HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH:
Roulette’s annual Mixology Festival, February 4-7
Sylvie Courvoisier’s residency at the Stone, February 18-21
SUNDAY, February 1
6–7 pm Listening Event: Co-emergence by Samita Sinha and Daniel Neumann
Samita Sinha and Daniel Neumann, Co-emergence
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: free
SUNDAY, February 1
8 pm Toward the Divine
Da Capo Chamber Players
Guest artists:
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Nuno Antunes, clarinet
Program:
Arvo Pärt – Mozart-Adagio (2017), Pari Intervallo (1976)
Baldwin Giang – I desired my dust to be mingled with yours (2016)
Younghi Pagh-Paan – Wundgewandert (2018)
Elliott Carter – Epigrams (2012)
Salvatore Sciarrino – Arioso a 5 (2018)
VENUE: Greenwich House Music School
ADMISSION: From $17.85
WEDNESDAY, February 4
8 pm Mixology: Ted Gordon’s “The Composer’s Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America”
Book discussion and performance
Ted Gordon, author, Buchla Music Easel
Marcia Bassett, panelist, Buchla Music Easel
Keith Fullerton Whitman, panelist, electronics
Luke Stewart, panelist, bass
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25
THURSDAY, February 5
7:30 PM The Knights
The Knights:
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Conductor
Program:
Haydn, Symphony No. 8, “Le Soir”
Osvaldo Golijov, Ever Yours (Ny Premiere)
Arvo Pärt, In Spe
Felix Mendelssohn, Octet
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $75
THURSDAY, February 5
7:30 pm Composer Portraits: Andrew Mcintosh
Andrew Mcintosh, violin and viola
Yarn/Wire
Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer, pianos; Russell Greenberg and Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Repertoire:
All Andrew Mcintosh program
Anadiplosis for piano/percussion quartet and viola (2025-26)
Arc (2020)
Little Jimmy, Movement II, “Little Jimmy at the End of Winter” (2020)
we see the flying bird (2015-16)
Hyenas in the Temples of Pleasure (2012-13)
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $12 – 39
FRIDAY, February 6
7:30 PM Unheard-of Dialogues//Trios
Messiaen’s “Intermède” from Quartet for the End of Time
Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto a Tre
Meg Okura’s Phantasmagoria
premieres by Toni Fajt, Onche Rajesh Ugbabe, Jane Kozhevnikova, and Brendan Sweeney
VENUE: MISE-EN_PLACE
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, February 6
8 pm Mixology: Nicolas Collins // Weston Olencki
Works by Nicolas Collins:
Down On The Roof (2023, for woodpecker and percussion),
Long Fetch (2022, for feedback and trumpet),
!trumpet (2021, for speaker-loaded trumpet and chaotic software)
Roll, Pitch & Yaw (2022, for solo performer with electromagnetic feedback)
Ben Neill, trumpet
Weston Olencki, ‘all my father’s clocks’, a piece for autoharp, electronics, vibration motors, and an array of chime mechanisms salvaged from grandfather clocks
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30
FRIDAY, February 6
8:30 pm TRIO
Sally Gates (guitar) Carla Kihlstedt (violin) Ches Smith (drums) Christian McBride (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, February 7
7 PM The Cramer Quartet + Darian Donovan Thomas
program:
String Quartet on B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4 (“Sunrise”) Franz Josef Haydn
Sunrise No.277 Darian Donovan Thomas
Solo Set Darian Donovan Thomas
VENUE: The Cell
ADMISSION: $35
SATURDAY, February 7
7:30 pm Avian Annotations
David Rothenberg, winds/electronics; Mason Youngblood, electronics; Jim Tuite, video; Jaron Lanier, various; Glenn Cornett, gtr/electronics.
