New Sounds Live
Produced by WQXR. Throughout the season in New York
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Cult 'Valley of Search' Reissue Show with Alan Braufman and Cooper-Moore
On Wednesday, August 1, New Sounds celebrated the reissue of Alan Braufman's cult 1975 jazz album "Valley of the Search" with the first live performance of the album in over 40 years. Oct 3, 2023
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New Sounds Live and National Sawdust Present Kavita Shah
Jazz vocalist, composer, and educator Kavita Shah celebrates the music and warm-spirited people of Cape Verde at National Sawdust on Sept. 27 at 7:30PM. Sep 27, 2023
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New Sounds Live 2023 / Ecstatic Music Series: Curtis Stewart
Hear new music from Curtis Stewart, the Grammy-nominated Jazz, Hip Hop and New Music violinist, composer, and Artistic Director of the ACO, at Kaufman Music Center on June 1. Jun 1, 2023
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New Sounds Live 2023: Meredith Monk and Bang on a Can All-Stars at Pioneer Works
The New Sounds Live concerts continue at Pioneer Works on May 5 with the New York premiere of MEMORY GAME, a collaborative work from Meredith Monk and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. May 5, 2023
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New Sounds Live 2023 / Ecstatic Music Series: Moor Mother
The poet, musician, and activist Camae Ayewa, better known as Moor Mother, premieres new music fusing jazz, blues and soul on Friday, April 28 at Kaufman Music Center Merkin Hall. Apr 28, 2023
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New Sounds Live and National Sawdust Present Faten Kanaan and JJJJJerome Ellis
Hear ambient soundscapes by Brooklyn-based composer, musician, and producer Faten Kanaan; and by poet, sax player, producer and composer JJJJJerome Ellis at National Sawdust on Feb. 24. Feb 24, 2023
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New Sounds Live: Silent Films / Live Music 2023
William Tyler and Mary Lattimore score Electric Appalachia; Yasmin Williams scores Chaplin's The Kid; David Cieri scores The Passion of Joan of Arc at Brookfield Place on Jan. 25-27. Jan 25, 2023
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A Memorial Tribute to Ingram Marshall at The Greene Space
Musicians and colleagues gather to perform some of the late American composer Ingram Marshall's electroacoustic works; hosted by John Schaefer. Oct 22, 2022
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New York Public Radio Live: 40 Years of John Schaefer and New Sounds at Brooklyn Bowl
Celebrate 40 years of New Sounds with us at Brooklyn Bowl on Wed., Sept. 21, with the brass and dhol party of Red Baraat and the future-funk-trancey-cumbia groove of Combo Chimbita. Sep 19, 2022
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New Sounds Live 2022: Ecstatic Music: Amir ElSaffar's “Rivers of Sound”
Iraqi-American composer and bandleader Amir ElSaffar finds new sonic possibilities with 17-piece orchestra, "Rivers of Sound" on April 28 at Kaufman Music Center Merkin Hall. Apr 28, 2022
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New Sounds Live: Veils and Vesper at Brookfield Place
Bathe in the sounds of the mathematical and sensuous Veils and Vesper by John Luther Adams. It's both soundscape and live performance, and it's live at Brookfield Place from Oct. 16-24. Oct 8, 2021
