Cymbeline | Metropolis Ensemble
Metropolis Ensemble
New Music by David Bruce, Chris Cerrone, Jakub Ciupinski, Vivian Fung.
Monday, April 7 at 7 PM
Tickets $15-$75
(Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Imani Winds | Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival 2014
Imani Winds – Photo by Chris Carroll
Grammy-nominated Imani Winds opens Victoria Bond’s Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival with a program of music by Valerie Coleman (who is also flutist of the ensemble). Along with Da Capo Chamber Players, Imani Winds presents an array of Coleman’s unique compositions which incorporate jazz, Afro-Cuban traditions, and various distinct sonorities found within the African continent, including three world premieres and one New York premiere.
Monday, April 7 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20, students $15
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY
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Music of Grigory Smirnov
The concert presents new works by Grigory Smirnov featuring stellar performers of the new generation from the NYC area.
Monday, April 7 at 8 PM
Tickets $20-$30, $25 seniors, $10 students
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th Street, New York, NY
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Bodiless | Gabrielle Herbst
Gabrielle Herbst
Bodiless is the first evening-length opera by Gabrielle Herbst. Premiering at Roulette on April 8th (8pm curtain), the work, with libretto by Iceland-based Canadian writer Angela Rawlings, takes its inspiration from French feminist writer Hélène Cixous’ dream diaries Dream I Tell You. Vocalists Ariadne Greif, Lucy Dhegrae, and Gabrielle Herbst will be joined by Contemporaneous and led by conductor David Bloom. Costumes, lighting, and set design will be combined in Puerto Rican/Brooklyn-based designer Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda’s unique original costumes, which weave a web of lights into each outfit.
Tuesday, April 8 at 8 PM
Tickets $20, Members/Students/Seniors $15, FREE for All Access Members
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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The Tri-Centric Presenting Series: The Trillium Chamber Players perform Anthony Braxton’s Composition No. 46, plus the James Fei Ensemble
Over the past decade, James Fei has worked in several distinct streams of activities—notated works for contemporary music ensembles, improvisations, live electronics and sound installations. Hysteresis brings together collaborators from these various fields, not so much to find a common ground among the possibilities, but to make a new work that retains the complexities and intensity of the individual components. Anthony Braxton will conduct and perform with a chamber ensemble featuring the improvising soloists from his Trillium J opera, leading the group through a set of language music improvisations and works including Composition No. 46 (1975).
Thursday, April 10 at 8 PM
Tickets $20, Members/Students/Seniors $15, Free for all Access Members
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Liza Lim | Composer Portraits
Liza Lim
The Australian composer Liza Lim is slowly becoming better known on this side of the world, with commissions from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, and Ensemble Modern, among others. Her compositions reflect an interest in Australian Aboriginal culture. Mother Tongue was inspired by the impending extinction of a native Aboriginal language. Invisibility also has its roots in Aboriginal thought, but is more practically concerned with the physical properties of the cello, using both traditional and prepared bows to unlock myriad new sonic possibilities.
Thursday, April 10 at 8 PM
Tickets $20-$30
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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One Player | Eavesdropping
Hailed as one of the most exciting interpreters of the contemporary keyboard repertoire, Stephane Ginsburgh (Brussels, Belgium) brings his One Player program to Spectrum. He offers the Eavesdropping audience a rare glimpse into the ultramodern piano repertoire. He will be performing new works by Stefan Prins, Sabrina Schroeder, Newton Armstrong, Bryan Jacobs, and Jean-Luc Fafchamps.
Thursday, April 10 at 8 PM
Tickets $15, $12 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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American Festival of Microtonal Music
A four-night festival at Spectrum.
Saturday, April 12 to Tuesday, April 15
Tickets $20 at the door, $15 seniors/students with ID
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Jeffrey Mumford Composer Portrait
A portrait concert of composer Jeffrey Mumford.
Sunday, April 13 7 PM
Tickets $15, $12 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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