Music: Past
Roulette’s Concert Series for New + Adventurous Music, launched in 1978, presents a wide range of experimental music including avant-jazz, new music, opera, world music, and electronic. This eclectic series features the work of well-known innovators in contemporary music, but a large percentage of the Series is devoted to emerging artists and composers.
INTERPRETATIONS: FLUX Quartet performs David First / Dom Minasi String Quartet
Thursday, December 10, 2009. 8:00 pm
Pioneering new-music group, FLUX Quartet, premieres Elegies For The Afterland, a new work by eclectic composer and punk-era innovator David […]
Jim Staley w/ Ikue Mori & Kyoko Kitamura
Wednesday, December 9, 2009. 8:30 pm
Trombonist, composer, and founder of Roulette Jim Staley has been shaking up the downtown scene for over 30 years. Working primarily with […]
Shaking with Shelley
Tuesday, December 8, 2009. 8:30 pm
SHAKING RAY LEVIS WITH SHELLEY HIRSCH “Ole’ Timey Avant-Garde” ensemble The Shaking Ray Levis team up with hyper-inventive […]
HANS TAMMEN & THIRD EYE ORCHESTRA: Anagenesis
Monday, December 7, 2009. 8:30 pm
Hans Tammen uses Earle Brown’s open form composition idea as a starting point to create a large multi-movement piece, thoroughly composed […]
Mysterium – An Electric Soundpainting Septet
Monday, November 23, 2009. 8:30 pm
Mysterium – An Electric Soundpainting Septet is the third and latest configuration in percussionist Eric Eigner’s ongoing Mysterium […]
Tim Berne: Los Totopos
Saturday, November 21, 2009. 8:30 pm
Los Totopos is a new band which will be performing new compositions by Tim as well as his arrangement of a rarely heard Julius Hemphill suite […]
Janine Nichols ROULETTE CHILDRENS CONCERT
Saturday, November 21, 2009. 2:00 pm
ROULETTE CHILDREN’S CONCERT $5 Charlie Burnham, violin Brandon ross, guitar Janine Nichols, voice Songs by Nick Cave, Vic Chesnutt, Neill […]
Night of Improvisation with The Tori Ensemble and special guests
Friday, November 20, 2009. 8:30 pm
Three of Korea’s most vibrant young traditional musicians meet up with three of New York’s cutting edge jazz/new music musicians in […]
Jody Redhage & Fire in July
Wednesday, November 18, 2009. 8:30 pm
Singing cellist Jody Redhage presents a night of 21st century art song. The concert features a solo set of compositions Redhage has commissioned […]
Hidden in Plain Sight, the music of TROPHIES: Alessandro Bosetti, Kenta Nagai, Ches Smith
Saturday, November 14, 2009. 8:30 pm
Tonight, composer and sound artist Alessandro Bosetti is joined by Kenta Nagai, and Ches Smith for TROPHIES. Central to the music of Trophies is […]