Highlights of the month:
TIME:SPANS festival, August 9 – 23
John Zorn’s residency at the Stone, August 13-16
FRIDAY, August 1 – THURSDAY, August 14
Monk In Pieces
Monk in Pieces, a documentary about Meredith Monk
Director: Billy Shebar, David Roberts
Cast: Meredith Monk, Bjork, David Byrne, John Schaefer, Ping Chong, Joanna Lynn-Jacobs, Lanny Harrison, Julia Wolfe
VENUE: IFC Center
ADMISSION: $17-20
FRIDAY, August 1 – SUNDAY, August 31
(all Fridays and Sundays)
4–4:30 pm Sanguine
weekly activations of Rashid Johnson’s Sanguine (2024), a site-specific installation on the Guggenheim museum’s top level. Spanning the entire atrium, the work includes video projection, sculptures, planted ceramics, and art objects, and a piano.
VENUE: Guggenheim Museum
ADMISSION: museum admission
August 1 – October 19
Viola’s Room
an audio-based journey to explore a world guided by light and sound
created by Punchdrunk
VENUE: The Shed
ADMISSION: starts at $49
SATURDAY, August 2
8:30 pm Duo
Vijay Iyer (piano) Nicole Mitchell (flute)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, August 2 and SUNDAY, August 3
10 pm The Lights
Composer: Matthew Aucoin
Text: Ben Lerner
Performed By: Roomful of Teeth
VENUE: The Glade (Little Island, Pier55 in Hudson River Park)
ADMISSION: free
SUNDAY, August 3
4 pm Emily Manzo & Shayna Dunkelman perform Triangle Tower
Triangle Tower, a 45-minute song cycle
Emily Manzo, composer, voice
Shayna Dunkelman, percussion
Compositions by Emily Manzo and arrangements of Cage and Cowell
VENUE: Mabou Mines (150 1st Ave., NY)
ADMISSION: $25
SUNDAY, August 3
7PM Stereo Mandrax Presents: Loren Connors + Lee Ranaldo / Samara Lubelski & Bill Nace duo / Sam Weinberg trio w H Fraser & J Nazary
VENUE: Pianos
ADMISSION: $15
TUESDAY, August 5
8PM The Shape of Jizz to Cum
Shelley Hirsch / Gordon Beeferman Duo
(Voice & keyboard)
The New York Review of Cocksucking
(Michael Foster and Richard Kamerman duo)
VENUE: Singers (30 Kosciuszko st, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $20, or pay-what-you-can
TUESDAY, August 5
9PM Tim Berne
VENUE: Lowlands bar
ADMISSION: TBD
TUESDAY, August 5
9 pm Spontaneous Resonance
Matt Knoegel -Tenor Sax
Anthony Coleman – Piano
Zach Swanson – Bass
Ken Kobayashi – Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, August 5 – SUNDAY, August 10
8pm and 10pm Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Bill Frisell – Guitar
David Virelles – Piano
Ben Street – Bass
Andrew Cyrille – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $43.21
THURSDAY, August 7
8 pm Jim Staley with Shelley Hirsch, Ikue Mori & Nava Dunkelman
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30
THURSDAY, August 7
7:30 pm Brooklyn Rider and Friends
Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, Mexican jazz vocalist Magos Herrera, and Swiss percussionist Mathias Kunzli
Special Guests:
Shawn Conley, bass
Christina Courtin, vocals
Dana Lyn, violin
Kyle Sanna, guitar
John Schaefer, Host
VENUE: Damrosch Park/Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: free
THURSDAY, August 7
10 pm The Four Elements – Part I Earth & Air
The element of Earth is represented by Colin Jacobsen’s A Short While to Be Here and Dan Trueman’s Under My Feet & Up There
the element of Air is represented by Andreia Pinto-Correia’s Aere senza stelle and Henri Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit
Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violins
Nicholas Cords, viola, Michael Nicolas, cello
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium/Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: free
FRIDAY, August 8
8 PM Jim Staley with Ned Rothenberg and Sylvie Courvoisier
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30
FRIDAY, August 8
10 pm The Four Elements: Part II Fire & Water
The element of Fire is represented by Akshaya Tucker’s Hollow Flame and Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8.
the element of Water is represented by Conrad Tao’s Undone and Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violins
Nicholas Cords, viola, Michael Nicolas, cello
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium/Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: free
SATURDAY, August 9
7:30 pm Chalk and Soot – Brooklyn Rider & Ariadne Greif
Arnold Schoenberg’s revolutionary String Quartet No. 2
Chalk and Soot, an eclectic song cycle based upon Kandinsky’s Dada-inspired text, composed by Brooklyn Rider’s own Colin Jacobsen. The program also features new works by Giovanni Sollima (NY premiere), and Tyshawn Sorey
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall/Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: $5-105
SATURDAY, August 9
8 PM Marco Cappelli at 60
Marco Cappelli/ Elliot Sharp / Lucian ban
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, August 9
8pm Unscripted Soundscapes
Willy Rodriguez – Drums
Ingrid Laubrock – Tenor Sax
Brandon Lopez – Bass
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, August 10
Arthur Russell: The Platform On The Ocean
6:30 PM free programming open to all:
Zoh Amba’s solo saxophone, a park-wide drone led by DM Stith, a Western swing set by Smokey Hormel and poetry readings in The Glade.
