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 4 @

The Classical Saxophone Project: Happy Birthday, Mr. Sax!

CSP celebrates the 203rd birthday of Adophe Sax, the father of the saxophone. Students of Western Connecticut State University will perform, in small and large ensembles, a diverse array of music featuring the entire saxophone family of instruments!
Nov 5 @

Phibbs and Friends

A celebration of music for multiple french horns, featuring the works of Milton Phibbs, with original compositions and arrangements by other New York artists. A wide variety of selections from over five centuries of musical styles. Free Admission,... Read More
Nov 11 @

Off the Map: Emissary Quartet

Emissary Quartet believes that the creative possibilities of flute quartet are unexplored and underdeveloped. “Off the Map” celebrates the winning compositions of EQ’s international Call for Scores, part of our ongoing efforts to expand the flute quartet repertoire.... Read More
Dec 8 @

SONG INSTALLATION (MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS BY NICK YULMAN)

For the opening night of the Uncaged Toy Piano Festival, Nick Yulman will fill the DiMenna Center’s Benzaquen Hall with  'Song Installation', an array of digitally controlled mechanical instruments, creating an immersive listening environment for listeners to explore.... Read More
Dec 8 @

ALL TOY IN C

We start off this 9th season of UnCaged with an all-inclusive performance of Terry Riley’s iconic work In C. For a typical uncagean twist, In C will be performed entirely on toy instruments!  In C is a minimalist... Read More
Dec 9 @

NYC Debut: The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra

After a successful debut in Massachusetts, the Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra (MSO) is thrilled to present their NYC debut at the DiMenna Center's Cary Hall. This concert will include the world premiere of a new work by Jesse Limbacher,... Read More
Dec 12 @

JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA TRIBUTE, NYC

This program features José Maurício Nunes Garcia’s Solo pieces for Harpsichord played by Prof. Mário Trilha, Phd at Universidade do Estado do Amazonas and a Multimedia work: José Maurício: Epiphany 250 by Composer Angelica Faria inspired by Garcia’s... Read More
Dec 13 @

JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA TRIBUTE, NYC

This program features José Maurício Nunes Garcia’s Solo pieces for Harpsichord played by Prof. Mário Trilha, Phd at Universidade do Estado do Amazonas and a Multimedia work: José Maurício: Epiphany 250 by Composer Angelica Faria inspired by Garcia’s... Read More
Dec 16 @

Interhere: Sarah Weaver Ensemble with Mark Dresser, Solo Bass

“Interhere” is an evening of two contemporary compositions by Sarah Weaver based on concepts of networked spaces. “Polydimensional Transformation” (2016) is a work for solo bass, dedicated to bassist Mark Dresser. The music incorporates Dresser’s unique approach to... Read More
Feb 9 @

Benefit Concert for the Puerto Piano 2018

Pianist and faculty member of the Puerto Rico International Piano Festival gives a recital to benefit the 2018 edition of the festival. He will perform works by Medtner, Scriabin and Mussorgsky. 
$30
Mar 15 @

Solo Piano Jazz, NY Concert III

Pianist and composer of the award-winning solo piano album Solo: Live in New York, internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Takeshi Asai, is back in New York for a series of solo piano concerts. Acclaimed for his trio works, such... Read More
Apr 1 @

Szuyin and Her Ensembles

The concert consists by Russian Composers, Scriabin, Stravinsky and Arensky. Szuyin will be the pianist playing throughout the concert. The program includes Scriabin Prelude Op.11 No.15 in D-flat Major, Stravinsky The Rite of Spring for four hands version,... Read More
Apr 7 @

The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra: New Works Series

Hailed as an ensemble of "impeccable technique and inspired interpretation" by composer Stephen Dankner, the Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra will present the fourth and final concert of their New Works Series. Featuring works by: Werner Wolf Glaser (NYC Premiere)... Read More
Jun 3 @

Color Theory 2.0: Saxophones and Percussion

New location/time Christ & St. Stephen's Church 120 West 69th Street New York, NY 10023 June 03, 2018 at 3:00 PM The PRISM Quartet presents Color Theory 2.0 following the 2017 release of the group’s critically acclaimed COLOR... Read More
Sep 7 @

Ekmeles and Friends

This program features works for voices augmented by exceptional instrumentalists and innovative systems of electronics. Bass clarinetist Carlos Cordeiro, trombonist Will Lang, and International Contemporary Ensemble’s Jacob Greenberg on celesta will join with the voices of Ekmeles. The... Read More
Sep 20 @

