c o n c e r t a r c h i v e
Saturday, 1/25/20, 8pm: New Music on the Edge with TAK Ensemble
Presenting new works by U. Pitt's graduate student composers
Pittsburgh, PA
More information
2/6-8/20: The Rhythm Method
Residency and performance at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
2/18/20: TAK Ensemble
Residency and performance at Oberlin Conservatory, OH
Saturday, 2/29/20: Columbia Composers concert with TAK Ensemble
Premieres by Columbia University graduate composers
Columbia University, NYC
Saturday, 3/7/20: Inflection Series at 92Y with Talea Ensemble
Chamber operas by George Benjamin and Toshio Hosokawa
92Y, Kaufman Center Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue
More information
10.1.17, 6-10pm: The Rhythm Method presents Broad Statements
Curated by The Rhythm Method string quartet, this evening features sets by The Rhythm Method, Amirtha Kidambi, Charlotte Munday + Laura Cocks, Yva Las Vegass, and Odetta Hartman
The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St., NYC
Facebook event
Tickets (Advance sales discount!)
10.3.17, 7pm: Shattered Glass album release concert
Shattered Glass, conductorless string orchestra, celebrates the release of its new album
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer St., Brooklyn
Facebook event
Tickets
10.14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.17: The Power of Emotion
TAK Ensemble with the Televiolet Theater Company
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St., NYC
Facebook event
Tickets
11.5.17: Musiques Démesurées Festival with Talea Ensemble
Clermont-Ferrand, France
11/23/17, 7:30pm: Ottawa New Music Creators presents TAK ensemble
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 217 1st Ave, Ottawa, Ontario
More info
11/26/17, 8pm: Innovations en concert presents TAK ensemble with Architek Percussion
La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec
More info
12/11/17, 7:30pm: The Rhythm Method with NYU Percussion Ensemble performs Selene by Augusta Read Thomas
Frederick Loewe Theater, 35 W. 4th St., NYC
12/21/17, 7pm: The Association of Dominican Classical Artists presents "Un Romance Latino"
Aaron Davis Hall, Marian Anderson Theater, at the City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave, NYC
More info
2018
1/12/18, 8pm: The Rhythm Method plays music by Maconchy, Kifferstein, Nielson, and Bolstad
The Owl Music Parlor, 497 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
1/19/18 + 1/21/18, 7:30pm: Iceland in New York – TAK and Loadbang play works by composers of the Errata Collective
Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., NYC
Tickets // Facebook
1/25/18 + 1/26/18, 8pm: Lucerne Festival Alumni plays Zappa
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY
1.25 Tickets // 1.26 Tickets
2/3/18, 8pm: The Rhythm Method plays Gust Burns at the New Ears Festival
The Fridman Gallery, 287 Spring St., NYC
Tickets
2/4/18, 4pm: The Rhythm Method + Kathy Supove at the Tribeca New Music Festival
The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St., NYC
Tickets
2/10/18, 8pm: TAK ensemble + Architek percussion
The Dimenna Center for Classical Music, Benzaquen Hall, 450 W. 37th St.
2/18/18, 3pm: Recital with Daniel Colalillo, piano
MIRROR Tea House, 575 Union St. #A, Brooklyn NY
2/21/18, 7pm: Tradiciones Dominicanas
Aaron Davis Hall Theater A, City College of NY
3/13/18, 8pm: Brooklyn Bound presents TAK ensemble
So Percussion Studio, 20 Grand Ave. (between Flushing and Park) #205, Brooklyn, NY
3/24/18, 7:30pm: The Rhythm Method: Siren Songs
Atelier für Musik & Kinesiologie, Pius Strassmann
Luzern, Switzerland
More information
3/26/18: The Rhythm Method residency at the Zurich University of the Arts
Zurich, Switzerland
3/29/18, 8pm: The Rhythm Method: Siren Songs, presented by the String Theories Festival
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn
Tickets and more information
4/3/18, 8pm: TAK ensemble Album release party for "Sanctuary," by Mario Diaz de Leon
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY
More information
Proving Up, by Missy Mazzoli
Opera Omaha and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Performances 4/13, 4/15, 4/19, 4/21, 4/22
Tickets and information
4/28/18, 8pm: Qubit presents TAK: 21st-Century Sound Stories
Premieres by Bryan Jacobs, David Bird, Alec Hall, and Aaron Einbond
Project Q, 1850 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY
5/5/18, 8pm: TAK ensemble 5th Birthday Party!
