Discover More: Classical
Carnegie Hall Presents: Ensemble ACJW
Tuesday, March 29th 7pm
Ensemble ACJW is made up of some of the finest young professional classical musicians from the United States and around the world who take part in a two-year fellowship program created in 2007 by Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.
Discover More: Big Band
Spring Revolution: PitchBlak Brass Band
Wednesday, March 30th @ 9pm
PitchBlak Brass Band has always brought a unique sound to the stage with screaming horns, compelling vocals, and tireless rhythms. For the first time, the group will be premiering and performing a short silent film documenting their time on the road, part of the #BlakHypeTour2016. As the tour continues to be filmed, the final product will be premiered along side with new music at National Sawdust on March 30th, 2016.
Discover More: World Music
Spring Revolution: Andy Akiho, Roger Bonair Agard, & Jeffrey Zeigler Present: M Is Black Enough
Thursday, March 31st @ 7pm
Miyamoto is Black Enough is a contemporary band of hard driving rhythms and biting social commentary that utilizes steel pan, cello, drums and poetry/vocals to speak to the complex social realities of our time. A melange of world music styles form a brash symphony that nods the head, moves the feet and asks the listener/viewer to challenge and disturb her own comfort.
Discover More: Innovation
Spring Revolution: Jeffrey Zeigler Presents: Lesley Flanigan
Friday, April 1st @ 7pm
To celebrate her EP release of Hedera (for solo voice and electronics), Lesley Flanigan presents a special concert of music for voice, spanning early to modern approaches for the human instrument.
Hedera introduces a new direction in Flanigan’s work with voice and electronics. In a driving performance that steadily unfolds over time, Flanigan shapes blooming clusters of her voice around a continuous beat of shifting frequencies and intensity, tapping influences from Steve Reich to Mark Fell and Cocteau Twins.
Discover More: New Albums
In Situ: Alpenglow
Friday, April 1st @ 10pm
ALPENGLOW celebrates the release of their debut full-length album Callisto with this special live performance at National Sawdust. In addition to premiering songs off of Callisto, the performance also includes a light installation created by the band that uses different shapes and colors of synchronized light with the music in order to create a holistic light environment that reflects the tone of each musical moment. Callisto also marks the first release for the experimental Chizu Records, a new project from conceptual artist Yoshi Ashi.
Discover More: Virtuosos
Carnegie Hall Presents: Neighborhood Concert: Decoda
Sunday, April 3rd @ 2pm
Decoda is made up of virtuoso musicians, entrepreneurs, and passionate advocates for the arts. The members of Decoda first collaborated as fellows in Ensemble ACJW—a two-year artist training program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—and went on to become Carnegie Hall’s first-ever Affiliate Ensemble. This performance features four Decoda cellists performing works by composers who include Ravel and Tina Davidson.
Discover More: Phonology
Miranda Cuckson Presents: Fonema Consort
Sunday, April 3rd @ 7pm
Fonema Consort examines various contemporary approaches to the voice and pays homage to Webern’s vocal music, which even now is a decisive force shaping the course of music. The program travels from the thoughtful dissection of a Borges poem, to unbridled dramaturgy; from the purely sonic understanding of phonemes; to the spiritual texts Webern set to formalize his use of the 12-tone method. “Of Tongues” ultimately reveals that phonology and semantics are powerful tools to develop expressive musical possibilities. The Chicago-based group is joined by violist Miranda Cuckson.
Discover More: Collaboration
In Situ: Hess is More
Sunday, April 3rd @ 8pm
These 7 musicians, with their unique instrumentation and unorthodox arrangements create a very danceable yet at times puzzling concert. Catchy melodies and chant like lyrics can haunt you for days… Hess Is More started out as an electronic solo project for Danish musician Mikkel Hess. Through 6 albums and various tours and collaborations the project has developed into a full blown Transatlantic Live Music Ensemble, working with a more collective approach.
Discover More: Folk
In Situ: Daughter
Monday, April 4th @ 10pm
After Daughter’s 2013 debut ‘If You Leave?’, they return & up the ante on every level. Building on that record’s dark intensity and diaphanous textures, ‘Not To Disappear,’ the new full-length release from the London-based trio — singer/guitarist Elena Tonra, guitarist/producer Igor Haefeli and drummer Remi Aguilella.
