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NYC Calendar December 2025

Highlight of the month:
Ikue Mori’s Residency at the Stone, December 10-13

MONDAY, December 1
7:30PM and 9PM Laubrock – Kim – Seabrook – Lovato – Rainey
Ingrid Laubrock – Saxophone
DoYeon Kim – Gayageum
Brandon Seabrook – Guitar
Shawn Lovato – Bass
Tom Rainey – Drums
VENUE: Close Up
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, December 1
7:30pm Love, Crystal and Stone
TAK ensemble
Ashkan Behzadi, composer
Zosha Warpeha
VENUE: 520 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn
ADMISSION: pay what you can

MONDAY, December 1
8PM Patricia Brennan: Of The Near and Far (Record Release Show)
Modney violin
Pala Garcia violin
Kyle Armbrust viola
Michael Nicolas cello
Sylvie Courvoisier piano
Miles Okazaki guitar
Kim Cass bass
John Hollenbeck drums
Arktureye electronics
Patricia Brennan vibraphone with electronics, compositions
Eli Greenhoe conductor
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

TUESDAY, December 2
9 pm Spontaneous Resonance
Ryan Siegel – Alto Sax
John Blum – Piano
James Paul Nadien – Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

December 2, 2025 – December 14
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
a musical theatre work based on the eponymous book by Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta
composer Philip Venables
director Ted Huffman
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: starts at $30

THURSDAY, December 4
7PM Peter Evans – Being & Becoming featuring Joel Ross, Nick Joz, & Tyshawn Sorey
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, December 4
7 PM The Bel Canto Piano II
Marc Peloquin, piano
Program:
Verdi, Introduction and Aria: Caro Nome from Rigoletto (1851)
Barber, Piano Concerto, Op. 38 (1962)
II. Canzone: Moderato (transcribed for piano by Marc Peloquin)
David Del Tredici, Virtuoso Alice (1984)
Frederic Rzweski, Rubinstein in Berlin (2008)
Yvar Mikhashoff, Portrait of Madame Butterfly (1992)
VENUE: The Italian Academy
ADMISSION: free

THURSDAY, December 4
7:30 PM Gidon Kremer: A Tribute to Arvo Pärt
Program:
Arvo Pärt, Für Alina
Arvo Pärt, Fratres
Arvo Pärt, Mozart-Adagio
Giya Kancheli, Middelheim
Rachmaninoff, Trio Élégiaque
Performers:
Gidon Kremer, Violin
Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, Cello
Georgijs Osokins, Piano
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $86

THURSDAY, December 4
7:30pm Cellular Songs
Album Release & Listening Party
Performed by Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble (Monk, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Joanna Lynn-Jacobs and Allison Sniffin) and percussionist, John Hollenbeck
VENUE: National Sawdust, Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $46

THURSDAY, December 4
7:30pm Solo Flute Works
Program:
Time Tone (2023), for Glissando Flute® by Sarah Rose Weaver and Robert Dick
Density 21.5 (1936/46), for flute by Edgard Varèse
T Might Equal C to the Tenth (1981), for bass flute by Robert Dick
Performed by Robert Dick (flutes)
VENUE: The DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $15-$20

THURSDAY, December 4
8:30 pm Special Percussion Group
Wiliam Winant (percussion) Kenny Wollesen (percussion) Will Shore (percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, December 5
7PM Peter Evans – Being & Becoming featuring Joel Ross, Nick Joz, & Tyshawn Sorey
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, December 5
7PM Ibrahima Sow//75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band
VENUE: P.I.T.
ADMISSION: $10-$20

FRIDAY, December 5
8:30 pm DUO
Wiliam Winant (percussion) Zeena Parkins (harp)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, December 5 & SATURDAY, December 6
7:30pm Incalculable Likelihood
Incalculable Likelihood is a jazz and creative music oratorio
Melanie Dyer – Composition/Libretto
Sandye Wilson – Libretto/Director
VENUE: Mabou Mines (150 First Avenue, New York)
ADMISSION: $20-40

