Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon was born in Guadalajara, México, in 1962. Literature inspires many of his compositions, such as Gypsum, on texts by Deidre Huckabay, the extended song cycle Songtree, on poetry … Read More
2022 performer
Greg Woodsbie
Greg Woodsbie is a pianist and percussionist with a highly attuned sense of story and ritual, and backgrounds in jazz, classical, and Cuban music. Before joining the dance department at … Read More
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Blanche Wiesen Cook is a professor of history and women’s studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and John Jay College, as well as the author of an award-winning three-volume biography … Read More
Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman is a revered poet, performer, professor, editor and cultural activist. She is the author of more than 45 books, including the feminist epic The Iovis Trilogy, which won the 2012 … Read More
Suzanne Vega
Born in Santa Monica, CA, Suzanne Vega grew up in Spanish Harlem and the Upper West Side of New York City, influenced by the heady mix of multicultural music played … Read More
Michael Vascones
Michael Vascones was born in 1998 in Queens, New York. Inspired by watching his father play, Michael began playing guitar at the age of 12. He began his undergraduate studies … Read More
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is an orchestra of guitarists and percussionists led by composer and performer Patrick Grant since its premiere on the winter solstice 2011. Flexible in … Read More
Adam Tendler
Adam Tendler is recipient of the Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, “currently the hottest pianist on the American contemporary classical scene” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), a “remarkable and insightful musician” … Read More
John Sorensen
John Sorensen has lived in and around Greenwich Village since 1986. His books include A Sister’s Memories, the story of American children’s rights activist Grace Abbott, and The Mystical Filmmaker, … Read More
John Strausbaugh
John Strausbaugh has been writing about New York City history and culture for more than 30 years. From 1988 through 2002, he edited and wrote for the weekly newspaper New … Read More
Robert W. Snyder
Robert W. Snyder is Manhattan Borough Historian and professor emeritus of American Studies and journalism at Rutgers University. Currently editing a documentary history of the Covid pandemic in New York … Read More
Janis Siegel
Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a nine-time Grammy winner, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer’s diverse musical catalog. Alongside her career as a … Read More
Consuelo Sherba
Consuelo Sherba, violist, is artistic director and a founding member of the performance ensemble Aurea. She has been on the applied music faculty at Brown University since 1986, teaches at … Read More
Hannah Selin
Composer, violist and vocalist Hannah Selin works with instruments, voices, electronics and field recordings to create striking and vibrant sound-spaces. Hannah’s music has been commissioned and performed by ensembles and soloists including the Brooklyn … Read More
Bobby Sanabria
An eight-time Grammy-nominee, Bobby Sanabria is a drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor, educator, activist, and bandleader. A native son of the South Bronx born to Puerto Rican parents, he has performed and … Read More
Jesse Rifkin
Jesse Rifkin is a New York-based music historian. He is the owner and sole operator of Walk on the Wild Side Tours NYC, a music walking tour company. His work … Read More
Reverend Billy
The character of Reverend Billy was developed in the mid-1990s by actor and playwright, William Talen. His chief collaborator was the Reverend Sidney Lanier, an Episcopalian minister in Hell’s Kitchen … Read More
Zora Rasmussen
Zora Rasmussen began her professional career in Detroit with the national touring company of Hair. Thereafter, she moved to New York City and became a regular on the cabaret scene in … Read More
Kenneth Radnofsky
Kenneth Radnofsky studied with Joseph Allard, Jeffrey Lerner and Duncan Hale, and has appeared as a soloist with leading orchestras, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus and New York Philharmonic under Kurt … Read More