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Music
From our inaugural concert, Wall to Wall Bach, to our enduring association with the World Music Institute, to our new music performances where composers from Cage to Corigliano, Ligeti to León and Adams to Zorn all have a place, Symphony Space is the place to open your ears, your heart and your mind.

Our 30th anniversary music season showcases our rich legacy, propels the next generation of rising stars and embraces musical innovation. Our series, which are thematically organized as mini-festivals, are designed to appeal to your singular tastes or your cross-over sensibility.
May 2008
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ISO New York Spring Concert Series: Morningside, Turtle Bay, Carnegie Hill
  InterSchool Orchestras of New York Spring Concert Series featuring ISO’s Morningside Orchestra, ISO at Turtle Bay Orchestra, conducted by Robert Johnson; and Carnegie Hill Orchestra, conducted by Todd Doan


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Tickets: $15; Senior/Child $8

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Past Showdate: Thursday, May 1, 2008


East Winds Ensemble: Traditions and Transformations
An exciting concert of Japanese music played on traditional instruments by masters of Japanese Music. Featuring the Shakuhachi, the koto, the fue and the taiko drums. An evening full of soulful music of new and traditional compositions. With Masayo Ishigure, Marco Lienhard and Barbara Merjan.


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Tickets: $21; Members $17; Student, Senior $15

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Past Showdate: Friday, May 2, 2008


Mark O’Connor: Three Perspectives on Four Seasons
A part of the series String Theory
GRAMMY Award-winner Mark O’Connor, a violinist-fiddler and composer hailing from the American aural folk tradition, is joined by Colin and Eric Jacobsen’s string orchestra The Knights for two of Vivaldi’s and two of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons, concluding with O’Connor’s dazzling American Seasons.

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Tickets: $30/$25; Members $27/$23; Day of Show $35/$30

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Past Showdate: Friday, May 2, 2008


unWINEd Presents Aaron Gilmartin
  Aaron Gilmartin is a singer-songwriter and guitarist of uncommon passion, commitment, and integrity. With a background full of influences ranging from Brazil and flamenco to rock and blues, he combines virtuosic, intricate guitar work with a straightforward, honest, heartfelt vocal style. Aaron writes accessible and appealing pop-folk tunes and delivers them in a voice of gentle strength and powerful conviction.

http://www.myspace.com/aarongilmartin


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Tickets: No Cover

Showdate(s):
Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 9:00 pm


The Suzi Shelton Band
A part of the series Just Kidding
With her winsome smile and lilting voice, Suzi Shelton is taking New York by storm! Her first solo release for kids, Simply Suzi, garnered her three prestigious awards and wowed parents and kids alike. “A musical menagerie of tunes that depict a world of sleeping lions, juicy jellyfish and slithering snakes” (New York Magazine). All ages.

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Tickets: $23/18; Day of Show $25/20; Children $13; Members $19/$14; Just Kidding Club $8

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Past Showdate: Saturday, May 3, 2008


Eight Strings and a Whistle
Flutist Suzanne Gilchrest, violist Ina Litera and cellist Matthew
Goeke perform an all 20th and 21st century program featuring the world premiere of "Going Up?" by Martin Rokeach and the US premiere of Siegfried Thiele's Trio for flute, viola and cello. The program also includes music of California composer Katrina Wreede, Josef Friederich Doppelbauer and Astor Piazzolla.


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Tickets: $25; Members $20; Student, Senior, Child $15; CUNY Student $10

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Past Showdate: Saturday, May 3, 2008


Bucky Pizzarelli: A Benefit Concert with and for the Bergen Youth Orchestra's Symphony
Guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli in a concert to benefit the Bergen Youth Orchestras with the BYO Symphony Eugene Minor, Conductor. Presented by Bergen Youth Orchestra.

