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Lily White Quintet—Daughter of Fortune

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

Lily White –Saxophone Rob Garcia-Drums Bennett Paster—Piano David Smith-Trumpet Jim Whitney—bass   This is the album release celebration of “Daughter of Fortune,” by Lily White.  Original compositions by Lily White (one by Jim Whitney). 

$20.00

Mercer Patterson Quintet: Lost Eyes

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

Mercer Patterson, Piano/Keyboard Gavin Grey, Bass Matthias Meyer, Drums Eli Heinen, Trombone Connor Hoyt, Saxophone Mercer Patterson is a composer/pianist based in NYC. Performing in a number of different styles, Mercer has had the opportunity to play at numerous venues in both NYC and Michigan, including the Detroit Jazz Festival, the Jazz Gallery, National Sawdust, the […]

$20.00

One Hour Raga with Sitar and Tabla

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

"How does the raga behave? We don’t treat it as a fixed structure of notes. It has a soul. It comes to power, you watch it flourish. So then, we start developing. There’s a rhythmic section, but still with no percussion. We develop it, and then play with the tabla a cycle of maybe sixteen […]

$20.00

Bowery Jazz Messengers Open Rehearsal

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

The Bowery Jazz Messengers is a NYC band and charity that plays at The Bowery Mission in New York City, and other venues in the Greater New York area, where its music helps inspire anyone experiencing homelessness or poverty. The Bowery Jazz Messengers received 501C3 status in NYS in July of 2020 and also provides […]

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

Why Can’t I Be Beautiful Like You

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

J. A. Granelli -  Solo electric bass, Compositions, effects. Colin Mackenzie - Video images and projections Why Can't I Be Beautiful Like You is an hour long multimedia piece built around the music of J .A. Granelli and the video projections of Colin MacKEnzie. What began as an online collaboration is now a live experience that […]

$20.00

Winter Mondays Baby Class with Debbie Brukman 10:30am

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

Join Debbie in the beautiful ShapeShifter Lab on Union Street with her happy music for grooving with her guitar, scarves, parachute, and drums! Babies will discover, groove, and make some friends while adults can feel community while engaging with your child. Debbie is a local mom with two decades of singing for our neighborhood kids.

Winter Mondays Baby Class with Debbie Brukman 12pm

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

Join Debbie in the beautiful ShapeShifter Lab on Union Street with her happy music for grooving with her guitar, scarves, parachute, and drums! Babies will discover, groove, and make some friends while adults can feel community while engaging with your child. Debbie is a local mom with two decades of singing for our neighborhood kids.

Michele Romeo Quartet

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

Piero Alessi - Drums Carlo De Biaggio - Electric Bass Justin Salisbury - Keys Michele Romeo - Electric Guitar Italy born-and-raised and NYC-based guitar player, producer and composer Michele Romeo has always had a fine hear for music since an early age. When he was only 4 years old, his parents gifted him a present […]

$20.00

Wednesday Workshop + Jam Sessions Hosted by Andrew Cheng

Andrew Cheng (guitar) will be hosting this week's Jam Session. Come join! Andrew Cheng is a versatile guitarist and composer, hailing from the island of Borneo in Malaysia. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, where he studied with great educators such as Mick Goodrick, he moved shortly to New York City and has since […]

Workshop & Jam Sessions Hosted by Andrew Cheng

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

Wednesday. 12-12:45pm Workshop, 1-3pm   Workshop & Jam Session Hosted by Andrew Cheng @ShapeShifterLab Wednesday, March 13, 2024 12-12:45 pm Workshop: Jam Session Ideas/Approaches All Experience levels welcome! FREE! 1-3pm Jam Session bio: Andrew Cheng is a versatile guitarist and composer, hailing from the island of Borneo in Malaysia. A graduate of Berklee College of […]

Eden Har-Gil Quartet – Single Release Show

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

Eden Har-Gil - Drums Teresa Sanchez - Upright Bass Itay Goldberg - Alto Saxophone Noam Shapira - Tenor Saxophone In the heart of Brooklyn's vibrant music scene, ShapeShifter Lab prepares to host the much-anticipated debut performance of the Eden Har-Gil Quartet. Comprising Eden Har-Gil on drums, Teresa Sanchez on upright bass, Itay Goldberg on Alto Saxophone, and […]

$20.00

Anthony Muthurajah Quartet

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

Rez Abbasi - Guitar Chris Carroll - Drums Rahul Carlberg - Piano/Keyboards Making his debut as a band leader in NYC, Anthony Muthurajah is no stranger to bass players from all over the world. Having recently moved to the United States from Dubai, U.A.E, he is currently in the works of doing his 3rd record, […]

$20.00

Bilingual Kids’ Concert with 123 Andrés

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

As seen on PBS KIDS and numerous platforms… 2024 GRAMMY Winner for Best Children’s Album 123 Andrés is back in Brooklyn coming to @shapeshifterlab!!!! 💫 They’re bringing their high-energy interactive show, en inglés y en español to get the whole family, laughing and moving. 🎸 Right on Park Slope! Their concert is packed with movimiento […]

$15.00

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

Winter Mondays Baby Class with Debbie Brukman 10:30am

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

Join Debbie in the beautiful ShapeShifter Lab on Union Street with her happy music for grooving with her guitar, scarves, parachute, and drums! Babies will discover, groove, and make some friends while adults can feel community while engaging with your child. Debbie is a local mom with two decades of singing for our neighborhood kids.

