And All The Days Were Purple | Alex Weiser
Soprano Eliza Bagg premieres a substantial new song cycle from composer Alex Weiser. Bagg will also play violin and will be joined by pianist Lee Dionne, New Morse Code, and andPlay. The concert will open with a new arrangement of Weiser’s 2016 song cycle Three Epitaphs. Originally performed by Kate Maroney and Cantata Profana, Three Epitaphs features texts on love and the transience of life by Williams Carlos Williams, Seikilos, and Emily Dickinson.
Monday, May 29 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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JG Thirlwell: Cholera Nocebo
JG Thirlwell presents Cholera Nocebo, a 50 minute electro-acoustic presentation performed with software and sampling, autoharp, prepared piano and small electronic and acoustic objects and instruments.
Tuesday, May 30 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Dover Quartet: Celebrating the relaunch of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks
The Dover Quartet offers a program celebrating the relaunch of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. The program will feature a pre-world-premiere sneak peak at selections from Daniel Schlosberg’s Twin Peak Fantasy – a musical kaleidoscope of Angelo Badalamenti’s renowned score of the original TV series. The Dover Quartet will also perform David Ludwig’s Pale Blue Dot, Caroline Shaw’s Plan & Elevation, and music from Angelo Badalamenti’s original score to Twin Peaks.
Tuesday, May 30 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Electric Lady | Ashley Jackson
Harpist Dr. Ashley Jackson brings her latest project Electric Lady to 1 Rivington. Centered around her collaborations with New York-based composer Danielle Eva Schwob, it is a celebration of contemporary solo and chamber works written by female composers, whose works form the heart of this engaging program.
Wednesday, May 31 at 6:30 PM
Tickets $10-$20
Metropolis Ensemble, 1 Rivington Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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The Crypt Sessions Presents: Elizabeth Cree in the Crypt
Kevin Puts
This concert features a special preview of the new Gothic murder mystery chamber opera Elizabeth Cree by the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, which will receive its world premiere September 14-23, 2017, as part of Opera Philadelphia’s inaugural fall festival, O17. The opera is based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd.
Wednesday, May 31 at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $75, including Wine & Food Tasting
The Crypt Chapel of The Church of the Intercession, 550 West 155th Street, New York, NY
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The M6: Meredith Monk’s Third Generation
The M6, a vocal ensemble dedicating to performing more rarely heard compositions by Meredith Monk as well as new material, performs a collection of solo and group works, including the world premiere of a yet to be titled work for six voices.
Wednesday, May 31 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Pablo Ortiz: Vocal Portrait
Argentine composer Pablo Ortiz last collaborated with Music of the Americas on the U.S. premiere of his chamber opera Gallos y huesos in 2014. Sebastián Zubieta leads ensemble Meridionalis in a performance of several of Ortiz’s recent choral works, including Maizal del Gregoriano, set to text of Arnaldo Calveyra, and Leaving Limerick, on text by Richard Blanco.
Thursday, June 1 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $20
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY
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Beyond | Los Angeles Percussion Quartet
LAPQ makes its New York debut with a program marking the release of its latest surround-sound recording, Beyond, out June 16 on Sono Luminus. Andrew McIntosh’s I Hold the Lion’s Paw is the centerpiece, with works by National Sawdust composer-in-residence Ellen Reid, Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Cerrone, Anna Thorsvaldsdottir, and others in the mix.
Thursday, June 1 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $29
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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And So It Begins | Debra Kay
This concert features a performance of composer Debra Kay’s work And So It Begins for saxophone and string orchestra .
Thursday, June 1 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25
St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave., New York, NY
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Not Less Than the Good
Commissioned by New Thread Quartet and composed by David Morneau, this world premiere of Not Less Than the Good simulates a sunrise by combining the meditative playing of the saxophone quartet with ambient synthesizers and sounds recorded during the pre-dawn and early morning hours at Walden Pond. The hour-long performance is punctuated by readings of excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden performed by poet J. D. McClatchy.
Friday, June 2 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25, $20 members, free for students with ID
The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
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Curated by Meredith Monk: Song Out! Folk ‘n’ Pop Fantasies
A new group consisting of Dick Connette, Rachelle Garniez, Mimi Goese, Steve Elson, Kevin Kuhn, Derek Nievergelt, and Karen Waltuch perform songs from Connette’s 2017 album Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade. The songs will be performed by the instrumental ensemble in various combinations, and will feature guest vocalists Suzzy Roche and Ana Egge.
Friday, June 2 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Shakespeare and other poets in love
New Vintage Baroque (NVB) and Oracle Hysterical (OH) round out their 2016-17 series at National Sawdust with a special closing show. New Vintage and Oracle present 6 previously unreleased songs from their album, Passionate Pilgrim. The set includes 4 original songs by composer Majel Connery. The June 3rd show also marks the release of the Passionate Pilgrim Deluxe Album on VIA Records.
Saturday, June 3 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $29
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Peter Askim and Jennifer Koh | The Next Festival of Emerging Artists
Violinist Jennifer Koh joins the artists of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists in a program of contemporary works for string orchestra. Led by Artistic Director Peter Askim, the performance will include Anna Clyne’s Rest These Hands, written for Ms. Koh, as well as the music of living composers.
Sunday, June 4 at 4:00 PM
Tickets $25
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Bridging the Gap V
Music by and conversation with Robert Sirota, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Angel Lam. Moderated by Robert Sirota.
Sunday, June 4 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $29
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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