Wed, May 16 at 7:30 pm $30; Symphony Space Members, World Music Institute Members $25; Students $20 music World Music Institute

Steeped in Sufi mysticism, the music of Azerbaijan ("land of fire") ranges from the sublime to the ecstatic in both the folk and classical idioms. Imamyar Hasanov, born in Baku, is a virtuoso of the kamancha, a spike fiddle that is the ancestor of the violin and one of the most important instruments in Azeri music. 

Fri, May 18 at 7 pm $55/$35/$25; IAAC Members, Students $50/$30/$20 music

Shujaat Husain Khan, heir to seven generations of sitar players, is heralded as one of the greatest North Indian classical musicians of our time. At the young age of 3, he was given a small sitar upon which to practice. At age 6, he was recognized as a child prodigy and began performing in public. 

Mon, May 21 at 8 pm $15; Members, Students, Seniors, Children $12 music

Composer collective and new music ensemble Red Light New Music presents its final mainstage concert of the 2011/12 season: Music in Layers. 
With Music in Layers Red Light offers fresh arrangements of recent works by New York City composers David Lang, Christopher Cerrone, Adrian Knight, Vincent Raikhel, Liam Robinson and Scott Wollschleger.

Mon, May 21 at 8 pm Mon, Jun 4 at 8 pm Mon, Jun 18 at 8 pm bar music

Come to Singers Space at Bar Thalia's jazz open mic , hosted by D'Ambrose Boyd with David Pearl at the piano. Where New York's finest professional and aspiring singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience.

Daily Special: $5 Glasses of Chardonnay and Cabernet!

Tue, May 22 at 8 pm $20; Students, Seniors $10 music

A Concert for Broadway, sponsored by the Broadway Mall Association, will feature performances by the Ballet Hispanico BHdos, Trio Cavatina, Anthony McGill, Natasha Paremski, and members of the Porgy and Bess 75th Anniversary Tour Worldwide, Terry Cook, Lawrence Craig, Camellia Johnson and Indira Mahajian.

Sat, May 26 at 8 pm $55; Members, Seniors, Children $45; Students $30; Day of Show $65 music

"The ceremony of innocence is drowned..." Opera Moderne presents Benjamin Britten's haunting chamber opera The Turn of the Screw. Based on the novella by Henry James, this 20th century masterpiece is a terrifying tale of the supernatural which has mystified and enthralled readers for half a century. The work offers some of Britten's greatest music with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper.

Mon, May 28 at 7 pm $35; Members, Seniors, College Students $30; Day of Show $39. Student tickets must be purchased at the BO with a valid student ID. music

Ross Daly, Omer Erdogdular and Ahmet Erdogdular explore the richness of makam with their unique virtuosity and musicality.  These world-renowned musicians take their listeners on a journey incorporating Greek and Cretan rhythms with Ottoman Turkish classical and Sufi tradition.

Thu, May 31 at 7:30 pm $21; Member, Student, Senior, Children $15 music

Born in the early 1960s in the underground scene in San Francisco and New York, minimalism and its offshoots (post-minimalism, totalism) have become wildly popular forms of new classical music. The PRISM Quartet performs music by two of its originators and long-time champions, Terry Riley and Philip Glass, along with composers deeply influenced by their work.

Thu, May 31 at 8 pm $20; Member, Student, Senior; Child $12 music

Celebrating the Orchestra: Principal Conductor Guerguan Tsenov concludes NASO's 35th Anniversary Season with a program that features the orchestra -- Mozart's Symphony No. 36 (Linz), Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia and the first NASO performance of Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite.

Sat, Jun 2 at 7:30 pm $15; Members $12; Seniors $10; Students, NYCC Members FREE; Day of Show $20 music

NYCC presents a concert of chamber music and multi-media works. The evening features John Eaton's Dirge without Music and the premiere of the winning work of the 2011 Competition: Glass Blue Cleft by Max Giteck Duykers.

Sun, Jun 3 at 1:30 pm FREE music

The InterSchool Orchestras of New York presents its Spring Chamber Music Recital. Music by Beethoven, T. Anderson, J.S. Bach and others.

Sun, Jun 3 at 4:30 pm $30/$20 music

The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus, with Conductor Binyumen Schaechter, is back at Symphony Space after sold-out Yiddish concerts in each of the last 4 years. English translations always provided. This year's concert features the 1956 Birnbaum/Rauch operetta, Sholem Aleichem dir, Amerike! ("Hello, America!"), based on Sholom Aleichem's Motl, Peyse dem khazns.

Fri, Jun 8 at 8 pm $30; Day of Show $35 music

World Music, Latin Music, Jazz & Classical concert performed by bass violins. Special guest pianists are integrated into the melodious blend of the bassists.

