This week: concerts in New York (January 13 – January 19, 2014)

Mohammed Fairouz, Daniel Roumain, Carl Hancock Rux and Bora Yoon

Curated by Daniel Roumain, and co-hosted by composer Mohammed Fairouz and free to the attendees of APAP, ISPA and CMA conferences, the evening will feature works by Roumain, Fairouz, writer/performer Carl Hancock Rux, and sound artist/vocalist Bora Yoon with additional performers Theo Bleckmann, The Voxare String Quartet and pianist Yayoi Ikawa.
Monday, January 13 at 7 PM
Tickets $20
The DiMenna Center, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY
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CONTACT! | Yefim Bronfman and friends

Program to include the following works: Trio No. 1 for violin, cello, and piano (Marc-André Dalbavie) / Passions, Reflected for solo piano (Marc Neikrug — World Premiere).
Monday, January 13 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25-$40
SubCulture, 45 Bleecker Street, Downstairs, New York, NY
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ChamberFest 2014

A program featuring Menotti’s Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano with violinist Thierry de Lucas Neves (guest artist from Brazil), clarinetist Patrick Cabral (guest artist from Brazil), and pianist Qi Kong; Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 110 with violinist Minji Kwon, cellist Rose Bart, and pianist Fanya Lin; and Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 with violinist Mina Um; violist Charlotte Steiner; cellist Ken Kubota, and pianist Da-Hyun Chung.
Monday, January 13 at 8 PM
Free
Paul Hall, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
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PROTOYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now

PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now, launched this past January 2013, is the annual festival of visionary opera-theatre and music-theatre works by pioneering artists from New York and around the world. A new body of contemporary classical and post-classical work is now burgeoning as an exciting new generation of composers and librettists focus on the creation of chamber-sized pieces in new and unique ways. PROTOTYPE is at the forefront of the movement, showcasing these works for new audiences and presenters alike.
Monday, January 13 through Sunday, January 19
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I am an Opera | Joseph Keckler

Employing a powerful, classically trained voice, Keckler presents a quadrilingual collection of arias and recitatives that often sound vaguely familiar, as though they might belong to the bel canto repertoire. But rather than prayers to the gods or suicidal swansongs, these laments and buffo showpieces tell minor stories from Keckler’s own life: a trip on hallucinogens, an expedition to the bondage store, and the time he fell asleep in the stairwell at a day job. Treating the show as a “trip” itself, Keckler also invokes a hallucinatory world in which he is possessed by taunting demons and visited by a persnickety voice teacher who emanates from an atmospheric silent film.
Monday, January 13 through Saturday, January 25
Tickets $18
Incubator Arts Project, 131 E 10th St, New York, NY
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ChamberFest 2014

Juilliard musicians perform Alfred Schnittke’s Serenade with clarinetist Zack Hann, violinist Lucia Nowik, bassist Jordan Calixto, pianist Malgorzata Goroszewska, and percussionist Sae Hashimoto; Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67 with violinist Yurie Mitsuhashi, cellist Anna Litvinenko, and pianist Leo Wexler-Mann; and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 with violinists Simon Michal and Julia Choi, violists Matthew Sinno and Hannah Ji, and cellists Juliette Herlin and Jennifer Choi.
Wednesday, January 15 at 8 PM
Free
Paul Hall, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
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Ear Heart Music | Del Sol String Quartet: Peradam

San Francisco’s Del Sol String Quartet returns to Ear Heart Music with Peradam, an object that is revealed only to those who seek it with purity of intention. Peradam, a mythical diamond-like stone, is the invention of René Daumal, appearing in his novel, Mount Analogue. Metaphorical for a rare and beautiful natural phenomenon, peradam implies the presence of discoveries attained over a lifetime. In this program, Del Sol searches for truth through the diverse yet thematically cohesive sonic aesthetics and emotions of Cambodia, Estonia, throat-singing, and the night club. The compositions explore a sense of place as related to identity, what it means to uproot oneself from homeland, and how music ties us across boundaries that may be otherwise impenetrable.
Wednesday, January 15 at 8 PM
Tickets $20, Members/Students/Seniors $15, FREE for All Access Members
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Concert and Chamber Music America Party

Karen Bentley Pollick, Demetrius Spaneas, Elaine Kwon and William Susman perform the music of Preston Stahly, Charles Norman Mason, Demetrius Spaneas and William Susman.
Thursday, January 16 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors, FREE with CMA or APAP registration
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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ChamberFest 2014

