National Sawdust – Past Concerts
National Sawdust: Ash Koosha with YONA
Thursday, January 7, 2021 @ 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: Con Alma [LIVE]
Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería,
Constellation Chor,
Young People’s Chorus of NYC,
National Sawdust, and
Ensemble Sjaella
Sunday, December 13, 2020 @ 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: New Works Commission Concert – JACK Quartet
Friday, December 11, 2020 @ 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: New Works Commission Concert – National Sawdust Ensemble
Thursday, December 10, 2020 @ 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 Digital Discovery Festival: Ellen Reid [BROADCAST]
Thursday, October 1, 2020 @ 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
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Brooklyn Rider
Thursday, August 27, 2020 @ 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
[BROADCAST] National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Lucy Dhegrae
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 @ 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: Amir ElSaffar
Friday, August 21, 2020 @ 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: Thana Alexa & Antonio Sanchez
Thursday, August 20, 2020 @ 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: Conrad Tao
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 @ 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: Trimpin
Friday, August 14, 2020 @ 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: Robert Wilson
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 @ 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: Lawrence Brownlee
Friday, August 7, 2020 @ 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: Masterclass – Vijay Iyer
Friday, May 22, 2020 @ 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: Emily Wells
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 @ 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
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