Blood Makes Noise | Holly Herndon
Holly Herndon (photo credit: Suzy Poling)
Holly Herndon presents two special evening concerts in the Guggenheim Museum’s Tower Gallery Level 5. Performing in collaboration with guest dancers and vocalists, the concerts highlight musical works written for a multichannel ambisonic speaker system, creating a uniquely immersive audience experience.
Monday, December 15 at 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM
Tickets $25, $20 members
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY
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Preformances with Allison Charney
Featuring the world premiere of a new setting of Kim D. Sherman’s Prairie Diaries for soprano, cello and piano, Chopin’s B-Minor Sonata and Barcarolle, and Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz.
Monday, December 15 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 members, $5 seniors
The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY
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World Interpretations | Ensemble Pi
Laura Kaminsky
For their annual Peace Project’s ninth installment, music collective Ensemble Pi performs new commissions and other works, which examine the relationship of language, truth and politics – and how words change meaning when used in contexts different than the ones intended. The program will feature world premieres by Laura Kaminsky and Susan Botti, followed by the music of Jason Eckart, Byrant Kong, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Wednesday, December 17 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20
SubCulture, 45 Bleecker Street, Downstairs, New York, NY
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Master-Pieces | S.E.M. Ensemble
The S.E.M. Ensemble premieres the American/Czech composer Petr Kotik’s Master-Pieces (2014). The staged, 60-minute chamber opera features a libretto by Kotik, based on writings by Gertrud Stein and adapted to the stage by director Michael Rau.
Wednesday, December 17 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21st Street, New York, NY
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Holiday Music by Robert Sirota
Robert Sirota – Photo by Brian Hatton
The concert include performances by The Choristers of The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine led by conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather, soprano Mellissa Hughes, violist Nadia Sirota, and harpist Victoria Drake.
Friday, December 19 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $65, $1 children 7-16 (with purchase of adult ticket)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
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Charlotte Mundy: Pieces for Voice, Electronics and Oboe
Soprano Charlotte Mundy presents a recital of brand-new music for voice and electronics, with a guest appearance from oboist Stuart Breczinski. The program features two world premieres by Breczinski and Lester St. Louis, along with two of Illinois-based composer Erin Gee’s arresting ‘mouthpieces’ for amplified solo voice.
Friday, December 19 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Make Music Winter
Like Make Music New York’s annual flagship event on the first day of summer, June 21, Make Music Winter is a free, outdoor musical event that turns audiences into music makers. Inspired by Phil Kline’s annual Unsilent Night – the boombox parade that has become an international tradition and takes place in NYC on December 13 this year – Make Music Winter’s innovative projects transform New York’s cityscape for a single day.
Sunday, December 21 at 12:00 AM
Free
Everywhere, New York, NY
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