University Settlement, Speyer Hall, NYC
July 5, 7pm: Surfaces Reframed with the International Contemporary Ensemble
music by Oliveros, Czernowin, and Haapamäki
Time of Music Festival
Viitasaari, Finland
July 6, 4pm: Touching Ears and Strings with the International Contemporary Ensemble
music by Oliveros, Johnson, Iannota, Samanli, and Diaz de Leon
Time of Music Festival
Viitasaari, Finland
July 12, 8:30pm: Kifferstein / Adler-McKean / Duo Eizirik/Kort/ Flesser
Ezerzierstraße 10, 13357 Berlin, Germany
more information
July 14-29: Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
August 6-11: Composers Conference
Brandeis, MA
August 16, 8pm: Timespans Festival with Talea Ensemble
music by Lara and Bettison
Cary Hall, Dimenna Center for Classical Music, NYC
September 26 and 28, 8pm: Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli
with International Contemporary Ensemble and Opera Omaha
Miller Theater at Columbia University, NYC
October 18, 8pm: Thurman Barker and strings
with The Rhythm Method and friends
Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
October 30, 8pm: TAK and Quince at the Library of Congress Founders Day Concert
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Sunday, December 16, 7pm: Kifferstein Wulliman Olencki // Intoning and detuning
A program of music for 2 violins, trombone, and modular synthesizer; works by Marina Kifferstein, Austin Wulliman, Weston Olencki, Chris Otto, and Meaghan Burke, and an improvised set with live processing.
Spectrum, 70 Flushing Avenue, Garage A, Brooklyn, NY
Tickets $15/$10 for students; more information
Thursday, December 20, 7pm: La Canción Lírica Latinoamericana
The Association of Dominican Classical Artists presents a program with guest singers Melliangee Pérez, Nathalie Avila, Juan Cuevas, and Edgar Pérez, with the ADCA Symphony Orchestra and conductor Carlos Andrés Mejía.
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of NY, 129 Convent Avenue, NY
Free admission; RSVP for tickets
2019
Wednesday, January 9, 8pm: Dominic Coles / Olencki Kifferstein duo / Jenn Grossman
Three sets of electronic music that explore sound and space
Areté Venue and Gallery, 67 West St. #103, Brooklyn, NY
More information
Tuesday, January 15, 8pm: The Rhythm Method and Will Lang
The Rhythm Method string quartet presents a program of works by the members of the quartet
Areté Venue and Gallery, 67 West St. #103, Brooklyn, NY
February 2-11: TAK ensemble in residency at Stanford University
Workshops and performances throughout the week
Stanford University, CA
February 21: TAK ensemble residency at St. Cloud University
Workshop and performance
St. Cloud State University, MN
February 23, 7:30 pm ; February 24, 7:30 pm: TAK ensemble with 113 Composers
Works by Erin Gee, Uri Kochavi, Joan Arnau Pamies, David Bird, Taylor Brook, Kate Soper, Ashkan Behzadi, Tiffany M. Skidmore*, Joey Crane*, Michael Duffy*, Benjamin Klein*, Sam Krahn*, Adam Zahller* (* denotes world premiere)
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free
Studio Z, 275 E. 4th St. Suite 200, St. Paul, MN
March 2: TAK ensemble at Cluster Festival
performing works by Luke Nickel*, Eliot Britton*, William Kuo*, Heidi Oullette*, Taylor Brook, Erin Gee, Ashkan Behzadi
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
March 7: The Rhythm Method presents: Broad Statements
The second annual installment of Broad Statements, a showcase of women in music
The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St., NY, NY
March 16: TAK ensemble in residence at University of Pennsylvania
Performance of music by U Penn Composers
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
March 25-29: The Rhythm Method in residence at Arkansas State University
Workshops and performance
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
April 22-26: TAK ensemble in residence at Cornell University
Workshop and performances in collaboration with Cornell composers
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
April 27: Permutations presents The Rhythm Method and the Byrne/Kozar duo
Works by Zosha di Castri, Jodie Rottle, Meaghan Burke, Leah Asher, and Hildegard von Bingen
The Dimenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W. 37th St, NYC
April 30-May 5: International Contemporary Ensemble: Reich/Richter
This work celebrates the opening of The Shed, and responds to paintings by Gerhard Richter that will be on exhibit in the space.
