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Queens of the Night: Mozart in Space

Monday, October 31st @ 7pm

Monday, October 31st @ 10pm

Don your fabulous space suits! Heartbeat Opera presents its third annual Benefit Drag Extravaganza for one spectacular night of eye-popping fashion, divalicious coloraturas, and galactic Halloween revelries. Praised as “radical,” “fiery,” and “boisterous” by The New Yorker, Heartbeat brings opera into the twenty-first century.

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Keigwin & Company: Fall Fling + Benefit

Tuesday, November 1st @ 6pm

Join K+C for a unique, one-night only performance, showcasing the company’s dancers in intimate portraits and vignettes, including new work and pieces re-imagined for the evening.

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NYFOS Next: Gabriela Lena Frank & Friends

Wednesday, November 2nd @ 7pm

A native Californian of mixed Peruvian, Chinese, Lithuanian, and Jewish descent, Gabriela Lena Frank explores her multicultural heritage ardently through her compositions. Her pieces refract her studies of Latin American folklore, incorporating poetry, mythology, and native musical styles into a western classical framework uniquely her own.
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The Absolute Ensemble Presents: Lost Tribes

Wednesday, November 2nd @ 10:15pm

The Absolute Ensemble lead by eclectic Estonian conductor and producer Kristjan Järvi gets together with HAUSCHKA and Folk Music Star Maarja Nuut to revive the Nordic Spirit in a unique Music Show. In celebration of Nordic cultures, their connection to the purity of nature, creativity of culture and progressiveness of society, “Lost Tribes” promotes the musical heritage of the Finno-Ugric Tribes and interprets them into a modern Sound.

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Theo Bleckmann & Shai Maestro:

All Souls In The Dark

Thursday, November 3rd @ 7pm

Vocalist Theo Bleckmann and pianist Shai Maestro are performing “All Souls in the Dark”: turn off your cell phones, lay down, close your eyes and immerse yourself in the sounds, melodies and landscapes of these two master musicians in complete darkness. This is a refuge from the hectic and overstimulation we live in daily; a musical meditation of sorts. Pillows will be provided.

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Billy Jones Presents:

Sporting Life

Thursday, November 3rd @ 10pm

Doors at 9pm

Following on from his R&S Records debut ’55 5’s’, a 10 track mind-bending beat tape that bristled with promise and originality, Eric Adiele (aka Sporting Life of NYC rap group Ratking) has returned with a trio of EPs titled ‘Slam Dunk Vol. I, II & III’. Comprised of ear-popping instrumentals, illustrious remixes, guest vocalists and even a range of apparel, ‘Slam Dunk’ sees Adiele drawing on his love for Takehiko Inoue’s massively popular manga series of the same name, and the stupendous grace, power and agility of the storied basketball greats.

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YPC Presents:

Transient Glory

Friday, November 4th @ 7pm

The groundbreaking new music commissioning series created in 2001 by Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez for the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, returns with the world premieres of six new works, representing a wide range of perspectives and styles, by six distinguished composers: Mason Bates (Sirens), Michael Gordon (Great Trees of New York City), Joan La Barbara (A Murmuration for Chibok), YPC alumna Jessie Montgomery (Danse Africaine), Robert Xavier Rodriguez (A Surfeit of Similes), and Charles Wuorinen (Exsultet).

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Darker Than Wax & ATELLER Present:

Live Sessions with VHVL, KEI-LI & ATELLER

Friday, November 4th @ 10pm

Come out and experience a night of live performances by electronic artists ATELLER, Kei-Le, and VHVL.

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A Live Scoring of:

Birdman

Saturday, November 5th @ 7pm

Saturday, November 5th @ 10pm

Experience the explosive Oscar winning FILM BIRDMAN, accompanied LIVE by composer Antonio Sanchez with his Grammy Award winning score that provides the heartbeat of the film. For this special performance, the film will be accompanied live by renowned jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez playing his electric, GRAMMY winning score.

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BRESNICK@70

A Birthday Celebration

Sunday, November 6th @ 7pm

Composer Martin Bresnick celebrates his 70th birthday in a concert presenting selected works from the last four decades – performed by some of the greatest musicians of our time. Don’t miss this unique event.

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We want you to be a part of National Sawdust. We’re teaming up with local businesses and Rider to make you feel at home.

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