This week: concerts in New York (July 16, 2012 – July 22, 2012)

Harumi Rhodes, Caroline Stinson, Makoto Fujimura, and Molly Morkoski

Harumi Rhodes, Caroline Stinson, Makoto Fujimura, and Molly Morkoski perform music by Messiaen, Debussy, Ravel, Takemitsu, and Piazzolla at Le Poisson Rouge.

Monday, July 16th at 7:30 PM
Tickest $15 in advance, $20 day of show
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Loop 2.4.3 and Clogs

Two of new york’s most dynamic improvising ensembles perform an evening of honest music that defies the limitations and expectations of genre-boundaries. Clogs and Loop 2.4.3 both draw on multiple influences—from folk and rock, modal and improvised, to modern classical composition.

Clogs

Clogs

Monday, July 16th at 8 PM

Tickest $15 in advance, $20 day of show
Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn
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John Cage “Centennial Celebration” (Part III)

Music by John Cage and Morton Feldman by Flux Quartet (Tom Chiu, violin; Conrad Harris, violin; Max Mandel, viola; Felix Fan, cello with Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet; Joseph Kubera, piano; Alex Sopp, flute; Matt Gold, Percussion).

Wednesday, July 18 at 8 PM

Tickets $35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)
Barge Music at Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Émilie

Presented at part of the Lincoln Center Festival, Émilie is a modern one-singer, multimedia tour de force about an extraordinary woman: French Enlightenment thinker Émilie du Châtelet. The piece was composed by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. The production features soprano Elizabeth Futral in the title role.

Thursday, July 19th — Sunday July 22nd at 7:30 PM
Tickets from $35
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College , 899 Tenth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets.
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New Juilliard Ensemble as MoMA’s Summer Garden

Members of The New Juilliard Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Joel Sachs, perform this second of two distinctive programs featuring contemporary works by composers from Finland, Japan, Korea, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
Sunday July 22nd at 8 PM
Free
Summer Garden, MoMA, New York, NY (Entrance to Summergarden is through the Sculpture Garden gate on West 54th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues)
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