anna Heflin, The man who owned the forrest also owned the racetrack (2023)
Petr Bakla, String trio no. 2 (2017)
Petr Kotik, Ariane – Sonata (2001/2024)
Christian Wolff, Small Orchestra Piece (2019)
Phill Niblock, Disseminate (2001)
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall Ballroom
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, April 25
6 pm Sun Ra Marathon: Space is the Place
50th anniversary screening of the classic Sun Ra film Space is The Place
performances and screenings of Sun Ra related projects by Angels & Demons (Darius Jones / Amirtha Kidambi) and Kamau Patton (premiering his new piece: Sekhet Hetepu), screenings of archival films and videos from the Sun Ra/El Saturn Collection at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago—including Phill Niblock’s experimental film of the Arkestra The Magic Sun
music videos created by Sun Ra and the Arkestra in collaboration with Bill Sebastian and his “visual music instrument” (the OVC)
audio recording of one of Sun Ra’s UC Berkeley lectures
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $30-40

THURSDAY, April 25
8:30 pm I Don’t Hear Nothin’ but the Blues
Jon Irabagon (saxophone) Ava Mendoza (guitar) Mike Pride (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, April 26
8:30pm Jon Irabagon Trio plus Two
Jon Irabagon (saxophone) Ray Anderson (trombone) Uri Caine (piano) Mark Helias (bass) Barry Altschul (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, April 27
11 am and 4 pm John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground
Composed by John Luther Adams
Directed and choreographed by Pam Tanowitz
Music directed by Nadia Sirota and Douglas Perkins
VENUE: Lincoln Center (outdoors)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, April 27
8 PM Ghost Ensemble
Lester St. Louis, PRIM ii: Metaphors Made of Soot and Ultraviolet Light (2024, world premiere)
Pauline Oliveros, In Consideration of the Earth (1998)
Ben Richter, Rewild (2022)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, April 28
5 PM Kyiv Camerata, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Program:
Zoltan Almashi, Maria’s City
Kozarenko, Concerto Rutheno
Yevhen Stankovych, Legend From The Mountains
Volodymyr Zubytsky, Violin Concerto No. 1
Victoria Poleva, No Man Is An Island
Oleksandr Shchetynsky, Requiem
Skoryk, Melody
Valentin Silvestrov, Prayer For The Ukraine
Performers:
Kyiv Camerata
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Bohdana Pivnenko, Violin
Dmytro Tavanets, Piano
Kateryna Suprun, Viola
The Ukrainian Dumka Chorus of New York
Vasyl Hrechynsky, Director
Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $104

MONDAY, April 29
8PM Magda Mayas: Chant
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$35

NYC Calendar February 2024

THURSDAY, February 1
1st Annual Out Music Festival
7:30 Tomas Fujiwara Trio
Tomas Fujiwara – drums
Darius Jones – alto sax
8:30 BREW – record release
Gerry Hemingway – drums
Reggie Workmam – bass
Miya Masaoka – koto
9:30 McPhee/Rosen
Joe McPhee – sax
Jay Rosen – drums
VENUE: Theater for the New City
ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, February 1
9PM Heart of the Ghost (Jarrett Gilgore/Luke Stewart/Ian McColm), Leila Bordrieul/Tamio Shiraishi, Matt Mottel
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: $15

FEBRUARY 1-3
8 pm and 10pm Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer – Piano
Linda May Han Oh – Bass
Tyshawn Sorey – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

FRIDAY, February 2
8pm Dark Circuits Orchestra plays Cardew & Niblock
Dark Circuits Orchestra
Phill Niblock: Baobab (2011)
Phill Niblock: 2 Lips (2008)
Cornelius Cardew: Treatise (1963-67) Pages 7-19, 41-44
Katherine Liberovskaya: Visuals
VENUE: Black Box (HN 543) 695 Park Ave. New York
ADMISSION: Free

FRIDAY, February 2
8pm Hiromichi Sakamoto / Kato Hideki & Zeena Parkins

VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, February 3
7PM Peter Evans Being & Becoming (ft. Craig Taborn)
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $25