Fri, Jun 8 at 8 pm $25; Member, Student, Senior $20; Children age 18 and under $10; Day of Show $30 music

Currently in its 11th season, the Young New Yorkers' Chorus brings together the finest choral musicians from the tens of thousands of young people who flock to the city for its excitement, art, and culture. YNYC will muse on the pleasures and perils of life, presenting Orff's chamber version of Carmina Burana for two pianos and a battery of percussion.

Sat, Jun 9 at 8 pm $20 music

CONTACT! connects you with some of the most interesting, innovative, and engaging music of our time, performed by ensembles of the New York Philharmonic musicians in more intimate and less formal settings. In addition to the music itself, each CONTACT! performance includes insightful commentary from the composers and performers.

Sun, Jun 10 at 4 pm $20; Member, Student, Senior, Children $15; Day of Show $25 music

This event will feature ongoing performances of youth folk ensembles from different US and Russian cities - see www.rach-c.org for past Festivals at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan. Performers dress in exotic period costumes and specialize in traditional age-old songs and dances of different regions of the former Russian Empire.

Wed, Jun 13 at 8 pm $45; Members $38; Under 30 $15 music Symphony Space Music

The venerable New Orleans music institution brings the sights and sounds of New Orleans to the Upper West Side for one night only!

Thu, Jun 14 at 7:30 pm $30; Members $25; Under 30 $15 music Symphony Space Music

Jazz impresario George Wein (founder of the Newport Jazz Festival) shares stories about a life lived in jazz, and welcomes leading jazz artists who perform a set, in addition to talking about their own backgrounds and influences.

Tonight's event welcomes multiple Grammy nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón, who represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often-contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a composer and as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Latin American Folkloric Music and Jazz.

Fri, Jun 15 at 7:30 pm $20; Members, Students, Seniors, Children $15 music

The Glass Farm Ensemble presents Shergotty with new music for percussion, saxophone and piano. The ensemble gives the world premiere of the percussion trio Shergotty by Yvonne Troxler. Further works on the program are John Cage's Credo in US for percussion, piano and radio; Yoshihisa Taira's Penombre VI for saxophone and piano, and more...

Sat, Jun 16 at 7:30 pm $20; Members; Student, Senior $10; Children FREE. Tickets for children can not be ordered online. They must be ordered on the phone or at the box office only. music

Ear to Mind presents This Is Just To Say: Live Art II. Features works by Inhyun Kim, Judith Ring, Nomi Epstesin, and Sonia Megias, and performance by soprano, Megan Schubert and Pianist, David Kalhouse. This interdisciplinary concert also features works by Naho Taruishi, video artist and dancers/choreographers Coco Karol and Luke Gutgsell.

Sat, Jun 23 at 8 pm $25; Symphony Space and ACA Members, Seniors $20; Students, Children $15; Day of Show $30 music

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the American Composers Alliance presents a concert of intriguing music by American composers that illustrates significant achievements in the history of the organization. The Orchestra of the League of Composers will be joined by world-renowned solo artists in this once-in-a lifetime ACA event.s.com

Mon, Jun 25 at 7 pm $20; Students, Seniors $15; Day of Show $25 music

American Lyric Theater's Opera in Eden concert returns to Symphony Space for one night only! This evening will feature four new one-act operas in concert by resident artists from ALT's Composer Librettist Development Program, hosted by ALT's Director of Professional Development, composer/librettist Mark Adamo, and ALT's Founder and Producing Artistic Director, Lawrence Edelson.

Wed, Jun 27 at 8 pm $20 music

Manhattan Chamber Orchestra continues its 25th Anniversary with a concert of American chamber works.  Program includes the world premiere of Richard Auldon Clark's War Prayer, and works by Seymour Barab, Michael Schelle, and Eric Ewazen.

Sat, Jul 7 at 1 pm $200; Day of Show $275 music

Ascent is a one-day workshop with internationally acclaimed Sound Healer Tom Kenyon. Join us for a life-changing transformational experience through the power of sound and music.

Sun, Oct 14 at 4 pm $35; Student $30 music Classics Declassified

At the American Symphony Orchestra's hit series Classics Declassified, you'll hear the classics like you've never heard them before! First, Leon Botstein and the orchestra tell a musical tale of how each masterpiece came to be written. Then, listen as the piece is performed in its entirety for you to enjoy with fresh insight.

Sun, Feb 24 at 4 pm $35; Student $30 music Classics Declassified

At the American Symphony Orchestra's hit series Classics Declassified, you'll hear the classics like you've never heard them before! First, Leon Botstein and the orchestra tell a musical tale of how each masterpiece came to be written. Then, listen as the piece is performed in its entirety for you to enjoy with fresh insight. 

Sun, Apr 21 at 4 pm $35; Student $30 music Classics Declassified

At the American Symphony Orchestra's hit series Classics Declassified, you'll hear the classics like you've never heard them before! First, Leon Botstein and the orchestra tell a musical tale of how each masterpiece came to be written. Then, listen as the piece is performed in its entirety for you to enjoy with fresh insight.