Miller Theatre at Columbia Ends Pop-Up Concerts Today, 5/1

Miller Theater at Columbia University ends today, May 1, Pop-Up Concerts: The series that puts the audience onstage, right in the middle of the action in an informal early-evening setting, featuring chamber music and beer by the Harlem Brewing Company-all for free.

JACK Quartet and cellist Lauren Radnofsky launched the series with works by Scelsi, Sciarinno, Xenakis.

From Miller Theatre Director Melissa Smey:

"I'm thrilled to renew Miller's commitment to presenting free concerts on an intimate scale-
building on the tradition that began with our much-loved Lunchtime Concerts in Philosophy Hall.
Pop-Up Concerts offer an exciting new possibility: a chance to test out ideas and hear from new
artists and composers before they hit the mainstage, all in a uniquely casual, social setting, with our audience sitting just inches from the performers."

Miller Theatre encourages everyone to "bring a friend, grab a drink, and join some of today's most interesting performers onstage on select Tuesday evenings this spring for a unique take on the concert experience. Pop-Up Concerts provide a home for music that's small in scale but big on ideas, presented in an intimate, living room-type setting. Less formal than the former Lunchtime Concerts series in Philosophy Hall, Pop-Up Concerts will have a greater degree of spontaneity, allowing Miller to schedule events even while the season is in progress. Beer will be provided by Harlem Brewing Company."

Tuesday, May 1
NEXT GENERATION featuring the Curtis Institute of Music's Ensemble 39
Curtis returns to Miller. Selections include the ensemble's namesake-Prokofiev's Quintet, Op. 39-and a new work by their incredible 20-year-old classmate GabriElla Smith, a student of Jennifer Higdon.

Columbia University's Miller Theatre is located north of the Main Campus Gate
at 116th St. & Broadway on the ground floor of Dodge Hall.