8:30 PM Arthur Russell: The Platform On The Ocean (in The Amph)
Arthur Russell, music
Thomas Bartlett, curator
David Schnirman, sound design
Following the concert: a free, improvised performance of Russell’s experimental disco piece 24>24, and a DJ set by Laurie Anderson.
VENUE: The Amph/ The Glade (Little Island, Pier55 in Hudson River Park)
ADMISSION: $25
SUNDAY, August 10
7:30 pm JACK Quartet: Nursalim Yadi Anugerah
Nursalim Yadi Anugerah, Aphid and a Palm on the Top of Orange Cliff, 2025
for string quartet and computer-controlled kadedek
World premiere, Commissioned by JACK Quartet
JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto, violin
Austin Wulliman, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, August 10
8 PM Marco Cappelli at 60! The Acoustic Trio
Marco Cappelli, classical guitar
Ken Filiano, double bass
Satoshi Takeishi, percussion
(+ surprise special guest)
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
MONDAY, August 11
7:30 pm Miranda Cuckson
Robert Rowe, Melting the Darkness, 2013 for violin and CD
Lidia Zielinska, Rapsodia, 2004 for violin and CD
Rand Steiger, Longing, 2021 for violin and electronics
Diego Tedesco, Portrait Number I, 2020 for violin and fixed media electronics
Kaija Saariaho, Frises, 2011 for violin and electronics
Miranda Cuckson, Violin
Rand Steiger, Electronics
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, August 12
7:30 pm JACK Quartet: Rand Steiger
Rand Steiger, Introspective Trilogy, 2016-2025
JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto, violin
Austin Wulliman, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, August 12
9 pm Tim Berne
VENUE: Lowlands bar
ADMISSION: TBD
WEDNESDAY, August 13
7:30 pm Ensemble Nikel, Noa Frenkel
Christopher Trapani, Sunk 45s, 2025
Bekah Simms, Spectra, 2025
Rebecca Saunders, Us Dead Talk Love, 2021
Ensemble Nikel:
Brian Archinal, percussion
Yaron Deutsch, electric guitar
Antoine Françoise, piano/keyboards
Patrick Stadler, saxophone
Aaron Holloway Nahum, sound engineer
Noa Frenkel, Contralto
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
WEDNESDAY, August 13
8:30 pm Suite for Piano
John Zorn’s music for piano trio
Brian Marsella (piano) Jorge Roeder (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30
THURSDAY, August 14
8:30pm Ballades / Impromptus / Nocturnes
John Zorn’s music for piano trio
Brian Marsella (piano) Jorge Roeder (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30
FRIDAY, August 15
7:30 pm Bozzini Quartet
Cassandra Miller, Three Songs, 2025
Taylor Brook, Vinetan Songs, 2025
Zosha Di Castri, Delve, 2025
Bozzini Quartet:
Clemens Merkel, violin
Alissa Cheung, violin
Stéphanie Bozzini, viola
Isabelle Bozzini, cello
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, August 15
8pm Prospect Series house show #50
Drew Wesely / Eli Wallace / Sam Newsome
guitar / piano / saxophone
Bhob Rainey Solo saxophone
Katie Porter Solo bass clarinet & pre-recorded bass clarinet
Katie’s set celebrates the new album coming Aug. 25:
Conversation No.1 / Collecting Rocks from the Places We’ve Been on Relative Pitch Records
VENUE: Prospect Series house (1923, 8th Ave B’klyn)
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, August 15
8:30 pm The Bagatelles by John Zorn
Brian Marsella (piano) Trevor Dunn (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30
SATURDAY, August 16
7:30 pm Sixtrum Percussion
Jennifer Higdon, Splendid Wood, 2006
Éric Champagne, Onde de choc, 2020, rev 2022
Jordan Nobles, Still Life, 2006, rev 2011
Balinese Ceremonial Music, I. Pemoengkah, 1934/arr. 2022 by Fabrice Marandola
Steve Reich, 6 Marimbas, 1986
Sixtrum Percussion:
Fabrice Marandola
Kristie Ibrahim
Philip Hornsey
Joao Catalao
Stuart Jackson
Alexandre Lavoie
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, August 16
8:30 pm The Hierophant / Meditations on the Tarot by John Zorn
Brian Marsella (piano) Trevor Dunn (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30
SUNDAY, August 17
7 pm Robert Dick and “Hefi” Leszek Wiśniowski Powers of Two Flute Duo
