Electric Sax, Vol. 4 ~ New Thread Quartet ~ mise-en // Harlem

Date: May 29, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm

Friday, May 29 at 7pm

New Thread Quartet presents
Electric Sax, Vol. 4: Mother Earth
Mise-En_Place
45 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY, 10026
Featuring flutist Adeline Debella

Ticket link — coming soon!

MISE-EN_PLACE presents New Thread Quartet’s Electric Sax Vol 4: Mother Earth. Our series returns with a varied program that augments the sax quartet through custom interactive lighting, loopers, video, and audio processing. We will be joined by guest flutist Adeline Debella.

Program
Elliott Lupp – minus (2020)
Alex Christie – Switch System On Click Relay Blink Off (flicker) (2017, rev. 2025)*
William Dougherty – into the blessed darkness (2023)
Erin Rogers – Mother Earth (2014)*

* Written for New Thread Quartet

A multimedia work for saxophone quartet, video, and electronics, Elliott Lupp’s Minus (2020) explores the dramatic and kinetic potential of the individual saxophone and its performer, as well as the quartet as a unified, augmented hyperinstrument. The work’s title references the fact that throughout the piece, each player is asked to subtract or add fingers from otherwise standard fingerings to alter the timbre of each horn.

Switch System On Click Relay Blink Off (flicker) (2017, rev. 2025) by Alex Christie is a system of shifting power structures. Performers’ presence within the ensemble, control over musical material, and autonomy of decision-making evolves over time. A lightbulb is positioned near each performer, cuing changes, representing compositional form, and controlling the actions of the performers. The state of the lightbulbs represent the state of the system that dictates shifts in the ensemble’s power structure.

Composed for the Konus Quartet by William Doughertyinto the blessed darkness (2023) is an expansive piece inspired by a poem by Ukrainian poet Natalka Bilotserkivets entitled “The Saxophonist.” Through the use of foot pedals, each saxophonist controls their own droning multiphonics that pulsate, loop, and distort, creating a slow-mo sonic landscape.   

In Erin Rogers’ Mother Earth (2014) the battle wages between the overpopulated mother planet and Aurora, the outer world – a metaphoric suburban paradise. Our guest flutist, Adeline Debella, assumes the role of Aurora, often in lockstep with the rest of the earthly ensemble, but constantly working toward a better, shinier version. 

May 5, 2026

Constance: A Confession presented by Experiments in Opera + HERE

Date: May 22, 2026
Time: 8:30 pm

Developed in EiO’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. The opera starts with an act of violence in a grad school art class, and continues as Constance finds work as a psychic, becomes a wellness influencer and grows her online empire into a cult—with deadly consequences. Scored for four singers and all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure.

Wednesday, May 13 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 14 @ 8:30 SOLD OUT
Friday, May 15 @ 8:30
Saturday, May 16 @ 4
Saturday, May 16 @ 8:30
Monday, May 18 @ 8:30
Tuesday, May 19 @ 8:30
Wednesday, May 20 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 21 @ 8:30
Friday, May 22 @ 8:30

HERE Arts Center
Mainstage Theatre, Tribeca
145 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10013

Tickets

The Writers’ Room program has been a mainstay of Experiments in Opera’s work over the last eight years as the company has expanded the pool of artists who are making and imagining opera. To date, 45 writers and composers from all backgrounds and experiences have collaborated to break open the historic model of single authorship. In addition to collaborating on the overall story, each episode features music and text by a new pairing formed from the members of the Writers’ Room.

Librettists: Susan Bywaters, Lisa Clair, Sam Norman and Ed Valentine
Composers: Jasmine Galante, Elizabeth Gartman, Mattie Levy, and Roger A. Martinez.

Performers

Sydney Anderson as Constance
Nathaniel Sullivan as The Mark
Sishel Claverie as The Enabler
Zen Wu as The Skeptic

Hypercube Ensemble
-Erin Rogers, Saxophones
-Jay Sorce, Guitars
-Andrea Lodge, Piano and Keyboards
-Christopher Graham, Percussion

The Team

Shannon Sindelar, Director
Dmitry Glivinskiy, Music Director
Silin Chen, Scenic Design
Mary Ellen Stebbins, Lighting Design
Krista Intranuovo Pineman, Costume Design
David Pym, Video Design
Jack Woods, Technical Director
Nathaniel Butler, Sound Engineering

April 20, 2026

Constance: A Confession presented by Experiments in Opera + HERE

Date: May 21, 2026
Time: 8:30 pm

Developed in EiO’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. The opera starts with an act of violence in a grad school art class, and continues as Constance finds work as a psychic, becomes a wellness influencer and grows her online empire into a cult—with deadly consequences. Scored for four singers and all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure.

Wednesday, May 13 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 14 @ 8:30 SOLD OUT
Friday, May 15 @ 8:30
Saturday, May 16 @ 4
Saturday, May 16 @ 8:30
Monday, May 18 @ 8:30
Tuesday, May 19 @ 8:30
Wednesday, May 20 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 21 @ 8:30
Friday, May 22 @ 8:30

HERE Arts Center
Mainstage Theatre, Tribeca
145 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10013

Tickets

The Writers’ Room program has been a mainstay of Experiments in Opera’s work over the last eight years as the company has expanded the pool of artists who are making and imagining opera. To date, 45 writers and composers from all backgrounds and experiences have collaborated to break open the historic model of single authorship. In addition to collaborating on the overall story, each episode features music and text by a new pairing formed from the members of the Writers’ Room.

