Events are at 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand Streets).
Reservations/Tickets: 212.219.8242
$15: General Admission
$10: Students, Under 30s & Seniors, Harvestworks & DTW members
FREE: Roulette Members (Become a member today!)
Steve Swell : Nation Of We presents: Continuum Listen to sample music -> Wed Sep 8 - 8:30 PM Steve has been a part of big bands or large ensembles as long as he has been performing. He’s toured and recorded with the big bands of Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Alan Silva, Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker and many others. Steve Swell's Nation of We was created at the end of 2005 to foster what he hopes is more of an integration of the disparate musical scenes now residing in New...(more) |
Steve Swell : Nation Of We presents: Continuum Listen to sample music -> Thu Sep 9 - 8:30 PM Steve has been a part of big bands or large ensembles as long as he has been performing. He’s toured and recorded with the big bands of Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Alan Silva, Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker and many others. Steve Swell's Nation of We was created at the end of 2005 to foster what he hopes is more of an integration of the disparate musical scenes now residing in New...(more) |
Steve Swell : Nation Of We presents: Continuum Listen to sample music -> Fri Sep 10 - 8:30 PM Steve has been a part of big bands or large ensembles as long as he has been performing. He’s toured and recorded with the big bands of Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Alan Silva, Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker and many others. Steve Swell's Nation of We was created at the end of 2005 to foster what he hopes is more of an integration of the disparate musical scenes now residing in New...(more) |
Alexei Borisov & Olga Nosova / Thomas Buckner & Robert Dick Thu Sep 23 - 8:00 PM Two electrifying improvisational duo collaborations from Moscow and New York City. The 22nd season of the Interpretations series begins with two new collaborative endeavors. Innovative virtuosos, flutist Robert Dick and baritone Thomas Buckner celebrate the release of their new CD “Flutes and Voices”. Moscow-based improvisers Alexei Borisov and Olga Nosova will bring their highly idiosyncratic music to the US, touching on elements of noise, sound art, and spoken word, using electronics, guitar, and percussion. ...(more) |
Listen to sample music -> Fri Sep 24 - 8:30 PM Dawn of Midi is Indian contrabassist Aakaash Israni, Moroccan pianist Amino Belyamani and Pakistani percussionist Qasim Naqvi. Based in New York and Paris, the group’s debut record ‘First’ (Accretions) has garnered a startling amount of critical acclaim for an album of completely improvised music. Dawn of Midi’s sound-world draws from a variety of musical idioms: from minimalism, to musique concrète through romanticism, the leaderless trio breathes rigor, lyricism, and silence.
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Listen to sample music -> Sat Sep 25 - 8:30 PM **DOUBLE BILL** |
Marika Hughes - The Picasso Commissions - 11 New Pieces for Solo Cello Thu Sep 30 - 8:30 PM In late 2008 Marika asked some of her favorite performers/composers to each write a solo piece for cello for her to record and perform. This collection of pieces inhabits a space at the intersection of the two roads Marika has found herself travelling - the early road of her classical training as well as the road she discovered in San Francisco, using the cello in songs, contemporary jazz, pop, experimental, and improvisation. The pieces are very personal and the process...(more) |
A Rich Sonic Swim w/ Michael Lytle, Nick Didkovsky and Richard Teitelbaum Fri Oct 1 - 8:30 PM Michael Lytle - clarinet family |
Momenta Quartet: Up, down, and out of town Sat Oct 2 - 8:30 PM The Momenta Quartet opens its seventh season with music by composers who blur the boundaries between uptown and downtown aesthetics. Celebrated for its eclectic programming, this "striking new-music quartet" (Time Out, 2008) presents Huang Ruo's Chinese-inflected "The Flag Project" (2009); avant-jazz composer/performer Gordon Beeferman's intensely rhythmic and microtonal "String Quartet 2006"; Chinese-Canadian composer Melissa Hui's evocative and semi-improvisational "Map of Reality" (2009); and Philip Glass' lyrical and dramatic "String Quartet no. 5" (1991).
