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This week: concerts in New York (February 10, 2020 – February 16, 2020)

Face the Music and Nathalie Joachim

Kaufman Music Center’s teen new music ensemble, Face the Music, joins forces with composer/flutist/vocalist Nathalie Joachim, a member of eighth blackbird and Flutronix and 2019-20 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence, to perform new arrangements from her debut album Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), an evening-length work for voice, flute, string quartet, and electronics.
Monday, February 10 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Chromatic Fantasies & More

Pianist Max Lifchitz plays Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903 along contrapuntally inspired chromatic works by romantic and contemporary composers.
Monday, February 10 at 8:00 PM
Free
The National Opera Center, Marc A. Scorca Hall, 330 7th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY
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Wet Ink Collaborations

Wet Ink Ensemble

Wet Ink Ensemble

Charmaine Lee and Sam Pluta perform duo improvisations, Mariel Roberts premieres Duo for cello and violin, and Wet Ink Ensemble premieres Performance Practice.
Thursday, February 13 at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM
Tickets $10
Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Paula Matthusen | Musical Ecologies

Paula Matthusen

Paula Matthusen–Photo by Tomas Muscionico

Musical Ecologies season seven continues with composer Paula Matthusen. The program will include a new work for electric guitar performed by guitarist James Moore, an experimental piece for two resonating cymbals, and a solo work for electronics performed by the composer. The evening will begin with a conversation hosted by series curator Dan Joseph.
Thursday, February 13 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $10
The Old Stone House in Washington Park, 3rd Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Hypercube plays ICEBERG

Hypercube will premiere new pieces by ICEBERG member composers Drake Andersen, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Victor Baez, Derek Cooper, and Max Grafe. Like all ICEBERG events, this concert will be preceded by an open bar happy hour and followed by a conversation with the performers and composers.
Saturday, February 15 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $10-$20
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43 West 13th Street, New York, NY
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Pulsing & Shaking Macro: Quintilia Ensemble

Cassie Wieland

Cassie Wieland

Pulsing & Shaking ensemble-in-residence Quintilia performs works by Andrew Noseworthy, Asha Srinivansan, Cassie Wieland, Louis Andriessen, and more.
Saturday, February 15 at 8:00 PM
Free
Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Philip Glass Ensemble performs “Music in Twelve Parts” (Parts 1,2,3)

Philip Glass Ensemble performs Music in Twelve Parts over four sets on February 16 (4:30pm and 7:30pm) and February 17 (6pm and 9pm). Each set includes three parts.
Sunday, February 16 at 4:30 PM
Tickets $25-$40
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Philip Glass Ensemble performs “Music in Twelve Parts” (Parts 4,5,6)

Philip Glass Ensemble performs Music in Twelve Parts over four sets on February 16 (4:30pm and 7:30pm) and February 17 (6pm and 9pm). Each set includes three parts.
Sunday, February 16 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25-$40
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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