Librettists: Susan Bywaters, Lisa Clair, Sam Norman and Ed Valentine
Composers: Jasmine Galante, Elizabeth Gartman, Mattie Levy, and Roger A. Martinez.

Performers

Sydney Anderson as Constance
Nathaniel Sullivan as The Mark
Sishel Claverie as The Enabler
Zen Wu as The Skeptic

Hypercube Ensemble
-Erin Rogers, Saxophones
-Jay Sorce, Guitars
-Andrea Lodge, Piano and Keyboards
-Christopher Graham, Percussion

The Team

Shannon Sindelar, Director
Dmitry Glivinskiy, Music Director
Silin Chen, Scenic Design
Mary Ellen Stebbins, Lighting Design
Krista Intranuovo Pineman, Costume Design
David Pym, Video Design
Jack Woods, Technical Director
Nathaniel Butler, Sound Engineering

April 20, 2026

Constance: A Confession presented by Experiments in Opera + HERE

Date: May 20, 2026
Time: 8:30 pm

Developed in EiO’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. The opera starts with an act of violence in a grad school art class, and continues as Constance finds work as a psychic, becomes a wellness influencer and grows her online empire into a cult—with deadly consequences. Scored for four singers and all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure.

Wednesday, May 13 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 14 @ 8:30 SOLD OUT
Friday, May 15 @ 8:30
Saturday, May 16 @ 4
Saturday, May 16 @ 8:30
Monday, May 18 @ 8:30
Tuesday, May 19 @ 8:30
Wednesday, May 20 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 21 @ 8:30
Friday, May 22 @ 8:30

HERE Arts Center
Mainstage Theatre, Tribeca
145 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10013

Tickets

The Writers’ Room program has been a mainstay of Experiments in Opera’s work over the last eight years as the company has expanded the pool of artists who are making and imagining opera. To date, 45 writers and composers from all backgrounds and experiences have collaborated to break open the historic model of single authorship. In addition to collaborating on the overall story, each episode features music and text by a new pairing formed from the members of the Writers’ Room.

Librettists: Susan Bywaters, Lisa Clair, Sam Norman and Ed Valentine
Composers: Jasmine Galante, Elizabeth Gartman, Mattie Levy, and Roger A. Martinez.

Performers

Sydney Anderson as Constance
Nathaniel Sullivan as The Mark
Sishel Claverie as The Enabler
Zen Wu as The Skeptic

Hypercube Ensemble
-Erin Rogers, Saxophones
-Jay Sorce, Guitars
-Andrea Lodge, Piano and Keyboards
-Christopher Graham, Percussion

The Team

Shannon Sindelar, Director
Dmitry Glivinskiy, Music Director
Silin Chen, Scenic Design
Mary Ellen Stebbins, Lighting Design
Krista Intranuovo Pineman, Costume Design
David Pym, Video Design
Jack Woods, Technical Director
Nathaniel Butler, Sound Engineering

April 20, 2026

Constance: A Confession presented by Experiments in Opera + HERE

Date: May 19, 2026
Time: 8:30 pm

Developed in EiO’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. The opera starts with an act of violence in a grad school art class, and continues as Constance finds work as a psychic, becomes a wellness influencer and grows her online empire into a cult—with deadly consequences. Scored for four singers and all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure.

Wednesday, May 13 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 14 @ 8:30 SOLD OUT
Friday, May 15 @ 8:30
Saturday, May 16 @ 4
Saturday, May 16 @ 8:30
Monday, May 18 @ 8:30
Tuesday, May 19 @ 8:30
Wednesday, May 20 @ 8:30
Thursday, May 21 @ 8:30
Friday, May 22 @ 8:30

HERE Arts Center
Mainstage Theatre, Tribeca
145 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10013

Tickets

The Writers’ Room program has been a mainstay of Experiments in Opera’s work over the last eight years as the company has expanded the pool of artists who are making and imagining opera. To date, 45 writers and composers from all backgrounds and experiences have collaborated to break open the historic model of single authorship. In addition to collaborating on the overall story, each episode features music and text by a new pairing formed from the members of the Writers’ Room.

Librettists: Susan Bywaters, Lisa Clair, Sam Norman and Ed Valentine
Composers: Jasmine Galante, Elizabeth Gartman, Mattie Levy, and Roger A. Martinez.

Performers

Sydney Anderson as Constance
Nathaniel Sullivan as The Mark
Sishel Claverie as The Enabler
Zen Wu as The Skeptic

Hypercube Ensemble
-Erin Rogers, Saxophones
-Jay Sorce, Guitars
-Andrea Lodge, Piano and Keyboards
-Christopher Graham, Percussion

The Team

Shannon Sindelar, Director
Dmitry Glivinskiy, Music Director
Silin Chen, Scenic Design
Mary Ellen Stebbins, Lighting Design
Krista Intranuovo Pineman, Costume Design
David Pym, Video Design
Jack Woods, Technical Director
Nathaniel Butler, Sound Engineering

April 20, 2026