SATURDAY, February 3
7pm Gerry Hemingway Drums, With Earl Howard Electronics
VENUE: Soup And Sound (292 Leferts Ave)
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 3
8:30 pm Duo or Trio
Fred Moten (spoken word) Brandon Lopez (bass) and possibly Craig Taborn (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, February 4
5pm CT:: SWaM presents 111 by 111
experimental noise project by Chantal Michelle and Grace Villamil

VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, February 7
8pm Kristin Norderval and Friends: What Comes Back to Us
Kristin Norderval vocals, laptop, gestural controllers
Gustavo Aguilar percussion
Miguel Frasconi glass instruments, modular synths
Jill Sigman dancer, ceramic artist
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, February 8
7:30PM Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet
with Ingrid Laubrock, Chris Lightcap & Tom Rainey
Tom Rainey (drums), Chris Lightcap bass, Ingrid Laubock saxophone
VENUE: (Le) Poisson Rouge
ADMISSION: $25-$35

THURSDAY, February 8
8pm Composer Portraits: Carola Bauckholt
International Contemporary Ensemble
ICE performs a program of works by the pioneering German composer Carola Bauckholt featuring four of Bauckholt’s chamber works: Oh, I See; Membran; Schlammflocke II; and Treibstoff.
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: starting at $20

THURSDAY, February 8
8PM Broken Frames Syndicate plays music of Jalalu Kalvert Nelson

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, February 9
8pm Alain Metrailler Quartet
Elias Stemeseder – Piano
Chris Tordini – Contrabass
Eric McPherson – Drums
Alain Metrailler – Tenor Saxophone
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 10
7:30pm Mary Halvorson’s Amaryllis Sextet: Cloudward
Mary Halvorson, guitar, composition
Patricia Brennan, vibraphone
Nick Dunston, bass
Tomas Fujiwara, drums
Jacob Garchik, trombone
Adam O’Farrill, trumpet
VENUE: Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center (92NY)
ADMISSION: from $25

SATURDAY, February 10
8:30 pm TRIO
Wendy Eisenberg (guitar) Brian Chase (drums) Rebekah Heller (bassoon)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, February 12
8 pm Fortissssimo Bis Mini Piano Festival
Matthew Shipp, piano
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $25

WEDNESDAY, February 14
7:30 PM Ekmeles: Stimmung for lovers
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung (1968)
VENUE: The DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $15 -$40

WEDNESDAY, February 14
8 pm Fortissssimo Bis Mini Piano Festival
Dan Tepfer, piano
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $25

WEDNESDAY, February 14
8:30 pm Billy Ray Valentine Trio
Mary Halvorson (guitar) Henry Fraser (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 15
8 pm Fortissssimo Bis Mini Piano Festival
https://www.galeriezurcher.com/february-12-15-fortisssimo-bis
Marilyn Crispell, piano
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, February 15
8PM Austin Wulliman: The News From Utopia
System Notes (2023) for string quartet and electronics
Blink (2022) for string quartet, electric guitar and electronics
Down Pat (2023) for electric guitar and electronics -Alec Goldfarb, guitar
The Late Edition (2023) for string quartet
Lost One (2024) for string quartet
The Docks (2022) for string quartet and electronics
Como Se Vive (ii) (2023) for string quartet and electronics
The News From Utopia (ii) (2024) – World Premiere for string quartet and electronics
Austin Wulliman violin
Alec Goldfarb guitar
JACK Quartet
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, February 16
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program:
Inti Figgis-Vizueta New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Gabriela Lena Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Tania León De Memorias
Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 16
VENUE: Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, February 16
9 PM Silence is like fertile soil
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
Music by Arvo Pärt
VENUE: Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W. 18th St.)
ADMISSION: Free

FRIDAY, February 16 and SATURDAY, February 17
7.30pm & 9.30pm Angelica Sanchez ‘The Brilla Suite’
The Jazz Gallery Fellowship Commission 2023
Angelica Sanchez -piano
Adam O’Farrill -trumpet
John Hebert -bass
Chad Taylor -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $35-$45

SATURDAY, February 17
8PM Tony Malaby: Open Loose
Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Tony Malaby, ft. Tim Berne
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 17
8pm Katie Porter: Malosma / 18 Flowers In A Row
Katie Porter (clarinets), Judith Berkson (accordion/voice), Laura Cetilia (cello) and Christine Tavolacci (flute)
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, February 17
8:30 pm The Return of Plutonia: For Greg Tate
Matana Roberts (saxophone) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, February 20
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program:
Inti Figgis-Vizueta New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Gabriela Lena Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Tania León De Memorias
Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 16
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $41

