10/1 Saturday (MJ)
8 pm
Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid (guitars) Others TBA
10 pm
Free Form Funky Freqs
Vernon Reid (guitars) Jamaaladeen Tacuma (bass) G. Calvin Weston (drums)
10/2 Sunday (DDT)
8 pm
Lafayette Gilchrist
Lafayette Gilchrist (piano) Michael Formanek (double bass) Andrew Cyrille (drums)
10 pm
Lafayette Gilchrist
Lafayette Gilchrist (piano) Steve Swell (trombone) Darius Jones (alto sax) Michael Formanek (double bass) Andrew Cyrille (drums)
10/3 Monday (JM)
7:15 and 9 pm
KARL BERGER’S STONE WORKSHOP ORCHESTRA
7:15—Workshop/Rehearsal
9:00—Performance
Performers include: Ingrid Sertso (vocals, poetry) Art Bailey (accordion) Skye Steele, Frederika Krier, Eloisa Manera (violin) Sylvain Leroux (flutes) Miguel Malla (clarinet) Jorge Sylvester, David Schnug (alto sax) Stephen Gauci, Yoni Kretzmer (tenor sax) Catherine Sikora (soprano sax) Thomas Heberer, Herb Robertson, Brian Groder (trumpet) Steve Swell (trombone) Bill Wright, Adam Caine, Harvey Valdes (guitar) Dominic Lash, David Perrott, Adam Lane (bass) Lou Grassi, Harris Eisenstadt (drums) Philip Foster (odds and ends) and surprise guests. The list of professional participants is growing.
All are welcome to the 7:15 rehearsal and 9:00 performance for one fee of 20 Dollars (10 Dollars for students, musicians and seniors). Contact creativemusicstudio@gmail.com for future participation in Karl Berger’s Workshop Orchestra project.
10/4 Tuesday (YT)
8 pm
Greg Ward Quartet
Greg Ward (alto sax, composition) Dave Miller (guitar, electronics) Josh Ginsburg (bass) Marcus Gilmore (drums)
10 pm
Jon Irabagon & Mike Pride with Mick Barr
“I Don't Hear Nothing But the Blues” Trio
Jon Irabagon (tenor sax) Mike Pride (drums) special guest Mick Barr (electric guitar)
10/5 Wednesday (SK)
8 and 10 pm
DJ Spooky and Antarctica Ensemble “The Book of Ice”
DJ Spooky (turntables) and ensemble
10/6 Thursday (BS)
8 pm
Elliott Sharp Trio
Brad Jones (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Elliott Sharp (saxes, guitar)
10 pm
Elliott Sharp and Orchestra Carbon
Jenny Lin (piano) Rachel Golub (violin) Danny Tunick (percussion) Reuben Radding, Kevin Ray (basses) Ha-Yang Kim (cello) Briggan Krauss (sax) Oscar Noriega(reeds) Curtis Fowlkes (trombone) Elliott Sharp (guitar)
10/7 Friday (CWL)
8 and 10 pm
Matthew Shipp Trio
Matthew Shipp (piano) Michael Bisio (bass) Whit Dickey (drums)
10/8 Saturday (DDT)
8 and 10 pm
Matthew Shipp Trio
Matthew Shipp (piano) Michael Bisio (bass) Whit Dickey (drums)
10/9 Sunday (KR)
8 pm
Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson
Weasel Walter(drums) Mary Halvorson(guitar)
10 pm
Mara Rosenbloom Quartet
Mara Rosenbloom (piano, composition) Sean Conly (bass) Nick Anderson (drums) Darius Jones(alto sax)
10/10 Monday (MJJ)
8 and 10 pm
Hilary Hahn plays the Charles Ives Violin Sonatas
Hilary Hahn (violin)
A special evening with the distinguished violinist HILARY HAHN presented as a special benefit for The Stone! The CHARLES IVES violin sonatas will be performed, followed by a discussion with Hillary and Jan Swafford (Charles Ives biographer, composer) and John Zorn. LIMITED SEATING SO ARRIVE EARLY! TWENTY DOLLARS
10/11 Tuesday (KR)
8 pm
Mat Maneri, Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock
Mat Maneri (viola) Kris Davis (piano) Ingrid Laubrock (sax)
10 pm
Mat Maneri, Ed Schuller, Randy Peterson
Mat Maneri (viola) Ed Schuller (bass) Randy Peterson (drums)
10/12 Wednesday (MJ)
