Five Boroughs Music Festival’s  (5BMF) newly commissioned collection of 20 NYC-themed songs receives its Bronx Premiere.  Based on New York City places, themes, and poetry, this collection serves as a celebration of all of NYC, its literary history, and its most promising musical talent.  This collection will travel through all five of the city’s boroughs in 2017.

Other composers include: Matt Aucoin, Libby Larsen, Missy Mazzoli, Conrad Cummings, Jonathan Dawe, Marie Incontrera, Hannah Lash, Robert Paterson, and Kevin Puts.

Pre-Concert conversation with the composers at 4:30pm.

Laura Kay and Zach Mo perform as part of Sparks & Wiry Cries’ Song Slam: “The Sparks & Wiry Cries songSLAM is a unique opportunity for emerging classical music composer/performer teams to premiere new art songs and compete for cash prizes.  In each city, teams will present a new song of no more than 5 minutes for voice and piano in any language for the voting audience, who—in the poetry slam tradition—will then vote on their favorites and award $2,000 in prize money. Teams are encouraged to bring their friends, as all prizes will be awarded by audience vote!”

Performing “Tequila” from “Five Shots” by Evan Fein. Come out and vote!

Opéra de Poche premieres its newest production at the 2017 Festivals of Moulins and Carnac, a zany romp down memory lane with Narcissa, a Florence Foster Jenkins-esque diva.  Experience her triumphs and tribulations, told through her favorite repertoire, and hear her as the world heard her, and as she heard herself…

A one-woman show, starring soprano Lucie Mouscadet.  Concept and book by Emily Anderson, music by Mozart, Puccini, Strauss, Verdi, Fein, and others.

Five Boroughs Music Festival’s  (5BMF) newly commissioned collection of 20 NYC-themed songs receives its Bronx Premiere.  Based on New York City places, themes, and poetry, this collection serves as a celebration of all of NYC, its literary history, and its most promising musical talent.  This collection will travel through all five of the city’s boroughs in 2017.

Other composers include: Matt Aucoin, Libby Larsen, Missy Mazzoli, Conrad Cummings, Jonathan Dawe, Marie Incontrera, Hannah Lash, Robert Paterson, and Kevin Puts.

Pre-Concert conversation with the composers at 4:30pm.

Alt-pop artist Adrianna Mateo and composer Mitchell McCarthy present their newest work on the Metropolitan Museum’s balcony, courtesy of quartet-in-residence ETHEL. Pivoting between contemporary classical, indie pop/rock, and sweeping cinematic classics, this latest program curated by Adrianna features a team of young composer-performers recognized for their innovation in ballet, musical theater, and pop music.

Music by:
Adrianna Mateo, Mitchell McCarthy, Evan Fein, Blake Allen (premieres); Bach, Stephen Bray, Coldplay, Dido, Disney, Hathaways, Ryan Homsey, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Charlie Rauh, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, and more.

Performed by:

• Adrianna Mateo, violin & loops

• Charlie Rauh, guitar

• Katherine Haroldson, cello

• Hathaways

Three sets from 5-8pm, Friday and Saturday 9/15-16. Free with museum admission.

Five Boroughs Music Festival’s  (5BMF) newly commissioned collection of 20 NYC-themed songs receives its first two performances.  Based on New York City places, themes, and poetry, this collections will serve as a celebration of all of NYC, its literary history, and its most promising musical talent.  This collection will travel through all five of the city’s boroughs in 2017.

Other composers include: Matt Aucoin, Libby Larsen, Missy Mazzoli, Conrad Cummings, Jonathan Dawe, Marie Incontrera, Hannah Lash, Robert Paterson, and Kevin Puts.

Pre-concert conversation with the composers at 2pm.

Alt-pop artist Adrianna Mateo and composer Mitchell McCarthy present their newest work on the Metropolitan Museum’s balcony, courtesy of quartet-in-residence ETHEL. Pivoting between contemporary classical, indie pop/rock, and sweeping cinematic classics, this latest program curated by Adrianna features a team of young composer-performers recognized for their innovation in ballet, musical theater, and pop music.

