Michael Tsalka
Michael Tsalka
Pianist Michael Tsalka performs early and contemporary piano music.
Monday, March 16 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Drone Mass | Jóhann Jóhannsson
Johann Johannsson
American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), with Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, will give the world premiere of Jóhann’s Drone Mass in the Met’s magnificent Temple of Dendur. The work is commissioned by ACME in celebration of the group’s tenth anniversary. Jóhann’s Chaconne for solo violin opens the concert, in its world premiere performance by Yuki Numata Resnick.
Tuesday, March 17 at 7:00 PM
Tickets starting at $40
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
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Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
An evening of new music in collaboration with Addi & Jacq, including a world premiere by Evan Williams and music by Stephen Feigenbaum and Andrew Davis.
Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15-$25, $12 students/seniors/veterans
The C.O.W., 21 Clinton St., New York, NY
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A Solo Voice: Works by Odeya Nini and Gelsey Bell
Odeya Nini
New-York-native, California-based vocalist and composer Odeya Nini shares a night with California-native, New-York-based vocalist and composer Gelsey Bell to explore the edges of the solo voice. In celebration of Nini’s recent release of her album Vougheauxyice, both perform solo sets of their own compositions and then conclude the evening with the premiere of a duet.
Wednesday, March 18 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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NY New Music Collective
NY New Music Collective presents a portrait concert of composer Glen Roven.
Thursday, March 19 at 8:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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The Glass Farm Ensemble & Greis
Frederic Rzewski
The Glass Farm Ensemble presents the world premiere of a new work for rapper and ensemble, with rap artist Greis and music by Yvonne Troxler. Based on the musical similarities between the two styles of music Glass Farm Ensemble draw a piece with overlays of rap and contemporary classical music. In addition to this new work they perform Gyorgy Kurtag’s Bagatelles Op. I4Id for flute, double bass, and piano, and Frederic Rzewski’s Chains for narrator and ensemble.
Friday, March 20 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors/children
2537 Broadway, New York, NY
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Paradise Interrupted
Paradise Interrupted is a poetic weaving of the western myth of the Garden of Eden and the Chinese myth of the Peony Pavilion. The narrative follows a woman in search for an unattainable ideal, exploring a world that is activated by her singing voice as she attempts to return to the garden.This is the first opera for Jennifer Wen Ma, who was the chief designer for visual and special effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Saturday, March 21 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $54
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 131, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
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Giacomo Fiore and Larry Polansky
Giacomo Fiore
Larry Polansky and Giacomo Fiore will present music for one and two electric guitars by Polansky, Tenney, Didkovsky, Wolff, and Beglarian, showcasing novel and not-so-novel approaches to tuning, harmony, and polyphonic writing on the six strings.
Saturday, March 21 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Soundscapes Series
Four times a year, at the start of each season, Patrick Derivaz and Cornelius Dufallo invite a guest musician to create new soundscapes for you. Kinan Azmeh is the featured artist for this concert.
Sunday, March 22 at 3:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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New Dances of the League of David | Metropolis Ensemble
David Kaplan
Metropolis Ensemble presents the fourth installment of its Resident Artist Series at (Le) Poisson Rouge. The recital, entitled New Dances of the League of David is a NYC premiere of pianist David Kaplan’s large-scale commissioning project that mingles 16 new works by leading composers with Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze.
Sunday, March 22 at 6:00 PM
Tickets $15-$35, $10 students
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Michael Finnissy Festival
Michael Norsworthy is featured on this concert of new music.
Sunday, March 22 at 6:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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