8 pm
Mat Maneri, Matt Moran, Garth Stevenson, Randy Peterson
Mat Maneri (viola) Matt Moran (vibes) Garth Stevenson (bass) Randy Peterson (drums)
10 pm
Mat Maneri, Lucian Ban, John Herbert, Gerald Gleaver
Mat Maneri (viola) Lucian Ban (piano)
John Herbert (bass) Gerald Gleaver (drums)
10/13 Thursday (AS)
8 pm
Greg Ward’s Phonic Juggernaut
Greg Ward (alto sax) Joe Sanders (bass) Damion Reid (drums)
10 pm
HPRIZM: High Priest of the Antipop Consortium Presents Black Goliath
High Priest of the Antipop Consortium (beat composer, vocals) Aaron Burnett (sax)
High Priest of the Antipop Consortium presents: Black Goliath, a night of electronic beat-driven compositions featuring Aaron Burnett (saxophonist) Public Enemy frontman and icon "Chuck D" spoke of assembling his dream band via samples. With my latest pieces I've embraced that line of thinking. Pulling from the digital and analogue creates, I have put together a series of dynamic pieces that I am anxious to share.
10/14 Friday (JM)
8 pm
Mary Halvorson Quintet
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Tim Berne (alto sax) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Mary Halvorson (guitar) John Hebert (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
Quintet plus special guests.
10 pm
Dawn of Midi
Aakaash Israni (bass) Qasim Naqvi (percussion) Amino Belyamani (piano)
10/15 Saturday (JC)
8 pm
Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone
Jessica Pavone (viola) Mary Halvorson (guitar)
10 pm
Personal Heat
Jessica Pavone (violin, voice) Amnon Freidlin (guitar, electronics, processed voice)
Your trashiest local psychics deploy iced electronics; processed vocals, violin, and guitar; prismatic melodies; and scrambled pulsations to set out on a sweeping hunt of the ultra-verse. FREE.
10/16 Sunday (NL)
8 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV MARATHON—A STONE BENEFIT
John Zorn (sax) Anthony Coleman (piano) Alex Ward (clarinet) Dom Lash (bass) Danilo Coleman (bass) Yoshie Fruchter (guitar) Jon Madof (guitar) Dave Miller (percussion) Steve Swell (trombone) David Watson (guitar) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Ned Rothenberg (sax) Aram Bajakian (guitar) and many special guests
Come support the Stone at our monthly rent party which is now ONE LONG SET BEGINNING AT 8PM SHARP AND CONTINUES TO 930! Only 75 people will be admitted so arrive early! TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS
10 pm
PITOM—A STONE BENEFIT
Yoshie Fruchter (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Kevin Zubek (drums) Jeremy Brown (violin)
A SPECIAL SET BY THIS DYNAMIC BAND AS A BENEFIT FOR THE STONE! ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HELP THE STONE AFLOAT! TEN DOLLARS
10/17 Monday (SK)
7:15 and 9 pm
KARL BERGER’S STONE WORKSHOP ORCHESTRA
7:15—Workshop/Rehearsal
9:00—Performance
Performers include: Ingrid Sertso (vocals, poetry) Art Bailey (accordion) Skye Steele, Frederika Krier, Eloisa Manera (violin) Sylvain Leroux (flutes) Miguel Malla (clarinet) Jorge Sylvester, David Schnug (alto sax) Stephen Gauci, Yoni Kretzmer (tenor sax) Catherine Sikora (soprano sax) Thomas Heberer, Herb Robertson, Brian Groder (trumpet) Steve Swell (trombone) Bill Wright, Adam Caine, Harvey Valdes (guitar) Dominic Lash, David Perrott, Adam Lane (bass) Lou Grassi, Harris Eisenstadt (drums) Philip Foster (odds and ends) and surprise guests. The list of professional participants is growing.
