Oceans Eat Cities
Neil Rolnick
A variety of works will be presented including Oceans Eat Cities, a world premiere by composer Neil Rolnick, with live video by Luke DuBois. Oceans Eat Cities realizes actual Climate Central data by creating a clear musical theme that is submerged in stages according to the percentage of cities consumed by rising seas. The piece is written for and will be performed by Face the Music and their teen string quartet, Quartet: This Side Up.
Monday, June 22 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $25, $20 students/seniors
The Cell, 338 West 23rd Street, New York, NY
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Amirtha Kidambi Quartet: Mother Tongues
The music of vocalist and composer Amirtha Kidambi will be performed.
Monday, June 22 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Sarah Plum
Violinist Sarah Plum performs music by Bela Bartok, contemporary American composers Christopher Adler, Sidney Corbett, Charles Nichols, and Mark Engebretson, and more.
Thursday, June 25 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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SLEEPLESS NIGHTS: The Music of Daniel Felsenfeld | Nouveau Classical Project
The Nouveau Classical Project
The Nouveau Classical Project performs the music of Daniel Felsenfeld on this program at The Center for Fiction. The Nouveau Classical Project will be joined by conductor Whitney George, singers Ariadne Greif and Marcy Richardson, violinist Amanda Lo, and cellist Caleigh Drane. Rick Moody will read from his novel The Diviners.
Thursday, June 25 at 8:00 PM
Tickets, $15, $12 members
The Center for Fiction, 17 East 47th Street, New York, NY
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The String Orchestra of Brooklyn: Dimensions of Time and Silence
Morton Feldman
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, GHOSTLIGHT Chorus, Iktus Percussion, and pianist Karl Larson perform music by Scott Wollschleger, Morton Feldman, and Krzysztof Penderecki.
Thursday, June 25 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Lisa Bielawa
Photo by Phil Mansfield
Composer Lisa Bielawa celebrates the June 30 release of her new album on the Innova Recordings label, The Lay of the Love, at Spectrum. The evening will feature selections from the centerpiece of the album, The Lay of the Love and Death, performed by baritone Jesse Blumberg and pianist Jocelyn Dueck, with violinist Colin Jacobsen.
Saturday, June 27 at 6:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Fiati Five
Committed since its inception in 2013 to bringing new American music to audiences across Italy and the US, the Fiati Five woodwind quintet makes its New York City debut with this varied and colorful program of music by Samuel Barber, David Maslanka, and Eric Nathan.
Saturday, June 27 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $10
Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY
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