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.
Nick Dunston: Spider Season
Wednesday, December 14, 2022. 8:00 pm
The release of Spider Season, the self-titled debut album by Nick Dunston’s trio with Kalia Vandever and DoYeon Kim.
Ned Rothenberg Crossings Four with Mary Halvorson, Sylvie Courvoisier, and Tomas Fujiwara
Tuesday, December 13, 2022. 8:00 pm
A new ensemble, unified by an expansive grasp of the way in which improvisation and composition can complement each other.
Third Eye Orchestra 15th Anniversary Concert
Sunday, December 11, 2022. 8:00 pm
As part of the Third Eye Orchestra's 15th Anniversary, the ensemble performs Hans Tammen's one-hour long RODINIA.
gamin: Nong
Sunday, December 4, 2022. 8:00 pm
Traditional Korean music intersects with American musical elements, broadening American audiences’ aesthetic understanding of East Asia.
Webber/Morris Big Band: Pulse
Tuesday, November 29, 2022. 8:00 pm
Works from the album Both Are True and new pieces by both composers including a suite in just intonation by Webber.
Kirk Knuffke Trio with Matthew Shipp and Michael Bisio
Monday, November 28, 2022. 8:00 pm
Compositions and improvisations from the new trio’s new critically acclaimed double album.
John Zorn’s NEW MASADA QUARTET
Sunday, November 27, 2022. 8:00 pm
A surprise and rare appearance of Zorn’s newest and most exciting ensemble, performing classic compositions from the Masada songbooks.
Alfredo Colón: Blood Burden
Tuesday, November 22, 2022. 8:00 pm
The Dominican-American saxophonist and composer performs with a new quintet.
Yuko Fujiyama: Contemporary East II (with Tetsu Nagasawa, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg, Do Yeon Kim, Satoshi Takeishi, Shoko Nagai, and others)
Monday, November 21, 2022. 8:00 pm
Yuko Fujiyama and an ensemble of acclaimed musicians brings the aesthetic of the East to contemporary improvisational music.
Yuko Fujiyama: Contemporary East I (with Jen Shyu, Graham Haynes, Reggie Nicholson and others)
Sunday, November 20, 2022. 8:00 pm
Yuko Fujiyama and an ensemble of acclaimed musicians brings the aesthetic of the East to contemporary improvisational music.