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GINO SITSON- SAM NEWSOME DUO

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Vocalist Gino Sitson and soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome will collaborate to present an evening of vocal body percussion and innovative extended saxophone techniques. Expect a mesmerizing performance as these master improvisers effortlessly weave together a tapestry of African inspired rhythms, enchanting melodies and mind-bending textures that will leave your awestruck.

$20

ShapeShifter Lab Workshop & Jam Session – Hosted by John B Arnold > Presented by ShapeShifter Plus

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Wednesday, October 4, 2023   Workshop: 5:30pm - 6:15pm Jam Session: 6:30 - 8:30pm   Free Admission   Every Wednesday this October 2023, drummer and composer John B. Arnold will be hosting the jam session at ShapeShifter Lab from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.   5:30pm - 6:15pm John will lead a workshop covering many aspects of […]

Free

THE TWO OF US

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

RHIANNON & LAURENCE HOBGOOD voice and piano 7:30-8:30pm ET   with special guests: 8:30-9:00pm The Murmuration Project voice and body improvisation   $20 online advanced in-person tickets $25 in-person at door (online ticket sales closes 2 hours before set time) one ticket for both sets  

$20

Todd Horton and the return of D BOP and WHATSA

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

D BOP Todd Horton - trumpet & flügelhorn Erik Lawrence- tenor & soprano saxophones, flute Francis Jacob - guitar Stomu Takeishi - bass Aaron Comess - drums __________________ WHATSA Todd Horton - electrified trumpet & flügelhorn Erik Lawrence- tenor & soprano saxophones, flute Pat Daugherty - keyboards Teddy Kumpel - guitar Mamadou Ba - bass […]

$20

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Matt Garrison – Ravi Coltrane – Marcus Gilmore, Zack O’Farrill, Winnie Dahlgren and special guests

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

A Co - Presentation of ShapeShifter Plus and Belongó Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Matt Garrison - Ravi Coltrane - Marcus Gilmore, Zack O’Farrill, Winnie Dahlgren and special guests Saturday, Oct 14, Starting at 6:30PM ShapeShifter Lab, 837 Union Street, Brooklyn NY 11215   6:30pm - Ravi Coltrane, Matt Garrison, Marcus Gilmore 7:00 pm - […]

$25

Hadrien Feraud & Matt Garrison Live Interview/Workshop & Performance + Special Guests

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Monday, October 16, 2023 Doors: 5:30pm Hadrien + Matt Live Interview/Workshop: 6pm-7pm Hadrien Feraud & Matt Garrison + Special Guests Performance: 7:30pm-8:30pm In person Live Interview/Workshop: $15 In person Performance: $20 If you would like to attend both workshop and performance in person: $30 *Livestream of Workshop & Performance available in Matt Garrison App Exclusively

$20

ShapeShifter Lab Workshop & Jam Session – Hosted by John B Arnold > Presented by ShapeShifter Plus

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Wednesday, October 4, 2023   Workshop: 5:30pm - 6:15pm Jam Session: 6:30 - 8:30pm   Free Admission   Every Wednesday this October 2023, drummer and composer John B. Arnold will be hosting the jam session at ShapeShifter Lab from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.   5:30pm - 6:15pm John will lead a workshop covering many aspects of […]

Free

Stephen Philip Harvey – Sphinx Album Release Concert

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Stephen Philip Harvey – Tenor Sax/Pedals (@stephenpharvey | https://www.facebook.com/stephenpharveymusic) Connor Evans – Guitar (@connorevans) Sara Magnúsdóttir – Keys (@saramjollm) Adi Meyerson – Bass (@adibop) Lee Fish – Drums (@leefishmusic)

$20

Thomas Millioto’s Atelier

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Doors: 8:30pm Show: 9:00pm   Atelier is the premier collective for discerning musicians who love to practice their craft and perform. Under the music direction of Dr. Thomas Millioto, musicians in Atelier are guided and challenged in the rehearsal room, and on the stages of New York City.   The band FM channels the magic of FM […]

$20

LADJA – AN IMMERSIVE BALLET EXPERIENCE

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

LADJA - AN IMMERSIVE BALLET EXPERIENCE An Immersive Ballet Experience performed by BROOKLYNORCHESTRA featuring Yannick Lebrun composed and conducted by Olivier Glissant

$35

ChamberQUEER Presents BaroQUEER

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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. […]

$25

ShapeShifter Lab Workshop & Jam Session – Hosted by John B Arnold > Presented by ShapeShifter Plus

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Wednesday, October 4, 2023   Workshop: 5:30pm - 6:15pm Jam Session: 6:30 - 8:30pm   Free Admission   Every Wednesday this October 2023, drummer and composer John B. Arnold will be hosting the jam session at ShapeShifter Lab from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.   5:30pm - 6:15pm John will lead a workshop covering many aspects of […]

Free

Charlie Ballantine Quartet

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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 […]

$20

MESS And Logan Kane (Album Release) – Double Bill

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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 […]

$20

Will Ross Group Presents Landscapes

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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

$20

Berklee EPD (Electronic, Production and Design Department) An AES Afterparty

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Friday, October 27, 2023   Doors: 6:30pm Event: 7pm-11pm   On Friday, October 27th from 7-11pm: A night of performances by faculty from Berklee College of Music’s EPD (Electronic Production and Design) department.  These performances will feature cutting-edge music technology, including new digital instruments, modular synthesis, loop-based performances, and more.   Performers will include: Michael […]

Free

Magic, Murder, and Mayhem: An Operatic Halloween Spectaculathon!

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Gluten Free Opera Presents: Magic, Murder, and Mayhem: An Operatic Halloween Spectaculathon (Part I of our Deconstructing the Diva concert series) Gluten Free Opera has one mission: present excellent opera in a format accessible to all people of all ages. Our founding Halloween concert features some of the best ghost stories opera has to offer! […]

$20

Doom Dogs

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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. […]

$20

Maui Fire Disaster Relief Fund Benefit Concert 

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Isenberg's fascination with Wes Anderson’s films dates back to his adolescence. There is a "mixtape" aspect to a Wes Anderson playlist: an intimate collection of one's favorite songs. For his debut album The Way I Feel Inside: Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson, Isenberg reimagines as jazz compositions the music that helped to shape his […]

$20

ShapeShifter Halloween Party!!!

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Presented by ShapeShifter Plus at ShapeShifter Lab, 837 Union Street, we will be hosting a family-friendly Halloween Party and hope you can stop by!  It is free admission for all with fun games, music, specialty drinks, food, and more.

Free

Makrokosmos Orchestra

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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 […]

$20

Pentiment Live

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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)

$25

Pentiment Live

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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)

Event Series Fat Cats Open Workshop and Rehearsals

The Fat Cats Youth Orchestra Open Workshop and Rehearsals

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The Fat Cats Youth Orchestra Open Workshop and Rehearsals Weekly at ShapeShifter   Sparkling with the sound of young talent, The Fat Cats is a pre-professional youth orchestra. The group is composed of one big band and two small ensembles that perform Latin jazz and standard jazz pieces and showcase the finest young talent from […]

Free

The Great Blu Orb Show

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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

$20

Ben Sutin Quartet – Mr. Inevitable Pre-Release Show

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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 […]

$20

Flip City

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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, […]

$20

Yuhan Su Liberated Gesture Album Release Concert

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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, […]

$20

MARKO DJORDJEVIC & SVETI + ABSURD CONDITION DOUBLE BILL

ShapeShifter Lab 837 Union Street, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY, United States

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)

$20