FRIDAY, October 2
7:30 pm Yo-Yo Ma & Gustavo Dudamel
Tania León, Imágenes Mestizas
Mahler, Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Osvaldo Golijov
Azul, for Cello and Orchestra
VENUE: New York Philharmonic
ADMISSION: $275-525
FRIDAY, October 2
8:30 PM Early Music
Peter Evans (trumpet, electronics) Ron Stabinsky (piano, synths)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, October 2 and SATURDAY, October 3
7pm and 9pm Sylvie Courvoisier TRIO
Sylvie Courvoisier -piano, compositions
Drew Gress -bass
Kenny Wollesen -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-$44
SATURDAY, October 3
2pm doyeon kim and friends
doyeon kim – gayageum & vocals
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
t.j. borden – cello
VENUE: first street green cultural park (33 e 1st st, new york)
ADMISSION: free
SATURDAY, October 3
7pm Arto Lindsay / Dr. S+M / Beat Detectives / Exoplex / Stewey Decimal
VENUE: Light and Sound
ADMISSION: pay as you wish
SATURDAY, October 3
8:30 pm Solo Trumpet
Peter Evans (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, October 4
6:30 pm and 8 pm Orchard Street Jazz Festival
Mary Halvorson – Guitar
Tomas Fujiwara – Drums
VENUE: Close Up
ADMISSION: $32
SUNDAY, October 4
9PM Tony Malaby Novela Quartet
Tony Malaby, tenor/soprano saxophones
Ralph Alessi, trumpet
Sean Conly, bass
Dan Weiss, drums
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10
TUESDAY, October 6
7 PM Graphic Content: Feldman & Brown at 100
For Christian Wolff by Morton Feldman
Roberta Michel, flute;
Matt Mitchell, piano & celesta
VENUE: Mise-En_Place
ADMISSION: From $23
WEDNESDAY, October 7
7:30pm SurRound: The Earth Remembers
Splendor & Interconnection
Gregg Smith: Now I Walk in Beauty
Meredith Monk: Astronaut Anthem
Jean Mouton: Sancti Dei omnes (From the Medici Codex of 1518)
Lament & Fracture
Robert Paterson: “Infinite Oceans” (from The Essence of Gravity)
Christina Whitten Thomas: “Prière de la Baleine” (“Prayer of the Whale”) from Choral de Bêtes Einojuhani Rautavaara: Die Erste Elegie (The First Elegy)
Reconciliation & Renewal
Frank Ticheli: Earth Song
Caroline Shaw: and the sparrow
Robert Paterson: “A Song on the End of the World” (from Eternal Reflections)
Christine Whitten Thomas: Take Peace
Juan Pérez Bocanegra: Hanacpachap Cussicuinin
VENUE: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ADMISSION: $75-125
WEDNESDAY, October 7
8pm Spontaneous Resonance
Sam Newsome (Soprano Sax/Object)
Meg Okura (Violin)
Angelica Sanchez (Piano)
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20-$30
WEDNESDAY, October 7 and THURSDAY, October 8
7:30pm Artists Studio: Raven Chacon
Raven Chacon: improvised compositions will range from sparse, minimalistic soundscapes to complex, multi-layered works that incorporate voices, noise, and found sounds
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $55
THURSDAY, October 8
8PM Tyshawn Sorey / Tim Dahl / Chaser / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Chuck Bettis / Will Bollinger
VENUE: TV Eye
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, October 8
8:30pm Aberikula
Harris Eisenstadt (drum set, batá drums) Angelica Sanchez (piano) Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, October 10
8pm Abstract Farmers
Aruan Ortiz, Piano
Hery Paz, Tenor Sax
Francisco Mela, Drums
VENUE: Soup and Sound
ADMISSION: $20-$30
SATURDAY, October 10
6pm Søündbäth
Sam Day Harmet and Steve La Rosa, maracas, shakers, New Age cassettes, and electronics for a sound bath that could be described as “a yoga studio from hell.”