The Shed, W. 30th St. at 10th Avenue, NY, NY
More information and tickets
May 3: TAK ensemble at Look and Listen Festival
world premiere of Jessie Marino’s Portrait of a lady with a squirrel and a starling
BRIC House, 647 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY
May 12: xbucket at Spectrum
improvised set with Alex Van Gils (electronics) and Sam Tarakajian (visuals)
70 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
May 18: TAK ensemble album release of Oor, ft call for scores winner
performing works Santiago Diez Fischer, Erin Gee, David Bird, Tyshawn Sore, Ashkan Behzadi, Natacha Diels
June 10-15: TAK ensemble in residence at Delian Academy
Joint ensemble in residence with Klangforum Wien
Mykonos, Greece
July 13: Harold Budd concert with The Rhythm Method
St. George's Episcopal Church, 4 Rutherford Place, NYC
July 28-August 4: Performance faculty at The Composers Conference
Brandeis University, MA
September 1: A Soldier's Tale at the Lucerne Festival
KKL Luzern, Switzerland
September 8: Orchestra of Lucerne Festival Alumni with Riccardo Chailly
KKL Luzern, Switzerland
September 9: Orchestra of Lucerne Festival Alumni with Riccardo Chailly
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany
Thursday, 12/5/19, 1pm: Music in Midtown
Elebash Hall, The CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, NYC
Saturday, 12/14/19, 8pm: Impossible Tasks with TAK Ensemble
Premieres by Bethany Younge and Brandon Lopez
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 521 W. 126th St., NYC
Sunday, 12/15/19, 6pm: A Very Wandelweiser Christmas with The Rhythm Method
Private salon concert. Contact for information and availability.
Presenting new works by U. Pitt's graduate student composers
Pittsburgh, PA
More information
2/6-8/20: The Rhythm Method
Residency and performance at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
2/18/20: TAK Ensemble
Residency and performance at Oberlin Conservatory, OH
Saturday, 2/29/20: Columbia Composers concert with TAK Ensemble
Premieres by Columbia University graduate composers
Columbia University, NYC
Saturday, 3/7/20: Inflection Series at 92Y with Talea Ensemble
Chamber operas by George Benjamin and Toshio Hosokawa
92Y, Kaufman Center Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue
More information
10.1.17, 6-10pm: The Rhythm Method presents Broad Statements
Curated by The Rhythm Method string quartet, this evening features sets by The Rhythm Method, Amirtha Kidambi, Charlotte Munday + Laura Cocks, Yva Las Vegass, and Odetta Hartman
The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St., NYC
Facebook event
Tickets (Advance sales discount!)
10.3.17, 7pm: Shattered Glass album release concert
Shattered Glass, conductorless string orchestra, celebrates the release of its new album
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer St., Brooklyn
Facebook event
Tickets
10.14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.17: The Power of Emotion
TAK Ensemble with the Televiolet Theater Company
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St., NYC
Facebook event
Tickets
11.5.17: Musiques Démesurées Festival with Talea Ensemble
Clermont-Ferrand, France
11/23/17, 7:30pm: Ottawa New Music Creators presents TAK ensemble
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 217 1st Ave, Ottawa, Ontario
More info
11/26/17, 8pm: Innovations en concert presents TAK ensemble with Architek Percussion
La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec
More info
12/11/17, 7:30pm: The Rhythm Method with NYU Percussion Ensemble performs Selene by Augusta Read Thomas
Frederick Loewe Theater, 35 W. 4th St., NYC
12/21/17, 7pm: The Association of Dominican Classical Artists presents "Un Romance Latino"
Aaron Davis Hall, Marian Anderson Theater, at the City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave, NYC
More info
2018
1/12/18, 8pm: The Rhythm Method plays music by Maconchy, Kifferstein, Nielson, and Bolstad
The Owl Music Parlor, 497 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
1/19/18 + 1/21/18, 7:30pm: Iceland in New York – TAK and Loadbang play works by composers of the Errata Collective
Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., NYC
Tickets // Facebook
1/25/18 + 1/26/18, 8pm: Lucerne Festival Alumni plays Zappa
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY
1.25 Tickets // 1.26 Tickets
2/3/18, 8pm: The Rhythm Method plays Gust Burns at the New Ears Festival
The Fridman Gallery, 287 Spring St., NYC
Tickets
2/4/18, 4pm: The Rhythm Method + Kathy Supove at the Tribeca New Music Festival
The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St., NYC
Tickets
2/10/18, 8pm: TAK ensemble + Architek percussion
The Dimenna Center for Classical Music, Benzaquen Hall, 450 W. 37th St.
