Night After Night Watch: The Master List
Keeping tabs on upcoming live music events of interest, in and around New York.
Updated Nov. 6, 2024.
Night After Night Watch rounds up details about upcoming performances of interest to the new-music community: contemporary classical music and jazz, electronic and electroacoustic music, and idioms for which no clever genre name has been coined.
This round-up used to be accessible only to paid subscribers, and maybe one day in the future that could be true again. But it’s not, now.
Events are culled from press releases, venue websites, social-media posts, and other online resources, and details are subject to change; follow links to the original sources before heading out to a show. All concerts are listed in Eastern Standard Time.
These listings are not comprehensive—nor could they be! To submit a forthcoming event for consideration, email information to nightafternight@icloud.com.
All opinions expressed herein are solely my own, and do not express the views of any employer.
November
Concerts listed in Eastern Standard Time.
NOTAFLOF = no one turned away for lack of funds.
7
Attacca Quartet
Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center
129 W. 67th St.; Upper West Side
Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7:30pm; $30
kaufmanmusiccenter.org
Student musicians from Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School and the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University join the distinguished young Attacca Quartet in a program of contemporary works by Jessie Montgomery, Caroline Shaw, and Gabriella Smith, as well as arrangements of canonical works by Clemens Non Papa and Maurice Ravel.
Raven Chacon
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Through Saturday, Nov. 9 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and multidisciplinary artist Raven Chacon comes to The Stone series at The New School for a series of varied trios. He’s emphasizing electronics on Thursday with Marisa Demarco and Lea Bertucci, Friday’s set is a power trio with violinist Laura Ortman and drummer Marshall Trammell, and the series ends on Saturday with an enticing anything-goes lineup with Che Chen and C. Spencer Yeh
Exponential Ensemble
Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center
330 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor; Midtown West
Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7pm; $25, seniors and students $15
brownpapertickets.com
Forces of Nature, a world premiere by Jessica Meyer, provides the theme for an Exponential Ensemble program featuring works by Christopher Cerrone, Gilad Cohen, Valerie Coleman, and Charles Wuorinen.
Interpretations: Marty Ehrlich/Ingrid Laubrock
Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn
Thursday, Nov. 7 at 8pm; $20, seniors and students $15
roulette.org
The invaluable concert series Interpretations opens its 35th season with a double bill of versatile, accomplished improvising saxophonists known for their compositional acumen. Marty Ehrlich leads a septet featuring his wife and frequent collaborator, poet Erica Hunt, a project he showcased here under the name Dark Woods/Bright Sparks last December. Ingrid Laubrock performs with her quartet Grammy Season, with guitarist Brandon Seabrook, bassist Shawn Lovato, and her husband, drummer Tom Rainey.
8
Johnny Gandelsman
American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.; Upper East Side
Friday, Nov. 8 & Saturday, Nov. 9, 11am–8pm; free with museum admission
engage.metmuseum.org
Johnny Gandelsman, an entrepreneurial violinist, record-label head, and freshly minted MacArthur Fellow, spends two full days wandering through the Met Museum’s American Wing, performing works from his expansive, profound 2022 release, This Is America – An Anthology 2020–2021. The collection features brief, potent pieces by Clarice Assad, Kinan Azmeh, Layale Chaker, Rhiannon Giddens, Angélica Negrón, Matana Roberts, Tyshawn Sorey, and plenty more, and you can find a key to Gandelsman’s nomadic itinerary here.
Mannes Opera
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 W. 12th St.; Greenwich Village
Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:30pm, Saturday, Nov. 9 at 2pm; free, RSVP suggested
events.newschool.edu
Mannes Opera presents the long-overdue local premiere of Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera, a comedy composed by David T. Little with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, sharing an unmissable opera-in-concert double bill with The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Rob Handel.
9
Ainadamar
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
70 Lincoln Center Plaza; Upper West Side
Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1pm; $35–$460
metopera.org
The brief, arresting opera by composer Osvaldo Golijov and playwright David Henry Hwang, concerning the life and work of poet-playwright Federico García Lorca, comes to the Met in a production by Deborah Colker with all-important sound design by Mark Grey. Angel Blue portrays Margarita Xirgu in most performances, Daniela Mack is García Lorca, and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya makes his house debut.
See also Nov. 8, Johnny Gandelsman and Mannes Opera.