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, October 11
3 pm no land with luke stewart & oliver ray
no land – poem
luke stewart – bass
oliver ray – guitar
VENUE: first street green cultural park (33 e 1st st, new york)
ADMISSION: free
MONDAY, October 12
2pm william parker / gabby fluke-mogul
william parker – bass
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
VENUE: first street green cultural park (33 e 1st st, new york)
ADMISSION: free
TUESDAY, October 13
6pm Pop-Up Concerts: Conrad Tao
Repertoire:
David Fulmer I have loved a stream and a shadow (2023-26)
Conrad Tao, Piano
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free
TUESDAY, October 13
8PM Tim Berne/Aliya Ultan/Trevor Dunn/David Torn/Tom Rainey
VENUE: Lowlands Bar
ADMISSION: TBD
WEDNESDAY, October 14
2 pm REICH90 by Kuniko Kato & Musicians
All Steve Reich Program:
Drumming Part I. (1970-71)
Nagoya Marimbas (1994)
Piano Phase ver. for vibraphone (1967/2021) (arr. Kuniko)
Mallet Quartet (2009)
Performers:
Kuniko Kato
Koichi Hosono
Karin Tozaki
Haruka Aoyagi
Misaki Matsuno
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $55-75
WEDNESDAY, October 14
8PM Contemporary East: Ikue Mori and Reggie Nicholson
Ikue Mori (electronics), Charmaine Lee (voice and electronics), Nava Dunkelman (percussion), Reggie Nicholson (percussion), Yuko Fujiyama (piano)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25
WEDNESDAY, October 14- SUNDAY, October 18
3pm and 7pm Music For 18 Musicians: Staged Variations
Alan Pierson
Steve Reich Ensemble
Alarm Will Sound
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: starting at $55
THURSDAY, October 15
7PM Chaser, Ewen/Dahl/Chase
VENUE: Mama Tried
ADMISSION: pay as you wish
THURSDAY, October 15
7PM Live from Troutman 2: Yarn/Wire Studio Concert
Ashkan Behzadi’s Forsythia
Yarn/Wire
VENUE: 17-17 Troutman St
ADMISSION: free, reservation required
THURSDAY, October 15
7pm + 9pm The Angelica Sanchez Nonet
Angelica Sanchez -pianist/composer
John Hebert -bass
Sam Ospavot -drums
Michaël Attias -alto sax
Hery Paz -tenor sax/flute
Thomas Heberer -trumpet
Kenny Warren -cornet
Ben Davis -cello
Ben Goldberg -contra alto clarinet
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-44
FRIDAY, October 16
7pm + 9pm Ole Mathisen Trio
Ole Mathisen -saxophone
Kim Cass -bass
Colin Stranahan -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-$44
SUNDAY, October 18
1 PM Shelest Piano Duo with the Brandywine Valley Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Program:
Valentin Silvestrov The Messenger
Philip Glass Piano Concerto No.1, “Tirol Concerto”
Barber Adagio For Strings
Oleh Bezborodko “Steel, Violet, Rage” (Us Premiere)
Performers:
Anna Shelest, Piano
Dmitri Shelest, Piano
Brandywine Valley Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Michael Hall, Artistic Director
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: $61
TUESDAY, October 20
6 PM Indeterminate works for large ensemble by Feldman, Brown, and Long
The Marginal Intersection Orchestra & Ekmeles
Feldman: Piano, Cello, and Three Clarinets
Brown: Available Forms I
Feldman: Christian Wolff in Cambridge
Brown: Small Pieces for Large Chorus
Long: New MATA Commission
Feldman: Marginal Intersection
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel
ADMISSION: Free, registration required before 11am the day before the concert
TUESDAY, October 20 and WEDNESDAY, October 21
7:30pm Artists Studio: Ione
The Nubian Word for Flowers, an interactive, semi-improvised opera
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $55
WEDNESDAY, October 21
7:30 pm FUJI|||||||||||TA & Ka Baird / Actress / Team Rolfes
Japanese sound artist FUJI|||||||||||TA
Ka Baird, composer-performer
Filip Popik, visual art
Shaun Murphy,lighting design
Multimedia works:
Where Does Fire End?