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John Tchicai 6 Points: Ascension Unending Tue Oct 5 - 8:30 PM John Tchicai's Six Points is a collaborative ensemble consisting of the following six sensible musical personalities: Saxofonist/singer Tchicai, the bass is "the base" bassist Dmitry Ishenko. Totally in tune with herself violinist/singer Rosie Hertlein, excuisite drummercompanion Ches Smith & with sounds ready for Victoriaville and elsewhere guitarist Garrison Fewell, and he who always knows when and where to place the next tone fabulous saxofonist Alex Weiss.
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BRIM: Eve Beglarian's River Project Band Tue Oct 19 - 8:30 PM BRIM is a new performance project created to perform the music Eve Beglarian has been writing in response to her four-month trip down the Mississippi River by kayak and bicycle in 2009. You can visit the RiverBlog to learn more about the journey and the music inspired by it.
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INTERPRETATIONS: Jerome Cooper / Min Xiao-Fen Thu Oct 21 - 8:00 PM Dynamic solo music from two of New York’s most unique instrumentalists. Min Xiao-Fen performs solo on pipa, Nanyin pipa, children's pipa, sanxian, electronics, and vocals, incorporating her own calligraphy, paintings and other art. Jerome Cooper will perform his extended four-part work, “RING-PASS-NOT”, showcasing his multi-dimensional percussion concept.
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Fri Oct 22 - 8:30 PM Gary Lucas presents "I Cover the Waterfront" - a solo acoustic guitar concert spanning his entire career and featuring originals, country blues, arrangements of everything from 30's Chinese pop, Jewish music, Wagner, Dvorak, Leroy Shields, Henry Mancini and much more. Guest starring trombonist Jim Staley
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CHILDRENS CONCERT: Andrew Drury $5 Sat Oct 23 - 2:00 PM Once a month, Roulette opens its doors specially for tots and tweens, giving pre-K to fifth-graders the chance to listen and interact with adventurous, professional composers and musicians of a variety of genres. Come play instruments, explore wacky fun houses, listen to exciting new music, and experience sounds in a way you've never before!
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Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York Sun Oct 24 - 8:30 PM “Fujii is clearly one of the most exciting musicians to come along in a while.” — Robert
Iannapollo, Cadence
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Chris Cochrane: Solo and Ensemble Concert Fri Nov 5 - 8:30 PM Chris Cochrane is a guitarist who has been composing and playing music in NYC for 28 years. Cochrane has played with Eszter Balint, Zeena Parkins, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Jim Pugliese and many others. He has composed music for John Jasperse, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Jennifer Monson, Circus Amok, and others Cochrane is known to weave knives and old guitar strings through his frets to create new dissonances, yet his voice is strong, plain and straightforward… His work...(more) |
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Adam Rudolphs Go Organic Orchestra Mon Nov 8 - 8:30 PM Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Go: Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound and motion elements. These include tone rows, synthetic scales, melodies, linguistic shapes, intervallic patterns, textural gestures, modes, ragas, maqams, and plainchant. The score serves to provide material for both the improvisations and the orchestrations. Motion and forms and are generated through the application of the composer’s rhythm concept “Cyclic Verticalism” whereby polymeters are combined with...(more) |
Henry Threadgill w/ Zooid & So Percussion Thu Nov 11 - 8:30 PM Henry Threadgill, aside from being a remarkable alto saxophone player, is one of the most imaginative of jazz composers today. “He seems to be deliberately challenging the audience: My lyricism and mastery come complete with thorns and spikes, and I promise to yank the props out from under you,” quoted John Litweiler, longtime Down Beat jazz critic, in an article he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times. Threadgill was one of the founding members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative...(more) |
Henry Threadgill w/ Zooid & Flux Quartet Fri Nov 12 - 8:30 PM Henry Threadgill, aside from being a remarkable alto saxophone player, is one of the most imaginative of jazz composers today. “He seems to be deliberately challenging the audience: My lyricism and mastery come complete with thorns and spikes, and I promise to yank the props out from under you,” quoted John Litweiler, longtime Down Beat jazz critic, in an article he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times. Threadgill was one of the founding members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative...(more) |
