2021-22

2021-22 season details

1. Oct 10, 2021

   Leila Adu

   Leila Adu, an astonishing force in the space where electropop, avant-classical and singer-songwriter meet, gives a solo performance on voice and piano of her own music, joined by bassist Jon Toscano.

2. Oct 17, 2021

   Jessica Meyer

   Composer and virtuoso viola soloist Jessica Meyer gives a performance of her own music with the help of violinist Miranda Cuckson, cellist Laura Metcalf dancer Caroline Fermin, and loop pedal technology.

3. Oct 24, 2021

   Rupert Boyd + Friends

   GatherNYC Co-Artistic Director, acclaimed Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd, gives a solo performance with special guests.

4. Oct 31, 2021

   Alex Sopp + Christina Courtin

   Flutist and vocalist Alex Sopp and singer/songwriter/violinist Christina Courtin, both founding members of The Knights chamber orchestra, present a program featuring predominantly female composers.

5. Nov 7, 2021

   Telegraph Quartet

   The Naumburg Award-winning quartet, based in San Francisco, performs a unique program featuring music by Florence Price and Grażyna Bacewicz.

6. Nov 14, 2021

   ACME

   The “electrifying” (The New York Times) collective American Contemporary Music Ensemble presents “Recounting,” a program of music that retells a story in string quartet form by composers Caroline Shaw, Susie Ibarra, Raven Chacon, and Philip Glass.

7. Nov 21, 2021

   Ayane + Paul

   Two lower-string powerhouses make up this impactful duo: violist Ayane Kozasa is a member of the Grammy-nominated Aizuri Quartet, while cellist and composer Paul Wiancko has appeared with the Kronos Quartet and is increasingly in-demand as a composer of chamber music.

8. Dec 5, 2021

   Ashley Jackson

   Solo harpist Ashley Jackson presents “Circles”, a program that explores connections between her family's history, their present, and what that means for the future. The program features music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Alice Coltrane, Danielle Eva Schwob, and Daniel Temkin.

9. Dec 12, 2021

   The Overlook + James Shields

   Fast-rising new string quartet The Overlook collaborates with Oregon Symphony principal clarinetist James Shields for a program centered around Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s masterful clarinet quintet.

10. Dec 19, 2021

    A Far Cry

    A small group of players from Grammy-nominated string chamber ensemble A Far Cry shares “Flames to Ash,” a program featuring Jung-Yoon Wie’s “Han,” which speaks directly to the rising hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. The Korean word “Han,” is described as an internalized feeling of deep sorrow, grief, resentment, and anger from personal and historical trauma.

11. Apr 24, 2022

    Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet

    Bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo, winner of a 2018 Latin Grammy for Best Tango Album, brings a thrilling program representing the evolution of Argentinian tango from classic tango to his own original compositions, to kick off the Spring season.

12. May 1, 2022

    ETHEL

    The adventurous string quartet, known for setting the standard for contemporary concert music, shares a morning of “indefatigable and eclectic” (The New York Times), “vital and brilliant” (The New Yorker), and “infectiously visceral” (Pitchfork) music, much of it composed by the quartet themselves.

13. May 8, 2022

    Curtis Stewart, violin

    Following his electrifying performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards alongside his nomination for Best Classical Instrumenal Solo for his album Of Power, violinist Curtis Stewart creates his own unique sound world using violin, electronics and music drawing upon a diverse range of influences from J.S. Bach to Stevie Wonder.

14. May 15, 2022

    Boyd Meets Girl

    GatherNYC Co-Artistic Directors Laura Metcalf and Rupert Boyd celebrate the release of their sophomore album on the Grammy-winning Sono Luminus label, Songs of Love & Despair. The album traverses the full range of human emotion and contains many of the duo’s own arrangements for cello and guitar of music by Debussy, Messiaen, Radiohead, and Beyonce.

15. May 22, 2022

    Jiji, guitar

    Heralded by the Washington Post as “one of the 21 composers/performers who sound like tomorrow” Jiji was the first solo guitarist in 30 years to win the Concert Artists Guild Competition. She now tours the world with her signature blend of music from traditional and contemporary classical to her own improvisations on classical and electric guitar.

16. Jun 5, 2022

    Musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    Musicians from one of the world’s finest orchestras collaborate for a program of intimate chamber music: associate principal cellist Dorothea Figueroa, second flute/piccolo Maron Khoury, and principal harpist Mariko Anraku.

17. Jun 12, 2022

    Pigeonwing Dance

    Pigeonwing Dance, helmed by choreographer/dancer Gabrielle Lamb, is known for integrating the rigor of classical training into a unique contemporary movement language. Violinist Derek Ratzenboeck of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and cellist Laura Metcalf offer specially-curated musical pairings.

18. Jun 19, 2022

    Harlem Chamber Players

    A quartet of musicians from Harlem Chamber Players, an ethnically diverse collective dedicated to bringing world-class, affordable performances to the Harlem community and beyond, and to generating opportunities for classically trained musicians of color, shares an exquisite program of music by Florence Price, Dvorak and more.