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Tickets: $55 / 35 / 25; Members, Students, Seniors $50 / $30 / $20

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Past Showdate: Sunday, May 4, 2008


ISO New York Spring Concert Series: ISO’s Concert Orchestra, Talent Unlimited High School Chorus
  InterSchool Orchestras of New York Spring Concert Series featuring ISO’s Concert Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Minor with guests from Talent Unlimited High School Chorus, conducted by Christian Smythe


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Tickets: $15; Senior/Child $8

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Past Showdate: Monday, May 5, 2008


Crossing Borders
  Crossing Boundaries invites the audience to travel through an eclectic musical journey. Bridging the sound worlds of virtuoso classical performance, electronic textures, world music, and multimedia, a diverse group of composers join forces to create an exciting and challenging blend. Composers Tom Beyer, Chris Calabrese, Carlos Delgado, Dinu Ghezzo, Eric Klein and friends share a common background in classical composition and offer a broad spectrum of experiences and expertise in audio production, interactive instrument design, synthesis, jazz performance, and film scoring. Individually and as a group, their music has received critical acclaim throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. Their work can be found on recognized labels such as Capstone Records, CRI (New World Records), Living Artist, and Sonoton ProViva. Under the leadership of internationally renowned composer and distinguished NYU professor Dinu Ghezzo, International Composers and Interactive Artists (ICIA) is committed to promoting new music and collaborative work across the arts. For more information please click here. Presented by ICIA, Inc.

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Tickets: $15; Members $12; Students, Seniors $10; Children $5; Day of show $20;

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Past Showdate: Monday, May 5, 2008


InterSchool Orchestras of New York Spring Concert Series: ISO’s Symphonic Band, Columbia University Wind Ensemble
  InterSchool Orchestras of New York Spring Concert Series featuring ISO’s Symphonic Band, conducted by Brian P. Worsdale with guests Columbia University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Andy Pease


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Tickets: $15; Senior/Child $8

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Past Showdate: Tuesday, May 6, 2008


New York Youth Symphony presents Composition Date: 2008 – An evening of Making Score premieres
  Student composers present new works with performances by members of the New York Youth Symphony’s award-winning orchestra, chamber music, jazz band, choral and conduction programs.

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Tickets: $20; Students $10

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Past Showdate: Wednesday, May 7, 2008


Eugene Drucker: Literary Aspirations and Inspirations
A part of the series String Theory
In a rare solo performance, the renowned violinist of the Emerson Quartet, Eugene Drucker presents a uniquely personal world-premiere event, reading from his acclaimed first novel, The Savior, about a Jewish, Nazi-era violinist forced to perform concerts before prisoners of a Nazi labor camp in the waning days of World War II.

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Tickets: $25; Members $20; Day of Show $30

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Past Showdate: Thursday, May 8, 2008


Colorado Quartet: 25th Anniversary Celebration
A part of the series String Theory
The internationally acclaimed, all-female Colorado Quartet, renowned for “impassioned playing and lyrical finesse” (Seattle Times), celebrates its 25th season with an exclusive New York concert featuring the second quartets of Britten and Ginastera and the world premiere of a new work commissioned by the BMI Foundation. Part of Upper West Fest.

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Tickets: $25; Members $20; Day of Show $30

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Past Showdate: Friday, May 9, 2008


African Diaspora: Welcome by Thomas J. Schwarz, President, Purchase College
  Africa and the African Diaspora: Traditions, Revolutions and Innovations has been a year-long programming initiative involving all of the academic units of Purchase College, as well as The Performing Arts Center and Neuberger Museum of Art. This two-day festival and symposium represents a culmination of this exciting year of artistic and intellectual endeavor.

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Tickets: FREE

Showdate(s):
Saturday, May 10, 2008 @ 10:45 am


Purchase Soul Voices
A part of the series Just Kidding
  Introduce your kids to the uplifting music of a gospel choir! Led by director Pete Malinverni, this 80-member gospel choir from Purchase College presents a program of classics and new works, sure to be fun for everyone in the family!


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Tickets: $23 / $18; Children $13; Just Kidding Club Members $8; SS Members $19/14

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Past Showdate: Saturday, May 10, 2008


African Diaspora: Soul Voices Gospel Ensemble And Purchase Jazz Orchestra
  The New York premiere of Pete Malinverni’s “The Good Shepherd”

Directed by Pete Malinverni


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Tickets: FREE

Showdate(s):
Saturday, May 10, 2008 @ 1:30 pm


African Diaspora: Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra with Guest Artist Ray Santos
  Directed by Ray Vega. Featuring the New York premiere of Mr. Santos’ “The Palladium Suite,” commissioned by Purchase College with the support of the New York State Music Fund


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Tickets: FREE

Showdate(s):
Sunday, May 11, 2008 @ 2:45 pm


African Diaspora: Purchase Symphony Orchestra
  Conducted by Tania León. Works by Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, Revueltas: Sensemaya, Duke Ellington: Black, Brown & Beige, Tania León: Ácana, commissioned by Purchase college with support from the New York State Music Fund.