VENUE: MISE-EN_PLACE
ADMISSION: $10 – $20
SATURDAY, February 7
7:30 PM John Medeski and Kirk Knuffke: Angelic Brothers
John Medeski, piano
Kirk Knuffke, cornet
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $12 – 50
SATURDAY, February 7
8 pm Ramin Arjomand Solo
Ramin Arjomand, piano
VENUE: The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $25
WEDNESDAY, February 11
6:30pm Screening: Aura Satz’s Preemptive Listening
Preemptive Listening features 20 contemporary musicians reinterpreting the sound of the siren as a prompt to imagine a less alarming future. Featuring newly composed sirens by Laurie Spiegel, Evelyn Glennie, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Anton Lukoszevieze, BJ Nilsen, Ilpo Väisänen, Rhodri Davies, Mazen Kerbaj, FUJ||||||||||TA, Sarah Davachi, David Toop, Christina Kubisch, Moor Mother, Raven Chacon, Elaine Mitchener, Camille Norment, Horomona Horo, Debit, and Kode9.
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: free
WEDNESDAY, February 11
8:30 pm Duo
Darius Jones (saxophone) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, February 12
7 pm Inter(Space)
7:30pm: On Ka’a Davis Trio: On Ka’a Davis – guitar / George Spanos – drums / Diallo House – bass
9 pm: Steve Swell Trio: Rob Brown – sax / William Parker – bass / Jeremy Carlstedt – drums
10 pm: Late Night Jam (Bring your own instrument and jam with us!)
VENUE: NuBlu Classic (62 Loisaida Ave)
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, February 12
7 pm Uptown Out Presents Implicit Arches
Miguel Frasconi (electronics), Kurt Gottschalk (guitar)
Will Glass (drums) w/ Claire de Brunner (bassoon) guests
VENUE: Recirculation (876 Riverside Dr @ 160th St, NY)
ADMISSION: TBD
THURSDAY, February 12
8:30 pm Duo
Craig Taborn (piano) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, February 13
7:30 PM Third Coast Percussion; Simone Porter, violin; Jlin, electronics: Strum, Strike, Bend
Third Coast Percussion (TCP)
violinist Simone Porter
electronic music composer, Jlin
world premiere of a new work by Jlin
two works by Montgomery
Lou Harrison’s In Color, and more
VENUE: 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: starting at $45
FRIDAY, February 13
7:30 PM MACE-Mannes American Composers Ensemble Spring 2026 Concert
Con Leggerezza Pensosa — Elliott Carter
Oscillations (New York Premiere) — Kari Watson
C’est Pas Beau? — Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Liminalities (New York Premiere) — Rand Steiger
Shimmer Songs — Liza Lim
Verzeichnete Spur (New York Premiere) — Matthias Pintscher
MACE-Mannes American Composers Ensemble
Conductor: David Fulmer
VENUE: John L. Tishman Auditorium (63 5th Avenue, New York)
ADMISSION: free
FRIDAY, February 13
7pm + 9pm Ben Goldberg’s Invisible Guy
Ben Goldberg – clarinet
Michael Coleman – synthesizer
Hamir Atwal – drums
Joshua Crumbly – electric bass
Kenny Wollesen – various
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20-50
SATURDAY, February 14
7:30 pm Ekmeles: Stimmung is for lovers
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung
VENUE: Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church
ADMISSION: $16.88-$48.39
SATURDAY, February 14
8:30 pm The Out Louds
Ben Goldberg (clarinet) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
MONDAY, February 16 and TUESDAY, February 17
7:30 pm and 9 pm Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn
Steve Lehman – Saxophone
Matt Brewer – Bass
Damion Reid – Drums
Craig Taborn – Piano
VENUE: Close up
ADMISSION: $32
WEDNESDAY, February 18
8:30 pm Sylvie Courvoisier TRIO
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Drew Gress (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, February 19
7 pm Inter(Space)
7:30pm: Melanie Dyer & Teddy Rankin Parker: Melanie Dyer – viola / Teddy Rankin Parker – cello
9 pm: Steve Swell Trio: Steve Swell – trombone / Rob Brown – sax / William Parker – bass / Jeremy Carlstedt – drums
10 pm: Inter(Space) Jam
VENUE: NuBlu Classic
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, February 19
8 PM Emily–No Prisoner Be
Program
Kevin Puts, Emily—No Prisoner Be (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Time for Three
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: starts at $23
THURSDAY, February 19 to SATURDAY, February 21
7:30 pm and 3:30 pm Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, Conductor
works by Arvo Pärt for strings and percussion
VENUE: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave)
ADMISSION: $110
SATURDAY, February 21
7:30 pm Acousitc+ | Ensemble Mise-En
composers: Adam Mirza, Davor Vincze, and more.