Sat Nov 13 - 8:30 PM Henry Threadgill, aside from being a remarkable alto saxophone player, is one of the most imaginative of jazz composers today. “He seems to be deliberately challenging the audience: My lyricism and mastery come complete with thorns and spikes, and I promise to yank the props out from under you,” quoted John Litweiler, longtime Down Beat jazz critic, in an article he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times. Threadgill was one of the founding members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative...(more) |
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Adam Rudolphs Go Organic Orchestra Mon Nov 15 - 8:30 PM Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Go: Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound and motion elements. These include tone rows, synthetic scales, melodies, linguistic shapes, intervallic patterns, textural gestures, modes, ragas, maqams, and plainchant. The score serves to provide material for both the improvisations and the orchestrations. Motion and forms and are generated through the application of the composer’s rhythm concept “Cyclic Verticalism” whereby polymeters are combined with...(more) |
Tue Nov 16 - 8:30 PM The M6: Meredith Monk Music Third Generation |
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Jon Gibson & Ralph Gibson / Alexandra Gardner & NOW Ensemble Thu Nov 18 - 8:00 PM An evening of stunning visuals and music from Jon Gibson and Ralph Gibson, and new electro-acoustic chamber works by Alexandra Gardner, featuring the NOW Ensemble. Music & Motion is Photographer/guitarist Ralph Gibson’s collaborative performance work with composer, multi-wind instrumentalist, and visual artist Jon Gibson. The work will incorporate Jon Gibson’s 1975 video piece entitled "One Way”, and Ralph Gibson’s film/performance work “Typography”. Electro-acoustic composer Alexandra Gardner and New York’s NOW Ensemble will present an evening...(more) |
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Adam Rudolphs Go Organic Orchestra Mon Nov 22 - 8:30 PM Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Go: Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound and motion elements. These include tone rows, synthetic scales, melodies, linguistic shapes, intervallic patterns, textural gestures, modes, ragas, maqams, and plainchant. The score serves to provide material for both the improvisations and the orchestrations. Motion and forms and are generated through the application of the composer’s rhythm concept “Cyclic Verticalism” whereby polymeters are combined with...(more) |
Adam Rudolphs Go Organic Orchestra Mon Nov 29 - 8:30 PM Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Go: Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound and motion elements. These include tone rows, synthetic scales, melodies, linguistic shapes, intervallic patterns, textural gestures, modes, ragas, maqams, and plainchant. The score serves to provide material for both the improvisations and the orchestrations. Motion and forms and are generated through the application of the composer’s rhythm concept “Cyclic Verticalism” whereby polymeters are combined with...(more) |
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Muhal Richard Abrams 80th Birthday Celebration Thu Dec 2 - 8:00 PM World-renowned pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams has been in the forefront of the contemporary music scene for half a century. A co-founder of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Abrams celebrates his 80th birthday this year. This concert will feature Abrams in two ensembles: with the percussion of Adam Rudolph and electronics of Tom Hamilton, and with vocalist Jay Clayton, bass clarinetist Marty Ehrlich, and bassist Brad Jones.
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Sat Dec 4 - 8:30 PM Trombonist, composer, and founder of Roulette Jim Staley has been shaking up the downtown experimental music scene for over 30 years. Working primarily with improvisation, crossing genres freely between post-modern classical music and avant-garde jazz, Staley has collaborated for many years with other highly experienced improvisers, both dancers and musicians. Tonight Jim will be joined by special guests.
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CHILDRENS CONCERT with Classical Jam $5 Sun Dec 5 - 2:00 PM Once a month, Roulette opens its doors specially for tots and tweens, giving pre-K to fifth-graders the chance to listen and interact with adventurous, professional composers and musicians of a variety of genres. Come play instruments, explore wacky fun houses, listen to exciting new music, and experience sounds in a way you've never before!
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