American Immersion | Clemens Gadenstätter
Talea Ensemble – Photo by Beowulf Sheehan.
The ACFNY teams up with Talea Ensemble to present the third installment of their annual American Immersion series, this year featuring Austrian composer Clemens Gadenstätter. In this culminating concert concluding his residency, Talea Ensemble will perform the world premier of a work commissioned by the ACFNY specifically for this occasion, as well as U.S. premiers of Gadenstätter’s large ensemble pieces.
Thursday, May 28 at 8:00 PM
Free
Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY
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Poems, Letters, and Premieres | New Amsterdam Singers
Featuring works by Dellaira, Effinger, and Whitacre for chorus and winds on the poetry of Joyce, Dickinson, Rilke, and letters of Van Gogh.
Thursday, May 28 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20 advance, $25 day of show
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 554 West End Avenue, New York, NY
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FERUS Festival 2015
This concert features Hafez Modirzadeh (composer/alto saxophone), Agata Zubel (composer/vocals), with special guests Leo Genovese (piano), Cornelius Dufallo (violin), and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello).
Friday, May 29 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Wild Sound | Glenn Kotche, Third Coast Percussion
Percussionist and composer Glenn Kotche and Chicago-based ensemble Third Coast Percussion create a unique program for Met Museum Presents, which centers on one of the most extraordinary objects in the collection of the Met’s Musical Instruments Department—an 1880 Rock Harmonicon, also known as a stone dulcimer or a geological piano. They will also perform some of the most vital percussion-based classical music of the 20th century, including Steve Reich’s Music for Pieces of Wood and Nagoya Marimbas.
Friday, May 29 at 7:00 PM
Tickets start at $35
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
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On Foot: Brooklyn Book Release Party | Beth O’Brien & Craig Shepard
On Foot: Brooklyn documents a two-month period during which Shepard traveled solely on foot throughout New York City. Each week he composed a new piece of music, and each Sunday he led a silent, cell-phone-free walk to an outdoor public space in Brooklyn and performed the piece. O’Brien accompanied him every Sunday on bike photographing along the routes he walked. The resulting book combines these images with Shepard’s writings on a range of topics related to the project including silence, sound and listening.
Friday, May 29 at 8:00 PM
$10 suggested donation
The Old Stone House in Washington Park, 3rd Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Spring 2015 Concert: Solo Piano
An evening of solo piano pieces being premiered by pianist Jason Wirth.
Friday, May 29 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15 advance, $25 day of show
National Opera Center, Recital Hall, 330 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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John Zorn’s Sacred Visions
John Zorn
The program features the world premiere of The Remedy of Fortune, a composition for the indomitable JACK Quartet, composed specifically for The Cloisters; the New York premiere of Pandora’s Box, featuring acclaimed vocalist Tony Arnold with JACK Quartet; and The Holy Visions, performed by Jane Sheldon, Sarah Brailey, Eliza Bagg, Rachel Calloway, and Kirsten Sollek.
Saturday, May 30 at 1:30 PM & 3:30 PM
Tickets start at $50
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
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FERUS Festival 2015
This concert features Molly Joyce (composer), Cornelius Dufallo (composer/violin), Mika Karlsson (composer), Royce Vavrek (librettist), with special guests Lucy Dhegrae (soprano), Patrick Jones (pianoforte), Austin Regan (director), and Christopher Oscar Peña (librettist).
Saturday, May 30 at 3:00 PM
Tickets $15
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY
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FERUS Festival 2015
This concert features Ariadne Greif (soprano), Gity Razaz (composer), Inbal Segev (cello), with special guests Carmen Kordas (visual design) and Caroline Park (sound design).
Saturday, May 30 at 5:00 PM
Tickets $15
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY
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New York New Music Collective
The New York New Music Collective presents new and recent works by NYC composers.
Sunday, May 31 at 6:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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