SATURDAY, December 6
7:30pm Of Sorrow Born: the solo music of Michael Hersch
Program includes works by Michael Hersch:
The Vanishing Pavilions
Es beginnt
Performers:
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Michael Hersch, piano
VENUE: The DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, December 7
6PM Max Abeles & Hans Tammen’s Clown Protocols
Sound: Sarah Bernstein, Dafna Naphtali, Ras Moshe, Stuart Popejoy, Danny Tunick, Charles Chatman, Alex Romania, and others
Movement: Susan Hefner, Cass Yao, Luke Elmar, HumanJuices, Shamar Watts, and others
Projection & Sculpture: Ronnie Ahlborn, Tench Cholnoky, Rachel Jungeon Oh, Hedy Zhu, Katherine Liberovskaya
VENUE: Main Drag
ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, December 7
7 PM yuniya edi kwon//PinkNoise
yuniya edi kwon, composer
Johnna Wu (violin)
Simon Kanzler (electronics)
Iva Casian-Lakos (cello)
Roberta Michel (flute)
Kaichi Hirayama (clarinet)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, December 7
8PM Sylvie Courvoisier with Mary Halvorson and Wadada Leo Smith
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

MONDAY, December 8
7:30pm and 9pm Sara Serpa – Matt Mitchell – “End of Something” Album Release
Sara Serpa – Voice
Matt Mitchell – Piano
VENUE: Close up
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, December 8
7:30PM Gates Residency
Sally Gates / Ayumi Ishito / Jerad Lippi, Jessica Pavone, Jeong Lim Yang & SeaJun Kwon
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, December 9
7 pm Music by Silvestrov and Shostakovich
Valentyn Silvestrov: Three Intermezzos for Piano (2022–New York Premiere)
Valentyn Silvestrov: Triptych for Viola and Piano (2023–New York Premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata For Viola and Piano, Op. 147 (1975)
Ettore Causa, viola
Boris Berman, piano
VENUE: Baryshnikov Arts Center
ADMISSION: $29-39

TUESDAY, December 9
7:30 PM Isak Hedtjärn and John Welsh duos and trios – 7:30 pm
Isak Hedtjärn – clarinet
John Welsh – guitar
Guillermo Gregorio – clarinet
Madison Greenstone – clarinet
John Blum – piano
Lesley Mok – drums
Chuck Roth – guitar
Brandon Lopez – bass
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, December 10
8 PM Novoa / Jones Duo
Eva Novoa, piano, drawings, synth & Chinese gongs
Art Jones, visuals & multiple instruments/ effects
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, December 10
8PM Elliott Sharp: Feedback Book Launch & Duets with James Brandon Lewis
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

WEDNESDAY, December 10
8:30 pm TRIO
Ikue Mori (electronics) Ned Rothenberg (reeds, shakuhachi) Billy Martin (percussion, drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, December 11
7PM Uptown Out:
Thomas Heberer & Joe Fonda, Matt Lambiase / Mary Cherney / Claire de Brunner / Hilliard Greene / Stephanie Griffin / Will Glass
VENUE: Recirculation (876 Riverside Drive, NY)
ADMISSION: $10/free

THURSDAY, December 11
8 pm A Concert to Benefit Roulette:
Raven Chacon electronics
John Dieterich electronic guitar
C. Spencer Yeh violin, electronics
Laura Ortman violin
gabby fluke-mogul violin
more eaze violin, electronics
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$75

THURSDAY, December 11
8:30 pm Quartet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Ken Vandermark (sax) Nate Wooley (trumpet) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, December 11- FRIDAY, December 12
6pm and 8pm Claire Chase with Annea Lockwood
Density 2036, PART XII
Claire Chase, flutes
Caley Monahon-Ward, live sound
Nicholas Houfek, lighting and production design
VENUE: The Kitchen at Westbeth
ADMISSION: $10-30

FRIDAY, December 12
8:30 pm Highsmith Plus
Ikue Mori (electronics) Craig Taborn (piano) Jim Staley (trombone)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, December 13
6 PM and 8 PM Wet Ink Mini-Festival 2025
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20 suggested

SATURDAY, December 13
7:30 PM Jay Campbell & Conor Hanick
Jay Campbell, cello
Conor Hanick, piano
Marcos Balter’s Three Enigmas
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: $45

