Short Stories
Hina Oikawa “Short Songs” is a project combining Japanese tanka poetry with jazz. Led by saxophonist and composer Hina Oikawa, the performance features a large jazz ensemble playing original music inspired by the beauty and emotions of traditional poetry. This unique blend of words and music offers a fresh and moving experience for the audience.
Erez Aviram Ensemble
Erez Aviram is an eclectic composer residing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. After performances at the Rochester Jazz Festival and Chamber Music America’s Showcase in Times Square, Erez brings his eight piece ensemble back to his neighborhood to play music that was described as “jazz improvisation, orchestral sweep, funk beats, and well-measured seasonings from a wide range of traditions.” (Chamber Music Magazine 2024).
Erez Aviram – Piano
Simon Crosby-Arreaza – Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute
Ludovica Burtone – Violin
Agustin Uriburu – Cello
Justin Mullens – French Horn
Skyler Hagner – Baritone Saxophone
James Robbins – Bass
John Sturino – Drums
Delicious Bass NYC
The Plattsburgh Clarinet Choir will be joined by NYC group Delicious Bass for an afternoon of New Music for Clarinets.
We will be premiering and revisiting works composed and arranged by our dear friends Jon Russell, Ian Deterling, Owen Davitt, Tyler Mazone, Dalton Regnier, Nicholas Chesemore, Tiana Molina, John Centenaro, Alex Malin, Jonah Ward, and the one and only Bret Newton.
Please note that there will be an octo-contra-alto clarinet there. Consider yourself warned.
Taste of Sunnyside
Taste of Sunnyside will return to Queens for its 14th year on Sunday, October 13th, featuring over 50 local restaurants and a block party on 46th Street between Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue. This annual neighborhood fest will include live music, a local artists exhibition, family-friendly activities, and the opportunity to walk around the community while sampling bites throughout from Sunnyside's top eateries.
CROSSINGS: Bix @ Loove Labs
Crossings is a meeting of the minds between HONK NYC + Loove Labs, in collaboration with musicians Melvin Gibbs & Arto Lindsay. Christen Loove Labs' new space on N12 with music, procession, improvisiation & ritual. Big music & big sounds! Explore the music of the Americas and beyond, paying homage to the rhythm's African origins.
Criss Cross @ Shrine Harlem
Led by Elijah J. Thomas, Criss Cross is a free floating ensemble of various sonic, aesthetic, and lived experiences in the tradition of forerunner musician T. Monk and his tune after which the project is named.
Frank London - Spirit Stronger Than Blood
https://roulette.org/event/frank-london-celebration/
Criss Cross @ The Shrine
HONK NYC’s musical directors Elijah J. Thomas and Skyler Hagner collaborate with HONK HEROES like Frank London and Kenny Wollesen on Criss Cross, a multi-generational, multicultural musical meeting at the crossroads.
“Criss Cross is an ensemble of various sonic, aesthetic, and lived experiences all intersecting at different points and different degrees in time, initially formed by artists Elijah J. Thomas, Frank London, Kenny Wollesen, and Skyler Hagner.
Such convergence of various experiences breeds the unexpected and the familiar, the known and yet unheard, in the tradition of forerunner musician Thelonious Monk and his very own tune after which the ensemble is named!”
Our brand new residency at @shrineharlem kicks off THIS THURSDAY!!!!
CRISS CROSS at @shrineharlem
Thursday, January 11, 2024
10pm to Midnight
Shrine World Music Venue
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10030
HFB @ Stinklerlaas
https://sinterklaashudsonvalley.com/sinterklaas-festival-day-in-rhinebeck/