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Tickets: FREE

Showdate(s):
Sunday, May 11, 2008 @ 6:00 pm


African Diaspora: Purchase Dance Corps
  The New York premiere of a commissioned new work by Kevin Wynn, set to the music of Tania León, plus excerpts from Dianne McIntyre’s Lyric Fire and Bill T. Jones’ D’Man in the Waters.


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Tickets: FREE

Showdate(s):
Sunday, May 11, 2008 @ 8:30 pm


Janaki Trio with Alicia Lee, Clarinet
A part of the series String Theory
The Janaki Trio pay tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki with his String Trio, Prelude and Clarinet Quartet juxtaposed with the Schubert String Trio and the world premiere of new work commissioned by the BMI Foundation. Presented in cooperation with Concert Artists Guild. Part of Upper West Fest.

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Tickets: $25; Members $20; Day of Show $30

Showdate: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:30 pm

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Penderecki Quartet
A part of the series String Theory
A rare New York appearance for the Canadian-based Penderecki Quartet, “an ensemble of formidable power and keen musical sensibility” (Fanfare), features two Penderecki quartets, plus works by Szymanowski, Panufnik, Kaminsky and Grella-Mozejko. Part of Upper West Fest.

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Tickets: $25; Members $20; Day of Show $30

Showdate: Friday, May 16, 2008, 7:30 pm

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Wall to Wall Bach
In the beginning it was Wall to Wall. This year, as Symphony Space celebrates its 30th season, we pay tribute to the very first Wall to Wall which opened the doors of the boarded-up theater to the public and offered a marathon of music by Bach. Our annual gift to the city offers, once again, a Bach feast in collaboration with the American Symphony Orchestra (under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein) and a slew of artists performing Preludes, Fugues, Cantatas, Suites, Concerti, Sonatas and more, concluding with a resounding performance of the B minor Mass. Part of Upper West fest.

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Tickets: FREE

Showdate(s):
Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 10:30 am


Il Trittico
A part of the series La Scala & Friends
A part of the series La Scala & Friends (Film)
From Teatro alla Scala, Milan. The three one-acts are staged in honor of the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth.

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Tickets: $21; Members $19; 5 or more $18; Members 5 or more $16

Showdate: Sunday, May 18, 2008, 3:00 pm

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Il Trittico
A part of the series La Scala & Friends
A part of the series La Scala & Friends (Film)
From Teatro alla Scala, Milan.  The three one-acts are staged in honor of the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth.

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Tickets: $21; Members $19; 5 or more $18; Members 5 or more $16

Showdate: Monday, May 19, 2008, 7:30 pm

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Symphony Singers performs Gems by the Opera Masters
  New York Youth Symphony’s Symphony Singers perform Gems by the Opera Masters, featuring selections from Verdi’s Rigoletto and Nabucco, Mozart’s Magic Flute, and Bizet’s Carmen. Presented by New York Youth Symphony. www.nyys.org

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Tickets: $20; Students $10

Showdate: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 7:30 pm

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America’s Dream Chamber Artists with Mark O’Connor
A part of the series String Theory
The dynamic musicians of America’s Dream Chamber Artists take a refreshing and inspiring approach to chamber music performance, replacing concert hall formality with unusual interaction with the audience, in a program featuring the New York premiere of O’Connor’s The Fallen for Solo Flute and Strings, as well as his Piano Trio No. 1, Poets and Prophets.