10
Jung Hee Choi
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church St., 3rd Fl., Tribeca
Sunday, Nov. 10 at 7pm; $39, seniors and students $39
melafoundation.org
In the second event of a four-concert series marking the 89th birthday of minimalist mainstay La Monte Young, composer, performer, and artist Jung Hee Choi presents two original works, Composition in the Style of La Monte Young’s 1960 Sustained Friction Sounds (2000) and RICE (1999), in a light setting by the late Marian Zazeela. Advance reservations are strongly recommended.
JACK Quartet
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Ave., Upper East Side
Sunday, Nov. 10 at 7pm; $40, livestream $25
92ny.org
The adventurous, assured JACK Quartet showcases compositions from its JACK Studio initiative, established in 2019 to support commissions, recordings, and workshops with emerging artists who are interested in exploring the string quartet idiom. Featured in its world premiere is Twice Removed, by Anthony Cheung, alongside pieces by Eduardo Aguilar, Seare Farhat, and Juri Seo. If you can’t attend in person, a ticketed livestream is available.
loadbang
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A W. 13th St.; Greenwich Village
Sunday, Nov. 10 at 7:30pm; $20, seniors and students $10
eventbrite.com
In the 24th edition of its long-running concert series, loadbang – the distinctive quartet of baritone vocalist Ty Bouque, clarinetist Adrián Sandí, trumpeter Andy Kozar, and trombonist Will Lang – introduces new works by Jonah Haven, Felipe Lara, and Piyawat Louilarpprasert. Further pieces by Mara Gibson, Stefano Gervasoni, and Adam Mirza complete the bill, and if you can’t attend in person, you can stream the concert live free of charge on YouTube.
12
Sussan Deyhim
Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn
Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 8pm; $30, advance $25, seniors and students $20
roulette.org
Due this Friday on the Freedom to Spend imprint, The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985–1990 compiles splendid previously unreleased music Iranian-American composer, vocalist, performance artist, and activist Sussan Deyhim made with her longtime partner in life and art, Richard Horowitz, who died in April. Music the two made together features in tonight’s event, along with Once Within a Time, an engrossing video Deyhim made with filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass, and music she created for projects by Shirin Neshat.
13
Pacifica Quartet
92NY
1395 Lexington Ave., Upper East Side
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7:30pm; $40–$60, livestream $25
92ny.org
George Crumb’s Black Angels, a Vietnam War protest that retains its disquieting power, is the centerpiece of a thoughtful Pacifica Quartet program that also includes Samuel Barber’s String Quartet in B minor (with the breathtaking Adagio for Strings in its original form) and Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 (“American”). Livestream tickets are available for those unable to attend in person.
Zeena Parkins
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Nov. 13–Saturday, Nov. 16 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
20
Anna Webber
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Nov. 20–Saturday, Nov. 23 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
December
4
Thurston Moore
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Dec. 4–Saturday, Dec. 7 at 8:30pm; $30 cash only
thestonenyc.com
11
Ikue Mori
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Dec. 11–Saturday, Dec. 14 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
12
Barbara Hannigan
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave., Upper East Side
Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7:30pm; $95
armoryonpark.org
The extravagantly gifted Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan returns to the intimate Veterans Room at the Park Avenue Armory – site of no few past triumphs – with pianist Bertrand Chamayou for a program featuring John Zorn’s Jumalattaret, Olivier Messiaen’s Chants de Terre et de Ciel, and two selections by Alexander Scriabin.
13
Suppose Beautiful Madeline Harvey
Ellen Stewart Theatre, La MaMa
66 E. 4th St., 2nd floor; East Village
Friday, Dec. 13–Sunday, Dec. 22, times vary; $35, seniors and students $30
lamama.org
Object Collection, the rambunctious performance-art troupe led by theater writer, designer, and director Kara Feely and composer Travis Just, mount the premiere of the first new piece in a decade from experimental-theater icon Richard Foreman, concerning a woman uncertain whether she exists.
