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SUNDAY, April 2
6pm Mivos Quartet: Steve Reich String Quartets
record release show with Elori Saxl
VENUE: Public RecordsMONDAY, April 3
7pm Mossenek
Mick Barr – guitar
Chuck Bettis – voc/fx
Judith Berkson + Jerry Lim
VENUE: Sunview LuncheonetteTUESDAY, April 4
6pm Pop-Up Concerts: Olivia De Prato
Repertoire:
Miya Masaoka, Mapping A Joyful Path (2022) World Premiere
Zosha Di Castri, The Dream Feed (2021)
Jen Baker, Fire In The Dark (2021)
Katherine Young, Mycorrhiza I (2021)
Angélica Negrón, Panorama (2012)
Missy Mazzoli, Tooth And Nail (2010)
Olivia De Prato, violin
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia UniversityWEDNESDAY, April 5
8pm International Contemporary Ensemble
New Works by Mazz Swift and Murat Çolak
VENUE: RouletteWEDNESDAY, April 5
8:30 pm Eye for the Critical Puzzle Piece
Brian Marsella (piano, keys, percussion) Sae Hashimoto (vibraphone, percussion) Cyro Baptista (percussion, vocals) Tim Keiper (percussion, ngoni)
VENUE: The StoneTHURSDAY, April 6
8pm Sara Serpa- voice + compositions
Ingrid Laubrock- saxophones
Angelica Sanchez- piano
Erik Friedlander- cello
VENUE: SeedsFRIDAY, April 7
7:30 pm Matthew Shipp, piano solo
VENUE: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY (365 5th Avenue, New York)FRIDAY, April 7
8:30 pm Trio
Brian Marsella (piano) Trevor Dunn (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The StoneSATURDAY, April 8
7PM Gauci/ Matsuno/ Dahl/ Shea
Stephen Gauci – sax / Keisuke Matsuno – guitar / Tim Dahl – bass / Kevin Shea – drums
VENUE: DMGSATURDAY, April 8
8:30 pm Quartet
Brian Marsella (piano) Ben Goldberg (clarinet) Michael Formanek (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The StoneSUNDAY, April 9
5pm to and fro: Sylvie Courvoisier
VENUE: ShiftAPR 10 – MAY 13
Champion, an opera by Terence Blanchard
Libretto By Michael Cristofer
VENUE: the Metropolitan OperaTUESDAY, April 11
9PM Užupis (Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Naujo, William Shore)
VENUE: Bar LunaticoTUESDAY, April 11
8PM False Harmonics #14: Clone Decay
(feat. Mary Halvorson) and Symphony (feat. Peter Evans) vs. GNR8RZ (feat. Simon Hanes)
VENUE: Pioneer WorksWEDNESDAY, April 12
8PM Annea Lockwood & Ruth Anderson: “Tête-à-tête” LP Release
VENUE: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNYFRIDAY, April 14
7:30 and 9:30 Matt Mitchell with Kate Gentile and Ches Smith
VENUE: Jazz GallerySATURDAY, April 15
8:30 pm TRIO
Micah Thomas (piano) Zoh Amba (tenor sax) Kweku Sumbry (percussion)
VENUE: The StoneSUNDAY, April 16
8pm Tim Berne
Tim Berne – saxophones
Matt Mitchell – piano
Kate Gentile – drums
VENUE: BarbesMonday, April 17
7PM Unfiltered Music Festival. Night I: Eighth Blackbird
music by Viet Cuong, Valerie Coleman, Julius Eastman, and Andy Akiho
Eighth Blackbird: Lisa Kaplan, piano; Matthew Duvall, percussion; Lina Andonovska, flute; Zachary Good, clarinet; Maiani da Silva, violin; and Laura Metcalf, cello
VENUE: Fotografiska (281 Park Ave South, New York)TUESDAY, April 18
7:30pm and 9:30pm The Living Collection
Lesley Mok -drums/compositions
David Leon -alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
Yuma Uesaka -tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet, contraalto clarinet
Adam O’Farrill -trumpet
Kalun Leung -trombone
Joanna Mattrey -viola
Aliya Ultan -cello
Florian Herzog -bass
Weston Olencki -electronics
VENUE: Jazz GalleryTUESDAY, April 18
7:30 pm Herding Cats
Icarus Quartet
Program:
iterate no trace (2015) Manuela Meier
Bass clarinet
Melodie – fallend (2003) Beat Furrer
Piano
Camouflage (2012, 2017, 2022) Michel Galante
Two keyboards, two percussion
little things lost WORLD PREMIERE* (2022) Amy Beth Kirsten
Two keyboards, two percussion
sensibilità assimilate (2023) Lang Chen
Fast Darkness III: Moonwards (2022) Chaya Czernowin
Flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello
Growth (2010) Marcos Balter
Flute, clarinet, saxophone, electric guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello
VENUE: DiMenna CenterWEDNESDAY, April 19
7pm Unfiltered Music Festival. Night III: Jenny Lin
Jenny Lin, piano
Works by Philip Glass and Valentyn Silvestrov
VENUE: Fotografiska (281 Park Ave South, New York)THURSDAY, April 20
8pm Wendy Eisenberg’s Eye Music
Wendy Eisenberg guitar and vocals
Chris Williams trumpet and electronics
Zekkereya El-magharbel trombone and electronics
Andrew Links piano/keyboards
Tyrone Allen bass
Booker Stardrum drums
video projection by Richard Lenz
VENUE: RouletteFRIDAY, April 21
7pm Art of Music and Ideas
Ostravská banda & S.E.M. Ensemble
Jiří Rožeň & Petr Kotik, conductors
Program:
Petr Kotik Nine + 1 (2014-15)
Petr Bakla Elswhere (2017)
Christian Wolff Trust (2012)
Roscoe Mitchell Improvistaion
Pauline Oliveros Meditations for Orchestra (1997)
Jana Vörösová Oratio Phillipica (2021)
Pavel Zemek Novák Kvartet č. 3 / Památce Evžena Plocka (2011-13)
Rudolf Komorous Olympia(1964)
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall BallroomFRIDAY, April 21
7:30 pm Wild Up: Radical Adornment
The Music of Julius Eastman: I — Femenine
Program: Eastman, Femenine
Performers: Wild Up
VENUE: The 92nd Street YSATURDAY, April 22
2 pm The Music of Julius Eastman: II
Stay On It, Piano 2, and other chamber works
7 pm The Music of Julius Eastman: III — Buddha
The retrospective culminates with a special five-hour performance of Eastman’s egg-shaped, open-score epic Buddha.
VENUE: The 92nd Street YSUNDAY, April 23
8pm Morton Subotnick’s 90th Birthday Celebration
performing live:
SooJin Anjou
David Behrman
Shelley Burgon
Miguel Frasconi
Earl Howard
John King
Joan La Barbara
Chris McIntyre
Ikue Mori
David Simons
speaking live:
Jill Fraser
George Lewis
Hunter Ochs
in-lobby sound installation:
John Morton
video tributes:
Rhys Chatham
Suzanne Ciani
Mark Coniglio
Peter Grenader & Jill Fraser
Ralph Grierson
Charlemagne Palestine
Curtis Roads
David Rosenboom
Ramon Sender
Carl Stone
Lois V Vierk
Willie Winant/Zeena Parkins/Brendan Glasson
VENUE: RouletteSUNDAY, April 23
5PM to and fro: Alexis Marcelo
VENUE: ShiftMONDAY, April 24
7:30 pm Meitar Ensemble
Uri Kochavi – Stitches that are meant to tear
for amplified quintet, objects and electronics
Sivan Cohen Elias – multicounterspeechless
for bass clarinet and electronics
Yair Klartag & Yoav Barel – Three Silent Illuminations
for emsemble, video and electronics
Amos Elkana – Tripp
for ensemble
Talia Amar – Labyrinth
for ensemble and electronics
Ruben Seroussi – The Yearnings of the Duck … In Memoriam Dudu Geva
for ensemble
Pierre-André Valade, conductor
Meitar Ensemble
VENUE: Kaufman Music CenterTUESDAY, April 25
7:30PM Imani Winds: Bruits
Program:
WILLIAMS “St. Martin de Porres” (arr. Helen Sung; World Premiere)
FREDERIC RZEWSKI Sometimes (NY Premiere)
ANDY AKIHO BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging
REENA ESMAIL The Light is the Same
VIJAY IYER Bruits (NY Premiere)
TAYLOR “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” (arr. Mark Dover; World Premiere)
Performers
Imani Winds
·· Brandon Patrick George, Flute
·· Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Oboe
·· Mark Dover, Clarinet
·· Kevin Newton, French Horn
·· Monica Ellis, Bassoon
with
Janinah Burnett, Soprano
Cory Smythe, Piano
VENUE: Zankel HallTUESDAY, April 25
8pm Zoh Amba, Steve Gunn, Gabby Fluke-Mogul & Ryan Sawyer
VENUE: Zürcher GalleryWEDNESDAY, April 26
8PM Tropos (Philip Golub, Mario Layne Fabrizio)
Mariel Roberts/ Tomas Fujiwara
VENUE: ShiftTHURSDAY, April 27
8:30 pm TRIO
Sally Gates (guitar) Zoh Amba (tenor sax) Dan Weiss (drums)
VENUE: The StoneSaturday, April 29
8:30 pm QUARTET
Sally Gates (guitar) Matt Hollenberg (bass vi) Trevor Dunn (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The StoneSATURDAY, April 29
6pm Wood & Metal
Max Johnson, bass
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone) and Erin Rogers (tenor and soprano saxophone)
VENUE: BarbesSUNDAY, April 30
5PM to and fro: Anthony Coleman
VENUE: Shift
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