The program includes Osvaldo Golijov’s The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind with clarinetist Narek Arutyunian, violinists Hahnsol Kim and Samuel Katz, violist Alexander Knecht, and cellist Julian Langford; and Dvořák’s Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 with violinists Olivia Mok and Soo Yeon Kim, violist Jiali Li, cellist Isabel Lau, and pianist Austin Chen.
Thursday, January 16 at 8 PM
Free
Paul Hall, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
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The Zodiac Trio

The ensemble will present an eclectic program that will feature Igor Stravinsky’s Suite from L’Histoire du Soldat (featuring a specially tailored narration), Andrew List’s Klezmer Fantazye, and – joined by American String Quartet’s cellist Wolfram Koessel – John Mackey’s electrifying Breakdown Tango and the U.S. Premiere of Richard Danielpour’s Lamentation, which was written for the Zodiac Trio.
Friday, January 17 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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ChamberFest 2014

Featuring Charles Wuorinen’s New York Notes with violinist Wyatt Underhill, cellist Sofia Nowik, flutist Daniel James, clarinetist Bryan Conger, pianist Han Chen, percussionist Michael Truesdell, conducted by Christian Reif; Ravel’s Introduction et Allegro with harpist Caroline Bembia, flutist Ji Weon Ryu, clarinetist Shaquille Southwell, violinists Diomedes Saraza and Soo Yeon Kim, violist Sophia Sun, and cellist Talya Buckbinder; and Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 with violinists Robyn Quinnett and Mariam Machaidze, violists Michael Casimir and Benjamin Zannoni, and cellists Panyaphat Wongwechwiwat and Andrew Briggs.
Friday, January 17 at 8 PM
Free
Paul Hall, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
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ChamberFest 2014

Featuring a Juilliard Pre-College ensemble performing Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor with violinist Jordan Hendy, cellist Anne Richardson, and pianist Adria Ye; improvisations on pieces by Astor Piazzolla and titled “Piazzolla Improvisations” with violinist Johnna Wu, violist Caroline Gilbert, bassist Gabrielle Marx, pianist Martha Mingle, and vibraphonist Charles Rosmarin; and Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 with violinists Daniel Cho and Erin White, violists Edson Scheid and Jiwon Kim, and cellists Philo Lee and James Kim.
Saturday, January 18 at 3 PM
Free
Paul Hall, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
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ensemble, et al. record release show With Florent Ghys and Sideband

Brooklyn percussion wizards ensemble, et al. celebrate the release of their new record present point passed, out Jan. 21. They perform it all live on this special evening, alongside sets by laptop group Sideband and bassist/composer Florent Ghys.
Saturday, January 18 at 7:30 PM
$15 General Admission | $10 Students and Seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow, Second Floor, New York, NY
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Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

The New York premiere of Requiem for the Living, by DCINY composer-in-residence Dan Forrest, is a lush work for full orchestra and choir. The five-movement piece presents an uplifting and inspiring perspective on life, love, loss, and renewal. This concert will also feature the patriotic The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson and The Gettysburg Address by Mark Hayes.
Sunday, January 19 at 2 PM
Tickets $20-$100
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave, New York, NY
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The String Orchestra of Brooklyn presents Paul Bowles: A Musical Portrait

Paul Bowles is well known as a novelist (The Sheltering Sky) and sometimes Brooklyn resident (he lived in the storied “February House” with W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee), but it is less known that he was also a gifted composer. This concert features the diverse artistry of this American cultural icon. Art-song and solo piano alternate with Irene Herrmann’s reminiscences of her musical friendship with Bowles and readings from his letters and other writings. These combine into a rich portrait of Bowles as an author, composer, and friend.
Sunday, January 19 at 3 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
South Oxford Space, 138 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Five Boroughs Music Festival | Trio Cavatina

Trio Cavatina will perform works by Beethoven and Brahms, as well as a New York premiere by Douglas Boyce.
Sunday, January 19 at 3 PM
Tickets $20, $15 students/seniors
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave, New York, NY
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Drawn | Matt McBane

Jake Schepps and Expedition featuring the NY premiere of Drawn by Matt McBane.
Sunday, January 19 at 3 PM
Tickets $12
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, 196 Allen St., New York, NY
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