Calderwood Hall at Gardner Museum (on-site)
25 Evans Way
Boston, MA 02115
Abilities Dance is partnering with Amplifier Projects and the Gardner Museums highlight change-makers, working towards social justice through the arts.
The vision of the show is “to disrupt antiquated ableist beliefs and disseminate the value of inclusion through dance” presents a commissioned film in response to the Gardner’s special exhibition Titian: Women, Myth & Power. New choreography re-centers diverse bodies to tell classic stories and explore themes of gender and representation.
The film will include performances from dancers who have diverse identities within and outside of the disabled community, which they bring into their co-choreographic creations with Founder/Executive & Artistic Director Ellice Patterson. Musical scores by Director of Music Andrew Choe and Composer Erin Rogers.
The moveable Brooklyn house show series known as Home Audio has been happening since 2011 thanks to brilliant musician/person Mara Mayer. I’m extremely excited to play on it again, as it was one of the first places I ever tried out solo work. The lineup is stellar as always, so please join us.
Saturday, Oct 2
Ridgewood, Queens (address in ticket link)
Doors at 6pm, music at 6:30pm
Hypercube: LIVE in Brooklyn
Scholes Street Studio
375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY
On Wednesday, September 29th, Hypercube performs its first IN-PERSON concert since February 2020. Kicking off its 3rd Composition Lab, Hypercube LIVE in Brooklyn will feature works by past Cubelab composers Lihuen Sirvent and Joshua Mallard alongside Eric Wubbels’ Voided Cross.
FREE to attend and open to the public. Audience is limited to 20 attendees.
Please RSVP to reserve your seat. Masks are required.
This event is supported by a #CityArtistsCorps grant and will also be live-streamed.
The New Thread Quartet joins Music for Contemplation to present an outdoor concert of works for 8 saxophones. Walk, bike, or picnic while taking in premiere works by Craig Shepard’s and Erin Rogers. Both works incorporate the sounds of the site, inviting listeners to pause and breath in the ambience.
Sunday, September 12, 2021, 4pm ET
Newtown Creek Nature Walk
End of Paidge Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11222
The Newtown Creek Nature walk is a superfund site located near the ends of Paidge Avenue and Provost Streets at the northeast tip of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 7 to Hunter’s Point Avenue and walk over the Pulaski, G to Greenpoint Avenue, B32/B67 to the foot of the Pulaski Bridge. Parking is available near the entrance to the Walk. If you have not been to the site before, please leave a few minutes early to find your way.
This event is entirely outdoors. In the event of rain, the performance will take place nearby under coverage.
All performers are required to be vaccinated; listeners are strongly encouraged to wear masks.
Concert is free an open to the public.
New Thread Quartet saxophonist Kristen McKeon was recognized with a $5,000 City Artists Corps grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) to contribute to the presentation of this event.
Live Sound: featuring New York-based saxophonist Erin Rogers + guests. The event will be both performed live in the space and live-streamed at the same time, for those unable to attend on-site.
Saxophonist Erin Rogers celebrates the release of her second solo album from Relative Pitch Records. A “Tour de Force of split sounds” Rogers dives deep into the sonic underbelly of the instrument, uncovering a radiant world of curiosity and imagination. From human fragility to noisy virtuosity, Rogers forges an alternate voice for the saxophone, percussively blending tone with mechanism and melody with vocalization, gutturals and breath. Rogers will perform solo works from her recent release 2000 Miles, followed by a set with guitarist Alec Goldfarb. Guest artists Erica Dicker (violin) and Dennis Sullivan (percussion) will open the evening with new work for strings and modified snare-drums.
“an explosion of expression” —New York City Jazz Record
“a new, challenging and inspiring voice” —Salt Peanuts
“incredible technique with an expressive attitude” —Vital Weekly
This event is supported by Relative Pitch Records, Look + Listen Festival, D’Addario Woodwinds, and a generous gift from Christina Stern.
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Leesta Vall welcomes NYC’s Gelsey Bell // Erin Rogers (thingNY) to Live Sessionson July 13th, 2021. This session is available exclusively via preorder.
Leesta Vall will cut a 7″ lathe cut vinyl record of a song of your choosing for each person that orders between now and the session date. No two records will be the same and only one copy of each will be made. Your record will include a one-of-a-kind performance from the duo, cut specifically for you.
Popebama joins Unheard-of//Ensemble and composition faculty for the Collaborative Composition Initiative at Stony Brook University. As part of CCI’s intensive 5 day workshop from July 10-13th, 2021, Popebama will give a Q&A session followed by an evening performance streamed on YouTube.
July 12, 2021 // 5pm ET
Q&A – for CCI participants only
July 12, 2021 // 8pm ET
Concert performance by Popebama – FREE + open to the public
Stream direct from Popebama’s YouTube Channel
Program: new works written by and for Popebama
Gamma Chamber by Dennis Sullivan
Fuse by Patrick Chan
an infinite sea of particles by Chris Biggs
Showdown by Popebama
