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May 2023
New York Youth Symphony Composition Date 2023
The culminating event of New York Youth Symphony's 2022/23 season, Composition Date 2023 , will include sixteen world premieres, performed by members of the NYYS Orchestra, Chamber Music, Jazz, and Robert L. Poster Conducting programs, with direction by Dr. Kyle Blah. The Grammy-winning New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) was founded in 1963 to showcase the metropolitan area’s most gifted young orchestral musicians. The organization has grown significantly since then, adding programs in chamber music , conducting, composition , jazz and…
Find out more »moe.
Hailed by American Songwriter for their “mind-bending musicality,” moe. is treasured for their mesmerizing musical synergy, unfettered showmanship, and smart, resonant songcraft. For three decades, the band has corralled myriad musical forms on a truly original journey rich with crafty, clever songwriting and astonishing resourcefulness. Fueled by an impassioned fan base, moe. has spent much of those thirty years on the road, encompassing countless live performances marked by eclectic wit, deep friendship, and exploratory invention. Having built an enduring legacy with hard work and a…
Find out more »The Blue Stones
Since bursting onto the scene with their acclaimed debut album Black Holes, The Blue Stones have delivered a crowd-thrilling live show that defies the laws of physics, generating an impossibly massive sound from its two members alone. On their third album Pretty Monster, the duo fully capture the controlled chaos and combustible energy of their live set for the very first time. All while expanding on the potent songwriting and sonic ingenuity shown on Black Holes (a 2018 release that…
Find out more »TEE EM DEE
Ty (aka TEE EM DEE) is a Brooklyn-based DJ and co-founder of the collective, THE I/T DEPARTMENT. After playing the drums for 10 years and exploring the nightlife and iconic sounds of NYC, he made the jump to DJing and never looked back. TEE EM DEE continues to master his craft and explore different genres, but his roots will always remain in hip-hop and R&B.
Find out more »James Vickery
South London's James Vickery is the new face of UK R&B. With his hugely popular COLORS session amassing 32 million views, James caught the attention of many admirers internationally, subsequently leading to the London-born songwriter inking a publishing deal with Roc Nation despite being born deaf in his left ear. James Vickery is a live artist through and through, validated in the millions of views he has accumulated online for his live performances. His “Live From London” series features JV performing his own songs live…
Find out more »Hailu Mergia
Hailu Mergia is an Ethiopian keyboardist, now based in Washington D.C., United States. He is best known for his role in the Walias Band in the 1970s, one of the most significant groups in Ethiopia’s "golden age" of music.
Find out more »Big Boi
Atlanta indisputably set the pace for modern hip-hop. However, Big Boi set the pace for Atlanta, and by proxy, the culture at large. If the genre of hip-hop ever gets its own "Rap Mount Rushmore," a legacy as the region's foremost wordsmith, funkiest gentleman, and resident ATLien certainly guarantees a place for the diamond selling artist, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, philanthropist born Antwan André Patton. Big made history as the preeminent spitter of the Dungeon Family and one-half of…
Find out more »June 2023
Andy Statman Trio
A truly extraordinary artist, Andy Statman began his career in the 70’s as a virtuoso Mandolinist who studied and performed with David Grisman, went on to study clarinet with the legendary Dave Tarras and became one of the main architect of a Klezmer revival that started out 30 years ago and has since informed and influenced folk, Jazz and improvised music forms. Andy draws equally from Hassidic melodies, folk tunes from new and old worlds alike and Albert Ayler-influenced free-improv.…
Find out more »Superbloom
Rock hasn’t had its last gasp yet: Not with bands like Superbloom around. Feverish and raw, and with an instantly memorable punch, Brooklyn’s latest rock phenomenon is a group of four guys making the songs that they want to hear. That means searing, overdriven guitars and thrashing drums; heavy, hearty riffs full of fire and flavor; and impassioned, driving vocal melodies that get stuck in your head for weeks on end. It’s all about the music for Dave Hoon (vocals/guitars),…
Find out more »Arc Iris, Spencer Zahn
Arc Iris is an American indie rock band from Providence, Rhode Island, United States, that began in 2012 as a solo project of Jocie Adams, formerly a member of The Low Anthem. Born in Massachusetts, Spencer Zahn started playing the bass at age 12. Since moving to New York in the mid-2000s, he has worked as a touring musician, performing live with a range of acts across the genre spectrum.
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