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.
Aruán Ortiz: Transatlantic Contemporary Music and Five Operatic Scenes
Tuesday, September 23, 2025. 8:00 pm
Composer/pianist explores Afro-diasporic identity through the lens of new music & avant-jazz, with scenes from his opera.
Mary Halvorson’s Amaryllis: About Ghosts
Sunday, September 21, 2025. 8:00 pm
The celebrated guitarist and composer's sextet marks the release of their fourth album, About Ghosts (Nonesuch, 2025).
Fieldwork: Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Steve Lehman (Album Release Show)
Friday, September 19, 2025. 8:00 pm
Longstanding collective of three internationally revered pioneers of contemporary music celebrates their new album on Pi Recordings.
Bergsonist: ASL أصل ⴰⵙⵍ featuring Moe Elgad
Thursday, September 18, 2025. 8:00 pm
A one-hour multimedia performance exploring ancestry and Amazigh heritage, by Moroccan-born experimental artist Selwa Abd.
John Zorn’s Cobra
Wednesday, September 17, 2025. 8:00 pm
In high demand, the composer's infamous game piece, first premiered at Roulette in 1984, returns to Roulette for the third year in a row!
CELESTIAL EXCURSIONS: An Opera by Robert Ashley (NIGHT 3)
Sunday, September 14, 2025. 8:00 pm
The great American composer's wise, sensitive, charming, and humorous portrayal of largely ignored territory: old people.
CELESTIAL EXCURSIONS: An Opera by Robert Ashley (NIGHT 2)
Saturday, September 13, 2025. 8:00 pm
The great American composer's wise, sensitive, charming, and humorous portrayal of largely ignored territory: old people.
CELESTIAL EXCURSIONS: An Opera by Robert Ashley (NIGHT 1)
Friday, September 12, 2025. 8:00 pm
The great American composer's wise, sensitive, charming, and humorous portrayal of largely ignored territory: old people.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances: Vicky Chow plays Tristan Perich // Jessica Pavone String Ensemble // Joy Guidry
Thursday, September 11, 2025. 7:00 pm
A free concert in Bryant Park programmed by Roulette with sets from all-stars Vicky Chow, Jessica Pavone, and Joy Guidry.
Jim Staley with Ned Rothenberg and Sylvie Courvoisier
Friday, August 8, 2025. 8:00 pm
Roulette co-founder and former Artistic Director shares for two evenings of improvisation with some of his long-running collaborators.