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.
Yvonne Rogers: Odes
Tuesday, June 9, 2026. 8:00 pm
A collection of pieces for Rogers's Commission, inspired by the musical habits, rituals, and timbres unique to each member of the quartet.
Gamelan Dharma Swara // Charmaine Lee
Sunday, June 7, 2026. 8:00 pm
Vocalist explores feedback and live processing, followed by New York’s premier Balinese performing arts ensemble.
Pi Recordings 25th Anniversary Celebration: Tyshawn Sorey Trio // Matt Mitchell New Quartet (Night 2)
Friday, June 5, 2026. 8:00 pm
A celebration featuring artists central to the label’s history of championing innovative, boundary-defying music.
Pi Recordings 25th Anniversary Celebration: Marc Ribot solo // Steve Coleman and Five Elements (Night 1)
Thursday, June 4, 2026. 8:00 pm
A celebration featuring artists central to the label’s history of championing innovative, boundary-defying music.
Being & Becoming + Voices
Wednesday, June 3, 2026. 8:00 pm
Trumpeter's longstanding group is joined by virtuosic singers and instrumentalists for the US premiere of an abstract music-drama.
Child of the Church presents Idiot Plot
Tuesday, June 2, 2026. 8:00 pm
Large ensemble known for their site-specific performances in NYC.
The Light is Always Changing: Wild Shore New Music Presents Works by Eve Beglarian
Monday, June 1, 2026. 8:00 pm
Contemporary chamber ensemble presents their Alaska-born collaboration with composer Eve Beglarian.
Yarn/Wire: Currents 2026
Thursday, May 28, 2026. 8:00 pm
An evening of new works by composer and Rome Prize laureate Jonah Haven and Icelandic experimental composer Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir.
Eliza Salem with Eden Girma and Luke Marantz
Wednesday, May 27, 2026. 8:00 pm
Roulette Commissioned artist and drummer presents new improvisational work.
Planet/Tear: Early Warning Systems with Char Jeré, Yehwan Song, Pap Souleye Fall, Sonia Rosa Kahn, Michael Candy, Maggie Boyd, Séan, Marcus Jahmal, Liz Zito, Taezoo Park, Braxton, C. Spencer Yeh, Brandon E., Rena Anakwe
Tuesday, May 26, 2026. 8:00 pm
Video & sound artists explore animism, imagining a world where objects sense and communicate before humans recognize what is happening.