Roulette: Zeljko McMullen – 8 hours

Saturday, November 27, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online and in-person
Artist/composer/filmmaker Zeljko McMullen presents 8 hours of 3-minute long etudes strung together to form an emotional & psychic journey, accompanied by a visual din of animated abstract sigil paintings.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Jessica Pavone – 'Lull' for String Octet & Soloists

Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online and in-person
Composer/violist Jessica Pavone presents Lull, a new chamber work reflecting a multifaceted experience of ‘stasis’ – quietude & introspection sustained amidst the tension & instability of the pandemic.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Bob Bellerue – 'Radioactive Desire'

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online and in-person
Experience a multidimensional sound world in this public premiere of Bob Bellerue's Radioactive Desire, a work for 6 improvising chamber musicians whose sounds are fed into a menagerie of unusual speaker systems.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition

Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition

Thursday, November 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Charmaine Lee with Joanna Mattrey & Lester St. Louis

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
NYC-based Australian vocalist/composer Charmaine Lee debuts new solo work followed by first time collaboration with violist Joanna Mattrey & cellist Lester St. Louis.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Experiments in Opera & Restless NYC Present 'Rainbird'

Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
Improvised arias over loops, original folk songs, & textural spaces are featured in director/librettist Mallory Catlett & composer Aaron Siegel's operatic adaptation of a novel by New Zealand author Janet Frame.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Robert Dick & Ursel Schlicht – Flute & Piano Redefined—Again!

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
The long-standing duo of Robert Dick (Glissando Flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, & piccolo) & Ursel Schlicht (piano – both on the keyboard, & inside the instrument) premieres new music that seeks to expand the sound world of their instrumental configuration.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Nick Dunston – 'La Operación: Reverberated'

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
Nick Dunston presents La Operación: Reverberated, an "alternate reality-based inversion" of his 2019 work La Operación. Featuring Stephanie Lamprea (voice), Joy Guidry (bassoon), Anna Webber (tenor saxophone), & more.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: Lea Bertucci – 'A Visible Length of Light' + Duo with Ben Vida

Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
Lea Bertucci presents recent discoveries for alto sax, wooden venu flute, tape, & electronics from her most recent release, plus a collaboration with Ben Vida (accordion & electronics).

Free (Free ($20-$25 in-person))

Roulette: Anna Webber’s Simple Trio // Idiom VI Large Ensemble

Thursday, September 23, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
Woodwind player/composer Anna Webber performs works from her recent release, Idiom, featuring both her long-standing Simple Trio & a new large ensemble made up of jazz improvisors & contemporary classical music specialists.

Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))

Roulette: JUNI ONE SET – Boy mother / faceless bloom [in process]

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
JUNI ONE SET (Eddy Kwon, Senga Nengudi, Haruko Crow Nishimura, & Joshua Kohl) presents this in-progress collaborative work combining ritual, dance, music, poetry, video, & sculptural installation.

Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))

Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis & Belladonna

Thursday, September 9, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
2 new composition projects by guitarist/composer/MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson: Belladonna, featuring Halvorson with the Mivos String Quartet; & Amaryllis, for improvising sextet.

Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))

Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis & Belladonna

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
2 new composition projects by guitarist/composer/MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson: Belladonna, featuring Halvorson with the Mivos String Quartet; & Amaryllis, for improvising sextet.

Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))

Roulette: Luisa Muhr – Babəl [LIVE] (on-demand)

Thursday, June 24, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Interdisciplinary artist Luisa Muhr presents Babəl – an experimental interdisciplinary performance piece in three movements that explores the essence of communication.

Free

Roulette: Ka Baird – Proximity Exercises [LIVE] (on-demand)

Monday, June 21, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Multi-instrumentalist/performer Ka Baird presents Proximity Exercises – a new work exploring relations of proximity & perspective, acoustic density, & physical distancing, utilizing acoustic & electronic sounds.

Free

Roulette: Anaïs Maviel & The Rhythm Method – listen to the rain [LIVE] (on-demand)

Saturday, June 19, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Composer/vocalist Anaïs Maviel returns to Roulette with composer-performer ensemble The Rhythm Method to present the world premiere of listen to the rain.

Free

Roulette: Eddy Kwon – UMMA-YA [LIVE] (on-demand)

Saturday, June 19, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Eddy Kwon's new work, UMMA-YA, draws from traditional Korean & Japanese music to explore queer ancestry & family, the spiritual legacies of colonialism, & transgender Korean shamanic history.

Free

Roulette: Crystal Peñalosa – Chamorro Spiritual Futures (on-demand)

Thursday, June 17, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
In a magical realist setting, utilizing electronics, notes, interviews, & field recordings, resident artist Crystal Peñalosa explores her Chamorro ancestry as a basis for future independence & self-actualization.

Free