Performance Calendar

Please note, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music does not provide ticketing for the events at its location. To inquire about tickets to an event, please see the individual event for contact information.

Nov 1 @

Auditory Scenes

Yarn/Wire presents commissions from two composers fascinated with the nature of sound production and perception. Eric Wubbels’ Diagrams of the Ear is premiered in a new, extended version and finds Wubbels “thinking about hearing, thinking about listening, thinking... Read More
Nov 16 @

Music for Saxophones

Cobalt Quartet presents Tristan Keuris' monumental Music for Saxophones alongside Bach and a collection of works written in just the last four years. From Chris Evan Hass' vibrant, AC/DC-inspired baritone duo to the more delicate tones of Roger... Read More
Dec 11 @

X is the new Y

The concept of “X is the new Y” has long been used in culture, fashion, and art to suggest a shift in perception or a redefinition of tradition. It plays on the idea that something seemingly unconventional or... Read More
Feb 7 @

Evolving Threads

Music is a story, and every note is a clue. Mozart opens—clean, sharp, every note landing like it’s meant to be there, no wasted motion. Then Mahler rolls in, dark and stormy, his Piano Quartet in A minor... Read More
Feb 20 @

Three Concerti

The North/South Chamber Orchestra performs three concertos for strings by Max Lifchitz, the ensemble’s founder and director. Featured soloists are Dylan Hamme on violin, Colin Brookes on viola, and Sam DeCaprio on cello. Admission is Free, but reservations... Read More
Feb 22 @

Ramin Arjomand Solo

Iranian-American pianist-composer Ramin Arjomand's work is born of a complex interplay of cross-cultural creative impulses. His long-form improvisations reach extremes of sound intensity, pushing limits of spontaneous thinking while seeking simultaneously, and equally intensely, a compositional unity characteristic... Read More
Mar 7 @

Emanations

Laura Cocks and Jeff Siegfried explore boundaries and emergence in works by Nicholas Cline, Santiago Diez-Fisher, Anthony R. Green, Tiffany M. Skidmore, Franco Venturini, and Alyssa Weinberg.
Mar 13 @

Fantastyka (Sci-fi)

Ukrainian contributions to Sci-fi will be placed in dialogue with other traditions as Solomiya Moroz’s world premiere commission is paired with a new arrangement of Taylor Brook’s Star Maker Fragments, based on British author Olaf Stapledon’s novel. Rounding... Read More
Mar 14 @

FROM KONTRAKTOVA SQUARE

In the 19th century, the Contracts House on Kyiv’s Kontraktova Square was not only a trading space but contained a concert hall where many of the era’s musical and literary luminaries performed their works. From Kontraktova Square recreates... Read More
Mar 15 @

UKRAINIAN TONE POEMS

Celebrating its sixth season, UCMF 2025 “Letters and Notes” is inspired by Ukraine’s rich literary tradition, featuring Ukrainian and North American composers influenced by both Ukrainian and world literature. The final evening will present instrumental works inspired by... Read More
Mar 22 @

In the Presence of Absence

This concert consists of three newly composed solo works: "How quiet - at the bottom of the lake, peaks of clouds" for solo violin, performed by Marina Kifferstein; "Zinnia" for solo percussion, performed by Ellery Trafford; and "Stillness... Read More
Mar 27 @

Barcelona-New York Connection

The North/South Chamber Orchestra, directed by Max Lifchitz, performs vocal and instrumental music by Anna Cazurra from Barcelona and New York-based Stefania de Kenessey. Soloists include mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna, pianists Alvar Rubio and Donna Weng Friedman, and narrator... Read More
Mar 29 @

The New Manila Envelope

panSonus presents the world premiere of composer Max Vinetz’s "The New Manila Envelope", an evening-length song cycle for soprano, percussion, and electronics. Fluidly combining voice, percussion, theater, and electronics, "The New Manila Envelope" explores the intersections of memory,... Read More
Apr 11 @

Stony Brook Premieres!

Contemporary Chamber Players Directed by Eduardo Leandro Join us on April 10th (Staller Center Recital Hall) and April 11th (DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC) to hear four new premieres by John Fitz Rogers, Earl Maneein, Mark Nowakowski,... Read More
Apr 20 @

Lisgar CI Spring Music

Lisgar Collegiate Institute, a high school for grades 9 to 12, was established in 1874.  The music program began in 1918 with the orchestra being formed to raise the spirits of students from the daily news of WWI... Read More

Past Events

NO HAY BANDA

Steven Kazuo Takasugi Il Teatro Rosso, 2025* for soprano, violin, cello, bass clarinet, bass trombone, piano, percussion, electronics, and video * US premiere NO HAY BANDA

International Contemporary Ensemble

Ashkan Behzadi Carnivalesque, 2014-2016 or flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, and cello Tebogo Monnakgotla Wooden Bodies, 2020 for string quartet Corie Rose Soumah Tossed Parachutes of Lilacs and Lungs, 2025* for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, and... READ MORE

Endlings, Yarn/Wire

Endlings, Yarn/Wire False Division, 2025* * World premiere Endlings Yarn/Wire

Talea Ensemble, Claire Chase

Chaya Czernowin the divine thawing of the core, 2025* for 6 flutes, 6 oboes, 6 trumpets, trombone, tube, piano, percussion, and 3 cellos * US premiere Co-commissioned by The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust, Darmstadt Summer Course, and the Lucerne Festival... READ MORE

Sixtrum Percussion

Jennifer Higdon Splendid Wood, 2006 Éric Champagne Onde de choc, 2020, rev 2022* * US premiere Jordan Nobles Still Life, 2006, rev 2011* * NY premiere Balinese Ceremonial Music I. Pemoengkah, 1934/arr. 2022* arr. Fabrice Marandola * US premiere Steve Reich 6 Marimbas, 1986 Sixtrum Percussion

Bozzini Quartet

Cassandra Miller Three Songs, 2025* I. Ange II. Claire III. Bella * US premiere Co-commissioned by The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust, Le Vivier, Soundstreams, Darmstadt Summer Course, and Quatuor Bozzini with support from Canada Council for the Arts Taylor Brook Vinetan Songs, 2025* * World... READ MORE