Open Call Program

Experience the fusion of music and dance history! BaroQUEER at ShapeShifter Lab explores how dance forms influenced classical music, past and present. Rediscover "historically informed performance" and its connection to French and English country dances, extending to the disco-inspired creations. Enjoy an eclectic repertoire featuring Charpentier, Julius Eastman, Cullen O’Neil, Corelli, Wainwright, Piazzolla, and more. […]

Charlie Ballantine - Guitar Zach Lapidus  - Piano Vinnie Sperazza - Drums Peter Brendler - Bass   Charlie Ballantine brings his new quartet. This project features all new and unreleased original music recently recorded at the Bunker Studio in Brooklyn NY with Jon Cowherd, Rudy Royston, and Tony Scherr. “In the vein of fellow guitarists […]

7pm Logan Kane 8pm MESS MESS- Daniel Rossi- Drums/Compositions Noam Borns- Keys Andre Saxalcot- Sax Nick Saia- Guitar Dave Strawn- Guitar/Bass Logan Kane - Bass Logan Kane Quartet- Logan Kane - Bass Jon Elbaz- Piano JK Kim - Drums Nicole McCabe- Sax Daniel Rossi’s MESS is an ever evolving experiment. They have one self titled […]

Oct 26, 2023 9:30pm   Wallace Roney Jr. – Trumpet Cole Lumpkin – Keyboards Adriel Vincent Brown – Drums Jeremy Smith – Percussion Paul Cuffari – Bass

Oct 28, 2023 7PM Reeves Gabrels; guitars, Jonathan Kane; drums, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells; basses and electronics Doom Dogs is an improvising trio that got its start in the turbulent heart of NYC, flourishing amidst the incredibly active and culturally rich epoch known as 'The Downtown Scene' where we played The Knit V1, 2 and 3. […]

Nov 3, 2023 8 p.m. $20 The Makrokosmos Orchestra presents an evening of dynamic, genre-defying large-ensemble compositions by Tim O'Dell and Richard Nelson featuring some of New York’s finest players. Works on this adventurous program include the premiere of O'Dell's Gratitude (for Wayne Shorter) and a preview of Dissolve and Cohere from Nelson's upcoming album […]

Alkemie Tracy Cowart (voice, harps, percussion) Sian Ricketts (voice, recorders, douçaines, shawm) David McCormick (vielle) Niccolo Seligmann (vielles, viola da gamba, kantele, scheitholt, percussion) Ben Matus (voice, bagpipes, dulcian) joined by: Jim Hopkins (synthesizer) Loren Ludwig (viols, percussion) Oliver Weston (viola da gamba) Charles Mueller (technical director)

Bob Dee’s Cosmosis Bob Dee – Guitar Michael Bates – Bass Greg Joseph – Drums live stream link coming soon:  $10.00

Nov 7, 2023 6pm $20 Ben Sutin - violin, Ben Rosenblum - piano/accordion, Chris Tordini - bass, Johnathan Blake - drums About "Mr. Inevitable" A collection of compositions that expresses the peaks and valleys of life through music, each song depicting various tropes of the collective human experience. Representing each song is a collage of […]

David Aaron-saxophones Nick Panoutsos-bass Dave Gould-drums & toys   Website: www.shortmemory.org/flip–city/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/shortmemoryrecords/ Bandcamp: https://davidaaron4.bandcamp.com/   Short IG video clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxN61wjgyCY/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== Longer video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Z3VMyVv9o   Led by Canadian-born saxophonist, David Henry Aaron, Flip City has been playing around the NYC scenes since 1996.  David regularly works as a freelance saxophonist in all genres, as well as a teacher, composer, […]

Show time at  8:00 pm doors at 7:30 pm   Yuhan Su / Vibraphone. Compositions Caroline Davis / Saxophone Matt Mitchell / Piano Marty Kenney / Bass Dan Weiss / Drums   ‘Like the best fiction, it’s entirely enveloping’ - Downbeat Magazine. Recent nominee for the DownBeat Critics Poll in the category “Rising Star” of Vibraphone, […]

MARKO DJORDJEVIC & SVETI 7PM Marko Djordjevic - drums and compositions Justin Salisbury - piano and keys Ksenia Vasileva - el. bass   ABSURD CONDITION 8PM Chris Savarino (Drums) Tim Barnard (Guitar) Ethan Emery (Bass)

Griffin Woodard - bass clarinet Daniel Spearman- trumpet Cameron Campbell - piano Miles Gilbert - bass Hugh Kline - drums   The Griffin Woodard Quintet is a highly skilled band of young musicians connecting with audiences through individual and collaborative artistic expression. The quintet faithfully integrates each member's distinctive voice into a radiant, melodic tapestry. The […]

