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 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