Hallucinations | Kelly Moran
Experimental pianist Kelly Moran presents Hallucinations, influenced by states of altered consciousness and their effect on musical processes. The program will feature prepared piano, synthesizers, and recorded electronics in front of video projections.
Monday, October 16 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Open Rehearsal: Steve Reich and Ensemble Signal
Ensemble Signal
Go into the rehearsal studio with conductor Brad Lubman and Ensemble Signal as they prepare for their Carnegie Hall concert featuring music by Steve Reich. Preview the New York premiere of Runner and hear Pulse in raw form, without technical equipment or sound reinforcement. Between performances, Reich and Lubman discuss the works.
Tuesday, October 17 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $40
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue, New York, NY
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Josef Klammer & PAUL | Moving Sounds Festival
CFNY presents experimental multi-media performer PAUL and percussionist Josef Klammer.
Tuesday, October 17 at 8:00 PM
Free
Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY
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Fair Trade Trio Rush Hour Concert
Join the Fair Trade Trio after work for a rush hour concert complete with wine and cheese while enjoying this one hour concert. The concert features works by Emily Doolittle, Gilad Hochman, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Wednesday, October 18 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $25
The Artist Co-op, 500 West 52nd Street, 3W, New York, NY
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5 Nights, 11 Pianists: Piano Off-Book
Wadada Leo Smith with University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra (photo credit: Larry Dunn)
Pianists Erika Dohi and Guy Mintus create a program of improvisations and compositions inspired by the idea of dislocation. World premieres by Wadada Leo Smith and Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, works by Anthony Davis and Andy Akiho, and extemporization by the performers will explore our common need to find our own place. Explore the complex theme of migration, journeying through myriad sound worlds and styles.
Wednesday, October 18 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $10-$35
Metropolis Ensemble, 1 Rivington Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Spontaneous Symbols | Brooklyn Rider
String quartet Brooklyn Rider presents Spontaneous Symbols, an evening of new works composed for the ensemble. The evening will feature works by Tyondai Braxton, Colin Jacobsen, Evan Ziporyn, Paula Matthusen, and Kyle Sanna.
Thursday, October 19 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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JACK Quartet: Soundscape America
The string quartet is an iconic configuration in classical music. This fall, JACK Quartet takes on the most consequential American string quartets of the twentieth century, and introduces Miller audiences to new pieces by contemporary composers. Soundscape America explores these works in a journey guided by the questions they provoke and the responses they inspire. This concert features music by Cenk Ergün, Erin Gee, Mark Applebaum, Anthony Braxton, Elliott Carter, and Morton Feldman.
Thursday, October 19 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$30
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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Soft Aberration Album Release Party | Scott Wollschleger
Scott Wollschleger– Photo by Emily Bookwalter
In celebration of composer Scott Wollschleger’s release of his debut album Soft Aberration on New Focus Recordings, Metropolis Ensemble presents an evening featuring the Mivos Quartet in Wollschleger’s Second String Quartet White Wall in addition to pianist Karl Larson in select solo works. Light bites, cocktails, and mingling will follow the performance, and CDs will be available for purchase.
Friday, October 20 at 7:15 PM
Free
Metropolis Ensemble, 1 Rivington Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Unheard-of//Ensemble and Parhelion Trio
Unheard-of//Ensemble and Parhelion Trio present a double set at Scholes Street Studio on October 20th at 8 PM. Unheard-of performs new works from their 2017-18 season, Unheard-of//Dialogues, with premieres by Nickitas Demos, Nathan Hudson, Michael Lanci, Erin Rogers, and more. Parhelion Trio presents works by Derek Bermel, Jennifer Higdon, and Sidney Boquiren.
Friday, October 20 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $10
Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Works by Éliane Radigue | Moving Sounds Festival
ISSUE Project Room presents a performance celebrating the work of pioneering French composer Éliane Radigue, 2006 winner of the Ars Electronica Golden Nica Prize. The evening spans her acoustic and electronic compositions and features the world premiere of OCCAM RIVER XVI, performed by the composer on tape, with live instrumentalists Carol Robinson, clarinet and Rhodri Davies, harp.
Friday, October 20 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY
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JACK Quartet: Soundscape America
JACK Quartet–Photo by Matt Zugale for Miller Theatre
The string quartet is an iconic configuration in classical music. This fall, JACK Quartet takes on the most consequential American string quartets of the twentieth century, and introduces Miller audiences to new pieces by contemporary composers. Soundscape America explores these works in a journey guided by the questions they provoke and the responses they inspire. This concert features music by Natacha Diels, Marcos Balter, John Zorn, Gloria Coates, and Ruth Crawford Seeger.
Saturday, October 21 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$30
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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Contemporary music from and influenced by Japan | Seth Boustead, Iktus Duo
Andy Akiho
This concert features music by Andy Akiho, Toru Takemitsu, Fukushima Mei, Toshio Hosokawa, Seth Boustead, and Caroline O’Brian.
Sunday, October 22 at 3:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 70 Flushing Avenue, Garage A, Brooklyn, NY
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ICE Presents: Sabrina Schroeder and Monte Weber
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) returns to National Sawdust to celebrate the relationships and collaborations fostered in their ICElab and OpenICE commissioning programs. Performances and premieres of works by Sabrina Schroeder and Monte Weber will be presented in an intimate and immersive setting.
Sunday, October 22 at 4:00 PM
Tickets $35
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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5 Nights, 11 Pianists: Piano Soundscapes
Conor Hanick and Imri Talgam craft an evening celebrating the piano as noise maker, extracting poetry from the most extreme sonic possibilities the instrument offers. Accompanied by a visual synthesizer (visuals by composers Elliot Cole and Ryan Francis), Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories is the evening’s centerpiece, as a beguiling series of slowly-evolving images coordinate with the music in realtime. The concert opens with Stockhausen’s Klavierstück X.
Sunday, October 22 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15-$35
Metropolis Ensemble, 1 Rivington Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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