All are welcome to the 7:15 rehearsal and 9:00 performance for one fee of 20 Dollars (10 Dollars for students, musicians and seniors). Contact creativemusicstudio@gmail.com for future participation in Karl Berger’s Workshop Orchestra project.
10/18 Tuesday (NY)
8 pm
Mary Ellen Childs - The String Quartet ETHEL performs Dream House
Cornelius Dufallo, Jennifer Choi (violins) Ralph Farris (viola) Dorothy Lawson (cello)
A commentary on cycles of time, the rhythm of work and the intertwined nature of destruction and creation. Sound montage by Neverwas (Chris Cunningham).
10 pm
SONic Festival: Twang (not an XI event)
Rafiq Bhatia, Andrew McKenna Lee, Ryan Brown, Toby Driver (guitars)
An evening of New Music for guitar presented in cooperation with the SONic FESTIVAL curated by Derek Bermel and Steve Gosling. FIFTEEN DOLLARS admission, TEN DOLLARS for SONiC festival pass holders.
10/19 Wednesday (BS)
8 pm
Guy Klucevsek and The Bantam Orchestra
Guy Klucevsek (compositions, accordion, piano) Mary Rowell (violin) Erik Friedlander (cello) Pete Donovan (bass)
Klucevsek reprises his band of the early/mid ’90s (represented on recordings by Citrus, My Love, Stolen Memories) with two of the original members.
10 pm
David Behrman with Peter Zummo
David Behrman (electronics) Peter Zummo (trombone)
Solos and duos for small acoustic instruments and specially-designed laptop software.
10/20 Thursday (CB)
8 pm
Alan Licht Solo
Alan Licht (guitar)
10 pm
Richard Lainhart
Richard Lainhart (Buchla 200e, Haken Continuum)
New works for analog modular synthesizer.
10/21 Friday (MP)
8 pm
Fast Forward
Fast Forward (things) Chris Cochrane (guitar) Gelsey Bell (voice)
10 pm
Matt Rogalsky
Matt Rogalsky (electronics)
10/22 Saturday (DH)
8 pm
Works by Jackson Mac Low performed by his friends
Andrew Bolotowsky (flute)
Works by Jackson Mac Low, performed by his friends, Andrew Bolotowsky and Greg Bynum, Mitch Highfill, Mary Hurlbut, Christina Strong, Peter Zummo
Program: Winds/Instruments (1980); 1rst Milarepa Gatha (1976); In Memoriam for Ilya Bolotowsky (1981); Glissandi for Theresa Salomon (2001) (by Anne Tardos); Musicwords (for Phill Niblock) (1978).
10 pm
David First
David First (guitar, laptop) Kid Millions (drums) Katherine Liberovskaya (video)
10/23 Sunday (BK)
8 pm
Allison Cameron
Allison Cameron (keyboards, electronics, composition) Stephen Parkinson (guitar)
Allison Cameron plays solo and maybe with the films of Paul Clipson.
10 pm
Phill Niblock + Guitars
Robert Poss, Byron Westbrook, Matt Rogalsky, Richard Lainhart (guitars)
10/24 Monday (NY)
7:15 and 9 pm
KARL BERGER’S STONE WORKSHOP ORCHESTRA
7:15—Workshop/Rehearsal
9:00—Performance
Performers include: Ingrid Sertso (vocals, poetry) Art Bailey (accordion) Skye Steele, Frederika Krier, Eloisa Manera (violin) Sylvain Leroux (flutes) Miguel Malla (clarinet) Jorge Sylvester, David Schnug (alto sax) Stephen Gauci, Yoni Kretzmer (tenor sax) Catherine Sikora (soprano sax) Thomas Heberer, Herb Robertson, Brian Groder (trumpet) Steve Swell (trombone) Bill Wright, Adam Caine, Harvey Valdes (guitar) Dominic Lash, David Perrott, Adam Lane (bass) Lou Grassi, Harris Eisenstadt (drums) Philip Foster (odds and ends) and surprise guests. The list of professional participants is growing.
