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This list is a work in progress and will probably take me very long to populate... as I've kept terrible records.
...back home
2015
02.18.15
THINGNY + HELADO NEGRO: ECSTATIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
Merkin Hall. New York.
02.20.15
THINGNY + HELADO NEGRO
Advent Music Series. Church of the Advent. Boston.
02.21.15
UNINTELLIGIBLE RESPONSE
First Take: a biennial workshop of new opera.
Presented by the Industry. Performed by Joan La Barbara and the wildUP.
The Wallis. Los Angeles.
03.03.15
THE GENTLEMEN RESTS BY DAVE RUDER
Roulette. Brooklyn.
03.06.15-03.07.15
THOMAS PAINE IN VIOLENCE
A concert version of the first section of my new opera.
Presented as part of CULTUREMART.
Performed by Joan La Barbara and Ne(x)tworks
HERE. New York.
03.13.15
thingNY @ THE NEW MUSIC BAKE SALE
Roulette. Brooklyn.
04.02.15
ROLODEX BY GELSEY BELL
Roulette. Brooklyn.
04.04.15-04.21.15
MINI_005
Violininst Jeffrey Young tours the West x Southwest playing music for solo violin, his voice and electronics including my piece.
Berkley, Los Angeles, Joshua Tree, Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Santa Fe, Greely, Cheyenne, Provo, Reno, Sacramento, and San Francisco
04.15.15-04.18.15
CRASH BY ROBERT ASHLEY
This stunning final work from the great voice of new American opera, Robert Ashley, premiered at the 2014 Whitney Biennial and returns to the stage for a limited run only.
Roulette. Brooklyn.
04.26.15
SILENT BARN PUBLIC MEETING XIII: Musicians Against Police Brutality
thingNY performed Hack It! as part of an evening of performances, DJs and penl discussions to address the subject and benefit the family of Akai Gurley.
The Silent Barn. Brooklyn.
05.30.15
thingNY @ JACK
Composer/Percussionist/Vocalist Dennis Sullivan curates three evenings of experimental music-theatre at one of my favorite Brooklyn haunts.
JACK. Brooklyn.
06.16.15
BLOOMSDAY @ KNOCKDOWN
18 artists interpreting the 18 books of Joyces Ulysses my contribution will be a musical reading of Mollys soliloquy with video artist Matthew Bernard and singers Catherine Brookman, Julia Sirna-Frest and Aliza Simons Yes.
Knockdown Center. Queens.
07.09.15
UNDER THE RADAR: ALEJANDRO ACIERTO
Day 1 of Omaha's fabulous new music festival.
House of Loom. Omaha.
07.10.15
UNDER THE RADAR: thingNY PLAYS THOMAS PAINE IN VIOLENCE
Day 2 of Omaha's fest features duets for vocals and electronics from my upcoming opera.
Bancroft Street Market. Omaha.
07.11.15
UNDER THE RADAR: STAY ON IT
The Festival ends with my arrangement of Julius Eastman's poppy-minimalist Stay On It
KANEKO. Omaha.
08.29.15
MINI_005 + 12 LETTERS FROM BROWN MEN
Con Vivo Music presents: HOMEGROWN, a concert of music written by Jersey City composers including myself, Felipe Lara, Mike Sperone, Elliot Cole, and Kevin Clark.
Brightside Tavern. Jersey City.
09.19.15
PERFECT LIVES JERSEY CITY BY ROBERT ASHLEY
Varispeed's acclaimed site-specific day-long roaming opera comes to my adopted home town. Presented by Con Vivo Music.
Various venues. Jersey City.
09.24.15-09.27.15
THIS TAKES PLACE CLOSE BY
thingNY premieres our opera, three years in the making, about weather disasters and the way we and the media deal with their aftermath.
Knockdown Center. Queens.
10.11.15
THE WOLFMAN & LOVE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE BY ROBERT ASHLEY
I'll be performing two works by Robert Ashley with sound engineer, Anthony Fraser in conjunction with the opening of Greater New York. Other vocal work by Gelsey Bell, M. Lamar and Pharmakon.
PS1. Queens.
11.22.15
MINI_007
As part of MUSE Sounds of Arts Festival 2015, Iktus Percussion performs new works for percussion including my quartet, mini_007. They'll be joined by Cadillac Moon.