SATURDAY, December 13
8:30 pm Quartet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Tom Rainey (drums) Zeena Parkins (harp, keyboards)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, December 14
2pm Take Me To Fendika (2024)
A film directed by Cisco Bradley
Post-screening conversation w/ Q & A with Cisco Bradley, director, author of the books: The Williamsburg Avant-Garde (2023), Universal Tonality (2021), and the forthcoming book, I Hear Freedom (2026), among others.
VENUE: Anthology Film Archives
ADMISSION: $15

SUNDAY, December 14
5:45pm UNSILENT NIGHT
Composer Phil Kline will lead a massive chorus of boomboxes from the West Village to the East Village in this annual holiday presentation of UNSILENT NIGHT.
VENUE: Washington Square Park
ADMISSION: free

MONDAY, December 15
7:30 pm Osvaldo Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind
David Krakauer, clarinet
Ivalas Quartet
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $65

MONDAY, December 15
7:30PM MACE-Mannes American Composers Ensemble Fall 2025 Concert
Program:
Manel Paret: O, the unknown, I cry for thee (World premiere – Mannes Graduate Composer)
David Bird: Chroma (New York Premiere)
Augusta Read Thomas: Solstice Ritual
Carola Bauckholt: Laufwerk (2011) (New York Premiere)
Pierre Boulez: Dérive 1
Conductor: David Fulmer
VENUE: John L. Tishman Auditorium (The New School)
AMISSION: free

MONDAY, December 15
8PM Catalytic Festival 2025
Craig Taborn and Miriam Parker // Joe McPhee with Michael Foster’s Ghost // Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez
Craig Taborn (keyboards) and Miriam Parker (movement)
Joe McPhee with Michael Foster’s Ghost – Michael Foster (saxophone), Joey Sullivan (drums) and John Moran (bass)
Fred Moten (poetry) and Brandon Lopez (bass)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

TUESDAY, December 16
7PM Catalytic Festival 2025
Cecilia Lopez – Piano/Electronics
Zeena Parkins – Harp/Electronics
Chuck Roth – Guitar
John Blum – Piano
Steve Baczkowski – Saxophone
Whit Dickey – Drums
Matthew Shipp – Piano
Brandon Lopez – Bass
VENUE: Close Up
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, December 16
7:30PM Amirtha Kidambi’s band Elder Ones
False Harmonics #24: Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones, Omar Ahmad, sinonó (feat. isabel crespo pardo, Lester St. Louis & Henry Fraser)
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, December 16-THURSDAY, December 18
7:30 PM Attacca Quartet
string quartets by by Chopin, Bartók, Felix Mendelssohn, and David Lang
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $75

WEDNESDAY, December 17- SATURDAY, December 20
7pm + 9pm TJG 30th Anniversary Special Concert // Gerald Clayton
Gerald Clayton – piano
Emmanuel Michael – guitar
Harish Raghavan – bass
Tyshawn Sorey – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $25-50

SATURDAY, December 20
8 PM Anthony Coleman Trio
Anthony Coleman, piano
Adam Lane, bass
Patrick Golden, drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, December 21
6 pm Phill Niblock Winter Solstice 2025: 6 Hours of Music and Film
The Movement of People Working (1973-1991), soundtracked by compositions spanning Phill Niblock’s over 50 year career
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20- $30

SUNDAY, December 21
7pm + 9pm TJG Holiday Concert: Theo Bleckmann & Friends
Theo Bleckmann – voice
Sabeth Perez – voice
Mim Crellin – voice
Morten Duun – guitar
Matthew Sheen – piano
Pablo Menares – bass
Steven Crammer – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20- $45

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

MONDAY, December 29 and TUESDAY, December 30
11:59 PM A Phish After-Party
John Medeski, keyboards
Billy Martin, drums
Scott Metzger, guitar
Nels Cline, guitar
VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $45-$125

NYC Calendar February 2025

SUNDAY, February 2
3 pm Allison Miller: Rivers in Our Veins
Allison Miller, drums, composition
Jenny Scheinman, violin
Carmen Staaf, piano
Jason Palmer, trumpet
Ben Goldberg, clarinets
Rashaan Carter, bass
Todd Winkler, live video projections
Claudia Rahardjanoto, tap dance
Maleek Washington, contemporary dance
Luke Hickey, tap dance
VENUE: 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: $40

