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.
Laura Cocks: LARUS LARUS
Monday, May 17, 2021. 8:00 pm
LARUS LARUS is a collection of blisteringly physical works for flute, voice, physically-modeled ensembles, bolts, and balloons.
Tomas Fujiwara: Shizuko
Friday, May 14, 2021. 8:00 pm
Drummer and composer Tomas Fujiwara premieres a suite of compositions, with a brand new quintet, dedicated to his grandmother, Shizuko
Steve Swell/Tom Rainey Duo
Wednesday, May 12, 2021. 8:00 pm
The trombonist and percussionist perform together for the first time in an improvised duo setting.
FLUX Quartet: Hans Tammen’s Skeuomorph
Tuesday, May 11, 2021. 8:00 pm
Skeuomorph is Hans Tammen's sonic amalgam of FLUX Quartet's acoustic sounds and their electroacoustic counterparts.
James Brandon Lewis’ Red Lily Quintet: Jesup Wagon
Friday, May 7, 2021. 8:00 pm
The saxophonist presents the album release of Jesup Wagon: a brilliant appreciation of the life and legacy African-American […]
Dark Days: Karl Larson plays Scott Wollschleger
Thursday, May 6, 2021. 8:00 pm
Pianist Karl Larson presents a release concert for Dark Days, a new album of Scott Wollschleger’s music (New Focus Recordings, April 2021).
Cleek Schrey and Yo! Vinyl Richie: Stranger than Friction
Wednesday, May 5, 2021. 8:00 pm
Drawing on techniques and histories of experimental music, hip hop, and the aesthetics of recording technology to create collaborative […]
Gelsey Bell // Justin Hicks: VER
Tuesday, May 4, 2021. 8:00 pm
Vocalist-composers Gelsey Bell and Justin Hicks come together to share a series of improvisations and songs.
Erik Friedlander with Sentinel and The Throw
Wednesday, April 28, 2021. 8:00 pm
Erik Friedlander reconvenes his groups Sentinel and The Throw to perform new music and tunes from his albums “Sentinel” and “Artemisia.”
Concert without Public: Ned Rothenberg, Alain Kirili and Ariane Lopez-Huici
Saturday, April 24, 2021. 8:00 pm
Roulette is honored to stream an intimate concert by acclaimed musician Ned Rothenberg filmed in the downtown Manhattan studio of artists Alain […]