Winter Mondays Baby Class with Debbie Brukman 12pm

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

Join Debbie in the beautiful ShapeShifter Lab on Union Street with her happy music for grooving with her guitar, scarves, parachute, and drums! Babies will discover, groove, and make some friends while adults can feel community while engaging with your child. Debbie is a local mom with two decades of singing for our neighborhood kids.

Workshops & Jam Sessions Hosted by Matt Garrison

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

Wednesdays. 12-12:45pm Workshop, 1-3pm   Workshops & Jam Sessions Hosted by Matt Garrison @ShapeShifterLab Every Wednesday in April, 2024 12-12:45 pm Workshop: Jam Session Ideas/Approaches Matt will discuss how the Jam Sessions he hosts can and will be approached. He will discuss: Songs, Forms, Improvisation, Dynamics, Tempos, Feel, Genres, Technique, Emotional State and other important topics […]

InfraPop! Vol. 2

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

As NYC's premiere avant-pop cover band, InfraSound’s InfraPop! Orchestra fuses popular music with the exceptional skills of NYC’s emerging musicians. With the mesmerizing voices of Ri Tornello and Luke Paulino accompanied by winds, strings, harp, piano, and drums, we curate a mosaic of covers and arrangements from iconic artists such as Britney Spears, Björk, Joanna Newsom, Owen Pallett, Joni […]

The Sway Machinery – Purim Spectacle

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

General Admission - $20 At The Door In Costume - $15 Join The Sway Machinery for a night of music and reversal...one night only theatrical experience featuring randomly selected members of the audience (by consent only!!!)... “This unclassifiable, uplifting band is led by the singer and guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood, the grandson of the renowned cantor […]

$20.00

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

Winter Mondays Baby Class with Debbie Brukman 10:30am

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

Join Debbie in the beautiful ShapeShifter Lab on Union Street with her happy music for grooving with her guitar, scarves, parachute, and drums! Babies will discover, groove, and make some friends while adults can feel community while engaging with your child. Debbie is a local mom with two decades of singing for our neighborhood kids.

Winter Mondays Baby Class with Debbie Brukman 12pm

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

Join Debbie in the beautiful ShapeShifter Lab on Union Street with her happy music for grooving with her guitar, scarves, parachute, and drums! Babies will discover, groove, and make some friends while adults can feel community while engaging with your child. Debbie is a local mom with two decades of singing for our neighborhood kids.

Regional Samaúma and Toomai Quintet: A Brazilian Portrait 

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

Toomai Violin: Alex Fortes and Emilie-Anne Gendron Viola: George Meyer Cello: Hamilton Berry Double Bass: Andrew Roitstein Regional Samaúma Fernanda Silveira: Cavaquinho Fabio Oliveira: Percussion Vitor Sampaio: Guitar Grant Zilkowski: Mandolin* *Special Guest The Regional Samaúma, a choro and samba group based in New York, is teaming up with the award-winning Toomai String Quintet to […]

$20.00

Nick Balaban & The Lucky Otters

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

Kevin Batchelor — trumpet, singing, piano J. Walter Hawkes — trombone, singing, ukulele, piano J Granelli — bass Diego Voglino — drums Nick Balaban — singing, piano, bari ukulele While informed by several genres — jazz, country, r&b, rock, funk, bossa nova, pop and more — Nick Balaban & The Lucky Otters is singer/songwriter music […]

$20.00

Winter Tuesdays Baby Class with Debbie Brukman

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

Join Debbie in the beautiful ShapeShifter Lab on Union Street with her happy music for grooving with her guitar, scarves, parachute, and drums! Babies will discover, groove, and make some friends while adults can feel community while engaging with your child. Debbie is a local mom with two decades of singing for our neighborhood kids.

Workshops & Jam Sessions Hosted by Matt Garrison

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

Wednesdays. 12-12:45pm Workshop, 1-3pm   Workshops & Jam Sessions Hosted by Matt Garrison @ShapeShifterLab Every Wednesday in April, 2024 12-12:45 pm Workshop: Jam Session Ideas/Approaches Matt will discuss how the Jam Sessions he hosts can and will be approached. He will discuss: Songs, Forms, Improvisation, Dynamics, Tempos, Feel, Genres, Technique, Emotional State and other important topics […]

PinkNoise: Shivers on Speed

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

Please note: Tickets are on a Pay-What-You-Can basis. Doors at 6:30pm Show at 7pm Johnna Wu, violin Simon Kanzler, electronics Roberta Michel, flute Kaichi Hirayama, clarinet Iva Casian Lakos, cello Chi Wei Lo, piano Concert Program Scott Miller - Brightly Drawn for violin, cello, and electronics Victoria Cheah - Hard columns you within for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone, […]

$5.00 – $30.00

Scheidt/Perry/Anderson/Scott

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

Holger Scheidt - upright bass Rich Perry - tenor saxophone Nick Anderson - drums Dave Scott - trumpet FREE EVENT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1S9h1VrBNw This quartet lead by the German bass player Holger Scheidt performs three-part composition and improvisation with drums. „…lithely dovetailing horn parts… Scheidt´s unfussy themes and spare but effective arrangements… lend… an overall unity of […]

Mr. Evan V – Let Us Rock Album Release Party

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

Let Us Rock is signature Mr. Evan V : High energy, extraordinary musicianship, positive vibes, & an inclusive dance concert experience. It’s all about letting loose & having fun! On this new album he accomplishes just that. Let Us Rock is filled with songs that will take you and your kids on a journey of […]

$15.00