Contemporaneous: Past

An intimate evening focused on a new song cycle by composer Lila Meretzky setting poems by Yiddish-language poet Anna Margolin.

a years-in-the-making, cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration between Gambian griots and a New York City chamber orchestra.

A new evening-length work with music by Ethan Braun and text by Vikram Devasthali, exploring opera's history of endings.

Pioneering composer Scott Johnson joins acclaimed new music ensemble Contemporaneous to present two works for electric band: the world premiere […]

In celebration of the diverse ways we express our lives through music, Contemporaneous IMAGINATION presents a genre-defying concert featuring […]

In conversation with Terry Riley's 1964 landmark composition In C, Ned Rothenberg’s Beyond C is a concerto for improvisational woodwind […]

Set against the ever-expanding universe, Stranger Love is a story of love that unfolds to the rhythm of the seasons.

Set against the ever-expanding universe, Stranger Love is a story of love that unfolds to the rhythm of the seasons.

Transcendental Geometry from Contemporaneous will explore new music written with non-traditional tunings from around the world.

Over the past ten years, composer Shawn Jaeger has drawn inspiration from Appalachian folksong and hymnody. This concert features the premiere […]