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This week: concerts in New York (March 9 – March 15, 2015)

Meitar Ensemble

Ensemble Meitar - Photo by Noa Dolberg

Ensemble Meitar – Photo by Noa Dolberg

This program features masterworks of Gérard Grisey and Hanns Eisler, plus new pieces by composers of today from Israel and the US.
Monday, March 9 at 8:30 PM
Tickets from $25
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
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Counter)induction

Counter)induction performs music by Halim el-Dabh.
Thursday, March 12 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Michael Gordon + Bach

Composer Michael Gordon (photo credit: © Peter Serling 2010)

Composer Michael Gordon (photo credit: © Peter Serling 2010)

The program pairs Michael Gordon’s chamber pieces with two of Bach’s concertos.
Thursday, March 12 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $25-$35
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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New Music for Saxophone and Percussion | Chris Mannigan & Danny Tunick

Musical Ecologies continues Thursday March 12th with the Brooklyn-based saxophone and percussion duo of Chris Mannigan and Danny Tunick. Joined by guest pianist and composer Drew Krause, the duo will present a program of duos and trios, including works they have recently commissioned by composers Rich Woodson, Dan Joseph and Drew Krause, as well as a rare performance of A Shrub by the Japanese composer Jo Kondo.
Thursday, March 12 at 8:00 PM
$10 suggested donation
The Old Stone House in Washington Park, 3rd Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Anne Lanzilotti, Viola

Composer Caroline Shaw

Composer Caroline Shaw

Violist Anne Lanzilotti premieres by Leah Asher, Martin Bresnick, and Scott Wollschleger, and works by Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Thursday, March 12 at 8:00 PM
Free
NYU, Black Box Theatre, 82 Washington Square East, New York, NY
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International Contemporary Ensemble: Mario Davidovsky

International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) returns to Music of the Americas in a performance celebrating the chamber music of Argentine composer Mario Davidovsky, including the world premiere of Divertimento for 8: Ambiguous Symmetries, commissioned by Americas Society.
Friday, March 13 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $20, $10 students, free for AS and YPA members
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue New York, NY
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Rachel Koblyakov

Violinist Rachel Koblyakov performs new works.
Friday, March 13 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Eleonor Sandresky

Eleonor Sandresky

Eleonor Sandresky

Eleonor Sandresky performs a collaborative concert with Wonder Suit, a wearable control surface for “choreographic piano” technique pioneered by Sandresky.
Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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(con)temporary (in)sights: Arthur Kampela

A portrait concert for the polymorphous, Guggenheim winner and DAAD composer/guitarist/singer/songwriter Arthur Kampela will present some of his experimental pieces for solo instruments
Saturday, March 14 at 9:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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New Music Bake Sale

Brought to you by Newspeak and Exapno, The New Music Bake Sale is delicious event featuring live performances, bountiful beverages, merchandise, revelry, buffoonery, tomfoolery, and of course plenty of baked goods. This year’s bake sale features performances by andPlay, Eleonore Oppenheim, thingNY, C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, Anti-Depressant: Kathleen Supové and Jennifer Choi, Tigue, and The Knells
Sunday, March 15 from 4 PM to 11 PM
Tickets $10
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Eavesdropping | Guy Barash

The illustrious Iktus Duo joins forces with special guest Erin Rogers on saxophone to perform works by Alex Mincek, Hiroya Miura, and Philip Schuessler (NYC premiere).
Sunday, March 15 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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