Events

About the ProgramSwan Song Brooklyn Art Song Society and PhiloSonia Chamber Ensemble join forces for an innovative program combining song and chamber music. Co-curated by artistic directors Mike Brofman and Stanichka Dimitrova (who also happen to be husband and wife), the program pairs some of Franz Schubert's late masterpieces alongside correlated works by living female composers Jennifer Higdon and Cecilia Livingston.   PhiloSonia is an innovative chamber music series designed to create a personal connection between audience members and classical music. Founded by Stanichka Dimitrova, PhiloSonia is inspired by her passion for outreach and connecting to today's audience. PhiloSonia offers an insight into established and new works from the chamber music repertoire. Through compelling programming and interactive elements listeners are guided through an in-depth exploration of a wide variety of works.   The Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) will enter its 16th season of first-rate music making in the Fall of 2025, having earned a reputation as one of the preeminent organizations dedicated to the vast repertoire of poetry set to music.  Its mission is to preserve art song’s direct expressiveness and emotional honesty for today’s audience and future generations. BASS has been called “a company well worth watching” by The […]

About the ProgramWhat Is American: Rhythm Nation The follow-up to PUBLIQuartet's GRAMMY®-nominated What Is American project, What Is American: Rhythm Nation celebrates American rhythmic traditions as expressions of bodily autonomy and tacit history keeping. From the propulsive beat-breaks of Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Hip-Hop Etudes to the shifting textures of Andy Akiho's Quartet No. 1 "Mobile on a Stream into the Sound,” this wide-ranging exploration also features new works by Jeff Scott, Mazz Swift, and Eddie Venegas, commissioned with the support of a 2024 Chamber Music America Artistic Projects grant. Each of the pieces on the program evokes a distinct rhythmic world, reflecting the plurality of American movement(s) and protecting the unspoken spirit of their lineage’s narratives.About the ArtistsApplauded by The Washington Post as “a perfect encapsulation of today’s trends in chamber music,” and by The New Yorker as “independent-minded,” multi-GRAMMY®-nominated PUBLIQuartet is an improvising string quartet whose repertoire blends genres and highlights American multiculturalism. PUBLIQuartet rose on the music scene as winner of the 2013 Concert Artists Guild New Music/New Places award, and in 2019 garnered Chamber Music America’s prestigious Visionary Award for outstanding and innovative approaches to contemporary classical, jazz, and world chamber music. PQ’s genre-bending programs range from […]