Time:Spans // International Contemporary Ensemble performs:
Farzia Fallah
Njabulo Phungula
Imsu Choi
Márton Illés
Monday, August 17, 2026 // 7:30 pm
Dimenna Center: Mary Flagler Cary Hall
450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
Creative Music Intensive (CMI) is a one-week in-person program held from August 1–9, 2026, at Arts Letters & Numbers. The program is open to musicians working in any genre. Participants will be immersed in the creative process of making and performing music, exploring new approaches, and developing individual and collaborative works as creative artists.
This year’s program will be directed and led by Bergamot Quartet, the New York City based ensemble consisting of Ledah Finck and Sarah Thomas on violin, Martine Thomas on viola, and Irène Han on cello. Composition faculty will include Bergamot Quartet, Erin Rogers and Dennis Sullivan of Popebama, and Jason Eckardt. Participants will have the opportunity to compose for and collaborate directly with both Bergamot Quartet and Popebama.
Activities include private lessons, classes, seminars, workshops, performances, performance projects, and potential collaborations with participants in Bill Morrison’s concurrent filmmaking intensive and other programs at ALN. Alec Goldfarb will also lead a workshop focused on just intonation.
Location:
Arts Letters & Numbers Campus
Averill Park, NY, United States
More info: https://www.artslettersandnumbers.com/creative-music-intensive
Trace marks a path through changing landscapes and hybrid timbres. A collection of innovative works for the modern quartet, bridging electric and acoustic worlds. Featuring groundbreaking works by Farzia Fallah, Seong Ae Kim, Marcel Castro-Lima, Charles Rudig and Corie Rose Soumah, Hypercube affirms themselves as an ensemble actively shaping new aesthetic approaches to chamber composition.
New Focus Recordings (purchase directly):
https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/hypercube-trace/
Bandcamp (purchase):
https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/trace
Album Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjKyCfibT0c
Recorded by: Zach Herchen
Artwork: Bobbie Oliver
Downtown Music Gallery (DMG)
13 Monroe St, New York, NY 10002
Monday, June 22nd: Relative Pitch Series:
1st Set: CHUCK ROTH – Guitar
2nd Set: ERIN ROGERS – Sax
3rd Set: CHUCK ROTH / ERIN ROGERS
1st set starts at 6:30pm
More info: https://downtownmusicgallery.com/shows.php
New Thread Quartet is pleased to be a guest artist at the 2026 Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute at the Snow Pond Music Festival in Sidney, Maine. The event includes daily masterclasses, lectures and evening concerts.
June 8-23, 2026
More Info
New Thread Concert, featuring works by Marilyn Shrude, James Díaz and Erin Rogers, Friday June 12 at 6:45 in the concert hall.