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World Music Institute to Present Paolo Angeli at Joe's Pub
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 10, 2025

Composer, ethnomusicologist, and instrument maker Paolo Angeli is set to perform at Joe's Pub. Paolo cultivated an expansive and timeless approach to music that he expresses through his hand-crafted prepared Sardinian guitar. Learn how to attend!

Basil Twist's DOGUGAESHI Comes To Japan Society This September
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 14, 2024

Japan Society launches its 2024-2025 Performing Arts Season with Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi, a 20th anniversary revival of Twist’s Bessie award-winning fusion of mind-bending contemporary puppetry and nearly extinct traditional puppetry techniques from Japan’s Awa region.

FringeArts Reveals Programming For 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 30, 2024

FringeArts, Philadelphia's home for contemporary performance, is pleased to announce the full roster of programming for the 28th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, a city-wide celebration of progressive, world-class art that expands the imagination and boldly defies expectations.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project Releases Debut Recording of Vijay Iyer's Orchestral Works
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 11, 2024

Approaching its landmark 100th album, the Grammy Award-winning Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) led by conductor Gil Rose releases Vijay Iyer: Trouble on its eponymous label, BMOP/sound. Marking his debut recording as an orchestral composer, polymath Vijay Iyer showcases his high-minded yet emotionally expressive approach to music-making with this collection of bustling textures, surprising forms, and pulsating rhythms. Listen to the album now!

BMOP/sound To Release Debut Recording Of Vijay Iyer's Orchestral Works
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 31, 2024

BMOP/sound will release Vijay Iyer's debut orchestral recording, 'Trouble,' conducted by Gil Rose with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and soloist Jennifer Koh. Learn when you can purchase the album!

HEAR IN NOW EXPANDED Comes To Brooklyn In April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 20, 2024

Experience the unique musical collaboration between Ethiopia-based QWANQWA and Hear in Now Expanded at Roulette in Brooklyn. Discover how these ensembles blend tradition and experimentalism, pushing musical boundaries and sharing improvisational techniques.

QWANQWA Announce 2024 North American Tour Dates
by Michael Major - Mar 20, 2024

Get the latest on QWANQWA's 2024 North American tour dates. Stay updated with BroadwayWorld for the most recent news on entertainment and live performances. This year's tour is equally ambitions; spanning nine weeks in March through May, 39 cities, both coasts, and everything in between -- with more dates TBA.

Mehrnam Rastegari to Debut CHOGAN at Joe's Pub in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 14, 2024

Discover Iranian master kamancheh player, Mehrnam Rastegari's new project, Chogan, debuting at Joe's Pub in NYC on April 10th. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Kaethe Hostetter to Launch Residency at Barbès in Brooklyn
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 24, 2023

Experience the vibrant sounds of Ethiopia every Saturday in November at Kaethe Hostetter's monthlong residency at Barbès in Brooklyn. Featuring special guests Thalia Zadek, Monk Earl, and Lioness, this unique musical event will transport you to the bustling streets of Addis Ababa. Don't miss out on this exciting celebration of Ethiopian music and culture. Get your tickets now!

The San Francisco Symphony Experimental SoundBox Series Returns For Tenth Season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 18, 2023

The San Francisco Symphony’s groundbreaking SoundBox series returns for its tenth season in 2023–24 with four live programs with curators including violinist, singer, and composer Mazz Swift; SF Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen; and SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and roboticist Carol Reiley.

Funoon And 100 Sutton Present Underground Horns, 10/19
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 12, 2023

Join in on Thursday, October 18th at 100 Sutton St, Brooklyn, NY for an incredible performance by Underground Horns. Get your tickets now!

La MaMa to Present World Premiere of Neil Greenberg's BETSY in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 22, 2022

La MaMa will present the world premiere of Betsy by award-winning choreographer Neil Greenberg. A proper noun, a subject that does and performs, Betsy is a new dance exploring the phenomenon of performance itself. Performances will take place November 12–14.

New York Live Composing Festival Opens This Thursday!
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 13, 2022

Irondale, Brooklyn's leading theatrical and artistically ambitious think-tank theater ensemble, together with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, presents The New York Live Composing Festival, June 16-18. 

New York Live Composing Festival Announced For June
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2022

 A three-day event that puts the Soundpainting and Conduction live composing sign languages into the spotlight to create music, theater and movement, the festival brings together multi-disciplinary New York artists hailing from all over the world to explore the language of real-time composition.

BMHC Presents MUSIC BY THE BOOK Live Conversation With Dr. Chris Washburne and Bobby Sanabria
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2022

In recognition of April as Jazz Appreciation Month the Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC) hosts  a discussion with Dr. Chris Washburne and BMHC co-artistic director Bobby Sanabria  about Washburne's latest book, Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz. This discussion will focus on why this genre of jazz is deserving of more appreciation from the jazz world.

SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia At Nasher Sculpture Center
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2022

The Nasher Sculpture Center announces 'SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia', a series of six historic concerts, from February 22–27, 2022, bringing together twelve master musicians to explore the expressive range of Harry Bertoia's sounding sculptures, in complement to the exhibition Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life on view at the Nasher January 29 – April 23, 2022. 

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber Presents The Cosmic Riddem, Esoteric Rambunction, And Eclectic Blue Cheer 'Conduction' Workshop
by Stephi Wild - Jan 19, 2022

Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) today announced that self-described “territory band, neo-tribal thang, community hang” Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber (BSAC) will lead a free workshop for six rising musicians, ages 18-35, from March 31-April 3, 2022, as part of the Hall's ongoing series of workshops and master classes for young professional musicians. 

DACAMERA Shares Archival Performance Of Tyshawn Sorey's PERLE NOIRE
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 13, 2020

DACAMERA continues its virtual series of streamed archival concerts with the release of Tyshawn Sorey's Perle Noire.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Announces New Digital Initiatives for 2020-21 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2020

Miller Theatre's celebrated, fun and free Pop-Up Concerts resume, with a change of venue. Filmed live in the awe-inspiring Lantern (the top floor venue in the Lenfest Center for the Arts, with sweeping views of Manhattan), Miller invites the public to take a virtual front-row seat for exciting performances by world-class musicians.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Concert to Feature Music From China Ensemble
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 31, 2020

On Wednesday, February 12 at 5:30 pm and 8 pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents performances by the Music From China ensemble in celebration of the Princeton University Art Museum's exhibit The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century. To be held amid the Museum's second floor galleries, the concert spotlights the artistry of musicians Wang Guowei, Sun Li, and Wang Junling as they perform traditional Chinese music on erhu, pipa, and zheng.