2017 Composers Now Festival

February 1, 2017
7:30pm

2017 Composers Now Festival Opening Event

Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018

The Opening Event of the seventh annual Composers Now Festival featured a vibrant program of music by living composers hosted by Composers Now founder and artistic director, Tania León.

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2017 Composers Now Festival

February 1, 2017

6pm

Spiral Music: Masayo Ishigure + Kyoko Kurokawa

The Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 1, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Melissa Aldana/Glenn Zaleski Sextet

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 1, 2017

8:30pm

Carolina Calvache Quartet at Rockwood

Stage 3 at Rockwood Music Hall
185 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 2, 2017

7:30pm

TESSA LARK/ROMAN RABINOVICH

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 2, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Melissa Aldana/Glenn Zaleski Sextet

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 2, 2017

8pm

Steve Sandberg & Alaya with Mark Feldman

Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St, New York, NY 10014
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 3, 2017

7pm

Emmanuele Baldini & Roberto Turrin: Americas

Americas Society
680 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 3, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Joel Ross GOOD VIBES

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 3, 2017

7:30pm

First Fridays! Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts

Featuring Brown Rice Family

The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10456
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 4, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Joel Ross GOOD VIBES

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 4, 2017

5pm & 7:30pm

A4TY: Album for the Young Student Composing Project

Thalia Theater at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 4, 2017

7:30pm

The Hat: Arendt Meets Heidegger

The Lounge at Dixon Place
161A Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 5, 2017

10pm

SK Invitational: Golden Crown

National Sawdust
80 North 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 5, 2017

8pm

Icarus Quartet

The Firehouse Space
246 Frost St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 6, 2017

4pm & 8pm

Remembering Pauline Oliveros

Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 6, 2017

8:30pm

New York Notes

Tenri Cultural Institute
3A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 7, 2017

7pm

BRIGHT & SHINY THINGS

Church of Saint Matthew and St. Timothy
26 W 84th St, New York, NY 10024
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 7, 2017

7pm

Fashionable Muses

A collaboration between Fashion Institute of Technology & Composers Now Interdisciplinary Art in Action

Great Hall at FIT
218 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 7, 2017

7:30pm

CAG Presents: Verona Quartet

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th St, New York, NY 10019
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 8, 2017

6pm

Spiral Music: Steve Booke + Premik

Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 8, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 8, 2017

8pm

Brian (Shankar) Adler

Barbes
376 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 9, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Andy Milne & Dapp Theory

Due to inclement weather, this event has been cancelled.

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 9, 2017

7:30pm

Matthew Shipp Trio

The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 9, 2017

8pm

Annie Gosfield World Premier

Premier of Jammed Radios, Flying Signals, and String Noise

Harvestworks
596 Broadway #602, New York, NY 10012
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 9, 2017

8pm

Interpretations: Robert Dick / Ursel Schlicht / Gustavo Aguil

Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 10, 2017

6:30pm

IRADAC's Annual Black Women in Jazz Concert

Elebash Recital Hall at The Graduate Center
365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 10, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

David Virelles

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 11, 2017

1pm

Music & Mimosas

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
895 Shore Rd, Bronx, NY 10464
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 11, 2017

2pm

"Immigrant Dream" World Premiere

Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Building, Queens, NY 11368
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 11, 2017

2pm & 6pm

Two: Related Parts

Smack Mellon Gallery
92 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 11, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

David Virelles

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 11, 2017

7:30pm

Chieli Minucci & Special EFX

The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 12, 2017

3pm

Latin Love/Amor Latino

National Opera Center
330 Seventh Ave (7th FL), New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 12, 2017

3pm

Joplin's 150th

Spectrum NYC
70 Flushing Ave (Garage A) Brooklyn, NY 11205
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 12, 2017

3pm

Of Innocence and Experience

Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
921 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 13, 2017

7pm

Emeline Michel: Valentine

Americas Society
680 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 13, 2017

8pm

Da Capo Chamber Players Honoring African - American Composers

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 15, 2017

6pm

Spiral Music: Yael Archer Modiano

Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th StNew York, NY 10011
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 15, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

TALUJON + Ctrl-Z

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 15, 2017

9pm

Ayumi Ishito Album Release Show

Muchmore's
2 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 15, 2017

9:30pm

BOHEMIAN TRIO: Okónkolo

National Sawdust
80 N 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 16, 2017

7:30pm

Bonjour at The Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum
1109 5th Ave & E 92nd St, New York, 10128
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 16, 2017

