Keve Wilson News

If Not Now? - an evening-length concert of chamber music by C4 Choral Composer/Conductor Collective member (composer/conductor/bass) Timothy Brown will be presented on Tuesday, April 24 at 7:30 PM at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street in Manhattan.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Rachel and Keve-Stepping off the Merry-Go-Round. Returning by popular demand, Rachel Handman and Keve Wilson, both currently in the orchestra of the Broadway revival Carousel, will play an insane amount of music from all around the world. Friends since the age of 10, Keve and Rachel will be joined by special guests from the pits and stages of Broadway. Be there as these ultra-talented musicians continue to transcend genres with their creative and unexpected repertoire. Drawing from their unique backgrounds and life-long friendship, they invite you to go on a whirlwind musical journey with them.

For its inaugural launch in June, Mostly Modern Festival (MMF), a new summer music festival that flips the traditional programming model by devoting most of its attention to the music of our time, will present eight concerts featuring an illustrious array of guest artists and ensembles, an orchestra largely made up of Mostly Modern Festival Institute (MMFI) participants, music by esteemed resident composers … and more than 30 brand-new works in world premiere performances by 30 MMFI participating composers (see list below).

Next week, Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Melissa Errico Sings Sondheim, Two By Two In Concert, Christine Ebersole, 54 Sings Billy Joel, Benjamin Eakeley Broadway Swinger Vol. 2, and more. Scroll down for details!

This November, Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Keve Wilson and Rachel Handman: Broadway Musicians From Around The World, Celebrating 35 years of Friendship on Monday, November 13, 2017.

Mostly Modern Festival (MMF), a new summer music festival launching in 2018, flips the traditional programming model by devoting most of its attention to the music of our time, with occasional forays into the standard repertoire.

The New York Composers Circle will present a concert of new music at 7:30 PM tonight, April 21 at Saint Peter's Church, Citigroup Center, 619 Lexington Ave. in Manhattan.

The New York Composers Circle will present a concert of new music at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, April 21 at Saint Peter's Church, Citigroup Center, 619 Lexington Ave. in Manhattan.

Who's throwing a Timbre Tantrum? Throughout the first week of December, Composers Concordance ('enterprising new music organization' -NYTimes) presents its 3rd annual festival, entitled 'Timbre Tantrum,' as each concert will focus on specific timbres. For example, the opening concert, 'ArtBeat,' to be held at DiMenna Center on December 1st, will feature percussion instruments only, on a program with 4-time Grammy winner Glen Velez, as well as the acclaimed Lukas Ligeti and Peter Jarvis (Moonrise Kingdom, Boardwalk Empire.) This concert will also include original sculpture-percussion by Gorazd Poposki, and a repeat of the program will be held at William Paterson University on December 2nd. Next up, the all-piano event 'Three's Keys, ' featuring Taka Kigawa ('extraordinary pianist' -NYTimes,) as well as Inna Faliks, and Carlton Holmes ('Inventive' -Jazziz,) hosted by Klavierhaus on December 4th. For this program, composers Dan Cooper, Sean Hickey, Debra Kaye, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker have composed a triple-piano suite, which will performed on Klavierhaus' antique instruments, including a 19th-Century Pleyel. On December 6th, an 'E-nstallation' will be presented at the innovative Gallery MC in Hell's Kitchen. This event will feature the electronic music of Lynn Bechtold, Svjetlana Bukvich, David Morneau, and Daniel Palkowski, among others, plus contemporary fashion designs by Vicky Vale and Patrick Kavanaugh. On December 7th, the CompCord String Orchestra (CCSO,) conducted by Thomas Carlo Bo, will take the stage of West Park Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's upper west side for the program 'Legends,' featuring music by Dan Cooper, Otto Luening, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker, Dave Soldi er, and Randy Woolf. Guest artists include Tongo Eisen-Martin, Keve Wilson, and Publiquartet. Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, whose influence will be heard in Soldier's 'Bambaataa Variations,' will be honored with a Legends award, to be received by a member of Bambaataa's Zulu Nation. On Sunday, December 8th, the festival week will wrap up at Drom NYC with a 'Fretathon,' a 3-hour program featuring fretted instruments, performed by no fewer than twenty-six of NYC's cutting-edge composers. Each of the 'Timbre Tantrum' events will include a brief reception.