The Secret Theatre. Queens.
11.26.15
DUCK VILLAGE STAGE
A weekly experimental music series among the fermenters, mash tuns and beer tanks of this Somerville microbrewery. I'll do a short set from Thomas Paine in Violence.
Aeronaut Brewery. Somerville.
11.28.15
THANGsgiving: marathon of music and dance
I'll be performing some text and non-text vocal improv with flutist Matt Samolis at Somerville's yearly marathon of music and dance at their massive Armory space. Curated by Paul Kafka. It goes on most of the day. I'm performing on the earlier side.
Arts at the Armory. Somerville.
12.06.15-01.03.16
NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 by DAVE MALLOY
Dave Malloy and Rachel Chavkin's electro-pop opera about a scandalous sliver of Tolsoy's War and Peace is one of the biggest productions I've been a part of. If you're in Boston that month, come and check us out.
Loeb Drama Center. A.R.T. Cambridge.
2016
01.10.16-01.24.16
JEFF YOUNG AND PAUL PINTO, PATRIOTS, TOUR THE BORDERLANDS
Jeff Young and I perform ...Patriots... as part of a tour of the Southwest, where immigration is a daily conversation.
01.10.2016 - Dancelab Tijuana. Tijuana, B.C. Mexico.
01.11.2016 - La Covacha Foro. Ensenada, B.C. Mexico.
01.12.2016 - The Loft @ UCSD. La Jolla, CA
01.13.2016 - Low Gallery. San Diego, CA.
01.16.2016 - Art Share L.A. Los Angeles, CA.
01.24.2016 - Oh My Ears Marathon. Mesa Arts Center. Mesa, AZ.
01.20.16
125 »PARTY PIECES«
MINI_009 and 124 other compositions are part of the world's largest group composition all having their European premiere as part of the Forum of Contemporary Music Leipzig (FZML).
UT Connewitz. Leipzig.
02.04.2016
SUPER BOLUS I
This show will feature GBR artists playing each other's music and interacting with one another for the first time. Aliza Simons, Dave Ruder and I will each interpret one of Woody Leslie's Courier Atlas States + short sets from Anaïs Maviel, ellen o, Panoply Performance Laboratory, Reps, Anne Rhodes, Joe White and Jonathan Zorn
ST. PAUL'S THEATER. BROOKLYN.
03.05.2016
mini_007
Iktus Percussion performs my table-top percussion piece + works by Iannis Xenakis and Daniel Wohl as part of the 7th Annual Purchase College Day of Percussion.
Conservatory of Music at Purchase College.
03.05.2016
mini_007
Iktus Percussion performs my table-top percussion piece. Also on the bill, Jude Traxler, Al Cerulo, Andrew McKenna Lee and Misen-en Ensemble. All part of the Firehouse New Music Series and the Composers Now Festival.
The Firehouse Space. Brooklyn.
03.08.2016-03.09.2016
THOMAS PAINE IN VIOLENCE + THIS TREE
A new scene from my upcoming opera. Joan La Barbara's Spirit of Thomas Paine tries to figure out who this mysterious Manchorus is amidst thoughts on charity, Decartes, Cornell West, Harvard, plus, maybe, just maybe, a little swearing. Leah Coloff will also show a bit from her upcoming work. Nick Choksi and Ryan Krause join as the Manchorus. Sound by Gus Callahan. Lighting by Jeanette Yew.
HERE Art Center. New York.
04.01.2016
thingNY + Varispeed: Kenneth Gaburo's Maledetto
As part of the new Soft Series salon concerts, my two bands team up to present a work-in-progress runthrough of our new arrangement of Kenneth Gaburo's compositional linguistics work. Over the next few years, we'll be developing the larger multi-hour theater piece, LINGUA, of which Maledetto is the second part.
Email me for performance details.
05.14.2016
Eight Songs for a Mad King
I join Tenth Intervention Ensemble as the vocalist in Peter Maxwell Davies' absurd and epic monodrama. Also on the program, Berio's Sequenza V and Matt Mark's Velocirapture.
Greenwich House. New York.
07.17.2016
thingNY: Dr. Sandwich
Music of Rick Burkhardt and Gelsey Bell.
JACK. Brooklyn.