SUNDAY, February 2
7 PM Eyal Maoz, guitar, James Ilgenfritz, bass, Lukas Ligeti, drums
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, February 4
7:30 pm Chris Pitsiokos +TBA
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, February 6
7:30 pm Lisa Streich
Repertoire:
Lisa Streich, Orchestra Of Black Butterflies (2023/24)
Lisa Streich, Falter For Violin Solo (2020)
Lisa Streich, Safran For Violin And Motorized Piano (2017)
Performers:
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Yarn Wire
VENUE: Miller Theatre
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 6
8:30 pm Quartet
Larry Ochs (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics) Trevor Dunn (bass) gabby fluke-mogul (violin)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 8
6 PM Tony Malaby’s residency at Barbes
with special guests
Tamarindo – Malaby / Lopez / Waits
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 8
7 pm Loisaida Fife & Drum Corp
Frank London, Trumpet – Ben Stapp, Tuba – Reut Regev, Trombone – Charles Burnham, Violin – Tony Lewis, Snare Drum – Satoshi Takeishi, Bass Drum
VENUE: Loove Annex (238 N12 St Bklyn)
ADMISSION: $10-30

SATURDAY, February 8
7:30 pm Owls
Paul Wiancko, When the Night (arr. Owls)
Barber, Adagio for Strings (arr. Owls)
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Rəqs (arr. Owls)
Terry Riley, The Holy Liftoff for Flute, Strings, and Electronics
Alexi Kenney, violin
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Paul Wiancko, cello
Claire Chase, flute
VENUE: The Arnhold Center (92nd Street Y)
ADMISSION: from $25

SATURDAY, February 8
8:30 pm What Is To Be Done – night 2
Larry Ochs (sax) Nels Cline (guitar) Chad Taylor (drums) Trevor Dunn (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, February 9
5 pm Elegies and Memories
Alla Zahaykevych, Red Flowers (2023) for baritone, oboe, and accordion
Lori Laitman, Long Pond Revisited (2002)for baritone and cello
Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenska, Monologue of the Soul (2024) for violin solo and tubular bell
Katherine Needleman, Land Where My Fathers Died (2022–2023)
Performers:
Randall Scarlata, baritone
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Hanzhi Wang, accordion
Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin
Jessica Thompson, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
VENUE: The Ukrainian Institute of America (2 East 79th Street, New York)
ADMISSION: $20-35

MONDAY, February 10
8 PM Dafna Naphtali
(w Jessica Pavone & James Ilgenfritz), Marija Kovacevic, Henry Fraser & Cleek Schrey
VENUE: Striped Light, LIC
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, February 11
7:30 PM Theatre of Voices
Program:
Michael Gordon, A Western
Julia Wolfe, Italian Lesson (World Premiere)
John Luther Adams, A Brief Descent Into Deep Time
Performers:
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, Artistic Director
Vicky Chow, Keyboard
David Cossin, Percussion
VENUE: Zankel Hall Center Stage
ADMISSION: starts at $55

WEDNESDAY, February 12
7 PM Isaiah Collier & William Parker
https://eremiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-ancients
VENUE: Sprüth Magers Gallery (22 E 80th St, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: Free with RSVP

THURSDAY, February 13
7 PM From the Gabrielis to Zosha di Castri: Magdalena Baczewska
Program includes:
The Untellable Hour of Quiet (2023), Zosha di Castri (b. 1985)
Sonata no. 5 in C, Baldassare Galuppi (1706 – 1785)
Dreamcatcher (2018), Marcos Balter (b. 1974)
Notturno (1904), Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Aghavni Doves, Mary Kouyoumdjian (b. 1983)
Magdalena Baczewska, Harpsichord and Piano
VENUE: Teatro, Italian Academy
ADMISSION: free

THURSDAY, February 13
8:30 pm Solo
Uri Caine (solo piano and electronics)
Original pieces and some Zorn Bagatelles.
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 13
10 PM Shelley Hirsch / Hans Tammen / Ken Filiano
VENUE: The Delancey
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, February 14
3 PM and 7 PM Flight into Egypt: M. Lamar
Flight into Egypt: M. Lamar | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Discipline- M. Lamar & The Living Earth Show
VENUE: Metropolitan Museum
ADMISSION: free with RSVP/museum admission