2/18/18, 3pm: Recital with Daniel Colalillo, piano
MIRROR Tea House, 575 Union St. #A, Brooklyn NY
2/21/18, 7pm: Tradiciones Dominicanas
Aaron Davis Hall Theater A, City College of NY
3/13/18, 8pm: Brooklyn Bound presents TAK ensemble
So Percussion Studio, 20 Grand Ave. (between Flushing and Park) #205, Brooklyn, NY
3/24/18, 7:30pm: The Rhythm Method: Siren Songs
Atelier für Musik & Kinesiologie, Pius Strassmann
Luzern, Switzerland
More information
3/26/18: The Rhythm Method residency at the Zurich University of the Arts
Zurich, Switzerland
3/29/18, 8pm: The Rhythm Method: Siren Songs, presented by the String Theories Festival
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn
Tickets and more information
4/3/18, 8pm: TAK ensemble Album release party for "Sanctuary," by Mario Diaz de Leon
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY
More information
Proving Up, by Missy Mazzoli
Opera Omaha and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Performances 4/13, 4/15, 4/19, 4/21, 4/22
Tickets and information
4/28/18, 8pm: Qubit presents TAK: 21st-Century Sound Stories
Premieres by Bryan Jacobs, David Bird, Alec Hall, and Aaron Einbond
Project Q, 1850 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY
5/5/18, 8pm: TAK ensemble 5th Birthday Party!
University Settlement, Speyer Hall, NYC
July 5, 7pm: Surfaces Reframed with the International Contemporary Ensemble
music by Oliveros, Czernowin, and Haapamäki
Time of Music Festival
Viitasaari, Finland
July 6, 4pm: Touching Ears and Strings with the International Contemporary Ensemble
music by Oliveros, Johnson, Iannota, Samanli, and Diaz de Leon
Time of Music Festival
Viitasaari, Finland
July 12, 8:30pm: Kifferstein / Adler-McKean / Duo Eizirik/Kort/ Flesser
Ezerzierstraße 10, 13357 Berlin, Germany
more information
July 14-29: Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
August 6-11: Composers Conference
Brandeis, MA
August 16, 8pm: Timespans Festival with Talea Ensemble
music by Lara and Bettison
Cary Hall, Dimenna Center for Classical Music, NYC
September 26 and 28, 8pm: Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli
with International Contemporary Ensemble and Opera Omaha
Miller Theater at Columbia University, NYC
October 18, 8pm: Thurman Barker and strings
with The Rhythm Method and friends
Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
October 30, 8pm: TAK and Quince at the Library of Congress Founders Day Concert
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Sunday, December 16, 7pm: Kifferstein Wulliman Olencki // Intoning and detuning
A program of music for 2 violins, trombone, and modular synthesizer; works by Marina Kifferstein, Austin Wulliman, Weston Olencki, Chris Otto, and Meaghan Burke, and an improvised set with live processing.
Spectrum, 70 Flushing Avenue, Garage A, Brooklyn, NY
Tickets $15/$10 for students; more information
Thursday, December 20, 7pm: La Canción Lírica Latinoamericana
The Association of Dominican Classical Artists presents a program with guest singers Melliangee Pérez, Nathalie Avila, Juan Cuevas, and Edgar Pérez, with the ADCA Symphony Orchestra and conductor Carlos Andrés Mejía.