Radical Frame
Mustang Speedrun, a multimedia theater work
VENUE: Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: Choose-What-You-Pay
THURSDAY, October 22
6pm Chamber works by Feldman, Brown, and Long
Long: Perfect Time
Feldman: Only
Feldman: Voices and Cello
Feldman: The King of Denmark (perfromed twice)
Brown: Nine Rare Bits for 1 or 2 harpsichords
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel
ADMISSION: Free, registration required before 11am the day before the concert
THURSDAY, October 22
8 PM Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration
All-Steve Reich Program:
Electric Counterpoint
Two Pianos (US Premiere)
Double Sextet
Jacob’s Ladder
In All Your Ways (US Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, Conductor
Lisa Kaplan, Piano
Nico Muhly, Piano
Bryce Dessner, Electric Guitar
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: starting at $50
FRIDAY, October 23
9PM The One with Tim Berne
Tim Berne – sax
Anthony Coleman – Piano
Adam Lane – bass
Patrick Golden – Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20
FRIDAY, October 23
8:00 pm An Embrace of Sound: The Music of Anna Clyne
All Anna Clyne Program:
Within Her Arms
This Midnight Hour
Dance for Cello and Orchestra
Experiential Orchestra
Inbal Segev, cello
VENUE: The DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $60-85
SATURDAY, October 24
7:30 PM Numerous Voices and Apmonia String Quartet
Negar Soley (voice/composition) and Apmonia String Quartet
Soley: Numerous voices (MATA commissioned work)
Brown: String Quartet
Feldman: Three Pices for String Quartet
Feldman: Extensions 5
Feldman: Intersection 4
VENUE: St. Michael’s Church (225 West 99th Street)
ADMISSION: $34
MONDAY, October 26
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program
Ligeti Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano
Loeffler Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano
Kodály Serenade
Bartók Contrasts
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $51
MONDAY, October 26
7:30PM Ekmeles: Spells and Incantations
Program:
Giacinto Scelsi – Sauh I + II (1973)
Vykintas Baltakas – Instruktionen zur Durchführung einer alten Liebesbeschwörung, die Ihre/Ihren Geliebte(n) auf einmal und für immer an Sie binden wird (2007)
Hannah Kendall – this is but an oration of loss (2022)
Jeffrey Gavett – Wið ymbe (2026) WP
Mathias Spahlinger – Verfluchung (1983/85)
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall
ADMISSION: $16-$48
TUESDAY, October 27
7:30 PM Short solo and chamber works by Feldman and Brown
The Marginal Intersection Orchestra
Wolpe: Solo work for trumpet
Feldman: A Very Short Trumpet Piece
Feldman: New work for electric guitar
Feldman: The Straits of Magellan
Brown: Selections from Folio II
Brown: Corrobore for 3 or 2 pianos
VENUE: Mise-en-Place
ADMISSION: $23
WEDNESDAY, October 28
7:30 Sō Percussion: Steve Reich’s Drumming
Sō Percussion and guests
Steve Reich’s Drumming
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $45
THURSDAY, October 29
7pm + 9pm Myra Melford’s Splash
Myra Melford – piano
Michael Formanek – bass
Ches Smith – vibes and drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-$44
THURSDAY, October 29
7:30pm Composer Portraits: Suzanne Farrin
Repertoire:
Suzanne Farrin, Macabéa (2026)
Inspired by Clarice Lispector’s final novel, The Hour of the Star
Performers:
Charlotte Mundy, soprano
Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone
Talea Ensemble
Eduardo Leandro, conductor
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, October 29
7:30 pm Julia Wolfe, Bang On A Can All-Stars & Trinity Choir: Anthracite Fields
Oratorio Anthracite Fields
Julia Wolfe, composer
The Bang on a Can All-Stars
Trinity Choir
VENUE: NYU Skirball
ADMISSION: $50-$90
FRIDAY, October 30
7:30 PM Patterns in a Chromatic Field
TJ Borden (cello)
Mari Kawamura (piano)
Morton Feldman’s Patterns in a Chromatic Field
VENUE: St. Michael’s Church
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, October 31
8:30PM Sexmob Kurt Weill Halloween
Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet) Briggan Krauss (sax) Tony Scherr (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20