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, February 14-15
7:30 Florentina Holzinger’s TANZ
VENUE: NYU Skirball
ADMISSION: $70-100

FEBRUARY 14–17
12 pm/2 pm Wish Tree
Yoko Ono, composer
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, February 15
6 PM Tony Malaby’s residency at Barbes
Malaby / Sacks / Opsvik / Weiss
with special guests
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 15
8 pm John Zorn & Laurie Anderson Duo
John Zorn, sax
Laurie Anderson, voice, violin, keyboards
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $35-$45 (sold out)

SATURDAY, February 15
8 pm Matmos: Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit
Experimental electronic music duo Matmos
Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964)
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $55

SATURDAY, February 15
8:30 pm “The Passion of Octavius Catto”
Barbara Walker (vocals) Uri Caine (piano) Mike Boone (bass) Ben Perowsky (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, February 16
8 pm Double Bill: Alicia Hall Moran & Carl Hancock Rux
vocalist and performer Alicia Hall Moran
multidisciplinary artist Carl Hancock Rux
DJ Spooky
multi-instrumentalist Kamal Sabri
Yoko Ono’s “Walking on Thin Ice” and other works
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $55

TUESDAY, February 18
8:30 pm Ben Goldberg Sextet
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, February 19
7:30 pm False Harmonics #22
Franck Vigroux & Werktank, Amma Ateria, Michael Foster & Strings feat. Shelley Hirsch
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $10-20

WEDNESDAY, February 19
8pm Shahzad Ismaily / Standford Cheung / Andrea Scala
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, February 19
8 PM Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson
Program:
Berio, “Wasserklavier” From Six Encores For Piano
Schubert, Fantasie In F Minor, D. 940
Cage, Experiences No.1
Nancarrow, Study No. 6 (Arr. Thomas Adès)
John Adams, Hallelujah Junction
Arvo Pärt, Hymn To A Great City
Performers:
Yuja Wang, Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
VENUE: Stern Auditorium (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: Limited availability

WEDNESDAY, February 19
8 pm John Roseboro, Zoh Amba
VENUE: The Owl
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, February 19
8:30 pm Matthew Shipp solo piano
Matthew Shipp (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, February 20
9 PM Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone
Marc Ribot ~ Guitar
Ava Mendoza ~ Guitar
Chad Taylor ~ Drums
Sebastian Steinberg ~ Bass
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, February 21
7:30 pm Max Roach at 100: Tyshawn Sorey Trio & Sandbox Percussion
Program to include:
Max Roach, Morning/Midday (arr. Sandbox Percussion)
George Lewis, Le témoignage des lumières
Julius Eastman, Joy Boy (arr. Sandbox Percussion)
Tyshawn Sorey, Cogitations
VENUE: Kaufmann Concert Hall (92nd Street Y)
ADMISSION: from $25

FRIDAY, February 21
7:30 pm FIM Presents
Teté Leguía/Alina Jacobs, Brandon Lopez/Luke Rovinsky, Brittany Karlson/Sam Newsome/Nick Neuburg, Caleb Duval/Kevin Murray
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, February 21
8:30 pm Matthew Shipp and Michael Bisio
Matthew Shipp (piano), Michael Bisio (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 22
6 PM Tamarindo
Malaby / Hebert / Rainey
with special guests
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, February 22
7:30 pm Reflections of Memory
Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Soloists from Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly, Conductor
VENUE: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave, NY)
ADMISSION: $25-100

SATURDAY, February 22
7.30pm + 9.30pm Kengchakaj – Lak Lan Yon Yæng
Kengchakaj – piano/synth/electronics
Caroline Davis – saxophone
Alfredo Colón – saxophone
Harish Raghavan – bass
Kobi Abcede – drums
Melissa Almaguer – tap
Nitcha Fame Tothong – visual projection
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10 – 35

