Concerning The Entrance Into Eternity is an extraordinary new collaboration between Dutch lutenist Jozef Van Wissem and American filmmaker and guitarist Jim Jarmusch. The two perform together in celebration of the album's release.
Spurse (plus collaborators and special guests) present mid-winter feast to explore and experiment with community. This free multi-course meal will feature foraged and gleaned local plants and animals in unique preparations and one-of-a kind settings.
Anthony Coleman is a composer-keyboardist who has performed and recorded throughout the world. He performs his compositions solo and in ensembles joined by Sean Conly and Satoshi Takeshi, Ashley Paul and Eli Keszler and many more.
Title TK, a banter-prone band that has been described as ‘a cross between David Antin and Spinal Tap,' perform on a bill with viola/bassoon free improv duo Architeuthis Walks on Land (Amy Cimini and Katherine Young).
One of the few new music ensembles that writes its own music, Ensemble Pamplemousse has been fishing through the new music community looking for composers who reflect the ideals Pamplemousse holds dearly- idiosyncratic ideas, the dedication to carry them out, and the audacity to playfully disregard any of that.
Flowers & Cream, an independent poetry publishing imprint founded by Sonic Youth songwriter Thurston Moore, features work by young, emerging poets steeped in contemporary poetic practice and investigation/illumination. The evening features Moore joined by Elaine Kahn, Anselm Berrigan, John Coletti and more.
Now entering its 4th year, The Experimental Music Yearbook is a repository for composers, performers, and the public to glean the methods and styles of various artists. Composers include Peter Ablinger, Casey Anderson, Olivia Block, John P. Hastings, Tom Johnson, Taku Sugimoto, Hans W. Koch, and Christian Wolff.
On the extra day this year Mivos Quartet will be hosting their first fundraising event. Join Mivos for a night of great music, food, drinks, a silent auction, and an after party!
S.E.M. Ensemble performs music where distance – both physical and symbolic – becomes a compositional factor. The program includes a set of solo performances by percussionist and S.E.M. Ensemble member Chris Nappi.
“On Silence,” marks the centennial of John Cage’s birth. The program consists of 13 new compositions, each 4’33” long, referencing Cage’s infamous 1952 opus of the same name in which a pianist sits at the instrument for the assigned duration occasionally turning score pages and performing nothing.
Part of the MATA Interval series, ISSUE presents six works for solo instrument and live electronics by six young composers from four continents, all of whom crossed paths with composer and curator Christopher Trapani while working in Paris.
The final concert in the MATA Interval series, curated by Sugar Vendil, features works experimental and electro-acoustic works by Ryan Manchester, Nina Young, Izzi Ramikssoon, and Jay Wadley. Fashion designer Jonathan Cohen will draw inspiration from these pieces and musicians will “wear” the music they perform.
