On Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m., Q2 and New Sounds Live team up to bring you a live audio Webcast from Merkin Concert Hall hosted by WNYC's John Schaefer. Part of the inaugural Ecstatic Music Festival, this evening features composer/vocalist Shara Worden and the stunning sextet yMusic performing works by Worden and Sarah Kirkland Snider.

The inaugural Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall closes this March with its most concentrated month of ambitious programming to date. Featuring six concerts and two Webcasts on Q2, the festival's culmination epitomizes music-making at its most collaborative and experimental.

Since it burst onto the scene four years ago, New Amsterdam Records has been at the forefront of New York City's indie-classical music scene. In this October 18, 2010 show at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New Amsterdam Records' co-director, Sarah Kirkland Snider, celebrates the recent release of her song cycle, Penelope. Performers include vocalist Shara Worden and the cross-genre ensemble, yMusic.