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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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Maya Beiser Releases 'TERRY RILEY: IN C'; Performs at National Sawdust in April

Cellist and producer Maya Beiser will release her newest solo album, Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C, on her Islandia Music Records label. Learn more about the album and release concert at National Sawdust here!
National Sawdust Reveals Winter/Spring 2024 Season Featuring Multidisciplinary Works & More

National Sawdust has revealed its Winter/Spring 2024 season. Learn how to purchase tickets!
Soapbox Gallery to Present Album Release Show for HEVREH Ensemble's MESEROLE STREET

Soapbox Gallery will present the album release show for HEVREH Ensemble’s extraordinary Meserole Street on Saturday, February 25th at 8pm.
Silkroad Presents TRAIN STATION TRIOS: Songs & Stories Of The American Railroad

 Silkroad has announced a new series of concerts, Train Station Trios: Songs & Stories of the American Railroad, that is tied to its multi-year initiative led by Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens. In the series, local scholars and Silkroad artists will gather to shed light on hidden chronicles and powerful stories through new music and storytelling, painting a richer and more accurate picture of the origins of the American Empire.
Osvaldo Golijov's FALLING OUT OF TIME to Receive New York Premiere in Zankel Hall

On Friday, May 6 at 7:30PM, acclaimed composer Osvaldo Golijov’s poignant and emotional new work Falling Out of Time receives its New York premiere in Zankel Hall.
Chatham Baroque Brings East of the River To Pittsburgh For A Program Of Medieval Sephardic Music and More

This April, Chatham Baroque presents New York-based ensemble East of the River for the program Hamsa, featuring music from the geographic regions of Andalusia, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the Sephardic diaspora.
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Announced Spring Series

After a pandemic-induced hiatus of two years, Bridgehampton Chamber Music’s BCM Spring series returns in 2022 with three early-evening Saturday concerts in March, April, and May. With its four-week summer festival and the successful launch of BCM Autumn, a two-concert fall series, this past November, Long Island’s longest-running classical music festival now has close to a year-round presence in its East End home.
BWW Review: HEAR, EAT, HOME: KINAN'S VISION And MY MOTHER'S TABLE

Is it not so that two of the key ingredients in shaping identity, building community, and cultivating civility are food and the arts? Indeed, the habits of the heart emanate from these divine humanistic expressions. Hsuan Yu Pan, a Taiwanese-raised, New York City-based documentarian, simply and exquisitely illustrates the point in two films ~ one, a 2:30 short, entitled HEAR, EAT, HOME: KINAN’S VISION; the other, an eight-minute documentary, MY MOTHER’S TABLE.
Rhiannon Giddens Named Artistic Director of Silkroad

Golnar Khosrowshahi, Chair of the Silkroad Board of Directors, announced today that celebrated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens has been appointed the next Artistic Director of Silkroad. Her first official appearance will be on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 8 p.m. EDT in Tanglewood's 'Recitals from the World Stage.'
Rhiannon Giddens Named Artistic Director Of Silkroad

Golnar Khosrowshahi, Chair of the Silkroad Board of Directors, announced today that celebrated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens has been appointed the next Artistic Director of Silkroad.
Mike Block Releases New Single 'Iniche Cosebe' Feat. Balla Kouyate

 Today, pioneering cello player, composer, singer and educator, Mike Block released his latest single, “Iniche Cosebe,” featuring famed Malian balafonist, Balla Kouyaté.
Joe's Pub Features Priya Darshini Live From Home, and The Jewbadours and Mrs. Smith From the Archives This Week

Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE'S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. Designed to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub will share multiple events with audiences worldwide each week.
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES Features Natalie Weiss, First Ladies of Disco and Aretha Franklin Tribute This Week

Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE'S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. Designed to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub will share multiple events with audiences worldwide each week.
SYBARITE5 Releases New Album, Embarks on Tour

On March 20, 2020, Sybarite5, the first string quintet ever to win the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, celebrates the release of its fourth album, Live from New York, It's Sybarite5 [BTSC-0131/1 CD], a recording featuring live performances from Chelsea's The Cell, a performance space the innovative string quintet has called its New York home for more than a decade. The quintet's second album on the Bright Shiny Things label features newly commissioned world premiere works by Brandon Ridenour, Ehsan Matoori, Steven Snowden, and Michael Dellaira; and string quintet premieres of works by William Brittelle, Marc Mellits, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and John Coltrane. Guest artists for the album include co-artistic director of Silkroad, Grammy® winning percussionist Shane Shanahan; renowned santoor player Ehsan Matoori; and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert. In addition to CD format, the album will be available as a high-resolution download (96kHz 24-bit FLAC), and in limited edition vinyl.
World Chamber Music Quartet, Hevreh Ensemble, Releases its Third Album Today

Renowned for its ethno-classical style of music, the Hevreh Ensemble releases its third album A Path of Light (TBR 05.24.19) on Ansonia Records. Composed by Hevreh founder/bass clarinetist Jeff Adler, the recording fuses world music, especially indigenous Native American music and timbres, with neo- classical artists, resulting in a meditative sound painting. Hevreh Ensemble – Judith Dansker, Laurie Friedman, Adam Morrison, and Jeff Adler – is joined by guest artists: the genre-defying string quartet ETHEL, Silkroad percussionist Shane Shanahan, double bassist George Rush, and prominent tablaist Naren Budhkar.
Silkroad To Perform In Sydney For The First Time Next March

Grammy Award-winning super group Silkroad Ensemble will perform in Sydney for the first time today March 9, 2019 at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
World Music Super Group Silkroad Ensemble Makes Queensland Debut At QPAC

The international musicians of Grammy Award-winning super group Silkroad Ensemble will perform their genre-defying music in Brisbane for the first time at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) today 7 March 2019.
World Music Super Group Silkroad Ensemble Makes Queensland Debut At QPAC

The international musicians of Grammy Award-winning super group Silkroad Ensemble will perform their genre-defying music in Brisbane for the first time at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on Thursday 7 March 2019.
Silkroad To Perform In Sydney For The First Time Next March

Grammy Award-winning super group Silkroad Ensemble will perform in Sydney for the first time on Saturday March 9, 2019 at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

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