2022 marks the centennial of the incorporation of the American Birth Control League (now Planned Parenthood) under NY State laws.

LOSING CONTROL will see the premiere of eleven 15-minute operas inspired by this historic, and current, systemic struggle.

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The New York Opera Alliance presents NYOA Next, an evening featuring performances from NYOA company productions that will be presented later in NYOperaFest 2022, as well as previews of productions planned for later this year and in 2023 and 2024. You’ll see a mixture of contemporary opera (with some world premieres), 20th Century works and Traditional Canon. Groups planning to present include America Opera Project, Bronx Opera, Collectio Musicorum, dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Harlem Opera Theater, Hunter Opera Theater, International Brazilian Opera Company, MORE Opera, Opera Praktikos, Regina Opera, Untitled Theater Company No. 61, and Welltone New Music and more companies TBA. Join us for a peek at the future!

Tickets, which are only $20 for General and $10 for Students/Seniors can be purchased via this link: https://nyoanext.bpt.me/

Mostly Modern Projects & Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival present American Modern Ensemble, with performances of Victoria Bond’s How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct, Hershel Garfein’s King of the River (words by Stanley Kunitz), and Robert Paterson’s The Companion, libretto by David Cote.

Ariadne sings a chamber piece by Trevor Weston.

Patricia Alessandrini - Canto d’Alma (2018/2020)

for soprano, chamber ensemble, and electronics

(inspired by Alma Mahler’s fünf Lieder)

Ariadne Greif, soprano

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Semi-staged songs by Alma Mahler arranged for narrator, voice and piano

interspersed with texts from letters written by Gustav Mahler:

Laue Sommernacht

Ansturm

Ich wandle unter Blumen

Ekstase

Ariadne Greif, voice & Piers Playfair, narrator

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Gustav Mahler - Purgatorio and Scherzo: Nicht zu schnell from Symphony no. 10

Completed by Michel Galante (2022) for 15 musicians

World Premiere

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Sang Song - Gretel (2021) for ensemble

I. To the Little House - New York premiere

II. Vein of Shame - World premiere

III. Kindertotenmusik - New York premiere

(inspired by Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder)

Post-concert discussion with Patricia Alessandrini and Sang Song.

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Last day to see Caroline Shaw, Anne Carson, and Maureen Towey’s We Need To Talk, starring Ariadne Greif, on the Opera Philadelphia Channel.

Eric Jacobsen conducts Bach’s masterpiece, St. John’s Passion, with the Connecticut Chamber Choir, Fairfield County Children’s Choir, and guest artists Ariadne Greif, Agnes Vojtko, and David Vanderwal.

On the eve of Palm Sunday, Bach's Passion will fill The Klein with emotion to be found only in great music. Join GBS for this unforgettable night! For “Feel the Passion,” GBS will put a full orchestra onstage, including harpsichord and organ, to bring out the rich Baroque sound of the composition. Conductor Eric Jacobsen has been wanting to play this piece for several years, and is excited that the St. John Passion is part of GBS’s series of live performances this season. “It’s so incredible to be back at The Klein, in person with our friends again,” said Jacobsen.

Chamber works honoring musics and cultures from around the globe.

Shirish Korde – The Conference of the Birds II*

World Premiere. Written for Da Capo’s 50th Anniversary

Shulamit Ran* (Israel) – Mirage*

Tania León (Cuba) – One Mo’ Time*

George Walker (African-American) – Music for 3

Eric Moe – Spirit Mountain (based on a Nepalese offering song)

Hannah Kendall – Tan-Tan (a Caribbean tale)

*Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players

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GUEST ARTISTS

Lucy Shelton soprano

Ariadne Greif soprano

Yoshi Weinberg flute, alto flute, bass flute and piccolo

Jacqueline Leclair oboe, English horn

Nanci Belmont bassoon

Michael Lipsey percussion

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TICKETS

In-person tickets are $20 ($10 for students/seniors)

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PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE

or at the Merkin Hall Kaufman Music Center Box Office

129 West 67th Street, New York, NY (212) 501-3330

Note: We eagerly anticipate having an in-person audience, barring Covid restrictions!

On Feb. 11, 2022 at 7PM, join us for a special pre-Valentine's Day serenade.

LACY ROSE AND HER STARLING QUARTET AT THE RED ROOM: Celebrating the single release of “More and More" (piano vocal version), this sumptuous soirée where Baroque meets cabaret will feature original compositions for voice, piano, harmonium and string quartet.

Performers include Masha Polishchuk and Kate Goddard (violin), Nicky Kaynor (viola), Maria Jeffers (cello), Lacy Rose (harmonium, vocals), Ben Katz (piano), and Ariadne Greif (vocals). Featuring string arrangements by John K Stone, Isaac Hayward, and Steve Long.

