Clyne, Dufallo, Kauffman, and Dorman | Ex-Situ Series Concert
Anna Clyne – Photo by Todd Rosenberg
Curated by Paola Prestini. The Violin is a multimedia exploration of music and animation. Anna Clyne, composer-in-residence of the Chicago Symphony, has created a suite of seven pieces for multi-tracked violins performed live by violinists Cornelius Dufallo and Amy Kauffman with visuals by Josh Dorman. Concerts in found spaces with acoustical design by Dave Rife. Architectural consultant Peter Zuspan.
Tuesday, July 9 at 7 PM
Free (RSVP Required)
Federal Hall, 26 Wall St, New York, NY
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The Blind
The Blind is an a cappella opera created by Lera Auerbach and directed by John La Bouchardière. Here, a new dimension of opera comes alive with an unexpected physical and aural journey in a one-act experience that tells the story of twelve nameless characters stranded on a desert island waiting for a rescue that never arrives. Loosely based on an English adaptation of the controversial play Les aveugles by Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck, The Blind redefines the boundaries between audience and performer, bringing theatergoers a heightened experience of opera and all of its possibilities.
Tuesday, July 9 to Sunday, July 14 at 8 PM
Tickets $85
Lincoln Center, Rose Building New York, NY
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Criminal Element | Twelve One-Minute “Signature” Operas
David Smooke – Photo by Britt Olsen-Ecker
The evening will feature Twelve One-Minute “Signature” Operas by Judah Adashi, Jenny Beck, Sidney Boquiren, Joshua Bornfield, Nomi Epstein, Alexandra Gardner, Tim Hansen, Andrew Histand, Mark Lackey, Anna Meadors, Rachel Peters, and Ashley Wang; as well as Criminal Element a “non-opera” that was inspired by the story of outlaw French bank trader Jérôme Kerviel and his British counterpart Nicholas Leeson, told through a language invented by composer David Smooke.
Thursday, July 11 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20 advance, $25 at door
JACK (505 1/2 Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, NY
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Hauschka, Kosminen + Zeigler | Ex-Situ Series Concert
Curated by Paola Prestini. This new trio comprises three celebrated experimentalists: pianist Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann), percussionist Samuli Kosminen, and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. Together they perform in a dramatic setting overlooking the East River. The evening features a medley of music, including prepared piano, electric cello, drums, and an arsenal of live electronics. Concerts in found spaces with acoustical design by Dave Rife. Architectural consultant Peter Zuspan.
Thursday, July 11 at 7:45 PM
Free
East River Esplanade, Pier 15, New York, NY
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Écouter Listen
Ecouter Listen is Nikola Ragusa, Amelie Brodeur and Natalie Spehar. This concert will feature works from Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Marc Mellits, and music from video game composer Koji Kondo and Canadian Folk Songs.
Thursday, July 11 at 9:30 PM
Free
Culture Fix, 9 Clinton Street New York, NY
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Friday, July 12 at 10 PM
Free
Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
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NYX II: New York Progressive and Experimental Music Festival 2013
Spectrum presents NYX II: New York Progressive and Experimental Festival celebrating the historical interaction between the genres of classical Experimental Music and Progressive Rock since their beginning and into the 21st century. Chapman Stick night, featuring Greg Howard’s Azul Trio and Michael Bernier.
Friday, July 12 at 8 PM
$10 for each individual show; $15/Chapman Stick night; $25 for a day pass; $50 for a 3 day pass
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, Second Floor, New York, NY
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Carl Testa
Record-release show for Carl Testa’s new album Iris. Iris contains four tracks of Testa’s live improvisations with a self-designed, generative computer program that samples the sounds of the bass and re-organizes them into an enveloping sonic environment. Each piece has its own tonal and textural identity, yet the suite conveys a unified sense of the composer’s electro-acoustic vision.
Friday, July 12 at 8 PM
$10 suggested donation
Douglass Street Music Collective, 295 Douglass Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Bang On A Can All Stars | Rite of Summer
The Bang on a Can All-Stars celebrate the season in two free outdoor concerts on Governors Island Colonels Row (1pm & 3pm). The concert features Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, Michael Gordon’s Industry, David Lang’s sunray, Julia Wolfe’s Lick, Thurston Moore’s Stroking Piece #1, and Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union.
Saturday, July 13 at 1 PM and 3 PM
Free
Rite of Summer, Governors Island, NY
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NYX II: New York Progressive and Experimental Music Festival 2013
Featured artists are Dalit Warshaw, piano and theremin; SoCorpo: Sasha Bogdanowitsch & Sabrina Lastman, vocal duo; Marilyn Nonken, piano; Moirae Ensemble; Ron Anderson with Sylvie Courvoisier, Chuck Bettis and Michael Evans; Toby Driver / Kayo Dot; and Jesse Kranzler, et al.
Saturday, July 13 from 2 PM to 1 AM
$10 for each individual show; $15/Chapman Stick night; $25 for a day pass; $50 for a 3 day pass
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, Second Floor, New York, NY
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So Percussion + The Joshua Light Show | River To River Festival
So Percussion (photo credit: Janette Beckman)
So Percussion and legendary performance visualists The Joshua Light Show collaborate to create a closing event to remember! So Percussion performs works of their own from Amid the Noise, Imaginary City, and Where (we) Live along with special guests Grey Mcmurray (guitar, vocals), Angelica Negron (accordion, toy instruments), Kaoru Watanabe (flute, taiko drum), Cenk Ergun (electronics), Dan Trueman (fiddle), and others.
Saturday, July 13 at 7:30 PM
Free
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce Street, New York, NY
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Dracula with the Philip Glass Ensemble / Kishi Bashi
The Philip Glass Ensemble perform Philip Glass’s score for the 1931 Bela Lugosi classic. Kishi Bashi opens.
Saturday, July 13 at 7:30 PM
$3 suggested donation
Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY
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NYX II: New York Progressive and Experimental Music Festival 2013
Featured artists are Sarah Cahill, piano; Grey McMurray; Diabolicus, et al.; Nick Didkovsky, et al.; Doug Balliett, et al.; and Alexander Sigman.
Sunday, July 14 from 2 PM to 11 PM
$10 for each individual show; $15/Chapman Stick night; $25 for a day pass; $50 for a 3 day pass
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, Second Floor, New York, NY
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Kyaw Kyaw Naing | Music in the Garden
The Noguchi Museum, in collaboration with Bang on a Can/Cantaloupe Music, hosts a series of innovative music every second Sunday in the summer. Kyaw Kyaw Naing will perform in the Museum’s sculpture garden. Naing is a modern Burmese traditional musician and master of the pat waing, a traditional Burmese drum-circle instrument.
Sunday, July 14 at 3 PM
Free with museum admission
Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City, NY
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