Jay Afrisando x thingNY – [opera captions] // Indexical, Santa Cruz
“[opera captions]” by Jay Afrisando reimagines what captions as an “actor” can do beyond functioning as a communication conveyor and sound interpreter in audiovisual media. What if captions ‘step up,’ ‘speak,’ and ‘tell’ their stories?
“[opera captions]” focuses on captions bringing together accessibility, inner-imagined voices, and creativity. The music-theater-film-translation-poetry performance “[opera captions]” reimagines what captions as an “actor” can do beyond functioning as a communication conveyor and sound interpreter in audiovisual media while interacting with and personified by humans: New York composer-performers collective thingNY and viewer-audiences. “[opera captions]” invites you to celebrate the lives of captions that have been both cherished and hated.
Sat., Feb. 24, 2024
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
Indexical
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
$20 General / $15 Members / $10 Student
Living Music Presents: Hypercube // Penn State University
Living Music Presents: Hypercube
Thursday, February 15, 2024 // 7:30pm
Recital Hall
School of Music
Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
124 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Free, open to the public
Tactus Ensemble // Contemporary Chamber Music // Manhattan School of Music
Tactus Ensemble: Contemporary Chamber Music at Manhattan School of Music
As Co-Artistic Director of Tactus Contemporary Chamber Music, my colleague Matt Ward and I are thrilled to invite you to 6 concerts of chamber music this year featuring students of Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program. All concerts are free. Please join us on the Upper West Side this season.
Wed, FEB 14 | 7:30 PM
Tactus Ensemble features students of the Contemporary Performance Program (CPP)
CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
Matthew Ward and Erin Rogers, Artistic Directors
PROGRAM:
Landscape of Fear by Marcos Balter
Mother Earth by Erin Rogers
La Gel, par Jeu by Gerard Pesson
Portal by Andy Akiho
Abyss: Refractive by Ashkan Behzadi
Changing Light by Kaija Saariaho
Free, More Information HERE
Niedorff-Karpati Hall
Manhattan School of Music
130 Claremont Avenue
New York, New York 10027
Hypercube // Music on the Edge, Pittsburgh
Music on the Edge presents Hypercube as part of their 2023-24 Season. Co-directed by Eric Moe, Mathew Rosenblum, and Amy Williams, Music on the Edge (MOTE) presents about six concerts each year featuring visiting artists as well as the Music on the Edge Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Roger Zahab. The series is devoted to the performance of contemporary music by professional musicians. Hypercube has built a reputation on high-energy performances with impressive execution. The NYC-based quartet embraces the boundaries of chamber music, featuring cutting-edge works for saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, while spanning electric and acoustic worlds.
Thursday, February 8, 8:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Building, Auditorium
650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
$10 Students, $15 general
In addition to Hypercube ‘s core repertoire, the concert will feature music by Pittsburgh-based composers Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Amy Williams, and Charles Peck.
PROGRAM
Child’s Play by Amy Williams
Effervescence by Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh
Trace by Charles Peck
CUSP presents: Hypercube, Joe Tomino // Cleveland
Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP) presents Hypercube as part of its 2023-24 Concert Series alongside percussionist, Joe Tomino.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 // Convivium 33 Gallery
1433 E 33rd St
Cleveland, OH 44114 (map)
$15 recommended donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
More information
Facebook event

Johnstone Fund presents Hypercube // Short North Stage, Columbus
The Johnstone Fund for New Music presents Hypercube, a high-energy, cutting-edge ensemble featuring Erin Rogers (saxophones), Jay Sorce (classical and electric guitar), Andrea Lodge (piano and accordion), and Chris Graham (percussion), the NYC-based quartet embraces the boundaries of chamber music. All pieces to be performed are Ohio premieres, and all were written for Hypercube.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 // 7pm
Short North Stage
Columbus, OH
Speaker for the Dead by Charles Rudig
Maze by XY Mike Zhou
Louise Robertson, the Johnstone Fund’s Poet in Residence, will recite a poem revealing her interpretation of the program. This performance is part of the free “New Music at Short North Stage” concert series. Seating is available on a first-come first-served basis and performances are recommended for ages 9 and older. Parking assistance is available through the ParkColumbus app.
UVA presents Hypercube // Old Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA
The concert will feature new pieces composed by UVA Music Department graduate student composers, who are pursuing their PhDs in Music and will be performed by the CCT Ensemble in Residence for 2024, HYPERCUBE. The graduate composers whose pieces will be featured are as follows: Gabrielle Cerberville, Kristin Hauge, Rah Hite, Molly Joyce, Varun Kishore, Brian Lindgren, and Matias Vilaplana Stark.
Friday, February 2, 2024 // 8pm
Old Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
FREE
Tactus Composes! Contemporary Chamber Music // Manhattan School of Music
As Co-Artistic Director of Tactus Contemporary Chamber Music, my colleague Matt Ward and I are thrilled to invite you to 6 concerts of chamber music this year featuring students of Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program. All concerts are free. Please join us on the Upper West Side this season.
Mon, JAN 22 | 7:30 PM
Tactus Contemporary Chamber Music
Featuring Students of CPP + Manhattan School of Music
CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
Matthew Ward and Erin Rogers, Artistic Directors
PROGRAM: Tactus Composes! Featuring works by:
Rea Ábel
Addy DeBella
Same Friedman
Gabe Henkin
Grace Pressley
Steph Tamas
Tactus Ensemble
Free, More Information HERE
Livestream LINK
Ades Performance Space
Manhattan School of Music
130 Claremont Avenue
New York, New York 10027
New Thread Residency @ UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
New Thread Saxophone Quartet visits UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music for a three-day residency (January 28 – 30, 2024).
This multi-disciplinary engagement will include a reading session of student compositions, a masterclass with Prof. Jan Berry Baker’s saxophone studio, and a workshop on New Music entrepreneurship, culminating in a concert of contemporary works featuring works by UCLA students and faculty.
Public Performance
Tuesday, January 30 // 8pm (Pacific Time)
Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Center
Herb Alpert School of Music
445 Charles E Young Dr E,
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Watch the LIVESTREAM
For more information: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-new-thread-saxophone-quartet-in-residence/