Ensemble 365 Eastern Currents: Contemporary Music of Asia Sunday, May 17, 2015, 3:00pm Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens Ensemble 365 presents “Eastern Currents: Contemporary Music of Asia,” a program featuring chamber and solo works by composers from Azerbaijan (Franghiz Ali-Zadeh), China (Bun-Ching Lam and Bright Sheng), India (Ravi Shankar), Iran (Ramin Heydarbeygi), Japan …
ISSA Sonus Ensemble DVIRAAG Sunday, May 17, 2015, 5:00pm Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens A coined term from Sanskrit prefix “dvi” meaning “two” and the word “raag” loosely meaning “color”, DVIRAAG is an evocative program of works, mostly duets for flute with viola or cello, that bridges music traditions with underlying hues of Eastern …
Random Access Music & Iktus Percussion Realms of Darkness and Light Friday, May 15, 2015, 8:00pm Big Secret Theatre Long Island City, Queens In this program of music for drums, metals, mallets, electronics and piano, the composers of RAM team up with Iktus Percussion and pianist Julia Den Boer to present new works which delve into the concepts, sounds, …
Lost Dog New Music Ensemble John Luther Adams: The Light Within Thursday, May 14, 2015, 8:00pm* Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens The Lost Dog New Music Ensemble headlines the Queens New Music Festival, in a program of works by 2014 Pulitzer‐prize winning composer John Luther Adams. Adams’ music draws its inspiration from the …
Giacomo Baldelli with OOOPStudio Nidra Saturday, May 16, 2015, 5:00pm Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens Nidra, a 60-minute performance for electric guitar and video, is a multi-sensory meditation on the dichotomies of internal and external, the subconscious and conscious, dreams and reality. Purchase tickets here Music to be heard on this afternoon: New …
Eco-Music Big Band Resistance/Tradition Saturday, May 16, 2015, 3:00pm Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens The Eco-Music Big Band is proud to present Resistance/Tradition, a cross-section of its most dynamic repertoire. The Eco-Music Big Band is a fusion of the traditional and the antique, and will be performing works by Liberte-Anne Lymberiou, Cal Massey, …
Percussia Twang & Bang: Music for Harps and Lots of Percussion Saturday, May 16, 2015, 8:00pm Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens Percussia is a Jackson Heights, Queens-based ensemble for percussion, flute, harp, and viola that presents contemporary music incorporating a variety of stylistic influences ranging from video games to pop and world music. …
The Queens New Music Festival in conjunction with Musica Reginae Present: Face the Music with the Kronos Quartet Road Trip Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 7:30pm* Church-in-the-Gardens, Forest Hills, Queens The kick-off concert, produced in conjunction with Musica Reginae will feature Face the Music students along with the Kronos Quartet. Kronos Quartet has redefined string quartet music, …
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The Queens New Music Festival's opening night at the Secret Theatre on Thursday, May 14 is proud to be a part of ACF's National Composer Night Out.