07.28.2016
Broadway in Bryant Park
The cast of Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 join the casts of Waitress, Himself & Nora, Kinky Boots and Fun Home for some tunes in Bryant Park
Bryant Park. New York.
08.08.2016
Solo Set @ Pete's Candy Store
Following Dave Ruder (9pm) and Michael Hurder (10:15), I'll perform a short set involving photographs, voice, electronics, various percussion and one large punching bag.
Pete's Candy Story. Brooklyn.
08.22.2016
It’s All Coming Back To Me Now: Songs We Wish We Had Forgotten - A Benefit for the OneOrlando Fund
w/ Erica Dorfler and Nick Gaswirth.
9:30pm. Joe's Pub. New York.
09.20.2016
minis/Trajectories: a new album from thingNY
After six years, thingNY's second album is a collection of poetic chamber music including two works by Erin Rogers and eight of my minis. Available through Gold Bolus Recordings. Digital download, CD, and limited edition 12" LP vinyl.
09.22.2016
Boomwaggle: album release
Joe White's leud musical story drops. Why not bend over slowly and pick it up?
8:00pm. Firehouse Space. Brooklyn.
10.18.2016 - 09.03.2017
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway
Dave Malloy and Rachel Chavkin's stunning electro-pop opera finally earns its top spot in the musical theater world and I'm honored to still be a part with a killer cast, crew and design team.
Imperial Theater. New York.
10.28.2016
Iktus Percussion plays mini_007
With works by Rick Burkhardt and Paula Matthusen. Also on the bill: Quiet City.
7:00pm. Spectrum. New York.
11.25.2016-12.31.2016
Dorian Wallace and John Sanborn - The Temptation of St. Anthony (or Tony's Troubles)
A multi-channel video and music opera installation starring Pamela Z, Charlotte Mundy and myself with a crazy awesome cast of singers, dancers and string players. Runs for about a month inside a beautiful 15th Century palace.
Palais Jacques Coeur à Bourges. France.
2017
10.18.2016 - 09.03.2017
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway
Imperial Theater. New York.
10.23.17
Qualms Rectified CD release show
New album by Dave Ruder on Gold Bolus. Sets by Amirtha Kidambi and stevie may
Secret Project Robot. Brooklyn.
11.06.17 - 11.18.17
Thomas Paine in Violence [world premiere production]
Four years in the making, my new electronic psychedelic opera-sermon starring Joan La Barbara and thingNY. Design team includes Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Carolyn Mraz, Philip White and Chloe Treat. Directed by Rick Burkhardt. Just 10 performances.
HERE. New York.
12.08.17 - 01.08.18
ComPeung Artist-in-residence
Will be spending a month outside Chiang Mai over the new year, writing new work.
Choeng Doi. Thailand.
2018
2.25.18
Dear Himalaya, From Chiang Mai
Solo vocal performance as part of a fundraising concert to support the cultural exchange between Nepal and Thailand. Plus a collaboration with .
ComPeung. Doi Saket. Thailand.
3.3.18
Crash: an opera by Robert Ashley
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall. Wesleyan University. Middletown, Connecticut.
3.4.18
Perfect Lives: an opera by Robert Ashley
Varispeed does the Bank episode in a guerilla showing.
Wesleyan University. Middletown, Connecticut.
4.22.18-4.29.18
Resonant Bodies Residency
A week-long retreat at Mt. Tremper Arts to work on a commission for the Resonant Bodies Festival in September.
Mt. Tremper, NY.
5.18.18
Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies
New Music Gathering. New England Conservatory @ Berklee. Boston, MA.
5.19.18
mini_007
Performed by Iktus Percussion.
New Music Gathering. New England Conservatory @ Berklee. Boston, MA.
5.24.18
Passover by Rick Burkhardt
Performed by thingNY.
Philadelphia Folksong Society. Philadelphia, PA.
5.25.18
Passover by Rick Burkhardt
Performed by thingNY.
Rhizome. Washington, DC.
5.27.18
Passover by Rick Burkhardt
Performed by thingNY.
Fort Point Theatre Channel. Boston, MA.
5.30.18
thingNY and Varispeed: Musical Voices around the Table
New premieres by Gelsey Bell, Rick Burkhardt and Kenneth Gaburo.
Roulette. Brooklyn, NY.