TUESDAY, February 20
6:30PM DMG Free Tues: Su$hi, Zoh Amba / Marc Edwards / Caroline Morton, Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson & AJ Medeiros
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, February 20
8PM Sam Weinberg (Residency), Kim Rosenfeld, Theo Ellin Ballew, C. Spencer Yeh
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, February 21
7.30pm + 9.30pm Ingrid Laubrock’s Lilith
Ingrid Laubrock -saxophones
Dave Adewumi -trumpet
Adam Matlock -accordion/voice
Yvonne Rogers -piano
Eva Lawitts -double bass/voice
Henry Mermer -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

WEDNESDAY, February 21
8 pm Dual #1 Curated By Savannah Harris
Zoh Amba, saxophone
Savannah Harris, drums
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: TBA

WEDNESDAY, February 21
8:30 pm Solo
Aliya Ultan (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 22
8pm Composer Portraits: Amy Williams
Jack Quartet
Amy Williams, piano
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: from $20

FRIDAY, February 23
7:30 PM Timo Andres, Piano
Program:
Timo Andres Fiddlehead (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Robin Holcomb Wherein Lies The Good
Ellington “The Single Petal Of A Rose” (Arr. Timo Andres) From The Queen’s Suite
Gabriella Smith Imaginary Pancake (NY Premiere, Commissioned By Carnegie Hall)
Ellington “Reflections In D” (Arr. Timo Andres)
Copland Piano Sonata
Ellington “Prelude To A Kiss” (Arr. Timo Andres)
Rzewski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Philip Glass Etude No. 20
VENUE: Zankel Hall Center Stage
ADMISSION: From $39

FRIDAY, February 23
8 PM Catherine Sikora & Susan Alcorn
Album Release Concert
Susan Alcorn, pedal steel guitar
Catherine Sikora, saxophone
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 24
7pm Beethoven / Harrison
LOU HARRISON Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan (New York premiere)
Adam Tendler, piano and Gamelan Son of Lion
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Conducted by Philip Nuzzo
VENUE: St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church
ADMISSION: $40-60

SATURDAY, February 24
8 pm Composers In Play VIII: Accumulation of Purpose
Adam Sherkin, piano with various composers in attendance
Premieres By New York Composers Jonathan Wyatt, Michael Genese, Han Lash, David T. Little And Christopher Cerrone
VENUE: Tenri Cultural Institute
ADMISSION: $30; $25 (Students free)

SUNDAY, February 25
7.30pm + 9.30pm The Trio
Threadgill -woodwinds
Iyer -keyboards
Prieto -percussion
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: sold out

SUNDAY, February 25
8pm Joan Tower at 85
Da Capo Chamber Players

Joan Tower – Big Sky (2000)
Joan Tower – Breakfast Rhythms (1974)
Joan Tower – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no.5 (1993)
Joan Tower – Into the Night (2022)
Erica Lindsay – New work (2024) – World Premiere
Erica Lindsay – Transmutation Variations
John Boggs – Descending the Catskills (2019)
VENUE: Tenri Cultural Institute (43A West 13th St, New York)
ADMISSION: $15 – $30

MONDAY, February 26
7.30pm + 9.30pm double bill: Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio & The Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio
Tomas Fujiwara -drums
Patricia Brennan -vibraphone
Tomeka Reid -cello
Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tomeka Reid -cello
Mary Halvorson -guitar
Jason Roebke -bass
Tomas Fujiwara -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20 – $45

MONDAY, February 26
7:30PM Insectum
Susie Ibarra, Jeffrey Zeigler, Graham Reynolds, and evolutionary biologist Jessica Ware
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $35

TUESDAY, February 27
8pm Contemporaneous: Songs at Night
Program:
A Kind of Lung – Shelley Washington
A History of Life in Reverse – Dylan Mattingly
Songs at Night – Lila Meretzky
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

