Friday | January 15, 2027 | 7:30 pm
MENTOR SESSIONS The Grammy-nominated brass quartet The Westerlies strongly believe in improvisation as a universal means of personal expression and communication. In this hands-on workshop for musicians of all instruments, experience levels and stylistic backgrounds, they’ll break down the…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Thursday | January 28, 2027 | 8 pm
Ustad Kamal Sabri Ustad Tari Khan Tapas Yagnik Arpan DeAngelo
Sunday | January 31, 2027 | 11 am
BROADWAY PLAYHOUSE For ages 4-11 The groundbreaking collaborations of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II gave birth to the modern musical and helped define the Golden Age of Broadway. This family-friendly exploration of the evolution of American musical theater and the greatest theater…
(family, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Sunday | February 7, 2027 | 4:30 pm
STUDENT SOUNDS Rising star soloists from Special Music School and Lucy Moses School perform with an orchestra. 2026-27 tickets go on sale in July.
(classical, season-highlights)
Tuesday | February 9, 2027 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Beethoven, Arvo Pärt and Bedřich Smetana One of today's most promising young ensembles, Trio Azura is hailed for its “intelligence and imagination” and “profound emotion” (Gramophone). Currently the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn…
(classical, season-highlights)
Wednesday | February 10, 2027 | 8 pm
A new program exploring the universal values that unite us all, through music by Joni Mitchell, Carlos López Buchardo, Fairuz, Franz Schubert and others. Their songs take a stand against cruelty and intolerance, singing of kindness, connection, love and the beauty of a day well lived. NYFOS…
(classical, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Saturday | February 13, 2027 | 7:30 pm
BRIDGES Pianist, composer, and multi-hyphenate star Chloe Flower brings her signature “popsical” approach to bridging pop and classical music to an immersive interdisciplinary experience featuring her original works, dance and cinematic video. Blending classical elegance with…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Thursday | February 18, 2027 | 7:30 pm
MUSICIANS ON THE RISE SCHUBERT – Quartettsatz, D 703 BEETHOVEN – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, “Quasi una Fantasia” (“Moonlight”) KONSTANTIA GOURZI – Anájikon - The Angel in the Blue Garden,…
(classical, season-highlights)
Friday | February 19, 2027 | 7:30 pm
SCHNITTKE – Gogol Suite ZAPPA – The Adventures of Gregory Peccary Morgan Mastrangelo, tenor How can music capture the absurdity of modern life and bureaucracy? Alfred Schnittke's Gogol Suite channels the grotesque comedy of 19th-century Russia's greatest…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Monday | February 22, 2027 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Featuring Terra String Quartet Host Rob Kapilow takes you back to the heady days of early minimalism, when composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass were rejecting the abstract and often inaccessible music of the previous generation and re-shaping the sound of the era. John…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Sunday | February 28, 2027 | 11 am
BROADWAY PLAYHOUSE For ages 4-11 Widely regarded as the most influential musical theater writer of the late 20th century, Stephen Sondheim is celebrated for his sophisticated lyrics, inventive scores and psychologically complex characters. Through songs, sing-alongs, skits and games, the Broadway…
(family, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Sunday | March 7, 2027 | 4:30 pm
STUDENT SOUNDS Highly accomplished young musicians from Special Music School and Lucy Moses School perform music by composers of the last 50 years. 2026-27 tickets go on sale in July.
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Tuesday | March 9, 2027 | 2 pm
STUDENT SOUNDS Meet a new generation of classical virtuosos at this annual showcase of musicians from Lucy Moses School. 2026-27 tickets go on sale in July.
(classical, season-highlights)
Tuesday | March 9, 2027 | 8 pm
A program of secrets, admonitions, parables, guilt and delights from many cultures and centuries. This bracing dive into the Seven Deadly Sins (with a side tour to some sweeter peccadillos) includes songs by Strauss, Britten, John Jacob Niles, Brahms and Irving Berlin, sung by Caramoor’s 2027…
(classical, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Thursday | March 11, 2027 | 7:30 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS KATHERINE BALCH – songs and interludes ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN – (ritual: postcathexis) (world premiere) SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER – We Split Open (world premiere) TINA TALLON – broad band (world premiere)…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Wednesday | March 17, 2027 | 7:30 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS Returning to Merkin Hall after sold-out performances last season, the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble hailed as “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker teams up with the acclaimed early music string ensemble ACRONYM for an evening of music by Italian…
(classical, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Monday | March 22, 2027 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Featuring the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra Explore the music and extraordinary 50-year career of the leader of one of the most important big band leaders of the 20th century. Host Rob Kapilow takes you from his early days in 1930s Kansas City and Chicago at the…
(classical, season-highlights)
Sunday | April 4, 2027 | 11 am
BROADWAY PLAYHOUSE For ages 4-11 Renowned for his extraordinary achievements as a composer, conductor, pianist and communicator who brought classical music to millions, Leonard Bernstein helped redefine American music and inspired generations of artists and audiences alike. The dynamic Broadway…
(family, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Monday | April 5, 2027 | 8 pm
The songs of “Fats” Waller, Florence Price, Duke Ellington, Eubie Blake, J. Rosamund Johnson and William Grant Still join the writings of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, evoking the creative power of Black America that surged a hundred years ago. Two powerhouse singers, Lucia…
(classical, musical-theater, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Thursday | April 8, 2027 | 1 pm
MENTOR SESSIONS The leading champion of new orchestral music, American Composers Orchestra brings works by today’s most innovative and visionary composers to the concert stage. As Kaufman Music Center’s 2026-27 Artist-in-Residence, they’ll engage in unique collaborations and acts…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)