INTERSECT: Featuring the Music of Billy Childs
The two-day music festival is a rare opportunity to experience some of the most sophisticated music being created today. Produced with Chamber Music America and curated by Patrick Zimmerli. Each day focuses on a prominent composer who has created significant classical and jazz works. Grammy-winning jazz pianist, Billy Childs is featured on Friday with his quartet, as well as his classical compositions for brass and wind quintet.
Friday, August 4 at 6:00 PM
Free
Bryant Park, New York, NY
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INTERSECT: Featuring the Music of Derek Bermel

Derek Bermel – Photo by James Pomerantz
The two-day music festival is a rare opportunity to experience some of the most sophisticated music being created today. Produced with Chamber Music America and curated by Patrick Zimmerli. Each day focuses on a prominent composer who has created significant classical and jazz works. On Saturday, dynamic classical works, jazz, and a hip hop set are part of the musical exploration of Derek Bermel, the multi-award winning composer and clarinetist.
Saturday, August 5 at 2:00 PM
Free
Bryant Park, New York, NY
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Summer Labs: ARIADNE + Invisible Anatomy + Late Sea

Invisible Anatomy
This Summer Labs performance features the ARIADNE, Invisible Anatomy, and Late Sea. The three were selected from a pool of over 100 applicants to create, workshop, and showcase a masterpiece they couldn’t make happen anywhere else. National Sawdust supplied their stage as workshop space in addition to financial and marketing support, all culminating in a this final performance.
Sunday, August 6 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, New York, NY
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