There are simply two kinds of music: good music, and the other kind.
— Duke Ellington

Our seasonal world class music program runs from May through October.

[Our curated music programs do not review unsolicited proposals.]

Rebekah Heller
May
16

Rebekah Heller

Called "an impressive solo bassoonist" by The New Yorker, Rebekah Heller made her solo debut with the New York Philharmonic in September 2018, and has been a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, the Nagoya Philharmonic, and the New World Symphony.

As a solo artist, Heller is known for creating immersive environments — using custom lights, commissioned clothing, and playing from memory — to facilitate electric connections with her audiences. 

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Helen Gillet
May
31

Helen Gillet

Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archeologist exploring synthesized sounds, texture, and rhythm using an acoustic cello. Gillet’s solo performance is known for its enigmatic quality as she fabricates each song with innovative use of the cello and true mastery of live looping technology.

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Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer
Jun
7

Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer

Celebrating the release of their new album of duets, Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer (MarKeez Records 2025), Keezer and Margot bring their unique vision of the vocal and piano duet to concert stages worldwide, performing familiar jazz standards, beloved pop songs and vibrant original compositions, in a varied and intimate set.

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Fima Ephron Trio
Jun
14

Fima Ephron Trio

Born in London, England, my family moved to New York when I was three. I started playing bass at age thirteen. I attended music and art high school, and was playing professionally by age fourteen. 

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Sexmob
Jun
20

Sexmob

Sexmob (Steven Bernstein - slide trumpet, Briggan Krauss - saxophones, Tony Scherr - bass, Kenny Wollesen - drums) continues to deconstruct familiar pop tunes with subversive impunity.

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Cardume
Jun
27

Cardume

CARDUME is a brand new percussion trio founded by three highly accomplished musicians (Rogério Boccato, Keita Ogawa, and Cleber Almeida) with decades of collective experience in the world of improvised music. The name CARDUME comes from Portuguese translating to "school of fish”.

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paris_monster
Jul
5

paris_monster

Dirty, glitchy, lyric-centered, groove-based. Funk and soul join with lyrical themes of bygone eras in rural settings. Characters lost, mortality confronted. Love achieved, and denied. Americana.

Josh Dion - vocals, drums, keyboards
Geoff Kraly - bass, modular synth, vocals

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eucademix (Yuka Honda)
Jul
12

eucademix (Yuka Honda)

Eucademix is the moniker used by Yuka Honda for her solo electronics project. Yuka is a founder of the band Cibo Matto and is an accomplished electronic instrumentalist, composer, and producer. She has a deep fascination with microorganisms and humorously refers to herself as a “de-composer.” Yuka’s music spans various genres, which she collectively terms “sensory music.”

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Camila Meza : Portal
Jul
17

Camila Meza : Portal

Vocalist/guitarist/composer Camila Meza is a rarity, a glorious triptych of an artist. She possesses a gift for composing brilliant musical landscapes, a captivating, soulfully pure vocal instrument, and a consummate prowess on guitar, ablaze with irresistible melodies and improvisations.

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Joe Fiedler : Big Sackbut
Jul
19

Joe Fiedler : Big Sackbut

Trombonist/composer/music director Joe Fiedler is known to critics as “among the most impressive trombonists to emerge in the past couple of decades.” (Harvey Pekar, Signal to Noise)

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Jody Redhage Ferber Trio
Aug
2

Jody Redhage Ferber Trio

Cellist and composer Jody Redhage-Ferber's current project is inspired by the word ecotone from ecology, denoting a transition zone where two biomes meet that is particularly rife with life.  Playing with this concept in literal and whimsical ways, Redhage-Ferber's current project features her original compositions inspired by the design and characteristics of flora and fauna existing in ecotones. 

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Otherlands Trio
Aug
30

Otherlands Trio

“A massive veteran trio…bassist Stephan Crump and alto saxophonist Darius Jones are not just immense players, they’re also two of the city’s great creative music composers, pushing it into wondrous, unexpected but also inviting spaces.” - DadaStrain

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Mat Maneri & Lucian Ban : Transylvanian Dance
Sep
6

Mat Maneri & Lucian Ban : Transylvanian Dance

Transylvanian Dance pianist Lucian Ban and violist Mat Maneri reimagine through improvisation the Béla Bartók Field Recordings of folk songs from Transylvania bringing back to life century old songs using live performance, audio from the original Edison wax cylinder recordings, rare handwritten manuscripts and photographs taken by Bartók himself in his field trips. 

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GEORGE
Oct
26

GEORGE

From vintage funk to infectious electronic futurism, this energetically enigmatic group “likes to blur the distinctions between the knotty virtuosity of jazz and the broad appeal of pop” (Pitchfork).

