Hear It New!
Season 4- Opening Weekend
Season Four’s Opening Weekend will highlight the work of Founding Artistic Advisory Board member of National Sawdust and “pioneering American composer” (The New York Times) Terry Riley.
Opening Weekend Shows
Season HIghlights
Devon Welsh
As the raw, emotionally vulnerable frontman for Majical Cloudz, Devon Welsh toured nationally with Lorde, winning over fans and critics alike, including a show at National Sawdust in 2015. He returns to our venue with his new solo project, stepping beyond the stylistic constraints of his previous work and exploring deep, transcendent themes that cut to the heart of what it means to be alive.
Chris Grymes presents: Joan Tower and Friends
A concert with Joan Tower on her 80th birthday.
BMP: Next Generation
February 20th at 7pm
Terry Riley, Gyan Riley & Gavin Rayna Russom
Minimalism meets punk rock synth as acclaimed American composer Terry Riley joins LCD Soundsystem’s Gavin Rayna Russom in a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration.
Terry Riley and Julian Wachner
National Sawdust launches their fourth season with a night devoted to new music from celebrated minimalist composer and Founding Artistic Advisory Board member Terry Riley, who has been lauded as a “pioneering American composer” and the “guru of American music” (New York Times).
Miranda Cuckson and Michael Hersch
Lavinia Meijer
Lavinia Meijer plays Philip Glass's "Metamorphosis"
Karole Armitage
October 20th • 9:30pm doors • 10pm showPunk rock ballerina Karole Armitage performs a new ballet with all new music.
FERUS Festival 2019: Huang Ruo
The Sonic Great Wall draws inspiration from the Great Wall of China to disrupt the barrier between audience and performer.
Low
The 25th anniversary show of Low.
FERUS Festival 2019: Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Featuring works by a wide array of young and contemporary composers, the BYC’s Concert and Men’s Ensembles perform music that speaks directly to the most urgent themes of today.
Glass Handel
Karole Armitage
October 20th • 6:30pm doors • 7:30pm showPunk rock ballerina Karole Armitage performs a new ballet with all new music.
Glass Handel
FERUS Festival 2019: Huang Ruo
The Sonic Great Wall draws inspiration from the Great Wall of China to disrupt the barrier between audience and performer.
FERUS Festival 2019: Angélica Negrón’s “Chimera”
Written and composed by National Sawdust Artist-in-Residence Angélica Negrón, Chimera plays with ideas of fantasy and illusion, freely traveling from live singing to lip synch performances.
FERUS Festival 2019: Jojo Abot
POWER TO THE GOD WITHIN is an interdisciplinary, immersive experience that re-presents the black being as divine and all powerful.