Music by:
Adrianna Mateo, Mitchell McCarthy, Evan Fein, Blake Allen (premieres); Bach, Stephen Bray, Coldplay, Dido, Disney, Hathaways, Ryan Homsey, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Charlie Rauh, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, and more.

Performed by:

• Adrianna Mateo, violin & loops

• Charlie Rauh, guitar

• Katherine Haroldson, cello

• Hathaways

Three sets from 5-8pm, Friday and Saturday 9/15-16. Free with museum admission.

Opéra de Poche premieres its newest production at the 2017 Festivals of Moulins and Carnac, a zany romp down memory lane with Narcissa, a Florence Foster Jenkins-esque diva.  Experience her triumphs and tribulations, told through her favorite repertoire, and hear her as the world heard her, and as she heard herself…

A one-woman show, starring soprano Lucie Mouscadet.  Concept and book by Emily Anderson, music by Mozart, Puccini, Strauss, Verdi, Fein, and others.

Opéra de Poche premieres its newest production at the 2017 Festivals of Moulins and Carnac, a zany romp down memory lane with Narcissa, a Florence Foster Jenkins-esque diva.  Experience her triumphs and tribulations, told through her favorite repertoire, and hear her as the world heard her, and as she heard herself…

A one-woman show, starring soprano Lucie Mouscadet.  Concept and book by Emily Anderson, music by Mozart, Puccini, Strauss, Verdi, Fein, and others.

Harpists Thea Kammerling gives the Asia Première of “Sailing on Starlight” (2014) at the 13th World Harp Congress in Hong Kong. As a member of “Harpscape,” a collective of alumni and current Peabody Conservatory harpists directed by distinguished professor Ruth Inglefield, Ms. Kammerling is an invited performer.

Sandcastle New Music Collective in partnership with Moirae Ensemble present Creativity through Community, an interactive program with composers and performers celebrating constructive dialogue between artists.  Featuring the music of Evan Fein, Gity Razaz, Ray Lustig, Yui Kitamura, & Stephanie Boyd performaed by Catherine Hancock, Emily Daggett Smith, Chala Yancy, & Sofia Nowik.

Sandcastle New Music Collective was founded in 2015 by recent conservatory graduates as a surrogate for lessons and studio classes. Since then, its members have met every two months to share works-in-progress, get feedback from trusted colleagues, and exchange insights about their process.

In this rare public showing, which includes several world premieres, five composers with diverse aesthetics will demonstrate how they drew inspiration from one another.

The Moirae Ensemble is a musical collective based in New York City that interweaves classical music with themes of social responsibility. Drawing from a roster of some of New York’s finest and most innovative young musicians and composers, the ensemble focuses on contemporary classical music, commissioning works that push the boundaries of what it means to be a traditional chamber music ensemble. The Moirae Ensemble performs and commissions socially relevant works that address a wide range of humanitarian concerns, with a particular focus on women composers and social issues that particularly affect women.

Doors open 6:00pm/Music 6:30-7:45pm
Tickets: $10/15

Five Boroughs Music Festival’s  (5BMF) newly commissioned collection of 20 NYC-themed songs receives its first two performances.  Based on New York City places, themes, and poetry, this collections will serve as a celebration of all of NYC, its literary history, and its most promising musical talent.  This collection will travel through all five of the city’s boroughs in 2017.

Other composers include: Matt Aucoin, Libby Larsen, Missy Mazzoli, Conrad Cummings, Jonathan Dawe, Marie Incontrera, Hannah Lash, Robert Paterson, and Kevin Puts.

Pre-concert conversation with the composers at 2pm.

Five Boroughs Music Festival’s  (5BMF) newly commissioned collection of 20 NYC-themed songs receives its first two performances.  Based on New York City places, themes, and poetry, this collections will serve as a celebration of all of NYC, its literary history, and its most promising musical talent.  This collection will travel through all five of the city’s boroughs in 2017.

Other composers include: Matt Aucoin, Libby Larsen, Missy Mazzoli, Conrad Cummings, Jonathan Dawe, Marie Incontrera, Hannah Lash, Robert Paterson, and Kevin Puts.

Pre-Concert conversation with the composers at 7pm.