Ran Dank & Soyeon Kate Lee
Pianists Ran Dank & Soyeon Kate Lee celebrate their September wedding with a four-hand piano recital at NYC’s renowned multimedia art cabaret, (le) poisson rouge, playing selections from Brahms’ 16 Waltzes, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, and a world premiere by Frederic Rzewski, Four Hands (this piece is a gift to the happy couple from Ursula Oppens and Jerome Lowenthal!)
Tuesday, September 3 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Contagious Sounds presents IKTUS Percussion Quartet and t8ts
Vicky Chow’s concert series will have its inaugural concert at Cornelia Street Cafe, this week. IKTUS PERCUSSION QUARTET will perform a program of works by Cory Bracken, Ron Ford Cole, Elliot Cooper Cole, Levy Lorenzo, and Stuart Saunders Smith. t8ts—a new collaboration between violinist Andie Springer, flutist Domenica Fossati, bassist Lisa Dowling and pianist Vicky Chow—will present works by John Luther Adams, Dan Cooper, Stephen Feigenbaum, Brooks Frederickson, David Lang, and Liza White. Lisa Dowling will also perform two of her own compositions for bass voice and electronics.
Wednesday, September 4 at 8:30 PM
Tickets $10 at door + $10 food/drink minimum
Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY
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Resonant Bodies Festival
Lucy Dhegrae
Resonant Bodies cultivates, promotes, and celebrates the growing number of young, talented, and innovative new-vocal-music specialists in New York City. Nine mini-concerts across three nights.
Thursday, September 5 through Saturday, September, 7 PM
Tickets from $15 ($10 Student)
ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn, NY
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Four Chambered Heart | Till by Turning
Till by Turning will premiere Katherine Young’s 8-piece cycle Four Chambered Heart with video installation by Paul Rowley.
Friday, September 6 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $10
First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, 124 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY
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The Named Angels | Mohammed Fairouz and Friends
Mohammed Fairouz
Mohammed Fairouz curates an evening of chamber and vocal music by a diverse group of his colleagues bringing together some of city’s most notable and well-loved performers with some of the most distinctive musical voices of the young generation. From re-imaginings of Middle Eastern folklore and ancient Chinese fragments to remixes of Disney classics and a new anthem for a forgotten Haitian Island, The Named Angels is a rich evening of new works spanning cultures and centuries from a vibrant collection of composers. Win two tickets for The Named Angels!
Friday, September 6 at 8 PM
Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Mantra Percussion | Music in the Garden
The Noguchi Museum, in collaboration with Bang on a Can/Cantaloupe Music, will host a series of innovative music every second Sunday in the summer. Mantra Percussion will perform Michael Gordon’s Timber in the Museum’s sculpture garden. Timber is a full-length concert composed for six percussionists playing on amplified two by fours using mallets and fingertips.
Sunday, September 8 at 3 PM
Free with museum admission
Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City, NY
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