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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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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.
The League ISCM is proud to sponsor emerging virtuoso sextet ALL OF THE ABOVE in a moving and visceral program of new works by American composers Edward Smaldone and Douglas Knehans. All of the Above is a contemporary... Read More
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
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
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
For the first time in its long history, the Leeds International Piano Competition comes to New York for the First Round. Since its beginnings in 1963, ‘The Leeds’ has discovered the world’s most exciting pianistic talent and has... Read More
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
"We live in a world where silence has been lost. We live in the constant search for social acceptance, and our universe revolves around social networks. "How can we talk about what is happening today in the world,... Read More
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
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
Jerome Kitzke returns to Tribeca New Music's concert series with an evening of his Complete Works for Amplified Speaking Pianist (1994-2009) along with the world premiere of A Lament and Cry for These United States, for oboe/English horn/drum/vocals... Read More
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
Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 8:00 PM @ The DiMenna Center in New York City, Lisa Moore will World Premiere her new CD: Julián De La Chica's Preludes Op. 8 (For piano and synthesizer) produced and published by Brooklyn... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
Please join us for a an intimate evening of chamber music with the Brentano Quartet in celebration of our 10th Anniversary! Funds raised will support Lyra Music Workshop students and programming as we enrich lives and build community... Read More
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
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
NY Jazz Composers' Mosaic is happy to announce that its first concert will be held at this beautiful venue The DiMenna Center in Midtown West, Manhattan, NYC. Founded by three New York-based composers, Jihye Lee (South Korea), Rafael... Read More
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
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
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
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
"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
This concert presents the world premieres of two works for solo violin by Samuel Clay Birmaher that attempt to recall the experience of existence before life. Both pieces were written for Christopher Otto—a founding member of the JACK Quartet—and this... READ MORE
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 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