WEDNESDAY, February 28
8:30 pm QUARTET
Simon Hanes (guitar) Trevor Dunn (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Jon Starks (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 29
7:30PM The Knights
Program:
Ravel Le Tombeau De Couperin
Du Yun Ears Of The Book Concerto For Pipa And Orchestra
Weill Symphony No. 1, “Berliner Symphonie”
Bob Dylan “When The Ship Comes In” (Arr. Christina Courtin)
Weill/Brecht “Alabama Song” (Arr. Christina Courtin)
Chico Buarque “Geni E O Zepelim” (Arr. Colin Jacobsen)
Performers:
The Knights
Wu Man, Pipa
Christina Courtin, Vocals
Magos Herrera, Vocals
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $74

THURSDAY, February 29
7:30 PM Émigré
Émigré, a semi-staged musical drama
Aaron Zigman / Mark Campbell, libretto
Aaron Zigman, composer
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Chorus
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $118-384

THURSDAY, February 29
9:30 Zoh Amba/ Gían Pérez/Marc Edwards/Caroline Morton
Gían Pérez (guitar), Marc Edwards (drums), Caroline Morton (bass), Zoh Amba (saxophone)
VENUE: Joe’s Pub
ADMISSION: $15

NYC Calendar January 2024

Highlights of the month: Prototype Festival and Sylvie Courvoisier residency at the Stone

WEDNESDAY, January 3
8:30 pm Clone Decay
Kalia Vandever (trombone) Weston Olencki (trombone, electronics) Mary Halvorson (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, January 5
8pm Shawn Lovato’s Biotic
Ingrid Laubrock – Tenor Saxophone
Shawn Lovato – Bass
Henry Mermer – Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $10/$15/$20

FRIDAY, January 5 and SATURDAY, January 6
7:30 pm The Little Match Girl Passion
David Lang, composer
Molly Netter, soprano
Kate Maroney, alto
Gene Stenger, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass
VENUE: The Met Fifth Avenue
ADMISSION: Free with Museum admission

MONDAY, January 8
7pm Elliott Sharp, Marco Cappelli, JT Lewis
Elliott Sharp guitar/clarinet, Marco Cappelli guitar, JT Lewis drums
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

January 9 – 14
8pm and 10pm Kris Davis Trio
Kris Davis – Piano
Robert Hurst – Bass
Johnathan Blake – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

WEDNESDAY, January 10
8pm Tim Berne, Jeremy Viner, Aliya Ultan, Kate Gentile, Kevin Murray
VENUE: The Record Shop (360 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, January 10
7pm Take Two: Tyshawn Sorey x Max Roach’s Members Don’t Git Weary
Tyshawn Sorey, performing Max Roach’s classic album ‘Members, Don’t Git Weary’
Adam O’Farrill- trumpeter, Mark Shim – saxophone, Sullivan Fortner – piano, Matt Brewer – bass, Fay Victor – vocals
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $25

January 11-21
7pm /2pm Chornobyldorf: Archeological Opera In Seven Novels
Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko, composers
Opera Aperta

VENUE: La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
ADMISSION: $10-75

FRIDAY, January 12
8pm Tony Malaby’s 60th Birthday Celebration
Tony Malaby – Saxophones, Angelica Sanchez – piano and Wurlitzer, Tom Rainey – drums, Ben Monder – guitar
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

January 12-20
8pm/ 5pm Adoration
A chamber opera by Mary Kouyoumdjian

VENUE: The Loretto Theatre (18 Bleeker St, New York)
ADMISSION: $40-80

SATURDAY, January 13
10:45pm Zoh Amba, Shahzad Ismaily, Jim White, Steve Gunn
part of Winter Jazz Fest
VENUE: Baby’s All Right (146 Broadway, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $65

SUNDAY, January 14
6pm Sirius Quartet
Fung Chern Hwei, violin
Gregor Huebner, violin
Sunjay Jayaram, viola
Jeremy Harman, violoncello
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, January 14
9PM & 10:15PM Tony Malaby Quartet
Tony Malaby, saxophones
Ben Monder, guitar
Angelica Sanchez, piano
Tom Rainey, drums
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, January 17
8pm Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and friends
VENUE: The Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, January 17
8:30 pm Trio
Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Ole Mathisen (tenor sax) Amir ElSaffar (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, January 18
7:30 pm Angélica Negrón & Sophie Parker
Angélica Negrón, music
Sophie Parker, playable sculptures
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