Aaron Davis Hall, City College of NY, 129 Convent Avenue, NY
Free admission; RSVP for tickets
2019
Wednesday, January 9, 8pm: Dominic Coles / Olencki Kifferstein duo / Jenn Grossman
Three sets of electronic music that explore sound and space
Areté Venue and Gallery, 67 West St. #103, Brooklyn, NY
More information
Tuesday, January 15, 8pm: The Rhythm Method and Will Lang
The Rhythm Method string quartet presents a program of works by the members of the quartet
Areté Venue and Gallery, 67 West St. #103, Brooklyn, NY
February 2-11: TAK ensemble in residency at Stanford University
Workshops and performances throughout the week
Stanford University, CA
February 21: TAK ensemble residency at St. Cloud University
Workshop and performance
St. Cloud State University, MN
February 23, 7:30 pm ; February 24, 7:30 pm: TAK ensemble with 113 Composers
Works by Erin Gee, Uri Kochavi, Joan Arnau Pamies, David Bird, Taylor Brook, Kate Soper, Ashkan Behzadi, Tiffany M. Skidmore*, Joey Crane*, Michael Duffy*, Benjamin Klein*, Sam Krahn*, Adam Zahller* (* denotes world premiere)
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free
Studio Z, 275 E. 4th St. Suite 200, St. Paul, MN
March 2: TAK ensemble at Cluster Festival
performing works by Luke Nickel*, Eliot Britton*, William Kuo*, Heidi Oullette*, Taylor Brook, Erin Gee, Ashkan Behzadi
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
March 7: The Rhythm Method presents: Broad Statements
The second annual installment of Broad Statements, a showcase of women in music
The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St., NY, NY
March 16: TAK ensemble in residence at University of Pennsylvania
Performance of music by U Penn Composers
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
March 25-29: The Rhythm Method in residence at Arkansas State University
Workshops and performance
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
April 22-26: TAK ensemble in residence at Cornell University
Workshop and performances in collaboration with Cornell composers
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
April 27: Permutations presents The Rhythm Method and the Byrne/Kozar duo
Works by Zosha di Castri, Jodie Rottle, Meaghan Burke, Leah Asher, and Hildegard von Bingen
The Dimenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W. 37th St, NYC
April 30-May 5: International Contemporary Ensemble: Reich/Richter
This work celebrates the opening of The Shed, and responds to paintings by Gerhard Richter that will be on exhibit in the space.
The Shed, W. 30th St. at 10th Avenue, NY, NY
More information and tickets
May 3: TAK ensemble at Look and Listen Festival
world premiere of Jessie Marino’s Portrait of a lady with a squirrel and a starling
BRIC House, 647 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY
May 12: xbucket at Spectrum
improvised set with Alex Van Gils (electronics) and Sam Tarakajian (visuals)
70 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
May 18: TAK ensemble album release of Oor, ft call for scores winner
performing works Santiago Diez Fischer, Erin Gee, David Bird, Tyshawn Sore, Ashkan Behzadi, Natacha Diels
June 10-15: TAK ensemble in residence at Delian Academy
Joint ensemble in residence with Klangforum Wien
Mykonos, Greece
July 13: Harold Budd concert with The Rhythm Method
St. George's Episcopal Church, 4 Rutherford Place, NYC
July 28-August 4: Performance faculty at The Composers Conference
Brandeis University, MA
September 1: A Soldier's Tale at the Lucerne Festival
KKL Luzern, Switzerland
September 8: Orchestra of Lucerne Festival Alumni with Riccardo Chailly
KKL Luzern, Switzerland
September 9: Orchestra of Lucerne Festival Alumni with Riccardo Chailly
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany
Thursday, 12/5/19, 1pm: Music in Midtown
Elebash Hall, The CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, NYC
Saturday, 12/14/19, 8pm: Impossible Tasks with TAK Ensemble
Premieres by Bethany Younge and Brandon Lopez
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 521 W. 126th St., NYC
Sunday, 12/15/19, 6pm: A Very Wandelweiser Christmas with The Rhythm Method
Private salon concert. Contact for information and availability.