7.04.18
Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots...
ALBUM RELEASE PARTY featuring Bonnie Lander, Dirk Johan Stromberg and thingNY
Wonders of Nature. Brooklyn, NY.
7.10.18-8.02.18
Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots... Campaign Tour
Tue, July 10, 7pm: Little Amps Uptown
1836 Green St, Harrisburg, PA
$5 suggested donation, with DarkSoft, Sleepingpill
Wed, July 11: It Looks Like It’s Open
13 E Tulane Rd, Columbus, OH
$5-10 suggested donation, with Gnôthi Seauton, VERSIONING
Thu, July 12: Chase Public
2868 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
entry by donation, with Ben Sloan, Yvette Nepper
Fri, July 13: El Leñador
3124 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO
$5, with Beauty Pageant, Janet, IE
Sat, July 14, 7:30pm: The Pearl @ Bohemian Cult Revival
1715 Wyandotte St, Kansas City, MO
$15, with Lace Chamber, Calvin Arsenia
Sun, July 15: Harvester Arts
215 N Washington Ave, Wichita, KS
$5-15 suggested donation, with Old Man Creaky Bones
Mon, July 16, 7pm: Resonator
1010 N University Ave, Norman, OK
entry by donation, with Forced Into Femininity, Blair Summers
Tue, July 17, 7:30pm: Top Ten Records
338 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX
$10 strongly suggested, with Blendways ft. Maureen Leak, Polecat
Thu, July 19: High Wire Arts
326 W Josephine St, San Antonio, TX
with The Whale (Kory Cook and Eddie Vasquez)
Sat, July 21, 12pm: New Media Art and Sound Summit at Ground Floor Theatre
979 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX, with many artists (festival runs July 20-22)
Mon, July 23, 8pm: Living Arts
307 E Matthew B. Brady St, Tulsa, OK, with Bonnie Lander
Tue, July 24, 8:30am: Living Arts
workshop for New Arts Camp participants
307 E Matthew B. Brady St, Tulsa, OK, with Bonnie Lander
Tue, July 24, 8pm: Vulpes Bastille Gallery
1734 Locust St, Kansas City, MO, with Bonnie Lander
Wed-Sat, July 25-28: Omaha Under the Radar festival
Omaha, NE, with many artists
Sun, July 29: Public Space 1
120 N Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA
with Bonnie Lander, Mega Laverne and Shirley, Tanngrisnir (Christopher Burns and Trevor Saint)
Mon, July 30: Slate Arts
3203 W North Ave, Chicago, IL
with Bonnie Lander, Mega Laverne and Shirley, Sam Scranton
Tue, July 31: Mahall’s
13200 Madison Ave, Lakewood, OH
$5-15 suggested donation, with Bonnie Lander, Togishi
Wed, August 1: Alia Musica presents at James Simon’s Sculpture Studio
305 Gist St, Pittsburgh, PA
$10-15, with Bonnie Lander, Dubravka Bencic
Thu, August 2: Community Arts Phoenixville
207 Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA
$10-15 suggested donation, with Bonnie Lander
8.26.18-8.27.18
Nick Brooke's - Decameron
Installation and performance of a work-in-progress music-theatre for voices and electronics
Bennington College. 1 College Rd. Bennington, VT.
9.08.18
15 Photos[avant premiere]
A few songs from the song cycle commissioned by Resonant Bodies for their September festival. Also on the bill: Lucy Dhegrae and Jen Shyu.
Mount Tremper Arts. Mt. Tremper, NY.
9.11.18
15 Photos[world premiere]
Will be performing my new song-cycle for drone and solo vocals as part of the Resonant Bodies Festival. Also on the program, such heavyweights as Helga Davis and Lucy Dhegrae.
Roulette. Brooklyn, NY.
9.18.18
Eight Songs for a Mad King + 15 Photos
The pairing for which this piece was made: Maxwell Davies' mad king and my new song cycle are built for the "exploratory" singer and I'm so pleased to put them on the same bill.
Shedd Theater. Columbus, OH.
9.19.18
Eight Songs for a Mad King + 15 Photos
Denison University. Granville, OH.
9.20.18
Eight Songs for a Mad King
Part of the Pittsburgh Festival of New Music. Also on the program: Alia Musica performing a new sextet written by festival composer Marilyn Shrude.