Special jazz set by HEIDI CLARK with pianist Matt Baker

Opening set by HELLO I'M JAMIE

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

LACY ROSE is a classically trained vocalist, composer and lyric poet based in New York. With her Starling Quartet, Rose has performed her Baroque Cabaret at venues such as the McKittrick Hotel (home of “Sleep No More”), National Sawdust, the TANK, Owl Music Parlor, and HERE Arts Center. She is adapting Clarice Lispector’s THE PASSION ACCORDING TO G.H. into an opera with director Dara Malina (first workshop production: Mabou Mines). “More and More” and “Sure as the Stars,” Rose’s surrealistic standards for the lost technicolor films of the 1940s, were recently recorded and produced by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile).

http://lacyrosemusic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lacyrosemusic/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5V8vy7t4bV2jZQDCU4wM4R

HEIDI CLARK is a classically trained pianist-turned-jazz-singer who writes about kids’ fashion by day. She attributes her love of said genre to the 1994 remake of The Parent Trap, which she watched every day in kindergarten, and its music director’s unmatchable decision to have Nat King Cole on the opening credits. With style influenced by Chet Baker, Peggy Lee, and Ella Fitzgerald, Heidi lives for obscure standards! She’s joined by her dear friend Matt Baker, who also happens to be one of NY’s in-demand pianists with regular performances at Birdland and other clubs across city, US, and abroad.

@littleredridinghood

@mattbakerjazz

HELLO I'M JAMIE is a New York-based singer-songwriter and former editor at Vanity Fair magazine. Pre-pandemic, he performed regularly at clubs in Manhattan and Brooklyn as well as appearing at international festivals including EarthX in Dallas; the Copenhagen International Fashion Summit; and the 13th Parish Festival in the Channel Islands, U.K.

https://www.helloimjamie.info/

https://spoti.fi/33YgVOy

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7pm - doors

7:30pm - Hello I'm Jamie

8:15pm - Heidi Clark

8:45pm - Lacy Rose and her Starling Quartet

with Ben Katz and Ariadne Greif

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Suggested donation: $20 or more (all donations toward musicians)

* two drink minimum

* Bring proof of vaccination and ID

❤️ Hope to see you there! ❤️

Ariadne jumps in at the last minute to a performance of Zodiac Suite by Mary Lou Williams on a concert by Aaron Diehl, the Knights, and Eric Jacobsen, at the 92nd St. Y.

On Wednesday, January 19, 2022, The Knights return to 92nd Street Y for the second residency performance featuring pianist Aaron Diehl as soloist. The program includes The Knights’ hallmark rendition of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 alongside George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Mary Lou Williams’ celebrated Zodiac Suite, and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Join us in-person at 92Y or enjoy the livestream online.

Ariadne has had to cancel due to injury. The concert is still occurring!

Opera highlights from la Bohème, Don Giovanni, die Fledermaus and Freischütz sing of people coming together after struggles. Rossini’s la Gazza Ladra overture and season favorite Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky lead up to a grand performance of Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony. Guest conductor Elinor Rufeizen describes the concerts as the coming together of Vienna and Italy.

December 2, 2021, 8:00

$20

Dimenna Center for Classical Music

450 West 37th Street, Manhattan (map)

featuring:

Lost Dog New Music Ensemble

New Thread Quartet

Momenta Quartet

and guest artists

John Sampen - saxophone

Ariadne Greif - soprano

Lost Dog presents an all-star concert, featuring three of New York's most dynamic new music ensembles, in celebration of the 75th birthday of distinguished American composer Marilyn Shrude.

Including performances of:

LOST DOG NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Sotto Voce (2012)

A Window Always Open on the Sea (1990)

Within the Wall (2018; 2021)*

*WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW VERSION WITH PERCUSSION

NEW THREAD QUARTET

energy flows nervously ... in search of stillness (2015)

Evolution V (1976) - John Sampen, alto sax soloist

MOMENTA QUARTET

Secrets (2004) - Ariadne Greif, soprano

Chamber music series Sessions makes a triumphant return on Nov. 19 featuring "beautiful, physically fearless" (NYTimes) soprano Ariadne Greif and her "luminous, expressive voice" (NYTimes) as accompanied by pianist Jason Wirth.

The centerpiece of Sessions Vol. XIV is George Crumb's masterpiece of the contemporary canon: Apparition (1979), his setting Walt Whitman's Memories of President Lincoln in When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.Haunting, mesmerizing and visceral Apparition is a tour-de-force performance for both singer and pianist, not often presented and not to be missed.
Also on the program the lush Op. 38 by Rachmaninov, Alyssa Weinberg's Blue Gradations, and Caroline Shaw's We Need To Talk written especially for Ariadne's unique talent.Set in the transporting Coffey Street Studio, Sessions Vol. XIV marks the return of the chamber music series presented by Amanda + James begun in 2017.Proof of vaccination will be required to enter the building.Come have a drink and listen!

