Face the Music: Critical Mass with Claire Chase & Tri-Centric Foundation
Face the Music joins forces with flutist Claire Chase, mezzo-soprano Lucy Dhegrae, and musicians of Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Foundation in string quartet, jazz ensemble, improvisation ensemble, and orchestra configurations. The program includes music by Vijay Iyer, Anthony Braxton’s Composition 151, and Kyle Gann’s Cap Wind Rock, written for Dhegrae.
Monday, June 10 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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International Contemporary Ensemble, The City of Tomorrow & Nick DeMaison
The International Contemporary Ensemble and The City of Tomorrow woodwind quintet present a three-part program featuring works by Ursula Mamlok, Natasha Anderson, and Felipe Lara under the direction of Nick DeMaison. The program includes rarely heard works by Ursula Mamlok alongside two US premieres by Anderson and Lara. Alice Teyssier and The City of Tomorrow feature as soloists.
Monday, June 10 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $18 online, $25 doors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Ensemble Échappé | Pop-Up Concerts
The NYC-based Ensemble Échappé makes their Miller debut with a program highlighting their focus on collaboration with living composers, including a world premiere by their composer-in-residence, Selim Göncü.
Tuesday, June 11 at 6:00 PM
Free
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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NYFOS Next: Laura Kaminsky & Friends
Laura Kaminsky
5BMF, NYFOS, and The Center present this unique salon of contemporary songs by LGBT identified composers and librettists, curated by composer Laura Kaminsky. The concert includes the world premiere of a collaboratively created song cycle by Kaminsky, Jennifer Higdon, Laura Karpman, Paula Kimper, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, and Kayla Cashetta, set to the poems of Elaine Sexton; the program will also feature Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin with libretto by Kimberly Reed and contributions by Kaminsky, Karpman, Kitty Brazelton, and Ellen Reid, performed by mezzo-soprano Heather Johnson and pianist Mila Henry.
Tuesday, June 11 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15-$50
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
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If You Love For Beauty | Chelsea Music Festival
Shulamit Ran
Sopranos Lucy Shelton and Marisa Karchin are joined by festival strings and pianists to perform a New York premiere performance by Shulamit Ran as well as three 2019 festival commissions by Helen Grime, Nicky Sohn, and Helena Winkelman.
Tuesday, June 11 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $50
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 346 West 20th Street, New York, NY
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Clara And The Clear Skies | Chelsea Music Festival
Augusta Read Thomas
The General Theological Seminary Chapel acoustically thrives on music for voices and strings, and tonight’s performance showcases the space with two festival sopranos as well as string works by Mendelssohn and Brahms. Guests will also witness the world premiere performances of two 2019 Festival commissions by Augusta Read Thomas and Santa Ratniece.
Wednesday, June 12 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $50
The General Theological Seminary, 440 West 21st Street, New York, NY
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Mika Stoltzman
Clarice Assad. Credit: Amara Photos.
Marimbist Mika Stoltzman performs New York Premieres by Chick Corea, Clarice Assad, and Gordon Stout plus music by J.S. Bach & John Zorn.
Wednesday, June 12 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $40
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Changing and Unchanging Sound
In celebration of the exhibition Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan, The Noguchi Museum presents Changing and Unchanging Sound, a musical performance featuring the premiere of a work by Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, works by Kaija Saariaho, Juri Seo, and improvisations based on paintings by Saburo Hasegawa. Violist Lanzilotti is joined by Johanna Lundy on french horn and the Argus Quartet.
Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 PM
Free
Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road, Queens, NY
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Vessels In Counterpoint | Chelsea Music Festival
Artist-in-residence Julianne Swartz, cellist Jonathan Butler, and violinist Mariella Haubs give a unique collaborative performance activating Sounding Body/Listening Body, Swartz’s installation of sound-generating sculptural vessels, on view at High Line Nine.
Thursday, June 13 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20-$50
High Line Nine, 507 West 27th Street, New York, NY
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confluss + Spark Duo
confluss (Amber Evans, soprano and Sam Zagnit, bass) and Spark Duo (Kate Amrine, trumpet and Ford Fourqurean, clarinets and electronics) join forces for a double set of new works written by LGTBQ composers. confluss performs Herkenning by Rodney Sharman, Three Songs by Jay Julio, Photism by Yaz Lancaster, and excerpts from Sam Zagnit’s own work catalogues. Spark Duo premieres two duos by J.L. Marlour and inti along with the New York premiere of Sam Zagnit’s whispers, for you. In addition to the duo works, Ford plays Rhapsody and Groove by Nicholas Bizub and Kate plays Thoughts and Prayers by Kevin Joust.
Thursday, June 13 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20, $15 students
St. John’s in the Village, 224 Waverly Place, New York, NY
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Classical Saxophone Project
The Classical Saxophone Project returns to Carnegie Hall for its 2018-19 season finale, which features a world premiere by P. Kellach Waddle.
Thursday, June 13 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $40
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Illuminated Blue | Chelsea Music Festival
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
The event features composer Jessica Mays and selections by contemporary Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, American icon Amy Beach, and 2019 honoree Clara Schumann.
Friday, June 14 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20-$60
Hauser & Wirth, 548 West 22nd Street, New York, NY
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Outcast at the Gate
Outcast at the Gate, with music and libretto by Joel Feigin, will be presented by the Center for Contemporary Opera as part of CCO’s opera in development series.
Friday, June 14 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $18-$22
Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY
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Ghost Ensemble: Apophenia/Wolf
Ghost Ensemble features experimental vocalist Carmina Escobar in a large-ensemble concert including four world premieres.
Saturday, June 15 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students
NYPOP, 526 West 26th Street, #314, New York, NY
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Bearthoven // Ken Thomson Sextet
Bearthoven returns to Arete for a performance of Sarah Hennies’s set-length Spectral Malsconcities. After, the Ken Thomson Sextet plays a set.
Sunday, June 16 at 5:00 PM
Tickets $15
Areté, 67 West Street, Brooklyn, NY
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