SUNDAY, February 23
1 PM Carnegie Hall Citywide: Krakauer and Tagg’s Good Vibes Explosion
Performers:
David Krakauer, Clarinet
Kathleen Tagg, Piano, Keyboard, Accordion, Cello, and Electronics
Sarah MK, Vocals
Yoshie Fruchter, Guitar, Oud, and Vocals
Jerome Harris, Bass and Vocals
Martin Shamoonpour, Daf and Darbuka
Satoshi Takeishi, Drums
VENUE: Flushing Town Hall
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, February 25
Relative Pitch Records Presents
6:30 pm Chuck Roth – Guitar / Nate Wooley – Trumpet
7:30 pm Kelsey Mines / Erin Rogers – Tenor & Soprano Saxes
8:30 pm Nate Wooley / Chuck Roth / Kelsey Mines / Chuck Roth
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: free

THURSDAY, February 27
7:30 PM Third Coast Percussion
Program:
Jlin, Please Be Still (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Tigran Hamasyan, Sonata for Percussion (NY Premiere)
Jessie Montgomery, Lady Justice (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Hussain, Murmurs In Time (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
Third Coast Percussion
Salar Nader, Tabla
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $65

THURSDAY, February 27
8 PM Carpe Diem String Quartet
Program:
Laura Kaminsky, Vanishing Point (World Premiere)
Korine Fujiwara, Mosey (World Premiere)
Mark Lomax, Ii Ubuntu (Ny Premiere)
Somei Satoh, Toward The Night
Performers:
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Sam Weiser, Violin
Marisa Ishikawa, Violin
Korine Fujiwara, Viola
Ariana Nelson, Cello
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: $50

FRIDAY, February 28
7.30pm + 9.30pm Mary Halvorson: Canis Major
Mary Halvorson – guitar
Dave Adewumi – trumpet
Henry Fraser – bass
Tomas Fujiwara – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10 – 45

NYC Calendar December 2024

HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH: Thurston Moore and Ikue Mori Residencies at the Stone

SUNDAY, December 1
2 pm Carolyn Enger, piano
compositions by John Cage, Meredith Monk, John Luther Adams, Philip Glass, Caroline Shaw, and Sean Hickey, and others
VENUE: Klavierhaus (790 11th Avenue, NY)
ADMISSION: $20 suggested donation

MONDAY, December 2
7 PM Abasement #74
Eric Copeland, Arto Lindsay, Ayman Asfour, Gabe Lavin, John Murchinson Trio, Leila Bordreuil + Tamio Shiraishi, and Invisible Scissors. DJ Ivan Berko
VENUE: Artists Space
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, December 3
7:30 pm TAK: Holding
TAK Ensemble
works by Seare Farhat, Zeynep Toraman, inti figgis-vizueta and Eric Wubbels
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $10–$100

TUESDAY, December 3
8 pm Philip Glass Ensemble: Powaqqatsi
Philip Glass Ensemble, conducted by Michael Riesman
Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker, director
Powaqqatsi, the second film in the Qatsi Trilogy Glass
created with filmmaker Godfrey Reggio
VENUE: The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd St., NY)
ADMISSION: $68–$95

December 3–14
7:30 pm or 8 pm Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful
Direction and Choreography Kyle Abraham
Composition yMusic
Visual Design Cao Yuxi (JAMES)
Lighting Design Dan Scully
Costume Design Karen Young
Sound Design Sam Crawford
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $75-155

WEDNESDAY, December 4
8 PM Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30

WEDNESDAY, December 4
8:30 pm Quartet
Zoh Amba (saxophone) Jon Leidecker (electronics) Ryan Sawyer (percussion) Thurston Moore (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30

WEDNESDAY, December 4
9 PM Sam Newsome (Soprano Sax), Anthony Coleman (Piano), Zach Swanson (Bass), Ken Kobayashi (Drums)
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

December 4-6
7 pm and 8:30 pm Ekmeles performs David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion
David Lang, Little Match Girl Passion
William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
VENUE: Church of the Intercession
ADMISSION: Sold out

December 4-19
1pm, 7pm, 7:30 pm Die Frau ohne Schatten
Richard Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: from $35

THURSDAY, December 5
7:30 PM Bang on a Can Concert
Dither Quartet Plays Julius Eastman and Morton Feldman
VENUE: The Jewish Museum
ADMISSION: $15/$22

THURSDAY, December 5
8:30 pm Duo
Fred Frith (guitar) Thurston Moore (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $30

FRIDAY, December 6
8 PM Fred Frith Solo
Fred Frith, guitar and sound objects
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$35

