The Kaufman Center, in association with New Amsterdam, presents the second annual Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall. Already, the festival has seen a number of high-profile collaborations of renowned artists, such as the stunning performances by Sxip Shirey & Angelica Negron, Son Lux, Richard Reed Parry & yMusic, and Slow Six & This Will Destroy You. The upcoming shows will continue to entrance audiences with more fresh, exciting music and innovative artistry.
 
On February 23, the program will feature Nick Zammuto, formerly of the "found sound gurus" (Pitchfork) The Books and fresh off recording with his new project Zammuto, and Jason Treuting,
performer and composer with the "NYC experimental powerhouse" (NY Times) So Percussion. Together they will lead an evening of musical fun with their compositions for the "gorgeously subtle trio" and New Amsterdam recording artists janus (Time Out New York), guitarist Grey McMurray of itsnotyouitsme, and Daisy Press, a singer praised for her "winning subtlety and understatement." (New York Times)
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On February 25, the innovative vocal octet Roomful of Teeth, whose style is informed by methods of singing from all times and cultures, will present new songs with singer Cameron Mesirow, better known as Glasser, who has been praised for creating "beautiful songs, both sweet and abstract, deeply felt and anodyne" (New York Times). They will also present new work by the Village Voice's Annual "Pazz & Jop" chart-topper Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) and other compositions from their repertoire without borders, including two new pieces by NewAm co-director Sarah Kirkland Snider.
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Missy Mazzoli's SONG FROM
THE UPROAR Premieres at
the Kitchen
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View the trailer here!
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Get your tickets here! Three of the five shows are already sold out!
Composer extraordinaire Missy Mazzoli is gearing up for the world premiere run of her sure-to-be-amazing fully-staged new opera Song from the Uproar, a large-scale multimedia work based on the life and writing of extraordinary Swiss adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt, directed by Gia Forakis and with a libretto by Missy and Royce Vavrek. Song from the Uproar is produced by Beth Morrison Projects and will be presented at the Kitchen, running February 24 and 25 and March 1 to 3. The opera will also be released as an album by New Amsterdam Records later this year! To facilitate the release of this exquisite work, visit Missy's Kickstarter page to donate to the opera's recording fund. Contributors will be given generous rewards, such as opera tix, secret leaked tracks from the opera, signed scores, and even private house concerts!
Tickets for the show can be purchased here.
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About Us
New Amsterdam Presents is a non-profit presenting and artist service organization of which New Amsterdam Records is a subsidiary. Our mission is to support the public's engagement with new music by composers and performers whose work grows from the fertile ground between genres. Our label's diverse catalogue and presenting history reflects New Amsterdam's commitment to supporting and nurturing projects that wholly fulfill the intent of their creators, resulting in music without walls, without an agenda, and without a central organizing principle. Since the our organization's inception, New Amsterdam and its artists have been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and Studio 360, in prominent print publications such as Newsweek, the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Alarm Press, the Village Voice, and Time Out New York, and in tastemaker online magazines such as Pitchfork, The Awl, PopMatters, and BlackBook. Newsweek's Seth Colter Walls called New Amsterdam "an upstart label that's been releasing one quality disc after another since its founding", and the Sunday New York Times lauded our first slate of releases in two separate year-end best-of articles. New Amsterdam has presented or co-presented over 60 concerts of groundbreaking new music over the past four years. Highlights include 2009's Undiscovered Islands series, the 2009-10 Archipelago chamber music series, and 2011's Ecstatic Music Festival (presented in association with Kaufman Center). As part of its ongoing programming, New Amsterdam has made a priority of forming partnerships with other like-minded organizations, including Cantaloupe Records, MATA, Galapagos Art Space, Minneapolis's Southern Theater, Nonclassical (UK), the Manhattan New Music Project, Search and Restore, Kaufman Center, and AMC's Counterstream Radio. 2010-2011 was a season of unprecedented praise for New Amsterdam releases - the label garnered it's first Grammy Nomination, and our titles were included the New York Times Gift Guide, on the NPR and New York Times Top Ten Classical Releases of the Year List, eMusic's Best Albums of the Year (3 titles), Time Out New York and Time Out Chicago's Best Classical Releases of the Year, and NPR's Top 5 Genre-Defying Albums of the Year - not to mention two effusive reviews on the tastemaker website Pitchfork.com.
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Upcoming Events: The Ecstatic Music Festival See calendar below for details Song from the Uproar by Missy Mazzoli and Stephen Taylor featuring NOW Ensemble Feb. 24-25 and March 1-3 The Kitchen New York, NY Darcy James Argue's Secret Society + Anti-Social Music
March 9, 2012
Tickets: $20 Galapagos Art Space Brooklyn, NY
Aaron Roche & Flux Quartet
March 12, 7:30 PM 111 E 87th St New York, NY Victoire @ Univ. of Dayton Mar 15, 8:00 PM University of Dayton Dayton, OH Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at Tarleton Jazz Festival March 24, 2012 Tarleton State U, Stephenville TX Michael Mizrahi Mar 27, 7:30 PM Indiana University South Bend, IN William Brittelle & Nadia Sirota w/ Michael Mizrahi March 29 Presented by Kate Nordstrum Projects Bryant Lake Bowl Theater Minneapolis, MN Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at Atlas Arts Center Washington DC
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 8:00 PM |
All events at: Merkin Concert Hall 129 W 67th St. New York, NY click here for more information
Nick Zammuto & Jason Treuting with janus, Greg McMurray, Daisy Press
Feb 23, 7:30 PM
Glasser & Roomful of Teeth
Feb 25, 7:30 PM
Mariam Wallentin & Mikael Karlsson with ACME
March 1, 7:30 PM
Oneida & Rhys Chatham
March 17, 7:30 PM
Dan Deacon with NOW Ensemble & Calder Quartet
March 20, 7:30 PM
Mountain Goats & Anonymous 4
March 24, 7:30 PM
Derek Bermel, Samson Young, Gaybird Leung, Du Yun with Music From China & Music From Copland House
March 28, 7:30 PM
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