// OCT 10: Leila Adu
Leila Adu, an astonishing force in the space where electropop, avant-classical and singer-songwriter meet, gives a solo performance on voice and piano of her own music, joined by bassist Jon Toscano.
// OCT 17: Jessica Meyer
Composer and virtuoso viola soloist Jessica Meyer gives a performance of her own music with the help of violinist Miranda Cuckson, cellist Laura Metcalf dancer Caroline Fermin, and loop pedal technology.
// OCT 24: Rupert Boyd + Friends
GatherNYC Co-Artistic Director, acclaimed Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd, gives a solo performance with special guests.
// OCT 31: Alex Sopp + Christina Courtin
Flutist and vocalist Alex Sopp and singer/songwriter/violinist Christina Courtin, both founding members of The Knights chamber orchestra, present a program featuring predominantly female composers.
// NOV 7: Telegraph Quartet
The Naumburg Award-winning quartet, based in San Francisco, performs a unique program featuring music by Florence Price and Grażyna Bacewicz.
// NOV 14: ACME
The “electrifying” (The New York Times) collective American Contemporary Music Ensemble presents “Recounting,” a program of music that retells a story in string quartet form by composers Caroline Shaw, Susie Ibarra, Raven Chacon, and Philip Glass.
// NOV 21: Ayane + Paul
Two lower-string powerhouses make up this impactful duo: violist Ayane Kozasa is a member of the Grammy-nominated Aizuri Quartet, while cellist and composer Paul Wiancko has appeared with the Kronos Quartet and is increasingly in-demand as a composer of chamber music.
// DEC 5: Ashley Jackson
Solo harpist Ashley Jackson presents “Circles”, a program that explores connections between her family's history, their present, and what that means for the future. The program features music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Alice Coltrane, Danielle Eva Schwob, and Daniel Temkin.
// DEC 12: The Overlook + James Shields
Fast-rising new string quartet The Overlook collaborates with Oregon Symphony principal clarinetist James Shields for a program centered around Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s masterful clarinet quintet.
// DEC 19: A Far Cry
A small group of players from Grammy-nominated string chamber ensemble A Far Cry shares “Flames to Ash,” a program featuring Jung-Yoon Wie’s “Han,” which speaks directly to the rising hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. The Korean word “Han,” is described as an internalized feeling of deep sorrow, grief, resentment, and anger from personal and historical trauma.