SATURDAY, January 20
8 pm COMPOSERS IN PLAY VII: Shouts Unsung
David Zucchi, saxophones, Adam Sherkin, piano
Program:
Circling Point (2014) by Charlotte Bray
Two Elegies Framing a Shout (1994) by Mark-Anthony Turnage
Noûs (2020) by Philippe Leroux
Dense…Englouti (2012) by Philippe Leroux
Alex Paxton by Alex Paxton
Punch, Revisted (2016) by Adam Sherkin
VENUE: Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City
ADMISSION: $25-30, students free)

SATURDAY, January 20
8pm Chaser (Record Release) with guests
Chaser: Dominika Em, Chris Welcome, Shayna Dulberger, Oran Canfield; Sexy Thoughts: Kevin Shea ft. Rat Bastard, Netherlands, 1,2,3 (Tim Dahl, Weasel Walter, Matt Nelson)
VENUE: The Broadway (Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, January 20
8pm Eclipse Quartet at 20
works by Fred Frith, Ali Can Puskulcu, Kajia Saariaho and a commissioned piece for Kamancheh and String Quartet by Niloufar Shiri.
Sara Parkins violin
Sarah Thornblade violin
Alma Lisa Fernandez viola
Maggie Parkins cello
and guest:
Nioufar Shiri kamancheh/composer
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

TUESDAY, January 23
6pm Pop-Up Concerts
Ian Antonio, Percussion
Josh Modney, Violin
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, January 23
8pm Shelley Hirsch: “And So It Was and Was and WaAAass”
Shelley Hirsch – “Sext Tongs”
Joanna Mattrey and Cleek Schrey on strings, Alice Cohen on keyboards and voice, Ka Baird on piano, and Lindsey Wilson, Dafna Naphtali, and Luisa Muhr on vocals, text and images by Scott Kiernan. Lighting consulting by Eric Muzzy.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

WEDNESDAY, January 24
8:30 pm duo/trio/quartet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Ned Rothenberg (reeds) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Erik Friedlander (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, January 25
8:30 pm Solo
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano, composition)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, January 25
7:30pm Ensemble Connect
Program:
Shorter Terra Incognita
Chen Yi Qi For Flute, Cello, Percussion, And Piano
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
VENUE: Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, January 25
8pm Improv Nights 2024: A Tribute to Derek Bailey (night 1)
John Zorn sax
Ned Rothenberg sax
Jim Staley trombone
Michael Nicolas cello
Miles Okazaki guitar
Simon Hanes guitar, bass
Selendis Sebastian, Alexander Johnson vibes
Arturo O’Farrill piano
Anna Abondolo bass
Nava Dunkelman percussion
Kenny Wollesen drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, January 26
8pm Improv Nights 2024: A Tribute to Derek Bailey (night 2)
John Zorn sax
Jon Irabagon sax
Peter Evans trumpet
Dave Taylor bass, trombone
Erik Friedlander cello
Wendy Eisenberg guitar
Sae Hashimoto vibes, percussion
Brian Marsella piano
Jorge Roeder bass
Henry Fraser bass
David Weinstein electronics
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, January 26 and SATURDAY, January 27
7PM Passio: A Concert for Peace and Healing
Arvo Pärt’s Passio
Enrico Lagasca, Jesus
Haitham Haidar, Pilate
With Evangelist Quartet
Elijah McCormick, soprano
Kate Maroney, alto
Oliver Mercer, tenor
Charles Wesley Evans, bass
VENUE: The Cathedral of St. John The Divine
ADMISSION: $20-$75

SATURDAY, January 27
8pm Improv Nights 2024: A Tribute to Derek Bailey (night 3)
John Zorn alto sax
Melissa Aldana tenor sax
Kalia Vandever trombone
Dave Douglas trumpet
Micah Thomas piano
Sean Ono Lennon guitar
Josh Modney violin
Jay Campbell cello
Luke Stewart bass
Ikue Mori electronics
Brian Chase drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

