Catalytic Festival 2025: Craig Taborn and Miriam Parker // Joe McPhee with Michael Foster’s Ghost // Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez

Monday, December 15, 2025. 8:00 pm
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Yearly festival by Catalytic Sound, the musician-owned co-op aiming to give artists more control over the distribution/sale of their music.

Contemporary East: Kaoru Watanabe / Yoon-Ji Lee

Tuesday, December 16, 2025. 8:00 pm
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Contemporary East presents Kaoru Watanabe and Yoon-Ji Lee for a series of improvisational music.

Phill Niblock Winter Solstice 2025: 6 Hours of Music and Film

Sunday, December 21, 2025. 6:00 pm
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The 15th consecutive year of Niblock’s meditative installation—numerous video projections soundtracked by his iconic and permeating drone.

Studies in Septimal-Wolf-Meantone for S-L, plus ensemble

Saturday, January 17, 2026. 8:00 pm
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A new ensemble work of plucked, beaten and electronic instruments in surround sound for Stemeseder's Roulette Commission.

MIXOLOGY: Ted Gordon’s “The Composer’s Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America”

Wednesday, February 4, 2026. 8:00 pm
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Panel and concert about Ted Gordon's new book exploring the relationship between human musicians and their electronic musical instruments.

MIXOLOGY: Tommy Martinez // Sydney Spann

Thursday, February 5, 2026. 8:00 pm
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A double bill featuring spatial sound mixes played by remote performers and explorations in voice and electronics.

MIXOLOGY: Nicolas Collins // Weston Olencki

Friday, February 6, 2026. 8:00 pm
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Recent works for unstable systems by Nicolas Collins // songs reimagining the Irish/Appalachian ballad tradition by Weston Olencki and guest.

MIXOLOGY: D.O.T. Audio Arts, An Evening of Difficult Music

Saturday, February 7, 2026. 8:00 pm
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D.O.T. Audio Arts—label home to Cities Aviv/African American Sound Recordings, Dorothy Carlos, and others—takes over Roulette for an evening.

Talk Show: Steph Richards and Qasim Naqvi

Thursday, February 26, 2026. 8:00 pm
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Experimental duo perform a surreal protest of sound and spectacle warping 80s talk-show nostalgia into an eerie mirror of today.

International Contemporary Ensemble: The Shape of Forgetting

Wednesday, March 11, 2026. 8:00 pm
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The Ensemble celebrates world premieres by Lester St. Louis and Camila Agosto, along with 2025 BMI Composer Award winner Paul Novak.