The Summer Children is a captivating folk band led by the talented singer-songwriter and guitar player, Aayushi Karnik. Aayushi's journey from India to the United States to pursue an education at the prestigious Juilliard School's Undergraduate Program for Jazz Guitar showcases her dedication to musical growth and exploration. With her band, she aspires to blend the heartfelt […]

Technology And Bones is the solo project of bass trombone player Alix Tucou. “Technology And Bones is a music project that mixes sounds from everyday life, music production and improvisation with my main instrument, the bass trombone…a kind of crossroad between pure Music composition and sound design with the will to make any listener dive […]

Telos Consort presents an exciting evening of new works for our unique instrumentation, including compositions by ensemble members Cole Reyes, Thomas Giles, Kyle Landry, and Jules Biber. The Consort is a group of creatives reimagining the concert experience through the performance of works by living composers. We create an environment for the avid concert-goer and […]

Kendall Perry – piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal harmonies Magda Kress – bass Caro Moore – drums Annie Blythe – cello Dave Klodowski – piano Lily Ali-Oshatz – vocal harmonies ---------------------------------------- $20 online advance (Closed) $25 at door ---------------------------------------- An Ocean of Becoming is a retrospective of Kendall Perry’s transportive instrumental works spanning over […]

doors 6:30 pm show: 7 pm Sam Blakeslee - compositions/arrangements Erica Seguine - conductor Dave Pietro, Brian Krock, Joseph Herbst, John Lowery, Andrew Gutauskas - woodwinds John Lake, David Neves, Jonathan Saraga, David Adewumi - trumpets Sam Blakeslee, Nick Vayenas, John Yao, Jennifer Wharton - trombones Olli Hirvonen - guitar Martha Kato - piano Matt […]

The accomplished young groove maker has hosted his annual birthday celebration, which features an exciting mix of music veterans, as well as, up and coming performers, at Shapeshifter since he turned 10 years old. This year, Gilberto’s special guests include bassist Lonnie Plaxico, saxophonist Jay Rodriguez, pianist Ben Stivers and a host of Gilberto’s talented […]

Bolide is a modern jazz group that features world-class established veteran musicians from NYC. Current and past members include Nitzan Gavrielli, Russ Lossing- keyboards, Matt Maneri- viola, Ed Schuller, Jerome Harris Bass, Chris Bacas - saxes, and Pete Davenport - drums. Bolide has recorded two CDs, Bolide and Times Like These, which showcase the compositions […]

Woven lines, soundscapes, psycho-emotional excursions as navigated by a quartet of guitar, bass, double bass, and percussion. Double Night Wave draws on the improvising imaginations of Josh Scott, Lim Yang, Yuko Togami, and Paul Steven Ray with musical backgrounds covering a broad spectrum that includes Free Jazz, Experimental Noise, Grind Core, Mainstream Jazz, Psychedelic Post Rock, […]

FM: Drums (Mark Gaffney), Bass (Ken Gleason), Guitar (Christian Hurtado), Lead Singer/Guitar (Steve Gilliatt), Guitar and Music Direction (Thomas Millioto)  Platinum: Lead Singer/Guitar (Michael Pesola)  Drums (Bob Donigan), Guitar 1 (John Jasilli), Guitar 2 (Kyle McGaffey), Bass (Michael Abitbol), Drums (Special Celebrity Guest Gus Morgan, a.k.a. Destroy), Piano, Violin and background vocals Special Celebrity Guest […]

Annie Chen – voice, compositions Alex LoRe – saxophone, flute, bass clarinet Fung Chern Hwei – violin, viola Marius Duboule – guitar Jacob Sacks – piano Jeong Lim Yang – bass Satoshi Takeishi – drums   Annie Chen Guardians is a new project born in 2022, a septet of jazz and improvised music featuring some […]

As the grandson of great American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, drummer, bandleader, and composer John B. Arnold grew up in the legacy of jazz tradition. For him, music is a gift that is given from one generation to the next. With that gift comes a responsibility to offer younger musicians the opportunity to hone their craft […]

Marko Djordjevic & Sveti 7:30 PM Marko Djordjevic - drums and compositions Justin Salisbury - piano and keys Ksenia Vasileva - el. bass For over two decades, SVETI has been the creative outlet for one of the most impressive and innovative drummers in the world today, the Serbian-born New York resident Marko Djordjevic (pronounced Georgevich). […]