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.
Sara Serpa: “Encounters and Collisions” Album Release
Monday, December 9, 2024. 8:00 pm
A reflection on change and loss, Encounters and Collisions portrays episodes from Sara Serpa's life since moving from Portugal to the US.
Catalytic Festival 2024
Sunday, December 8, 2024. 8:00 pm
The Catalytic Sound cooperative announces the fifth edition of its international music festival including major figures in the music scene.
Normal Give or Take (Fred Frith, Sudhu Tewari, and Lotte Anker)
Saturday, December 7, 2024. 8:00 pm
Part two of the guitarist's 75th birthday celebration: a trio with long-time collaborators and friends from very different worlds.
Fred Frith Solo
Friday, December 6, 2024. 8:00 pm
New, solo work for the guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser's 75th birthday celebration.
Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
Wednesday, December 4, 2024. 8:00 pm
Two legends perform a reflective, meditative, and sonic odyssey concerning nature.
Ali Akbar Moradi & Pejman Hadadi: Sacred Music of Kurdistan (RBA)
Saturday, November 23, 2024. 8:00 pm
A rare NY appearance of two of Iran’s most renowned musicians performing ecstatic Kurdish music from western Iran.
ICE and Steven Schick: Touch Trace by Zosha Di Castri
Thursday, November 21, 2024. 8:00 pm
A new work exploring the importance of intimacy and human contact in a world marked by forced separation and isolation.
[POSTPONED] Lines of Light Vocal Ensemble
Tuesday, November 19, 2024. 8:00 pm
Lines of Light is a vocal ensemble collective, utilizing non-hierarchical and mutual modes of creation, composition and improvisation.
Theresa Wong: Fluency of Trees
Sunday, November 17, 2024. 8:00 pm
A solo work for cello and voice exploring connection to the primal sentience of the natural world.
Sussan Deyhim: Whispers From the Underworld (In Memory of Richard Horowitz)
Tuesday, November 12, 2024. 8:00 pm
The innovative composer, vocalist, and performance artist presents compositions from her prominent international collaborations.