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Sarah Neufeld (Solo)
Oct
4

Sarah Neufeld (Solo)

Sarah Neufeld is an internationally renowned Canadian violinist and composer based in New York City. This unique performance will be a powerful sonic experience in which Neufeld’s ethereal vocals meld seamlessly with her mesmerizing violin riffs. Best known as a long time member of Arcade Fire, she is also a founding member of the contemporary instrumental ensemble Bell Orchestre.

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Michael Mayo - SOLO
Sep
13

Michael Mayo - SOLO

Whether Michael Mayo is performing with his band, as a guest, or alone with a looper pedal, the LA native’s commanding and other worldly vocalese is quickly gathering critical and commercial acclaim around the globe.

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Ben Monder + Taylor Haskins
Aug
23

Ben Monder + Taylor Haskins

A MUSICIAN IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA FOR OVER 30 YEARS, BEN MONDER HAS PERFORMED WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ARTISTS, INCLUDING JACK MCDUFF, MARC JOHNSON, LEE KONITZ, BILLY CHILDS, ANDREW CYRILLE, GEORGE GARZONE, PAUL MOTIAN, MARIA SCHNEIDER, LOUIS COLE, MARSHALL CRENSHAW AND JANDEK. A MEMBER OF THE BAD PLUS, HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED GUITAR PARTS TO THE LAST DAVID BOWIE ALBUM, “BLACKSTAR”. FOR THIS EVENING’S PERFORMANCE MONDER & THE MILL’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR TAYLOR HASKINS (TRUMPET & EVI) WILL CREATE A SINGULAR, UNIQUE LISTENING EXPERIENCE BY IMPROVISING THE ENTIRE CONCERT ‘FROM SCRATCH’.

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Camila Meza (Solo)
Aug
16

Camila Meza (Solo)

A FLUIDLY INVENTIVE CHILEAN JAZZ GUITARIST AND SINGER/SONGWRITER, CAMILA MEZA MAKES AMBITIOUS, LYRICAL MUSIC THAT COMBINES PROGRESSIVE FUSION, POST-BOP, AND LATIN AMERICAN FOLK TRADITIONS. IT'S A SOPHISTICATED SOUND BORN OUT OF HER LOVE FOR ARTISTS LIKE PAT METHENY, MILTON NASCIMENTO, AND JONI MITCHELL. MEZA FIRST GARNERED ATTENTION WITH HER 2007 DEBUT, SKYLARK.

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Zeena Parkins (Solo)
Aug
10

Zeena Parkins (Solo)

New York based electro-acoustic composer / improviser Zeena Parkins is a pioneer of contemporary harp practices. Using expanded techniques, object preparations, and electronic processing she has re-defined the instrument’s capacities. OVER A 30-YEAR CAREER PARKINS HAS WORKED WITH AN UNLIKELY RANGE OF COLLABORATORS. SHE HAS RECORDED AND TOURED WITH BJÖRK, YOKO ONO, and many other prominent musical artists.

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Paris Monster
Aug
2

Paris Monster

Dirty, glitchy, lyric-centered, groove-based. Funk and soul join with lyrical themes of bygone eras in rural settings. Characters lost, mortality confronted. Love achieved, and denied. Americana.

Josh Dion - vocals, drums, keyboards
Geoff Kraly - bass, modular synth, vocals

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Sexmob
Jul
26

Sexmob

Sexmob (Steven Bernstein - slide trumpet, Briggan Krauss - saxophones, Tony Scherr - bass, Kenny Wollesen - drums) continues to deconstruct familiar pop tunes with subversive impunity.

A master of the previously obscure slide trumpet, Berkeley-born Steven Bernstein is a fearless improviser, composer and arranger whose résumé includes collaboration with Bill Frisell, Levon Helm, Lou Reed, Linda Ronstadt, Henry Butler, and Allen Toussaint.

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Helen Gillet - solo cello
Jul
12

Helen Gillet - solo cello

Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archeologist exploring synthesized sounds, texture, and rhythm using an acoustic cello. Gillet’s solo performance is known for its enigmatic quality as she fabricates each song with innovative use of the cello and true mastery of live looping technology.

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Nate Wood - fOUR
Jul
5

Nate Wood - fOUR

Nate Wood is a Grammy-winning musician who is a member of the band Kneebody and has released 3 albums of his own material where he performs/records 3 analog synths, bass, drums and vocals all at the same time. 2 arms + 2 legs = fOUR

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Endless Field + Sara Caswell
Jun
28

Endless Field + Sara Caswell

Endless Field is a guitar and bass duo featuring guitarist Jesse Lewis and bassist Ike Sturm. They play original songs filled with intricate finger-style lines, improvisation and ambient textures. Virtuoso violinist Sara Caswell joins the performance as a special guest.

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