Daniel Lippel
Daniel Lippel
Spectrum is thrilled to present International Contemporary Ensemble guitarist Dr. Daniel Lippel. He will perform two sets of ambitious music for what is widely reputed to be the least-ambitious instrument in the history of human civilization.
Wednesday, December 18 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Yarn/Wire/Currents 1
Yarn/Wire – Photo by Bobby Fisher
The first of Yarn/Wire’s new series Yarn/Wire/Currents celebrates music by composers who use drone, homemade instruments and devices to subvert and expand our listening experiences. Though some of the music verges on inaudibility, these composers delight in creating unusually satisfying juxtapositions of sonic material.
Thursday, December 19 at 8 PM
Tickets $10
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY
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Philippines Benefit Concert for Typhoon Yolanda
Composer Tyondai Braxton (photo credit: Nomo Michael Hoefner)
START HERE collaborates with Tyondai Braxton and Le Poisson Rouge to present a benefit concert bringing aid to the Philippines in response to super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). All proceeds raised at this event will go to A Single Drop (ASD). ASD is an NGO dedicated to shaping mid- to long-term aid in water and sanitation, as well as sustainable strategies for shelter, food security, and livelihood. Featuring Philip Glass , Tyondai Braxton + Ben Vida , Prefuse 73 , Satomi Matsuzaki (of Deerhoof) , Dan Friel (of Parts & Labor) , DJ Jon Santos , and special guests to be announced.
Thursday, December 19 at 8 PM
Tickets $25 – $100
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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CD Release concert: Reappearances
Reappearances
Opening the program is the US premiere of Berlin-based composer Mark Barden’s Nocturne, commissioned by the 2013 Modern Festival on behalf of Mivos. Through a compelling dialogue between intense, quietly virtuosic solo cello and abrasive, unrelenting string trio, Nocturne explores the listener’s perception of subtle and nuanced shifts as a structural element over the course of the piece. Next up, London-based composer Dai Fujikura’s Flare employs virtuosic and extroverted traditional “showpiece” techniques as materials. From Reappearances, Mivos will then present Felipe Lara’s Corde Vocale, an ultra-expressionistic tour de force for string quartet. Closing out the program is the world premiere of Scott Wollschleger’s String Quartet No. 2, White Wall, which explores the depth and variety of white-noise like sounds on strings – structured, meditative, and beautiful.
Thursday, December 19 at 8 PM
Tickets $20 (includes a copy of Reappearances)
DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY
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Michael Lowenstern | Musical Ecologies
Musical Ecologies continues Thursday, December 19 with Brooklyn-based composer and bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern. Widely regarded in the classical, jazz and contemporary music worlds as one of the premiere bass clarinetists, Lowenstern is increasingly known for his high-tech, genre-crossing solo performances of his original works. Combining formidable instrumental skills, computers, props and a range of electronic gizmos with his strong sense of humor and a deep appreciation for pop culture, Michael creates an infectious style that might loosely be called “ClassicoFunkTronica.” Following a conversation with series host Dan Joseph, Michael will perform a set drawing from his solo recordings Spin Cycle, Fade and Ten Children as well as new work from a forthcoming release in 2014.
Thursday, December 19 at 8 PM
$10 suggested donation
The Old Stone House, In Washington Park, 3rd Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Many Many Women
For its annual holiday concert, the S.E.M. Ensemble presents Petr Kotik’s complete performance of Many Many Women. Running for five to six hours, the work is a setting of Gertrude Stein’s entire 86-page novella of the same name from 1910.
Friday, December 20 at 7 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21st St, New York, NY
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Maria T. | Balanescu Quartet
The Balanescu Quartet with a worldwide cult following is led by Romanian virtuoso violinist and composer Alexander Balanescu. Pushing the limits of a string quartet Balenscu has collaborated with Lounge Lizard John Lurie, Jack de Johnette, Ornette Coleman, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, David Byrne, the Pet Shop Boys, Spiritualized, Kate Bush, Pina Bausch and Kraftwerk. This performance, inspired by the legendary Romanian singer, Maria Tanase (1913 – 1963), expresses the synergy between classical and traditional music, using computer technology to create a geographical and cultural bridge between the Quartet and Maria Tanase as well as through the unique digital video and stage design of Klaus Obermaier and Steve Arguelles on percussion.
Friday, December 20 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $35
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce Street, New York, NY
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Cadillac Moon Ensemble | Den of Death
Cadillac Moon Ensemble
the cell presents Cadillac Moon Ensemble (CME) in a concert of four new premieres by up-and-coming composers willing to push boundaries both musically and politically at the cell in Chelsea, Manhattan. Originally conceived as a reply to a set of inflammatory liner notes, this program is an ironic, comical, and serious reaction to Proverbs 7:26-7, “For she has been the ruin of many; many men have been her victims. Her house is the road to Sheol. Her bedroom is the den of death.” Each composer has taken this theme in a very different direction, directly focusing directly on death (Matt Marks), a science-fiction micro-opera (Alex Temple), irony and cats (Melody Loveless), and blurring lines (Viet Cuong).
Friday, December 20 at 8 PM
Tickets $15, $10 student
the cell, 338 West 23rd Street, New York, NY
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MATA Interval 7.1 presents MABEL KWAN
Mabel Kwan
MATA’s Interval 7.1, co-curated by composer Ray Evanoff and pianist Mabel Kwan, presents a concert of adventurous solo works exploring the keyboardist’s tactile engagement with a wide range of instruments and compositions, negotiating the quirks, challenges, and limitations of each.
Friday, December 20 at 8 PM
Tickets $15, $12 members/students
Issue Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY
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Make Music Winter
Make Music Winter, first launched in 2011, is a free, outdoor musical event each December 21st that turns audiences into music makers. Inspired by Phil Kline’s annual Unsilent Night – the boombox parade that has become an international tradition – Make Music Winter transforms New York’s cityscape with twelve participatory musical parades on the winter solstice, running the gamut of musical genres.
Saturday, December 21
Free
Various Locations Around New York City
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