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This week: concerts in New York (June 8 – June 14, 2015)

Wet Ink Large Ensemble

Wet Ink

Wet Ink

Wet Ink presents an evening of new music for large ensemble by Mahir Cetiz, Katherine Young and David Franszon alongside recent chamber pieces by Sam Pluta and Alex Mincek.
Monday, June 8 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Vox Temporum

Vox Temporum, presented by Brian Erickson and Lester St. Louis, returns to Spectrum.
Wednesday, June 10 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Opening Night | Mise-En Music Festival

ensemble mise-en

ensemble mise-en

The Mise-En Music Festival opens at The Cell with Ensemble Mise-En performing U.S. premieres by composers from around the world.
Wednesday, June 10 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $10 students
The Cell Theatre, 338 West 23rd Street, New York, NY
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Greg Kallor: Chamber Music

Gregg Kallor

Gregg Kallor

Kallor is the inaugural Composer-In-Residence at SubCulture in New York City. The first season of his two-year residency will feature world premieres of three new pieces and collaborations with cellist Joshua Roman, violinist Miranda Cuckson, mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala, and baritone Matthew Worth. This concert features the world premiere of a new trio piece, and performances of Short Stories (violin and piano) and Undercurrent (cello and piano).
Thursday, June 11 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25 advance, $30 day of show
SubCulture, 45 Bleecker Street, Downstairs, New York, NY
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Luka Ligeti & Notebook

On the occasion of his 50th birthday, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents an unprecedented overview of Lukas Ligeti’s work as a composer. The concert-series opens at the ACFNY, with performances of Lukas Ligeti’s solo and small ensemble works and a performance of Lukas Ligeti’s band, Notebook.
Thursday, June 11 at 7:30 PM
Free
Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY
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The League of Composers/ISCM

Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Saariaho

Louis Karchin and Scott Voyles will conduct the Orchestra of the League of Composers in their final concert of the season. Their season culminates in the performance of the commissioned work A League of Notions, by Morris Rosenzweig, and other exciting premieres and compositions by David Felder, Irving Fine, and Kaaija Saariaho.
Thursday, June 11 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $10 students/seniors
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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Dead Language + Rhythm Method | Mise-En Music Festival

Ensembles Dead Language and Rhythm Method perform U.S. premieres by composers from around the world.
Friday, June 12 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $10 students
Mise-En_Place, 678 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Voices | Lesley Flanigan

Lesley Flanigan presents Voices, a new work for vocal ensemble and electronics that expands her sculptural music-making approach from speaker electronics to the human voice.
Friday, June 12 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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New Music Marathon | Mise-En Music Festival

Iktus Percussion

Iktus Percussion

Ensemble Mise-En, Iktus Percussion, Dead Language, Rhythm Method are featured on this marathon of new music.
Saturday, June 13 at 4:00 PM
Free ($15 suggested donation)
Taipei Cultural Center, 1 East 42nd Street, New York, NY
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Eleonor Sandresky: Rétes Series

Eleonor Sandresky

Eleonor Sandresky

Pianist Eleonor Sandresky is joined by saxophonist/flutist Andrew Sterman to perform a selection of original music and improvisations.
Saturday, June 13 at 9:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Lukas Ligeti: 50th Birthday Concert

On the occasion of his 50th birthday, the Austrian Cultural Forum presents an unprecedented overview of Lukas Ligeti’s work as a composer. The festival will culminate in this concert, presented jointly with Roulette, and featuring Lukas’s music for chamber orchestra. Ensemble mise-en will perform the world premiere of a new, extensive work commissioned by ACFNY; several other works on the program are US or NYC premieres.
Sunday, June 14 at 5:30 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Simone Dinnerstein with Face the Music

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein joins forces Face the Music for the New York premiere of Philip Lasser’s piano concerto The Circle and the Child. The program also includes Face the Music player/composer Paris Lavidis’s theatrical Violin Concerto in D, Michelle David’s First Love Experience, and Benjamin Wenzelburg’s Air for harp and strings.
Sunday, June 14 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20
Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Center, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY
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Lukas Ligeti’s 50th Birthday Party

Celebrate the composer Lukas Ligeti’s 50th birthday at Spectrum.
Sunday, June 14 at 9:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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