19
Ensemble Ipse
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W. 37th St., Midtown West
Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7:30pm; $20
eventbrite.com
2025
January
2
Marta Sanchez
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Thursday, Jan. 2–Saturday, Jan. 4 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
8
Mary Halvorson
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 8–Saturday, Jan. 11 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
15
Ingrid Laubrock
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 15–Saturday, Jan. 18 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
22
Ches Smith
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 22–Saturday, Jan. 25 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
29
Loadbang
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 29–Saturday, Feb. 1 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
February
5
Jorge Roeder
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 5–Saturday, Feb. 8 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
12
Uri Caine
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 12–Saturday, Feb. 15 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
19
Matthew Shipp
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 19–Saturday, Feb. 22 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
26
Wendy Eisenberg
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 26–Saturday, March 1 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
March
5
Micah Thomas
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, March 5–Saturday, March 8 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
19
Theo Bleckmann
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, March 19–Saturday, March 22 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
26
Kate Gentile
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, March 26–Saturday, March 29 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
April
2
Zoh Amba
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, April 2–Saturday, April 5 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
9
Annie Gosfield
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, April 9–Saturday, April 12 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
16
William Parker
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, April 16–Saturday, April 19 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
23
Jad Atoui
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, April 23–Saturday, April 26 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
30
Fay Victor
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, April 30–Saturday, May 3 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
May
7
Kweku Sumbry
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, May 7–Saturday, May 10 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
14
Ned Rothenberg
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, May 14–Saturday, May 17 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
21
Fred Frith
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, May 21–Saturday, May 24 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
28
Ben Goldberg
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, May 28–Saturday, May 31 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
June
4
Makigami Koichi
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, June 4–Saturday, June 7 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
11
Louis Belogenis
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, June 11–Saturday, June 14 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
4
Trigger
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, June 18–Saturday, June 21 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
25
Vernon Reid
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, June 25–Saturday, June 28 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
July
2
Sean Ono Lennon
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, June 2, Thursday, July 3, and Saturday, July 5 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
9
Matana Roberts
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, July 9–Saturday, July 12 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
16
Matt Mitchell
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, July 16–Saturday, July 19 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
23
Lisa Mezzacappa
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, July 23–Saturday, July 26 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
30
Nicole Mitchell
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, July 30–Saturday, Aug. 2 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
August
6
Immanuel Wilkins
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Aug. 6–Saturday, Aug. 9 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
13
Rob Burger
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Aug. 13–Saturday, Aug. 16 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
20
Kenny Wollesen
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Aug. 20–Saturday, Aug. 23 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
27
Trevor Dunn
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Aug. 27–Saturday, Aug. 30 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
September
3
Caroline Davis
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Sept. 3–Saturday, Sept. 6 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
10
Brian Marsella
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Sept. 10–Saturday, Sept. 13 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
17
Dan Weiss
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Sept. 17–Saturday, Sept. 20 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
24
Anna Webber
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Sept. 24–Saturday, Sept. 27 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
October
1
Tomeka Reid
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Oct. 1–Saturday, Oct. 4 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
8
Erik Friedlander
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Oct. 8–Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
15
Henry Fraser
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Oct. 15–Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
22
John Medeski
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Oct. 22–Saturday, Oct. 25 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
29
Mark Dresser
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Oct. 29–Saturday, Nov. 1 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
November
5
Susie Ibarra
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Nov. 5–Saturday, Nov. 8 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
12
Patricia Brennan
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Nov. 12–Saturday, Nov. 15 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
19
Daniel Zamir
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Nov. 19–Saturday, Nov. 22 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
December
3
William Winant
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Dec. 3–Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
10
Ikue Mori
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Dec. 10–Saturday, Dec. 13 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
2026
January
2
Thurston Moore
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Friday, Jan. 2 and Saturday, Jan. 3 at 8:30pm; $30 cash only
thestonenyc.com
7
Ches Smith
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 7–Saturday, Jan. 10 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
14
Ches Smith
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 14–Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
21
Marta Sanchez
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 21–Saturday, Jan. 24 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
28
Kalia Vandever
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Jan. 28–Saturday, Jan. 31 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
February
4
Sally Gates
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 4–Saturday, Feb. 7 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
11
Tomas Fujiwara
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 11–Saturday, Feb. 14 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
18
Sylvie Courvoisier
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 18–Saturday, Feb. 21 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
25
Jon Irabagon
Glass Box Theatre, The New School
55 W. 13th St., Greenwich Village
Wednesday, Feb. 25–Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8:30pm; $20 cash only
thestonenyc.com
Thank you.