Composer and electronic musician Matt McBane returns to National Sawdust to present Topography, the “terrestrial companion” to 2022’s aquatic Bathymetry, written for cellist Ashley Bathgate and percussion sextet Mantra Percussion with an opening set from cellist Ashley Bathgate.

December 6, 2023

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A curated program of new solo works composed by members of the Iranian Female Composers Association.

December 11, 2023

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JJJJJerome Ellis' work features contemplative soundscapes that explore relationships among blackness, disabled speech, divinity, nature, sound, and time.

December 14, 2023

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Natti Vogel returns with an all-star chamber orchestra forged among classically-trained, genre-fluid musician friends to disrupt societal norms surrounding music and present a uniquely emotive, seductive sound unhampered by class or cultural conditioning.

December 15, 2023

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This captivating durational duet pairs dancer/choreographer/engineer Catie Cuan with an industrial robot arm for an eight-hour dance performance that unfolds over the timespan of a single American workday, beginning at 2pm and concluding with an artist talk with Cuan and Goldberg at 10pm, moderated by NS+ curator Elena Park.

December 16, 2023

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An opera of the elemental, of pre-deities, and illusions of containment, How does it feel to look at nothing is an embodied, interdisciplinary performance emerging through a story of transitional states. Composer-performers, multi-instrumentalists, and extended technique vocalists Andrews and kwon co-create this work through composition, improvisation, dance, physical theater, and ritual.

January 12, 2024

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‘Apollonian Circles’ is a multi-disciplinary musical concert and art installation experience that combines elements of electronic music, jazz, theater, and performance art. National Sawdust member presale begins 10/23, public on sale begins 10/25

January 16, 2024

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‘Apollonian Circles’ is a multi-disciplinary musical concert and art installation experience that combines elements of electronic music, jazz, theater, and performance art. National Sawdust member presale begins 10/23, public on sale begins 10/25

January 17, 2024

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Fashioned after traditional poetry slams and storytelling events like The Moth, each SWC’s songSLAM gives teams of composers and performers a chance to present world premieres of art song and compete for audience-awarded cash prizes totaling up to $2,000.

January 19, 2024

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“Only Voice Remains” is a new sparksLIVE project premiering in January of 2024 and co-curated by Sparks & Wiry Cries and composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh. The title is inspired by Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad’s poem of the same name, in a program that explores themes of exile, loss, and migration, using a diverse range of vocal traditions rooted in Iran and neighboring regions.

January 20, 2024

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Featuring works by Dwight Andrews, Philip Glass, Libby Larsen, Paola Prestini, Javier Diaz, & more

January 31, 2024

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A chamber animated theater performance comprised of brown paper and a box of sand focusing on themes of transformation, loneliness, and the urge to fly featuring Julian Crouch, Saskia Lane, and Philip Roebuck.

February 3, 2024

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In Uptown Nights: Convent to Wythe, Harlem Stage and National Sawdust band together in a cross-borough collaboration to present yuniya edi kwon, SUN HAN GUILD, and Bora Yoon.

February 16, 2024

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A new series co-produced by National Sawdust and The Metropolitan Opera that Navigates Questions of What Qualifies as Opera and Who Opera Is For Through Explorations of Modern Works

February 22, 2024

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American pianist Bruce Brubaker will take the stage on February 23rd for a concert highlighting his 12th studio album Eno Piano. This record, released November 10th on InFiné, encompasses a selection of Brian Eno’s iconic ambient music, including Music for Airports.

February 23, 2024

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“A Worthy Mirror” is a commissioning project of female and non-binary composers in response to 12th-century trobairitz texts.

February 25, 2024

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Don't miss a zany evening devoted to "Insectum", a sonic exploration of the world of arthropods, featuring composer-musicians Susie Ibarra, Jeffrey Zeigler, Graham Reynolds, and evolutionary biologist Jessica Ware.

February 26, 2024

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( (( PHONATION )) ) is a multimedia performance by Bora Yoon with live video manipulations by R. Luke DuBois, exploring where sound connects to the subliminal using found sounds, new and antiquated instruments, electronic devices, and voice.

March 9, 2024

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Performance of Self is an immersive piece by Jodie Landau which uses chamber music and dance to weave its way through songs and stories about queerness, gender, sexuality, [online] dating, choice, consent, attraction, desire, expectations, conforming to someone’s needs vs. self-preservation, language and communication, dance, drag, costume, and the performance of self.

March 15, 2024

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Performance of Self is an immersive piece by Jodie Landau which uses chamber music and dance to weave its way through songs and stories about queerness, gender, sexuality, [online] dating, choice, consent, attraction, desire, expectations, conforming to someone’s needs vs. self-preservation, language and communication, dance, drag, costume, and the performance of self.

March 16, 2024

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On Sale Friday November 17th at 10am EST

March 20, 2024

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This one-hour program brings together music that is transcendent in nature, drawing inspiration from dreams, medieval chant, renaissance polyphony, spirituality, and the power of silence.

March 22, 2024

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"Piano Realities" is a program of works for piano and electronics featuring excerpts from David Bird’s Iron Orchid; the US premiere of Joanna Bailie’s new work, Marblepark; Aaron Einbond’s Cosmologies; Chiyoko Szlavnics’ haunting Constellations I-III; the world premiere of Heather Stebbins’ All Things That Disappear; and the first North American performance of Alec Hall’s A dog is a machine for loving.

March 28, 2024

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“Roger Eno creates pastoral landscapes in sound, letting each simple melody unfold with patience.” - Pitchfork // Tickets on sale Friday October 13th at 9am ET

March 29, 2024

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Ran Blake (b. 1935) will perform a rare NYC concert in solo and duo format with special guests. To celebrate the release of Ran’s biography, this concert will be inter-spliced with a live interview and film clips to present a retrospective of the life and music of this iconic pianist.

April 5, 2024

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Utilizing a series of drones, live cello loops, and National Sawdust’s immersive Meyer Sound Spacemap system, Meyer Beiser pays tribute to Terry Riley’s classic work In C.

April 6, 2024

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A new series co-produced by National Sawdust and The Metropolitan Opera that Navigates Questions of What Qualifies as Opera and Who Opera Is For Through Explorations of Modern Works

April 9, 2024

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An NS+ evening of mixed fare devoted to the process of decomposition and cultivation, featuring New York Times food writer Melissa Clark, theater artist and farmer Tannis Kowalchuk, and multi-instrumentalist-composer Mark Stewart, and more!

April 25, 2024

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Member pre-sale will open on Thursday, December 7th at 10am EST and will run until tickets go on-sale to the public on Friday, December 8th at 10am EST.

May 9, 2024

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Member pre-sale will open on Thursday, December 7th at 10am EST and will run until tickets go on-sale to the public on Friday, December 8th at 10am EST.

May 15, 2024

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Member pre-sale will open on Thursday, December 7th at 10am EST and will run until tickets go on-sale to the public on Friday, December 8th at 10am EST.

May 22, 2024

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Member pre-sale will open on Thursday, December 7th at 10am EST and will run until tickets go on-sale to the public on Friday, December 8th at 10am EST.

May 29, 2024

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Join Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid for an evening of excerpts from her provocative new opera, The Shell Trial, fresh on the heels of its world premiere in Amsterdam.

June 13, 2024

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