Philarmonie de Luxembourg.

Ariadne makes a cameo appearance on Lacy Rose’s Halloween concert at the Triad Theater, with the Starling Quartet, Ben Katz, and Alaina J. Ferris.

World Premiere of ISOLA for voice, strings and electronics

Text by J. Mae Barizo

Directed by Ashley Tata

Ariadne Greif, soprano

Katie Hyun and Miho Saegusa, violin

Andrew Yee, cello

Present Music marks their 40th anniversary with a provocative program exploring "time”; featuring a world premiere by Latvian composer Krists Auznieks, a signature Present Music arrangement based on Sigur Rós, and two new choreographed works by guest collaborator Maria Gillespie. Surprising and always fun—join us in celebrating 40 years of PRESENT MUSIC!

In person and livestream tickets available HERE!

Present Music marks their 40th anniversary with a provocative program exploring "time”; featuring a world premiere by Latvian composer Krists Auznieks, a signature Present Music arrangement based on Sigur Rós, and two new choreographed works by guest collaborator Maria Gillespie. Surprising and always fun—join us in celebrating 40 years of PRESENT MUSIC!

Momenta Quartet and Friends perform works by Joseph Haydn, Carl Bettendorf, Carlos Salzedo, and Stephanie Griffin's arrangement of "Liebestod" from Richard Wagner's opera "Tristand und Isolde"

Guests artists: Ariadne Greif, soprano; Karen Lindquist, harp; William Hakim, viola; and Carl Bettendorf, conductor.

Ariadne sings in an orchestral cover of Aftertouches, by Kara-Lis Coverdale, arranged by Dylan Mattingly and Zachary Ritter, and Particles and Fields, by Andrés Martínez de Velasco.

DAY OF IMAGINATION is an ode to idealism — a space for the presentation of the most thrilling, ambitious, wildest "dream projects" of musical artists from across the world. Curated through the "Contemporaneous: IMAGINATION" open call, which asks creators to share what work they'd most like to be making regardless of traditional constraints on scale and practicality, DAY OF IMAGINATION is an entire day full of these extraordinary artistic dreams.

This inaugural DAY OF IMAGINATION festival features three different sets over the course of September 18th, with massive multimedia world premieres from artists Kara-Lis Coverdale, Brian Petuch, Andrés Martínez de Velasco, and Dylan Mattingly.

This first DAY OF IMAGINATION was initially scheduled to coincide with and celebrate Contemporaneous's 10th anniversary, and while the pandemic pushed back its presentation by a year, we are overjoyed to celebrate with you now – in our eleventh year — the limitless capacity of imagination.

Join us for this joyous day of the most extraordinary music and art you've never heard.

**A portion of Day of Imagination’s tickets are available free of charge to those who need them. Use the PROMO code TOGETHER when purchasing a ticket in order to receive a free community ticket. If you would like to help sponsor this program, please visit www.contemporaneous.org/donate to make a contribution.

Mary Prescott, Chris Ryan Williams, Kayleigh Butcher, Ariadne Greif, and Paul Pinto perform at the Tunnel at W 72nd leading down to Riverside Park as part of the 2021 Biophony project.

HOUSE BLEND CONCERT III - With Ariadne Greif, Leelanee Sterrett, Miranda Cuckson, and Eric Huebner.

Ariadne makes a cameo backing up Jodie Landau at Tina and Friends: BYOB for the Little Island inaugural season in NYC.

Join Amanda + James for a night of live dance, opera and more. All outdoors, all free.

About this event

A+J Summer Happenings Party will close out a week of live performances in parks throughout the city. Meet us in Fort Greene on June 18 to see new dance and opera works, all curated by Amanda + James, and join the performers for a dance party to celebrate our artists, our audiences and our city.

6:00-7:00 - Pre show gathering

7:00-8:00: Live Performances

8:00-9:00 DJ John Swan

Featuring Performances by: Gorno aka Glenn Potter, Kristi Cole, Shara Lunon, Nick Alselmo / Pocket Fuel Groovers, Solange Rodrigues, Jonathan Rodrigues, Ariadne Greif, Allison Gish, Michael Parmelee & Josanna Vaz, Amanda Hameline, Anna Hull, Shara Lunon, and more.

A duet/duel between two sopranos and 40 pounds of silverware, featuring Ariadne Greif as both characters, by composer Sheree Clement, directed by Mary Birnbaum, with cinematography by Caroline Mariko Stucky, costumes by Johnny Vendiola for St. Barite, makeup and hair by José André Sibaja and with wonderful Eric Richardson as gaffer, and featuring the very funny hands of comedian Ashley Everhart.

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June 13, 1pm Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Liberty Lawn: Performances by Amanda + James, Ariadne Greif, James Danner and Bridget Haile.

New album out on all platforms!