Max Pollak News

Join Composers Concordance for A KNACK FOR ANACHRONISM on June 8th at St. John's in the Village.

On Saturday, June 8th at 8pm at St. John's In the Village, Composers Concordance will present 'A Knack for Anachronism'. For this event, composers are asked to write music with elements that defy chronology or are incongruous in the present, including surprising combinations of genres, timbres, and instruments, etc.

The American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF) will be honored on Thursday, July 11 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

The 'CompCord @ 40' festival continues with a concert featuring new music compositions which reflect upon the year 1984, when the Composers Concordance series was founded in New York City by composers Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish.

Composers Concordance, founded in 1984, is celebrating its 40th season with a four-concert festival all about reaching this amazing milestone.

Brazilian tap dancer and drag artist Felipe Galganni will return to the Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street, NYC on March 28 and April 4 at 7pm with his new show, WHO SHE? with Xana DuMe.

Duke Ellington will be celebrated on Sunday, May 21 from 2-4pm with the return of a FREE, annual outdoor concert commemorating the jazz great's birthday. This year's event, at the Duke Ellington Statue, 5th Avenue and 110th Street in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, will also celebrate National Tap Dance Day, which takes place yearly on May 25, the birthday of tap legend Bill Bojangles Robinson.

On Sunday, April 23rd at 6pm, Composers Concordance presents the B3+ Brass Trio with special guests including tap/body percussionist Max Pollak.

The American Tap Dance Foundation's First Friday Film Festival will return on Friday, April 7 from 7-8pm ET, with a livestreamed Rhythm in Motion. Registration and link can be found at Shows & Events. Fee: $5.00.

On March 26th at 4pm, Composers Concordance will present Ensemble Motion. The legendary percussion ensemble Talujon meets Composers Concordance's own CompCord Ensemble on a program featuring brazen new compositions, together with choreography by the world-renowned tap dancer - body percussionist - composer Max Pollak.

The third installment of the American Tap Dance Foundation's First Friday Film Festival, Tap Treasures, will take place on Friday, December 2, in-studio at The American Tap Dance Center.

Live, in-person tap dance workshops, performances and special events herald the return of Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap festival Monday, July 4 through Sunday, July 10 right in in tap’s hometown, New York City. The TAP CITY Festival week, celebrating its 22nd year, will return LIVE for the first time since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic - in 2020 Tap City was virtual, and in 2021 hybrid.

Landscapes for piano, soprano saxophone, violin, viola, cello by Peri Mauer to be performed Saturday, May 21, 2022, 7pm at Gallery MC, 549 West 52nd St., NYC.

Little Island, New York City’s new public park in Hudson River Park by W. 13th Street, announced today the 2022 line-up of ticketed events in The Amph, just days ahead of their one-year anniversary.

Live, in-person tap dance workshops, performances and special events herald the return of Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap festival Monday, July 4 through Sunday, July 10 right in in tap's hometown, New York City.

Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap dance festival, will return Monday, July 4 through Sunday, July 10 with special events, performances, ATDF tap dance awards, workshops and residencies. The TAP CITY Festival week, celebrating its 22nd year, will return LIVE for the first time since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Live, in-person tap dance workshops, performances and special events herald the return of Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap festival Saturday, July 4 through Friday July 10 right in in tap's hometown, New York City.

Legendary experimental flutist Robert Dick will return toNYsoundCircuit on Sunday, April 2, 2022 to perform the New York premiere of his Concerto for Flute/Bass Flute, Strings, and Percussion with Resonant Refractions and members of theCompCord Ensemble.

Live, in-person tap dance workshops, performances and special events herald the return of Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap festival Saturday, July 4 through Friday July 10 right in in tap's hometown, New York City.

On November 5th at 7:30pm, Composers Concordance will present Woodwind Motion, a concert event pairing new music for woodwind quintet with an array of contemporary dance choreographies.