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On Sunday, May 2nd 2021, Composers Concordance will focus on two composers, Mark Kostabi and Gene Pritsker, in a concert of their works for Piano Quintet, featuring Quartet Metadata with pianists Mark Kostabi and Jai Jeffryes.

Composers Concordance will present O Haiku My Haiku, the 4th concert of its Comp/Lit festival, on Wednesday, April 21 at 7pm EDT at Kostabi World in Manhattan. Recitations of Haiku and other short-form poetry are accompanied by an array of instruments from around the globe, including the Russian Domra, Japanese Hichiriki, and Middle Eastern Ney.

Beginning on Saturday, February 6, 2021 and continuing through March 14, 2021 Composers Concordance presents their Low-Key Chamber Concert Series at 5pm EST, featuring duets live-streamed from the home of The Wall Street Poet, Robert C. Ford.

On Sunday, January 24, 2021, Composers Concordance focuses on two composers, Mark Kostabi and Gene Pritsker, in a concert of their works for Piano Quintet, featuring Quartet Metadata with pianists Mark Kostabi and Jai Jeffryes.

On Wednesday, December 30, Composers Concordance bids 2020 farewell with a concert featuring compositions written as duets for electric guitar and distanced music collaborators. Originally Recorded Remotely and Released Online, These Compositions Will be Performed Live on December 30, Bidding 2020 Goodbye.

On Wednesday, December 30, Composers Concordance bids 2020 farewell with a concert featuring compositions written as duets for electric guitar and distanced music collaborators.

Composers Concordance combines the Live Stream concert* with a Social Bubble Gathering of colleagues to present our fifth chamber salon concert in the Pandemic era.

Composers Concordance combines the Live Stream concert* with a Social Bubble Gathering of colleagues to present our fourth chamber salon concert in the Pandemic era.

Composers Concordance combines the Live Stream concert* with a Social Bubble Gathering of colleagues to present our third chamber salon concert in the Pandemic era.

Composers Concordance combines the LiveStream concert* with a Social Bubble Gathering of colleagues to present our second chamber salon concert in the Pandemic era.

Composers Concordance combines the LiveStream concert with a Social Bubble Gathering of colleagues to present our first chamber salon concert in the Pandemic era.

Composers Concordance, NYC's longest-running composer collective, will present the So Wrong It's Right Trombone Quartet on Saturday, 29th of March 2020 at 7pm. They will be performing new works paired with poetry in a concert titled Words & Music.

'Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings.' - Wassily Kandinsky

Composers Concordance's 8th Annual Festival - 'Animals' continues with 'Animal Gallery.' An all-star lineup takes inspiration from photographs, artworks, and short films of various animals.

Composers Concordance presents its 8th Annual CompCord Festival. This year's festival theme is 'Animals'. Five concerts, each with compositions focusing on unique musical stories about the animal kingdom, will include multiple world premieres.

THELONIOUS! by award winning multidisciplinary artist Peter Welch is a dark, syncopated comedy about the American Dream told through the nightmare of a failing marriage. The play's world premiere will be presented by the legendary downtown performance staple Theater for the New City (TNC) from February 7th to March 3rd, 2019. The production will feature a diverse cast consisting of Nicholas Santasier, Sly Augustus, David F. Slone Esq., Courtney Torres, Xiren Wang, Jaine Ye and Remington Moses (the great granddaughter of Ozzie & Harriet Nelson, granddaughter of Ricky Nelson and daughter of prolific television actors William Moses and Tracy Nelson). The production will be directed by TNC's Administrative Director Jonathan Weber, and is being produced by PRIME Stage to Screen, who brought the highly praised GREAT KILLS starring EMMY winner Joe Pantoliano to TNC in 2015.

On November 29th at 8pm at The DiMenna Center - Mary Flagler Cary Hall, Composers Concordance will present a concert entitled 'Estonian Connections,' featuring flutists Maarika Jarvi and Monika Mattiesen, pianist Mark Kostabi, and the CompCord String Orchestra, conducted by Arkady Leytush. Works by contemporary Estonian composers will be heard alongside premieres from American composers inspired by the event's theme. CompCord Co-Director Gene Pritsker will join with Relevant Tones Host Seth Boustead for a live stream talk show during the concert. They will discuss the music being presented, and also interview some of the performers and composers. The live stream will be accessible from Composers Concordance's and Relevant Tones' Facebook pages.

On November 29th at 8pm at The DiMenna Center - Mary Flagler Cary Hall, Composers Concordance will present a concert entitled 'Estonian Connections,' featuring flutists Maarika Jarvi and Monika Mattiesen, pianist Mark Kostabi, and the CompCord String Orchestra, conducted by Arkady Leytush. Works by contemporary Estonian composers will be heard alongside premieres from American composers inspired by the event's theme. CompCord Co-Director Gene Pritsker will join with Relevant Tones Host Seth Boustead for a live stream talk show during the concert. They will discuss the music being presented, and also interview some of the performers and composers. The live stream will be accessible from Composers Concordance's and Relevant Tones' Facebook pages.

Composer Gene Pritsker presents a concert of his vocal music. 'I have written many chamber operas, various chamber music with voice, jazz songs, r&b songs, choral music and songs inspired by various genres and cultures. I thought it would be great to have a concert that features my eclectic vocal compositions. I assembled a group of great singers and picked repertoire that will feature each of their voices as well as combine them to perform some of my choral music.'

Composer Gene Pritsker presents a concert of his vocal music. 'I have written many chamber operas, various chamber music with voice, jazz songs, r&b songs, choral music and songs inspired by various genres and cultures. I thought it would be great to have a concert that features my eclectic vocal compositions. I assembled a group of great singers and picked repertoire that will feature each of their voices as well as combine them to perform some of my choral music.'