Pittsburgh Opera. Pittsburgh, PA.
10.26.18-11.4.18
Words on the Street created by Lianne Arnold, Matt Marks, Kristin Marting, and Anna Rabinowitz
A new ensemble music theater with a mix of poetic sound by the late Matt Marks, with additional songs by Lainie Fefferman, John Glover, Mary Kouyoumdjian, David T. Little, Kamala Sankaram, Caroline Shaw, and Randall Woolf
Rose Nagelberg Theatre. Baruch College. New York, NY.
12.9.18
* I wonder if she can tell I'm hard right now. * Huh. and other songs
New audio-textual vignettes for voice and electronics, plus a set by Joe White.
JACK. Brooklyn, NY.
12.17.18
News from the Oort Cloud by Andrew Livingston
thingNY performs a live version of the new album from our bassman, Andrew, to celebrate its release.
C'mon Everybody. Brooklyn, NY.
2019
1.8.19
New WIP showing with Jeff Young
Community Arts Phoenixville. Phoenixville, PA.
1.20.19
John Cage's Empty Words arranged and performed by Varispeed: album release performance
Aliza Simons, Dave Ruder, Brian McCorkle, Gelsey Bell and I perform selections from our 2012 arrangement of the Cage 12-hour classic. Joining us, improv duet The Witches.
Spectrum. Brooklyn, NY.
2.7.19 - 2.16-19
Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) by Robert Ashley
A new production featuring myself, Gelsey Bell, Amirtha Kidambi, Brian McCorkle, Dave Ruder and Aliza Simons.
The Kitchen. New York, NY.
2.14.19
The Breaks: music of Nick Brooke
Some wild break-up jams from one of my favorite composers. I'll be singing some tunes from his encyclopedic mashup of Americana, Border Towns.
Arete. Brooklyn, NY.
9.8.19
Decameron: installation and performance by Nick Brooke
153 Coffey Street Studios. Brooklyn, NY.
9.14.19
LoveLoveLove: Kayleigh Butcher, Bonnie Lander and Paul Pinto
with a set by Joseph White and Batya Macadam-Somer.
The B House Performance Garage. Beacon, NY.
9.15.19
LoveLoveLove: Kayleigh Butcher, Bonnie Lander and Paul Pinto
with a set by Bonnie Lander + Batya Macadam-Somer
Smush Gallery. 340 Summit Ave. Jersey City, NJ.
9.19.19
With Erin Rogers and Ensemble Pampelmousse
JACK. Brooklyn, NY.
9.21.19
Anyone's Story: a community singing event
My participatory choral work is being performed as part of the multidisciplinary outdoor Play on P Street Festival. Click here to take part
Play on P Street. Lincoln, NE.
11.13.19
mini_014 [world premiere]
Performed by Nouvaue Classical Project
Arete. Brooklyn, NY.
11.14.19
15 Photos (excerpt)
As part of the Your Move Dance Festival Performance #2.
Landmark Jersey Loews Theater. Jersey City, NJ.
11.17.19
15 Photos (excerpt)
As part of the Your Move Dance Festival Performance #4.
Landmark Jersey Loews Theater. Jersey City, NJ.
11.23.19
15 Photos
An intimate new staging with lights by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew. Performed and presented by Con Vivo Music.
Mana Contemporary. Jersey City, NJ.
12.6.19
thingNY @ MATA Benefit Gala
Tibet House. New York, NY.
12.18.19
Hello. My name is thingNY.
Works by Jessie Marino, Sam Scranton, Jennifer Walshe, Paul Pinto, and Robert Ashley.
Arete. Brooklyn, NJ.
2020
01.08.20
* I wonder if she can tell I'm hard right now (Hmm) and other songs
with Katelyn Halpern and LoveLoveLove (Kayleigh Butcher and Bonnie Lander)
Smush Gallery. Jersey City, NJ.
01.18.20
The Blurring Test: Songs from MrMind
As part of the Exponential Festival.
The Brick Theater. Brooklyn, NY.
01.30.20-01.31.20
Carmen Variations (workshop)
An opera-in-progress created by Gisela Cardenes.
Baryshnikov Arts Center. New York, NY.
02.01.20
Motivators (excerpt)
with Jeffrey Young, as part of SuperBolus IV.