FRIDAY, December 6 and SATURDAY, December 7
7:30 pm and 9:30 pm TJG Residency Commission 2024
Patricia Brennan’s ‘Suite Of The Near and Far’
Josh Modney – violin
Pala Garcia – violin
Kyle Armbrust – viola
Michael Nicolas – cello
Sylvie Courvoisier – piano
Miles Okazaki – guitar
Kim Cass – bass
John Hollenbeck – drums
Noel Brennan (Arktureye) – electronics
Patricia Brennan – vibraphone with electronics, compositions
Eli Greenhoe – conductor
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $30-$45

SATURDAY, December 7
3pm Remembering Gheorghe Costinescu
Stephen Gosling, piano
music by Gheorghe Costinescu
private recordings
artwork and animation films by the composer
VENUE: Rutgers Presbyterian Church (236 W 73rd Street, NY)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, December 7
8PM Normal Give or Take
Fred Frith, guitar
Lotte Anker, saxophones
Sudhu Tewari, manually & electronically manipulated home-made instruments.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$35

SUNDAY, December 8
8PM Catalytic Festival 2024
3 Sets – a group of musicians in various combinations
Lotte Anker
Ikue Mori
William Winant
Nate Wooley
Brandon Lopez
Cecilia Lopez
Zeena Parkins
Ingrid Laubrock
Tom Rainey
Ned Rothenberg
Sylvie Courvoisier
Jim Staley
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$35

MONDAY, December 9
7.30PM Nate Wooley/Florian Stuff/Hans Coke, Drew Wesely/Laura Cocks/Lester St. Louis
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, December 10
7PM Max Johnson & Sam Newsome
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, December 11
7PM Reg Bloor and C. Spencer Yeh
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, December 11
8:30 pm duos, trios, and quartet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Zeena Parkins (harp) Charmaine Lee (voice) Lotte Anker (sax)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, December 12
7.30PM Lace Action Cards: Zeena Parkins, with Ishmael Houston-Jones and Craig Taborn
VENUE: e-flux (172 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, December 12
7:30 PM Bang on a Can All-Stars play Julia Wolfe
Bang on a Can All-Stars:
Kebra-Seyoun Charles – bass
Vicky Chow – piano
David Cossin – percussion
Arlen Hlusko – cello
Mark Stewart – guitar
Ken Thomson – clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone
Garth MacAleavey – sound engineer
Program – music by Julia Wolfe:
Lick (10′)
Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (9′)
Reeling (6′)
Flower Power (preview) (30′)
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: $44.48 – $49.48

THURSDAY, December 12
7:30 pm FUTUROS, New Ideas in Composition
Pauchi Sasaki, composer, violin
ARTEMIS, a multimedia opera inspired by NASA’s program to bring the first woman to the Moon’s surface in 2026
VENUE: Lincoln Center, David Rubenstein Atrium
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, December 12
8:30 pm Quartet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Hans Koch (sax) Florian Stoffner (guitar) Nate Wooley (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, December 13
8:30 pm TRIO
Ikue Mori (electronics) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) special guest Lotte Anker (sax)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, December 14
6 pm and 8 pm Wet Ink Ensemble Mini-festival: Artists-In-Residence, Soper Romance of the Rose Release
6 pm Kate Soper: Lady Reason Suite, for voice, piano, vocoder keyboard, and electronics
Carolyn Chen: Birria (2021), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano
Kate Soper: Shame, for voice and electric guitar
Carolyn Chen: Introducing Object (2018), for speaker and object
Kate Soper: Rondeau, for soprano and violin
8 pm Ben LaMar Gay: Solo (2024), for cornet
Raven Chacon: Biyan I (2011), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion
Gelsey Bell: Solo, for voice and daxophone
Sam Pluta: Systems of Interaction I, for flute, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, voice, and cornet
Performers:
Gelsey Bell, Carolyn Chen, Ben LaMar Gay
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Clare Monfredo, cello
James Moore, electric guitar
Wet Ink Ensemble
VENUE: Dixon Place
ADMISSION: $20 – $30