SATURDAY, January 27
8:30 pm DUO with Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, January 29
7:30pm Out Music Festival
Chris Williams Quartet
Chris Williams trumpet, elec. / Shara Lunon – voice, elec / Luke Stewart – bass, elec. / Lesley Mok – drums
Ava Mendoza, solo guitar
Dave Burrell & Ellen Christi
Dave Burrell – composition, piano / Ellen Christi – voice
VENUE: Theater for the New City (155 1st Ave., New York)
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, January 30
7:30pm Out Music Festival
William Parker Project
William Parker – bass / Rob Brown – saxophone / Jason Hwang – violin
TA Thompson Trio
TA Thompson – drums/ Sam Newome – reeds/ Michael Foster – saxophone
VENUE: Theater for the New City (155 1st Ave., New York)
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, January 31
7:30 pm Sandbox Percussion with Conor Hanick
Program to include:
Vivian Fung, (Un)Wandering Souls (world premiere)
Ellis Ludwig-Leone, Lifeline (world premiere)
Christopher Cerrone, Don’t Look Down (NYC premiere)
Samuel Carl Adams, Études, Vol. 1 (NY premiere)
Tyshawn Sorey, For Arthur Jafa (NY premiere)
Andy Akiho, Portal (NY premiere)
VENUE: Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center (92NY)
ADMISSION: from $40

WEDNESDAY, January 31
7:30 PM Fourteen Reveries
Brad Mehldau, Piano
VENUE: Zankel Hall Center Stage
ADMISSION: $135

WEDNESDAY, January 31
8:30 pm Groupchat
James McKain (sax) TJ Borden (cello) Joey Sullivan (drums) Brandon Lopez (bass)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

12 Memorable Music Events in New York in 2023

NYC music events in 2023 we want to remember, with no intention of ranking, in reverse chronological order.

Photo by Kaitlin
  1. Sun Tracing Magic Special with Ned Rothenberg (reeds) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Charmaine Lee (voice) Ches Smith (drums) Sae Hashimoto (percussion) David Watson (bagpipes) Makigami Koichi (voice) Satoko Fujii (piano) kappamaki (trumpet) Erik Friedlander (cello) Zeena Parkins (harps) Ikue Mori (electronics) (The Stone, December 17)
  2. Ensemble Decipher: Cat’s Cradle (Roulette, October 23)
  3. John Zorn at 70 celebrations at Miller Theatre at Columbia University, especially New Masada / Simulacrum (Miller Theatre, October 19)
  4. Fred Frith residency at the Stone, especially Duos and Trios with Fred Frith (home-made instruments, percussion), Ikue Mori (electronics) and Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Quartet with Nava Dunkelman (percussion, voice), Fred Frith (electric guitar, voice), Carla Kihlstedt (violin, voice) and Theresa Wong (cello, voice) (The Stone, October 6 and 11).
  5. Roscoe Mitchell & John McCowen / Beam Splitter and the following improvisation workshop (First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn Music School September 9 and 10)
  6. John Zorn at 70 at Roulette, especially Part Three: John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Sean Ono Lennon (Roulette, August 27)
  7. Jazztopad Festival New York, especially 3 sets: 1) Amir ElSaffar, Ole Mathisen, Tomas Fujiwara 2) Ksawery Wójciński and friends (Shift, June 23) and 3) Joanna Duda, Max Mucha, Michał Bryndal, Ksawery Wójciński & Maniucha Bikont, Kirk Knuffke (Barbès, June 25)
  8. La Monte Young And Marian Zazeela: Just Charles. Charles Curtis, cello. (Peter Freeman, Inc., June 4)
  9. Claire Chase Density @ 10, especially Density III and IV (The Kitchen at Westbeth, May 19)
  10. Vicente Atria and Mat Muntz’s “The Vex Collection” and Wet Ink Ensemble (Scholes Street Studio, May 14)
  11. Long Play Festival 2023 | Bang On A Can, especially Meredith Monk’s Memory Game (Pioneer Works, May 5)
  12. Champion, an opera by Terence Blanchard (The Metropolitan Opera, Aril 10 – May 13)

+ 1. Radio 477! Yara Arts Group + Serhiy Zhadan + Anthony Coleman (La MaMa, March 10 – 19)
+ 2. Shockwave Delay: Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks (La MaMa, June 1-11)

If you want to share your thoughts on events you want to remember, please post a comment below.

Video by Alotro Lado