Muchmore's.Brooklyn, NY.
02.13.20
New Work by Odeya Nini
With Gelsey Bell and the Chutneys.
Roulette. Brooklyn, NY.
02.25.20
Gelsey Bell's mrning: a work-in-progress
Part of RAW.
HERE Arts. New York, NY.
03.06.20-03.10.20
Antigone
Directed by April Sweeney. Music Direction by Rob Kolb. Performed by the students of the Theater Department.
Colgate University. Hamilton, NY.
03.11.20
Eat the Document: a work-in-progress showing
Libretto reading and a few songs written by John Glover and Kelly O'Rourke, based on the book by Dana Spiotta. Directed by Kristin Marting. Music direction by Mila Henry. Performed with Justine Aronson, Catherine Brookman, Britt Hewitt, Paul Pinto, Tim Russell, and Jonathan Woody.
Center for Fiction. Brooklyn, NY.
03.14.20
Dave Ruder's You Must Read a Lot of Jung
Performed by thingNY. Also Gelsey Bell and Erin Roger's Skylighght
Gould Rotunda. Bronx Community College. Bronx, NY.
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
03.14.20
Dave Ruder's You Must Read a Lot of Jung
Performed by thingNY. Also Gelsey Bell and Erin Roger's Skylighght
Our Lady of the Cenacle Parish. Queens, NY.
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
03.26.20
Eat the Document: excerpts on The American Opera Project's AOP Mix Tape
Performed by myself and Mila Henry.
Joe's Pub. New York, NY.
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
04.10.20
Music for Mad Forest: a play from Romania
Written by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Ashley Tata and performed by the students of Bard College.
UPSTREAMING. A webcast from the Fisher Center at Bard College.
04.21.20-04.25.2020
ADDDDDDDDD: 10th Anniversary performance
Written and performed by thingNY (Isabel Castellvi, Andrew Livingston, Erin Rogers, Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young), this intimate remount is part of thingNY's residency at Spectrum.
Tickets available now.
Spectrum. Brooklyn, NY.
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
04.24.20-04.26.20
SubtracTTTTTTTTT: by thingNY
Written and performed by thingNY (Gelsey Bell, Isabel Castellvi, Erin Rogers, Paul Pinto, Dave Ruder, and Jeffrey Young), this series of etudes, songs and scenes was created and livestreamed for our quarantined times.
Archival recording online at thingNY.com
12.05.20
Living Room with Katelyn Halpern @ EdgeCut: Sanity
In association with New York Live Arts, Katelyn Halpern and my collaborative dance video will be shown on the hour outside this virtual treehouse. Other artists on the roster: Karen Lancel & Hermen Maat, Malena Dayen, divinebrick + Chris Soohoo, and Caitlin & Misha. Curated by Heidi Boisvert and Kat Mustatea.
1-4pm EST. Nowhere: a virtual 3D venue.
12.10.20
Living Room with Katelyn Halpern @ The Craft
Katelyn Halpern and my collaborative dance video will play at the final virtual salon. Other artists on the roster: Marketa Fagan + Aili Francis, Em Papineau + Sofia Engelmann, Sofia Forero, Shayna Golub, Liron Kichler, and Emily Laird.
9pm EST. Zoom.
2021
01.08.21-01.16.21
Whiteness: Blanc world premiere
Commissioned by the Prototype Festival, Blanc is the first collaboration with video designer and director Kameron Neal, exploring the identity of "whiteness" through micro pop songs, dia-mono-dialogue, and a chorus of dancing faces. Sound design by Philip White. Cinematography by Jon Burklund. Other artists creating work for this self-guided multimedia spectacle: Jojo Abot, Sahba Aminikia, Juhi Bansal, Raven Chacon, Carmina Escobar, Yvette Jackson, Molly Joyce, Jimmy Lopez Bellido, Angelica Negron, Paul Pinto, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Joel Thompson, and Bora Yoon
8pm EST. Online at the Prototype Festival Portal.
2022
01.23.22
I pass'd a church
Music film watch party and release
8:00pm ET. ONLINE.
02.10.22-02.12.22
Whiteness: Part One (and other portraits)
Immersive music video installation
Timed entry ticket throughout the days. LaMaMa. New York.