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Tickets: $25; Members $20; Day of Show $30

Showdate: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 7:30 pm

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unWINEd Presents Avi Wisnia
  Singer/Songwriter Avi Wisnia combines the classic sounds of the Brazilian Bossa Nova with pangs of soul, folk, jazz and pop to create a unique sound that is at once engagingly familiar and refreshingly new. With a versatile repertoire of well-crafted original songs, Wisnia and his talented ensemble take the Brazilian influence and make it explode in a million different directions. A wordsmith as well, Wisnia’s clever lyrics pay a knowing nod to his contemporaries and offer a fresh perspective on issues facing his generation.

http://www.myspace.com/aviwisniapresents
http://www.aviwisnia.com


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Tickets: No Cover

Showdate(s):
Thursday, May 22, 2008 @ 9:00 pm


Jazz Violinist Sara Caswell
A part of the series String Theory
With equally impressive credits in jazz and classical, including tours with Mark O’Connor’s Fiddle Celebration ensemble, crossover violinist Sara Caswell offers a solo concert showcasing the full range of her dazzling musical artistry.

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Tickets: $25; Members $20; Day of Show $30

Showdate: Friday, May 23, 2008, 7:30 pm

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More of Thee Concert
Gospel Jazz Celebration Featuring Soul Saint Ent Recording Artist Will Finley C.D Concert Release. Celebration. Also Special Guest Robin Small, Rosie Mendoza and AVP Choir, Dwight Sutton and VOG Choir.


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Tickets: $29

Showdate: Friday, May 23, 2008, 8:00 pm

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University of Oregon: Opera Theater Showcase
  Graduates of the U of O Opera Theater Program: Douglas Webster, Director. Operas Henry Mollicone, Daron Hagen and Seymour Barab.


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Tickets: $20; Advance: $15; Member $10;

Showdate: Monday, May 26, 2008, 4:00 pm

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Puerto Rican Bomba Y Plena Spring Extravaganza
  In celebration of Spring awakening come and enjoy the sounds of Puerto Rican folklore, music and dance. “Bomba” rhythms & sounds of African heritage and “Plena” is the type of music that reflect community happenings known as the singing newspaper.


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Tickets: $25; $30 Day of Show

Showdate: Monday, May 26, 2008, 6:00 pm

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Masters of Modern American Art Song II
  An evening of concert songs written by Tom Cipullo, David Eddleman, and recently deceased Gardner Read, sung by famed soprano D’Anna Fortunato, tenor Michael Polscer, and baritone Elem Eley, with Frank Daykin, piano collaborator. Songs will include a world premiere of Eddleman’s newest song cycle set to the humorous texts of Hal Sirowitz. This is the latest in a continuing series by Nova Kanto Concerts and promises to be the finest yet.

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Tickets: $23; Members, Seniors $19; Students $16

Showdate: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7:30 pm

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unWINEd Presents Joe Ongie
  Joe Ongie’s music is an eclectic blend of folk rock, pop, and classic rock. His exquisite song writing will blow you away.

http://www.myspace.com/joeongie

joeongie.com


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Tickets: No Cover

Showdate(s):
Thursday, May 29, 2008 @ 9:00 pm


The Azure Ensemble
  Contemporary music for percussion, flute, viola, & harp, including works by Ptaszynska, Gubaidulina, Woehr, and Takemitsu.


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Tickets: $12; Members $10; Students $5; Day of Show $16

Showdate: Friday, May 30, 2008, 7:30 pm

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Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Grammy-winning, original Bulgarian Radio & Television Choir
  Created 50 years ago to highlight the Bulgarian folk music, this ensemble of 22 women and 2 men’s voices has first toured North America twenty years ago! Performing with special guest Zulal.


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Tickets: $35; Senior $30; Day of Show $40

Showdate: Friday, May 30, 2008, 8:00 pm

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Fireworks Ensemble - An Evening of Premieres
  For it’s 2007-08 season finale, Fireworks Ensemble presents two major new commissioned works by two of America’s most important Neo-Romantic voices: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici and west coast master symphonist Robert Kyr. Pushing the boundaries of the composers’ tonal, expressive styles into fresh territory, the large-scale commissioned works: Del Tredici’s A Field Manual: Poetry of Edward Field, and Kyr’s Working Fire/Fireworks Variations create a startling synthesis of lush romantic tonality and gritty, rock-influenced vitality.  Presented by Fireworks Ensemble. www.fireworksensemble.org

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Tickets: $21; Members $16; Students, Seniors $11

Showdate: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 7:30 pm

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