SATURDAY, December 14
7:30 pm The Living Earth Show and Post: ballet: Lyra
Artistic Direction: Vanessa Thiessen, Benjamin Tarquin, Robin Drekkers
Music: Samuel Adams
Musicians: Travis Andrews (guitars), Andy Meyerson (percussion)
Choreography: Vanessa Thiessen
Cinematography: Benjamin Tarquin
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: from $40

SATURDAY, December 14
8PM & 9:30PM Chet Doxas
w/Ingrid Laubrock, Tim Berne, Angelica Sanchez, Matt Pavolka, Tom Rainey
VENUE: Bar Bayeux
ADMISSION: One Drink minimum

SATURDAY, December 14
8:30 pm Highsmith +
Ikue Mori (electronics) Craig Taborn (piano) Tomeka Reid (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, December 15
3 PM Charles Curtis: Landslide
Charles Curtis, cello: Tashi Wada and Carolyn Chen
5 PM Charles Curtis: Carolyn Chen’s Rara Avis (2015)
VENUE: Blank Forms
ADMISSION: $25 – $40

SUNDAY, December 15
3 PM John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet
John Zorn – Saxophone
Julian Lage – Guitar
Jorge Roeder – Bass
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $50 (sold out)

MONDAY, December 16
8 PM Preview of Paula Cooper Gallery Concert
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, director
VENUE: Willow Place Auditorium (26 Willow Place, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: FREE

TUESDAY, December 17
7:30 PM Tactus Homecoming
works by David Lang, György Ligeti, Nina C. Young, Julius Eastman
VENUE: MSM (130 Claremont Avenue)
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, December 18
7pm Experimental Intermedia series
Hans Tammen, pianos, guitars, and other stringed instruments
Marcus Cummins, soprano saxophone
Shelley Hirsch, voice
VENUE: WhiteBox (9 Avenue B, New York)
ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, December 18
8 PM The Year of Czech Music In Conclusion
John Cage – Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)
Rudolf Komorous – Olympia (1962)
Anna Heflin – The Man Who Owned the Forest also Owned the Racetrack (2023)
Luboš Mrkvička – Quartet, Part A (2021)
Morton Feldman – Structures (1951)
Petr Kotik – Why Melody? (2024 – premiere)
VENUE: Paula Cooper Gallery (534 West 21st Street, NY)
ADMISSION: $19-25

WEDNESDAY, December 18
8 pm DM R, Ledah Finck, Ian Power
solo sets:
Ledah Finck, Hardanger d’Amore
DM R (aka Diana Marcela Rodriguez), electronica
Ian Power, new rhythmic microtonal work for electric oud
VENUE: Scholes St. Studio
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, December 18
9 PM Lamy Istrefi – Out to Brunch
Out to Brunch: Jon Elbaz (keyboards), Elias Stemeseder (synthesizers), and Lamy Istrefi (drums & percussion)
VENUE: Dada Bar (6047 Myrtle Ave, Queens)
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, December 19
7 pm El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered
Music by John Adams
Libretto compilation by Peter Sellars
Musical selections by Julia Bullock
Musical arrangement by Christian Reif
Julia Bullock, soprano
Rachael Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Kyle Tingzon, countertenor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
VENUE: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave, NY)
ADMISSION: $5 – $150

THURSDAY, December 19
8 PM Contemporary East I: DoYeon Kim / Leo Chang
Set 1: DoYeon Kim Quintet
DoYeon Kim gayageum, vocal, percussion and composition
Peter Evans trumpet
Matt Mitchell piano
Sam Minaie bass
Tomas Fujiwara drums
Set 2: Leo Chang
Young Mong
Leo Chang jeonmo (electronic feedback hat), amplified gongs, voice, electronics, piri and taepyeongso (double reeds)
Alex Zhang Hungtai electronics, saxophone
Che Chen flute & megaphone, percussion, funnel reed
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25/$30

SATURDAY, December 21
7:30 pm David Lang’s poor hymnal
poor hymnal (a concert-length choral work)
David Lang, composer
The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor
VENUE: Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: $5-35

SATURDAY, December 21
7.30pm + 9.30pm Ethan Iverson Sextet
Ethan Iverson – piano
Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet
Sam Newsome – soprano saxophone
Jacob Garchik – trombone
Peter Washington – bass
Kush Abadey – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $30-45