Upcoming Events

Composer Rhys Chatham performs his now-classic Guitar Trio (1977), presented at ISSUE Project Room in partnership with Northern Spy Records as part of the second annual SPY MUSIC FESTIVAL. This performance will feature Rhys Chatham with nine guitarists, one bassist, and one drummer.

Man Forever is the composition project of drummer John Colpitts aka Kid Millions. This evening serves as a portrait of Kid’s work for Man Forever; in addition to works for tuned drums, Kid will present new ensemble pieces for guitar and voices.

Either/Or performs the world premiere of Public Works by composer, poet and compositional linguist Chris Mann, on a program with new work by Andrew Byrne and Thomas Meadowcroft. Object Collection presents New York Girls, an exercise in extremes, and a fanfare for the dispersed.

Founded in 1976, Gamelan Son of Lion is a repertory ensemble based in downtown New York specializing in contemporary music written for the instruments of the Javanese gamelan. The ensemble performs founding member Barbara Benary's "Braid Pieces" and other works.

Iktus Percussion perform Karlheinz Stockhausen's 1975 music-theatre work Musik Im Bauch for six percussionists, at the Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park. Preceding the Stockhausen, New York Virtuoso Singers, directed by Harold Rosenbaum perform Danish choral composers.

Kaufman Center’s Face the Music is an “alt-classical” ensemble of more than seventy unusually talented teenagers from in and around New York City. Face The Music performs works by Osvaldo Golijov and Angélica Negrón, followed by electro-acoustic pop outfit, Balún.

Composer and visual artist Tristan Perich will present an introductory workshop on hardware programming, providing a basic understanding of Assembly, a low-level programming language that drives most hardware at the lowest level.

The final evening of this festival includes a solo and duo performances by Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson, a performance by Tara Hugo, and the music of Ryan Sawyer and Ben Vida.