7:30pm

That 1 Guy

The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 16, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Ches Smith/ Craig Taborn/ Mat Maneri

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 16, 2017

7:30pm

Winds of Change

The Cell Theatre
338 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 17, 2017

7pm

THE STRETCH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Presented by Christian Scott aTunde Adjua

Harlem Stage
150 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 17, 2017

7pm

Written For Talea

National Sawdust
80 N 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 17, 2017

7:30pm

Daisy Jopling Band

The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 17, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Ingrid & Christine Jensen: Infinitude

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 17, 2017

7:30pm

The Queens Speak

Words of Henry VIII's Wives in Song and Image

National Opera Center
330 Seventh Ave (7th FL), New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 17, 2017

8pm

Tutte Le Corde: Piano Music Since 1970

Black Box Theatre at NYU
82 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 17, 2017

10pm

Mihali

The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 18, 2017

7pm

THE STRETCH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Presented by Christian Scott aTunde Adjua

Harlem Stage
150 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 18, 2017

7:30pm

The Funky Knuckles / Progger

The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 18, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Ferenc Nemeth

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 18, 2017

3pm

48th Anniversary Celebration Sunday Matinee

Dance Theatre of Harlem
466 W 152nd St, New York, NY 10031
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 19, 2017

2pm

Canellakis-Brown Duo

Armor Hall at Wave Hill
4900 Independence Ave, Bronx, NY 10471
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 19, 2017

3pm

North/South Consonance Midwinter Fest

Christ & St. Stephen's Church
120 W 69th St, New York, NY 10023
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 19, 2017

6:30pm

Gene & The Woodwinds

(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 20, 2017

11pm

The Jazz Thieves @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1

Stage 1 at Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St, New York, NY 10002
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 21, 2017

7pm

New York Composers Circle: Concert of New Music

Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 21, 2017

7:30pm

Composers Now at the GC

Elebash Recital Hall at CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 22, 2017

6pm

Spiral Music: David Ellenbogen

Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 22, 2017

7pm

Brooklyn College Winter Composers' Concert

Brooklyn College (CUNY)
2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 22, 2017

7pm

Naked Soul: Duncan Sheik

Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 22, 2017

7:30pm

American String Quartet with Salman Rushdie, narrator

The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 22, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Threadgill + Iyer + Prieto

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

2:30pm

Composers Now Festival 2017 Staten Island

Williamson Theatre
2800 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10314
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

5pm

AirTrain Jazz Festival

AirTrain Jamaica Station
93-43 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11435
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

7pm

Mute The Commercials

ShapeShifter Lab
18 Whitwell Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

7pm

Art into Music into Performance

Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

7pm

Tradiciones Dominicanas: Homage to Rafael Solano

Aaron Davis Hall
128 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10027
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Threadgill + Iyer + Prieto

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway (5th floor) New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

8pm

Beats Per Revolution preview: Martha Mooke & Rahzel

Bar Thalia at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 23, 2017

8:15pm

Matt Robbins at Shapeshifter Lab

Shapeshifter Lab
18 Whitwell Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 24, 2017

8pm

Group Work VI

Scholes Street Studio
375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 24, 2017

8pm

"Pausa"

Audiovisual Performance by Barbara Held and Benton C. Bainbridge

Harvestworks
596 Broadway #602, New York, NY 10012
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 25, 2017

10am

EMERGING: Open Dress Rehearsal

Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 25, 2017

3pm

BMCC Composers - Composition in Diverse Styles

Shirley Fiterman Art Center
81 Barclay St, New York, NY 10007
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 25, 2017

4pm

9th Annual Black History Month Celebration

St. Mary's Episcopal Church
521 W 126th St, New York, NY 10027
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 25, 2017

6pm

Guy Klucevsek 70th Birthday Celebration

Newhouse Center For Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center
1000 Richmond Ter, Staten Island, NY 10301
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 26, 2017

3pm

Refracting the Piano

Spectrum
121 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 26, 2017

3pm

Klariano Duo

Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 26, 2017

3pm

Premiere of "For Allegra"

St. John's Episcopal Church
139 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11217
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 28, 2017

8pm

The New Song, Volume 1

Scorca Hall at National Opera Center
330 Seventh Ave (7th FL), New York, NY 10001
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 28, 2017

8pm

Richard Sussman: The Evolution Suite

Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
2017 Composers Now Festival

February 28, 2017

10pm

GADADU: Bay Songs Release Celebration

Stage 2 at Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St, New York, NY 10002

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