performers include Josh Perry (percussion) and Yumi Suehiro (piano)
VENUE: MISE-EN place
ADMISSION: TBD
SATURDAY, February 21
8:30 pm ShortCuts featuring Ikue Mori
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ned Rothenberg (reeds) Nasheet Waits (drums) Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
MONDAY, February 23
7:30 pm Mannes Orchestra Performs John Adams, Marion Bauer and Conrad Tao
Program:
Marion Bauer: Sun Splendor
Conrad Tao: Concerto for the Westerlies *NY PREMIERE
John Adams: Harmonielehre
Featuring The Westerlies
The New School’s College of Performing Arts
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: free
WEDNESDAY, February 25
8 pm Guy Klucevsek Memorial Concert: Comin’ On Home
Pete Donovan bass
Joseph Franklin speaker
Erik Friedlander cello
Volker Goetze trumpet
Dave Hofstra bass
Will Holshouser accordion
Jeff Hudgins saxophone, voice
Phillip Johnston soprano saxophone
John King electric guitar
Jerome Kitzke speaker
Nathan Koci accordion
Joe Kubera piano
Jenny Lin piano
Laurie McCants speaker
Alex Meixner accordion
Relâche Ensemble
Todd Reynolds violin
Bill Ruyle drums
Kamala Sankaram voice
Abby Swidler violin and voice
Andie Tanning violin
Dallas Vietty accordion
Doug Wieselman clarinets
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: FREE w/ RSVP
WEDNESDAY, February 25
8:30 pm Quartet
Jon Irabagon (saxophones) Miles Okazaki (guitar) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, February 26
7 pm Inter(Space)
7:30pm: James Paul Nadien’s Toadal Package Mini-Residency: Cosmo Gallaro – guitar / Brenna Rey – bass / James Paul Nadien – drums
9 pm: Steve Swell Trio: Steve Swell – trombone / Rob Brown – sax / William Parker – bass / Jeremy Carlstedt – drums
10 pm: Inter(Space) Jam
VENUE: NuBlu Classic
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, February 26
7:30 pm Composer Portraits: Lisa Bielawa
Repertoire – all Lisa Bielawa program:
Balloon Variations (2026)
Incessabili Voce (2013)
Graffiti dell’amante (2010)
Performers:
Lisa Bielawa, vocalist
Contemporaneous ensemble
David Bloom, conductor
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $12 – 39
THURSDAY, February 26
8:30 pm Duo
Jon Irabagon (saxophones) Peter Evans (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, February 27
7:30 PM WildLine “Still Here | One”
WildLine ensemble
Tessa Brinckman, flute
Angela Decker, poetry
Lauren Cauley, violin
Artie Dibble, viola
Wayne Smith, cello
VENUE: St. John’s in the Village (218 W 11th, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: free
FRIDAY, February 27
8pm and 10pm Luminescence – Jen Shyu and William Parker
Jen Shyu – Multi Instrumentalist/Vocals
William Parker – Bass
VENUE: Close Up
ADMISSION: $37
SATURDAY, February 28
8:30 pm Quintet
Jon Irabagon (saxophones) Tim Berne (saxophones) Matt Mitchell (piano) Chris Lightcap (bass) Dan Weiss (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, February 28
7:30 pm Balliett & Aucoin: Two New Song Cycles
Doug Balliett’s Camino Songs
Matthew Aucoin’s The Inner Core
Matthew Aucoin, piano, William Socolof, baritone
VENUE: David Rubenstein Atrium
ADMISSION: free
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