02.24.22-03.05.22
Fucking A by Suzan-Lori Parks
Dir. Dawn Akemi Saito
Fordham Univeristy Mainstage. New York.
03.09.22 POSTPONED
The Blurring Test: Songs from MrMind
Varispeed + Peggy Weil
8pm ET. Roulette. Brooklyn.
04.14.22
AOP Mixtape Vol #1: Eat the Document
Selections from Eat the Document by John Glover and Kelley Rourke
7:00pm ET. Joe's Pub. New York.
05.05.22
Look + Listen Festival
Help! new ambient audio-video installation
With performances by Anais Maviel, Rashaan Carter, Rema Hasumi, Joy Guidry, Jessie Cox, Chromic Duo, and Ayane & Paul
7:00pm ET. Invisible Dog Art Center. Brooklyn.
05.20.22
Yarn/Wire performs Overture (to a yet-to-be-written opera)
TIME TBA. Tenri Cultural Institute. New York.
05.21.22-05.22.22
American Opera Projects: Composers & The Voice '21-23 presents First Glimpse
New arias and art songs by Jeesun Choi, Isabella Dawis, Troy Defour, Gabrielle Herbst, J.E. Hernandez, Raquel Klein, Tidtaya Sinutoke and Ania Vu.
7:30pm ET. Great Room @ South Oxford Space. Brooklyn.
05.29.22
String Quartet No. 4 - I pass'd a church
Rhythm Method
2:00pm ET. Morris Museum. New Jersey.
06.11.22-06.26.22
Yarn/Wire presents Overture (to a yet-to-be-written opera)
TIME TBA. Yarn/Wire International Institute. Stony Brook. New York.
06.23.22-07.16.22
Dom Juan by Moliere. Directed by Ashley Tata.
Original music by Paul Pinto.
Fisher Center at Bard. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
08.27.22
John King: OPERANT
World premiere of John King's micro tetropera with improvising vocalists Paul Pinto and Gelsey Bell
8:00pm ET. The Stone @ The New School. New York.
09.04.22
thingNY + Nick Brooke
thingNY whips up new spatial works created and arranged by the ensemble, plus Pamela Z's Twenty Answers and Nick Brooke's Transcendental Etudes
7:00pm ET. Coffey Street Studios. Brooklyn.
09.05.22-09.09.22
LOVELOVELOVE residency at Colgate
A week-long series of performances, workshops, masterclasses and collaborations with students. Including new work by Paul Pinto, Bonnie Lander and Kayleigh Butcher, plus works by John King and Samuel Beckett
Colgate University. Hamilton NY.
10.17.22
American Opera Projects: First Glimpse Watch Party
Herzog and Jasmine performed by Aaren Rivard (tenor), Jasmine Muhammad (soprano) and Ron Robinson (piano).
8:30pm ET. YouTube
10.29.22
thingNY @ Lincoln Center Open House Weekend
New music from the band, adaptations from Dear Nancine and by Erin Rogers, Gelsey Bell and Isabel Castellvi.
8:30. David Geffen Hall. Lincoln Center. New York.
11.03.22
Eat the Document
An evening of piano-vocal operas in-progress, including Eat the Document by John Glover and Kelley Rourke, directed by Kristin Marting
7:30. Coffey Street Studios. Brooklyn.
11.4.22
Rick Burkhardt's Passover Album Release Watch Party
Performed by thingNY. Recorded and edited by Zach Herchen.
8:30pm ET. YouTube
11.07.22
Quince premieres The Approach (Episodes 1-3) [world premiere]
An episodic, magical-realist song cycle sung in story and personal tangents in tight/gritty/sexy/silly four-part harmony.
7:30. Meany Hall. University of Washington, Seattle.
11.19.22
The Rhythm Method - String Quartet No. 4 "I pass'd a church"
Part of the Lucerne Festival Forward 2022
19:00. GMT+2. Neubad, Saal, LUCERNE.
2023
01.06.23-01.01.22.23
Gelsey Bell: morning/mourning
A new opera by long-time collaborator and super-vocalist Gelsey Bell. Dir. Tara Ahmadinejad as part of the Prototype Festival
Various Times. HERE Arts Center. New York.