The Ear – A Composer Duel

Ten composers vie for your affection in this highbrow, irreverent classical reboot. Dress up with style and attitude and get ready to yell "Again!" if something gets your blood going. Think ‘The Voice’ for composers, but way rowdier.... Read More
Oct 6 @

From Buenos Aires to New York

Capella Peregrina A musical path is lively by the spirit and seeks an spirit to share: this is the mission, profound and intense that characterizes to Capella Peregrina, that spontaneously links with those languages that engage in the... Read More
Oct 18 @

The Anchoress: An Evening of Music by David Ludwig

Soprano Hyunah Yu; Piffaro, The Renaissance Band; and the PRISM Quartet present the premiere of a new monodrama by composer David Ludwig and poet Katie Ford. "The Anchoress" imagines the life of a medieval mystic, merging the sounds... Read More
Oct 20 @

MuseConnect Opening Gala Concert

MuseConnect, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is proud to present its opening gala concert at The DiMenna Center in 2018! This concert features renowned musicians Lan-In Winnie Yang, Kevin Shue, Max Tan, Tzuyi Chen, Julia Kang, and Jordan Bak.... Read More
Oct 25 @

Cel-Locomotion CD Release Concert Party

Khari Joyner and friends invites you to join for an exciting evening of music for a the live release of Cel=Locomotion, his debut solo album recently released. You will hear music from around the world and from the... Read More
Oct 27 @

Unraveling Beethoven Album Release Show

New Focus Recordings celebrates the release of Unraveling Beethoven, the exceptional new album from violinist Nicholas DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon. Unraveling Beethoven ushers Beethoven into the 21st century, with unique sensibilities to complement and transform his timeless... Read More
Nov 3 @

Modern Americana

RAM's opening program of the 2018-19 season, “Modern Americana,” celebrates quintessential American sounds from this century and last. In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial, RAM clarinetist Thomas Piercy and guest pianist Karén Hakobyan will perform his Sonata for... Read More
Nov 10 @

Transient Canvas – Wired Album Release

We're celebrating the release of our second album, Wired, on New Focus Recordings! With musical inspiration ranging from Aphex Twin to electronic dance music, Wired is a portrait of technology's integration into modern life. As people try to... Read More
Nov 16 @

THE EAR – A COMPOSER DUEL

The Ear - a composer duel. Think ‘The Voice’ for composers, but way rowdier. Nuttier. Cheering in the middle of the music. Heckling the emcee. Drinking. Voting for the pieces you want to hear again. Six composers vie... Read More
Nov 29 @

Estonian Connections

Composers Concordance presents 'Estonian Connections’. Featuring flute soloists Maarika Järvi and Monika Mattiesen, pianist Mark Kostabi with the CompCord String Orchestra, Arkady Leytush – conductor. Performing compositions by Estonian composers: Juri Reinvere,Tuulikki Bartosik, Kristjan Jarvi, Mark Kostabi and... Read More
Dec 14 @

Tune Town: The Music of American Cartoons

iconiQ The Soundtrack Orchestra presents the history of American animation through music and song. The nostalgic scores and lively themes from classic Hanna-Barbera, Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon series will be performed by a chamber pop orchestra accompanied... Read More
Dec 15 @

INTERHERE

Contemporary works by composer Sarah Weaver. "Sound in Peace (2016)" Joe McPhee, multiple instruments, Sarah Weaver, electronics. "Symmetry of Presence (2018)" David Taylor, bass trombone, electronics, Sarah Weaver, electronics. "Fountain of Synthesis (2018)" Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone,... Read More
Jan 18 @

PRISM Quartet with Miguel Zenón and Susie Ibarra

The PRISM Quartet joins forces with Miguel Zenón and Susie Ibarra in a wide-ranging program for saxophones and percussion. Zenón and PRISM perform works by Chris Potter, Matthew Levy, and Zenón himself from the Quartet’s Heritage/Evolution project. H/E... Read More
Jan 19 @

Talujon Percussion Plays Wet Ink

Talujon Percussion performs recent works by the dynamic and groundbreaking composers of the Wet Ink collective in an evening of immersive sound.  At the center of the program is Sam Pluta’s Four Sixes, an eighteen minute work in which... Read More

Past Events

“scars plummet to the corners”

"music of introverted intensity" - The New Yorker "[the] evening’s high point ... tender to tough to chillingly still and mysterious ... magical" - San Francisco Classical Voice Written during the height of the Covid pandemic, a complete presentation of... READ MORE

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Schumann, and Beethoven

Join the Westside Chamber Players for an exciting evening of music, featuring orchestral works by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Beethoven, alongside Schumann's Cello Concerto at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall. Julius Akira Mauldin, Conductor and Artistic Director Wangshu... READ MORE

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 casualties.  At... READ MORE