National Sawdust – Upcoming Concerts
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Emily Wells
Monday, May 19, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Genre-bending performer/composer/producer Emily Wells celebrates the release of her album In the Dark Moving.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Masterclass – Vijay Iyer
Thursday, May 22, 2031 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Join National Sawdust for this masterclass with the influential and prolific composer-pianist Vijay Iyer.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Lawrence Brownlee
Thursday, August 7, 2031 @ 5:00pm – 6:05pm (EDT)
Online event
Tenor Lawrence Brownlee discusses his critically-acclaimed recital work Cycles of My Being, advocacy for greater diversity within the opera community, & more in this conversation-performance.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Robert Wilson
Tuesday, August 12, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
On the 18th anniversary of John Cage's passing, theater/visual artist Robert Wilson presents an appreciation of the revolutionary composer with a solo performance of his famed Lecture on Nothing.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Trimpin
Thursday, August 14, 2031 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Seattle-based interdisciplinary sculptor/inventor/experimental composer Trimpin joins NS from his home studio for a performance and conversation on the nature and aims of innovation.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Conrad Tao
Monday, August 18, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Pianist/composer Conrad Tao finds a welcome showcase for his considerable talent, presenting a program featuring John Adam’s China’s Gate & a series of original improvisations.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Thana Alexa & Antonio Sanchez
Wednesday, August 20, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Downbeat Critics Poll-nominated vocalist Thana Alexa & Birdman soundtrack composer/percussionist Antonio Sánchez explore how song can be used to bridge cultures & musical traditions.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Amir ElSaffar
Thursday, August 21, 2031 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Multi-instrumental jazz/classical/Arab-traditional performance innovator & trumpeter Amir ElSaffar discusses the technique & purposes of musical fusion, the role of artists in a post-COVID world, & more.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Lucy Dhegrae
Monday, August 25, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Vocalist/NS Season 5 Artist in Residence Lucy Dhegrae presents a special performance on the theme of "Rebellion" for the Digital Discovery Festival.
Free
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Brooklyn Rider
Wednesday, August 27, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
See how Brooklyn Rider is “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital & creative 21st-century ensemble" in this gripping performance.
Free
National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Ellen Reid [BROADCAST]
Wednesday, October 1, 2031 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Composer/sound artist Ellen Reid presents on creating her 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning work, p r i s m, & unpacks the messy process of bringing ideas into the real world.
Free
National Sawdust: New Works Commission Concert – National Sawdust Ensemble
Wednesday, December 10, 2031 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (EST)
Online event
First of 2 concerts featuring works written specifically for streamed performance, by winners of National Sawdust's New Works Commission.
Free
National Sawdust: New Works Commission Concert – JACK Quartet
Thursday, December 11, 2031 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (EST)
Online event
Second of 2 concerts featuring works written specifically for streamed performance, by winners of National Sawdust's New Works Commission, performed by the JACK Quartet.
Free
National Sawdust: Con Alma [LIVE]
Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería,
Constellation Chor,
Young People’s Chorus of NYC,
National Sawdust, and
Ensemble Sjaella
Saturday, December 13, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Online event
Live digital experience featuring music videos, live-drawing, real-time storytelling, & music by composers Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera, performed by over 30 musicians & ensembles from around the world.
Free
National Sawdust: Ash Koosha with YONA
Wednesday, January 7, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
Online event
“Self-generated” love songs by YONA, an A.I. "auxiliary human" that uses software to create sentences, melodies, & singing via a complex text-to-speech process.
Free
National Sawdust: Kyle Abraham, A.I.M, & Jlin
Friday, January 9, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
Online event
Choreographer Kyle Abraham, producer Jlin, & dancers from A.I.M. explore death, folklore, & reincarnation through this new commission that reimagines W.A. Mozart’s Requiem in D minor.
Free
National Sawdust: Jangdan – Conversation of the Breath [LIVE]
Wednesday, February 11, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm (EST)
Online event
Percussionists Kim So Ra & Hyun Seung Hun, piri player Hong Ji Hye, & dancers Kim Young Mi & Hong Kyeong Hwa experiment with rhythm & movement live from a theater in Seoul for this short film premiere.
Free (Free)
National Sawdust: The Vanishing Point
Wednesday, February 18, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (EST)
Online event
A work of video music-theatre conceived across distances, created by experimental musicians Booker Stardrum & Lisel (Eliza Bagg), & dancer/choreographer Gwendolyn Gussman.
Free (Free)
National Sawdust: Galya Bisengalieva & Sana Serkebaeva
Wednesday, February 25, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (EST)
Online event
Violinist/composer Galya Bisengalieva presents the world premiere performance of two tracks from her newly-released album Aralkum – an elegy for the former Aral Sea, now the Aralkum Desert, in Kazakhstan.
Free (Free)
National Sawdust: What Becomes of Love?
Thursday, March 4, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (EST)
Online event
Dance collaboration between Tony Award-nominated choreographer Sonya Tayeh & musician Mike Milosh of Rhye. With dancers from the American Ballet Theatre.
Free (Free)
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