01.08.23
American Opera Projects: Six Scenes
Influence: an operetta with libretto by Jeesun Choi, performed by Aaren Rivard, Emily Mwila, Kofi Hayford and Mila Henry. Also, five other opera scenes and scenes-in-progress by Isabelle Dawis, Troy Defour, Gabrielle Herbst, J.E. Hernandez, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Tidtaya Sinutoke, and Ania Vu.
7:30pm ET. National Opera Center. New York.
01.10.23
American Opera Projects: Six Scenes
Influence: an operetta with libretto by Jeesun Choi, performed by Aaren Rivard, Emily Mwila, Kofi Hayford and Mila Henry. Also, five other opera scenes and scenes-in-progress by Isabelle Dawis, Troy Defour, Gabrielle Herbst, J.E. Hernandez, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Tidtaya Sinutoke, and Ania Vu.
7:30pm ET. South Oxford Space. Brooklyn.
03.06.23
Brooklyn Bound
A solo performance of new material, curated by So Percussion.
TIME TBA. 20 Grand Ave #208. Brooklyn.
03.12.23
The Blurring Test: Songs from MrMind
Varispeed + Peggy Weil's new song cycle about chatbots and what it is to be human.
8pm ET. Roulette. Brooklyn.
03.19.23
thingNY + Joseph White: You Against Nature
A potpourri of song, text, visual candy, and sonic froth based on 19th century decadent novel, Against Nature. With Aaron Siegel's new solo piece: Your People Saying Hello.
04.01.23
Robert Ashley: Perfect Lives Knoxville
Adapted, arranged and performed by Varispeed and presented as part of Big Ears 2023
11:00am-11:30pm ET. Various locations. Downtown Knoxville, TN.
04.01.23
Annea Lockwood: Bayou-Borne
10:00am-10:45am. Knoxville Museum of Art. Knoxville TN.
04.09.23
Whiteness : television premiere
Commissioned as part of the All Arts Artists in Residence series, this new half-hour music video by Paul Pinto and Kameron Neal follows up on their 2021 video and installation Whiteness:Blanc.
8:00pm-8:30pm ET. Online on on your local ALL ARTS channel.
04.19-22.23
Llontop : performance art installation
Created by Anonymous Ensemble with Irma Alvarez Ccoscco, Paul Pinto and Ashley Tata
All Day. Studio Theater. Eastern Mennonite University. Harrisonburg, VA.
04.23.23
The Approach: Episodes 1-3
Quince performs the opening section of this ongoing episodic song cycle for and "about" the women of Quince as they navigate the New York City subway system and each other. Other musical stories include Gilda Lyons' brand new Velada 1949 and works by Dave Reminick and Annika Socolofsky.
6pm. Coffey Street Studios. Brooklyn.
05.05-07.23
Llontop world premiere
Created by Anonymous Ensemble with Irma Alvarez Ccoscco, Paul Pinto and Ashley Tata, Llontop is an interactive installation of Andean herilooms, a live performance of Quechua poetry and song, and a Peruvian meal and conversation.
Various times. Pregones Theater. The Bronx NY.
09.14.23
The Approach preview performance
Quince previews Episodes 1-3 of this new work as part of the Music At The Forefront Series.
8:00pm. Bowling Green University Bryan Recital Hall. Bowling Green OH.
09.19.23
Wave Upon Wave world premiere by Raven Chacon
Commissioned and performed by thingNY and friends for the opening of the Perelman Arts Center as part of the Refuge concert series.
7:30pm. Perelman Arts Center. New York NY.
10.26.23
Quince Ensemble with Paul Pinto and Annika K. Socolofsky
The Approach world premiere
The first four episodes of this interminable song cycle written for and "about" the vocal quartet, Quince.
7:30pm. The Kaufman Center. New York NY.
10.12.23
Samesoul Maker by Dairus Jones [world premiere]
Gelsey Bell, Aviva Jaye, Sunder Ganglani and Paul Pinto (voices and bells) and
Levy Lorenzo (vibraphone) premiere this new companion work to Darius' epic Oversoul Manual
8:00pm. Roulette. Brooklyn NY.
11.07.23
Whiteness: Live [excerpts]
Kameron Neal and I are recreating and adapting our film Whiteness for live performance. Catch excerpts as part of this preview performance in the MAXLive Festival.
2:00pm. ONX Studio. New York NY.
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