All are welcome to the 7:15 rehearsal and 9:00 performance for one fee of 20 Dollars (10 Dollars for students, musicians and seniors). Contact creativemusicstudio@gmail.com for future participation in Karl Berger’s Workshop Orchestra project.
10/25 Tuesday (DS)
8 pm
David Watson and Jon Gibson
David Watson (highland bagpipes) Jon Gibson (saxes)
Where improvisation and minimalism meet.
10 pm
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (electronics)
New electro-acoustic compositions with musicians.
10/26 Wednesday (LS)
8 pm
Ellen Band
Ellen Band (violin, electronics) Yael Acher (flute)
Sound Art and electronics, with Yael Acher – Flute and Electronics. Just back from Tel Aviv, Ellen Band will perform a solo set of mesmerizing, unabashedly expressive sounds followed by an improvised electro acoustic set with Israeli flutist Yael Acher.
10 pm
Bryan Eubanks
Bryan Eubanks (electronics, soprano sax) Todd Capp (drums, cymbals) Andrew Lafkas (doublebass, electronics)
10/27 Thursday (CB)
8 pm
Al Margolis
Al Margolis (electronics) Monique Buzzarte (trombone) Katherine Liberovskaya (live video)
10 pm
Peter Zummo Ensemble plays “Experimenting With Household Chemicals”
Peter Zummo (trombone) Mustafa Ahmed (percussion) Jon Gibson (soprano sax, flute) Joseph Kubera (piano) Bill Ruyle (marimba) Ernie Brooks (bass guitar)
10/28 Friday (DS)
8 pm
Mary Jane Leach
Mary Jane Leach (electronics, voice)
Music to tickle your ears.
10 pm
Annea Lockwood
Annea Lockwood (electronics) Tom Buckner (voice) Frank Cassara (percussion) Dominic Donato (percussion) Martin Goldray (piano)
Annea Lockwood, Duende (Lockwood/Buckner), RCSC and other works.
10/29 Saturday (RK)
8 pm
Lois V Vierk
Oren Fader (electric guitar) Matthew Gold (marimba) Chris Gross (cello) Bill Schimmel (accordion)
Go Guitars for 5 electric guitars, performed by Oren Fader live, with recorded guitar parts by Dave Seidel; Blue Jets Red Sprites for accordion, performed by Bill Schimmel; Demon Star for marimba and cello, performed by Matthew Gold and Chris Gross.
10 pm
Byron Westbrook
Byron Westbrook (diffusion sound, video)
10/30 Sunday (YT)
8 pm
Gen Ken Montgomery conducts the Droneskipclickloop quartet featuring Sean Meehan, Michael Evans, Lary Seven, Leif Elggren and Andrea, the Enchantress of Bioluminsoity
Sean Meehan, Michael Evans, Lary Seven, Leif Elggren and Andrea, the Enchantress of Bioluminsoity
10 pm
Charlie Morrow
Charlie Morrow, Jerome Rothenberg (sound, poetry)
10/31 Monday
7:15 and 9 pm
KARL BERGER’S STONE WORKSHOP ORCHESTRA
7:15—Workshop/Rehearsal
9:00—Performance
Performers include: Ingrid Sertso (vocals, poetry) Art Bailey (accordion) Skye Steele, Frederika Krier, Eloisa Manera (violin) Sylvain Leroux (flutes) Miguel Malla (clarinet) Jorge Sylvester, David Schnug (alto sax) Stephen Gauci, Yoni Kretzmer (tenor sax) Catherine Sikora (soprano sax) Thomas Heberer, Herb Robertson, Brian Groder (trumpet) Steve Swell (trombone) Bill Wright, Adam Caine, Harvey Valdes (guitar) Dominic Lash, David Perrott, Adam Lane (bass) Lou Grassi, Harris Eisenstadt (drums) Philip Foster (odds and ends) and surprise guests. The list of professional participants is growing.
All are welcome to the 7:15 rehearsal and 9:00 performance for one fee of 20 Dollars (10 Dollars for students, musicians and seniors). Contact creativemusicstudio@gmail.com for future participation in Karl Berger’s Workshop Orchestra project.