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.
María Grand Quartet // Nite Bjuti (Album Release)
Tuesday, April 14, 2026. 8:00 pm
An electrifying double bill of improvisational Black diasporic music that is intentional, poetic, and ritual-driven.
Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers: Sufi Songs of Pakistan (RBA)
Friday, April 10, 2026. 8:00 pm
Pakistan’s acclaimed ensemble perform a riveting interpretation of qawwali, the ecstatic improvisational Sufi vocal tradition.
Dreamcrusher and Friends
Thursday, April 9, 2026. 8:00 pm
Roulette Resident and maker of "NIHILIST QUEER REVOLT MUSIK" returns with another revelatory, urgent and emotional music event.
Vicky Chow & Mivos Quartet perform Morton Feldman’s ‘Piano and String Quartet’
Wednesday, April 8, 2026. 8:00 pm
Vicky Chow and Mivos Quartet perform Morton Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet in celebration of the composer’s 100th anniversary.
Caroline Davis // Matt Mitchell
Tuesday, April 7, 2026. 8:00 pm
Two solo sets incorporating improvisation and spontaneity: one on saxophone and electronics, and one on solo piano.
PERFECT LIVES: A Screening to Benefit Roulette
Thursday, April 2, 2026. 7:00 pm
A screening of Robert Ashley's iconic video opera with pre-show introductions from members of the original production—to support artists.
Eivind Opsvik’s The Setting // jondownload
Wednesday, April 1, 2026. 8:00 pm
Double bill with trio The Setting (Eivind Opsvik, Elias Stemeseder, Will Graefe) + drummer/electronicist jondownload (Jonathan Starks).
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn: String Theories 2026
Tuesday, March 31, 2026. 8:00 pm
Large string ensemble performs works by Penderecki, Greenwood, Hennies, and Randall-Myers.
Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine: Quantum Breaks II (with Peter Evans, Nick Jozwiak, Carlos Homs, and Dan Weiss)
Friday, March 27, 2026. 8:00 pm
New “Jazztronica” compositions inspired by electronic music techniques and UK drum ‘n’ bass, electro, and hip-hop.
The Westerlies Play Bill Frisell: Album Release Show
Thursday, March 26, 2026. 8:00 pm
New, never-before-heard compositions from Frisell's recent notebooks, as well as favorites from the composer's vast catalog.