Events & Tickets
With Poetry and Justice for All: Three Anniversaries in Song
Sunday | October 25, 2026 | 1 pm
$40 tickets are available for groups of 10 or more. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. THE YIDDISH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS Binyumen Schaechter, Music Director Seth Weinstein, Pianist We’re celebrating three anniversaries! It’s 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of…
William Finn
Monday | October 26, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BROADWAY CLOSE UP Hosted by Sean Hartley Celebrate one of the most distinctive voices in modern musical theater at this festive soirée honoring the life and work of the Tony-winning composer and lyricist William Finn (1952-2025). A stellar lineup of cast members – many of whom worked…
(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Lembit Beecher & Karen Ouzounian: Mayrig
Tuesday | October 27, 2026 | 7:30 pm
ARTIST AS CURATOR Curated by Lembit Beecher & Karen Ouzounian Grammy-nominated Armenian-Canadian cellist and composer Karen Ouzounian and her husband, Rome Prize-winning Estonian-American composer, pianist and animator Lembit Beecher, give the NYC premiere of their new program Mayrig…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
VOCES8
Thursday | October 29, 2026 | 7:30 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS Lead Me Home Returning to Merkin Hall after sold-out performances last season, the Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble journeys through the rich and varied landscape of American choral music, tracing a path through faith, folk tradition, poetry and popular song. The program moves…
(classical, musical-theater, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
VOCES8 at Trinity Church
Friday | October 30, 2026 | 6 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS The Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble VOCES8 returns in a unique collaboration with Kaufman Music Center and Trinty Church. Featuring beloved signature works from their repertoire focusing on Renaissance and Early Music, the program will be crafted to the exceptional acoustic…
(classical, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet
Tuesday | November 3, 2026 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES CLARA SCHUMANN – Three Romances, Op. 22 ALBAN BERG – Vier Stücke, Op. 5 ERWIN SCHULHOFF – Suite Op. 1, for Violin and Piano (arr. Jonathan Leibovitz for clarinet and piano) ROBERT SCHUMANN –…
(classical, season-highlights)
The Greatest Rock Ballads – Live on Strings
Saturday | November 7, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Experience the most iconic rock ballads of all time like never before — reimagined through the powerful and emotional sound of live strings. A stunning string ensemble brings new depth and intensity to legendary hits by the world’s greatest rock artists. From intimate, heart-melting…
Scott Siegel's Broadway by the Seasons
Monday | November 9, 2026 | 7:30 pm
$60 senior tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. The All New “Broadway by the Seasons” introduces a brand-new format for this time-honored series. For the first time, we will celebrate, in each concert, a wide variety of Broadway seasons. In other words, in…
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht’s "Happy End"
Thursday | November 12, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Religion and capitalism collide in this sharp, jazz-infused 1929 musical satire by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Conceived as a follow-up to the trio’s success with The Threepenny Opera, Happy End is a satire of big business and big religion set in a smoky…
(classical, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Bound for Broadway
Monday | November 16, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BOUND FOR BROADWAY Hosted by Liz Callaway Bound for Broadway returns with a sneak peek at four of the best new shows headed for New York’s bright lights! Emmy Award-winner and Tony nominee Liz Callaway interviews some of musical theater’s most fascinating voices, followed by performances…
(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
John Heginbotham & The Hands Free: The Party Scene
Saturday | November 21, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BRIDGES Members of the fabulously whimsical Dance Heginbotham join the eclectic ensemble The Hands Free for The Party Scene, a music and dance extravaganza inspired by The Nutcracker and your rowdy holiday office party. Lightly immersive and family friendly, The Party Scene features Nathan Koci,…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
I Could Have Danced All Night: Broadway in the 50’s
Monday | December 7, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BROADWAY CLOSE UP Hosted by Sean Hartley During the Golden Age of Musical Theater, the musical play came into its own with smash hits by larger-than-life Broadway legends like Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Frank Loesser and Leonard Bernstein. Get the inside stories and hear songs…
(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
William Suh, cello
Tuesday | December 8, 2026 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES R. SCHUMANN – Drei Romanzen for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94 J. BRAHMS – Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 C. SCHUMANN – Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 J. BRAHMS – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major,…
(classical, season-highlights)
What Makes It Great? Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet
Monday | December 14, 2026 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Featuring Terra String Quartet Schubert’s gripping quartet is one of the most frequently performed and emotionally affecting works in the chamber music repertoire. Written during a period of illness, isolation and despair, this haunting piece pushes the string quartet to…
(classical, season-highlights)
Marc-André Hamelin
Tuesday | December 15, 2026 | 7:30 pm
PIANO DIALOGUES GEORGE ENESCU – Carillon Nocturne Op. 18 No. 7 (1916) MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG – Sonata No. 5 (1956) FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN – Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 (1837-39) CLAUDE DEBUSSY – Images, Book 2…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Zachary Wilder & Rob Mounsey
Thursday | December 17, 2026 | 7:30 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS The acclaimed tenor Zachary Wilder teams up with renowned, Emmy-winning producer Rob Mounsey for an intimate evening of music from their new album, Brooklyn Suite, which travels across continents and generations from Yiddish song and Romantic lied to opera arias, jazz and…
(classical, musical-theater, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Julian Rhee, violin
Tuesday | January 12, 2027 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES Works by Arcangelo Corelli, Fritz Kreisler, César Franck, Louis Vierne and Zlatomir Fung Winner of the prestigious 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Korean-American violinist Julian Rhee rose to international prominence following his prize-winning performances at the 2024 Queen…
(classical, season-highlights)
“Stand Up, Sit Down” The Westerlies Play Bill Frisell Album Release Show
Thursday | January 14, 2027 | 7:30 pm
ARTIST AS CURATOR Curated by The Westerlies Riley Mulerkar, trumpet Chloe Rowlands, trumpet Andy Clausen, trombone Addison-Maye-Saxon, trombone The Grammy-nominated brass quartet known for playing with the precision of a string quartet and the audacity of a rock band performs new arrangements of…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
The Westerlies: Improvisation For Everyone
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)
Peace Through Music: Tribute to Ustad Sabri Khan
Thursday | January 28, 2027 | 8 pm
Ustad Kamal Sabri Ustad Tari Khan Tapas Yagnik Arpan DeAngelo