VENUE: Soup and Sound
ADMISSION: $20
TUESDAY, August 19
7:30 pm Talea Ensemble, Claire Chase
Chaya Czernowin, the divine thawing of the core, 2025
for 6 flutes, 6 oboes, 6 trumpets, trombone, tube, piano, percussion, and 3 cellos
Talea Ensemble
James Baker, conductor
Claire Chase, Contrabass Flute
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
WEDNESDAY, August 20 – SATURDAY, August 23
8:30pm The Music of Rose Thorne
Kenny Wollesen (drums) Sami Stevens (voice) Dida Pelled (voice, guitar) Sasha Dobson (voice, guitar) Doug Wieselman (guitar, tenor saxophone) RIchie White (trombone) Will Shore (bass marimba, marimba, song bells) Tony Scherr (guitar) Vicente Archer (bass) Jesse Harris (guitar, banjo) Micheal Coleman (electric piano, synthesizer) Yusuke Yamamoto (electric vibraphone, steel pan) Elizabeth Pupo-Walker (congas, percussion) Steven Bernstein (trumpets) Julia Elsas (narration, wollesonics) Briggan Krauss (alto saxophone) Charlie Burnham (electric violin)
Kenny Wollesen’s grandmother’s recently discovered songs from the 1920’s & 30’s
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $35
THURSDAY, August 21
7:30 pm Endlings, Yarn/Wire
Endlings, Yarn/Wire, False Division, 2025
Yarn/Wire:
Laura Barger, piano
Julie Den Boer, piano
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Bill Solomon, percussion
Endlings:
Raven Chacon, electronics
John Dieterich, electronics
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, August 21
10 pm Conor Hanick
Hans Otte / Book of Sounds
Conor Hanick, piano
VENUE: The Glade (Little Island, Pier55 in Hudson River Park)
ADMISSION: free
FRIDAY, August 22
7:30 pm International Contemporary Ensemble
Ashkan Behzadi, Carnivalesque, 2014-2016
or flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, and cello
Tebogo Monnakgotla, Wooden Bodies, 2020 for string quartet
Corie Rose Soumah, Tossed Parachutes of Lilacs and Lungs, 2025*
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, and electronics
Marcos Balter, Árvore, 2025
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, electric guitar, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, and electronics
Thierry Pécou, Méditation sur la fin de l’espèce, 2021
International Contemporary Ensemble
Rebekah Heller, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, August 22
10 pm Jeremy Denk & Alexi Kenney
Performing Works by John Adams, Missy Mazzoli, and César Franck.
Road Movies (18’)
A Thousand Tongues (+electronics) (6’)
Violin Sonata in A major (26’)
Jeremy Denk, piano
Alexi Kenney, violin
VENUE: The Glade (Little Island, Pier55 in Hudson River Park)
ADMISSION: free
WEDNESDAY, August 27
10 pm Conor Hanick with Keir Gogwilt
Olivier Messiaen / “The Tawny Owl” from Catalogue d’oiseaux
Frederic Chopin / Nocturne in B-flat minor, opus 9 no. 1
Olivier Messiaen/ “The Woodlark” from Catalogue d’oiseaux
Nico Muhly / “Berceuse” from Bell Etudes (4’)
John Cage / 4’33”
Frederic Chopin / Nocturne in C-sharp minor, opus 27 no. 1
Marcos Balter / Three Stars
György Ligeti / Musica Ricarcata no. 9
Béla Bartók / Musica Ricarcata no. 9
Conor Hanick, piano
Keir Gogwilt, violin
VENUE: The Glade (Little Island, Pier55 in Hudson River Park)
ADMISSION: free
THURSDAY, August 28
8:30pm Joseph Beuys Trio
Alex Koi (voice) Sae Hashimoto (percussion) Trevor Dunn (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, August 29
7:30 PM ACOUSTIC+ Josh Perry & Yumi Suehiro
Josh Perry, percussion
Yumi Suehiro, pianO
VENUE: MISE-EN_PLACE
ADMISSION: $20 (suggested donation)
SATURDAY, August 30
8:30pm Sophie Taeuber-Arp Quintet
Laura Ortman (violin) C. Spencer Yeh (violin) Jessica Pavone (viola) Lester St. Louis (cello) Trevor Dunn (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, August 31
3 pm tvvo:id: A/Live In New York + In Ukraine
works by Anna Arkushyna, Ihor Zavhorodnii, and Albert Saprykin
Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet
Nazarii Stets, double-bass
VENUE: Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
ADMISSION: TBD
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