Festival composers and faculty from across the globe come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble. We are delighted to announce that this performance will include a brand-new work by Manuel Sosa, one of the June 2024 artists-in-residence at the world-famous Yaddo artist retreat in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Festival composers from across the globe come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble.

Ember Choral Arts and American Modern Ensemble join forces to present an evening of music for choir and instrumentalists (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion). This concert features conductor Deborah Simpkin King and features Robert Paterson’s Listen, a new work about climate change, commissioned by Ember Choral Arts, and Look To The Sky, a new work commemorating 9/11, commissioned by the New York Choral Consortium.

Ember Choral Arts and American Modern Ensemble join forces to present an evening of music for choir and instrumentalists (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion). This concert features conductor Deborah Simpkin King and features Robert Paterson’s Listen, a new work about climate change, commissioned by Ember Choral Arts, and Look To The Sky, a new work commemorating 9/11, commissioned by the New York Choral Consortium.

Festival composers and faculty from all over the United States and abroad, come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres, featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble.

Festival composers and faculty from all over the United States and abroad, come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres, featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble.

Mostly Modern Projects & Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival present American Modern Ensemble, with performances of Victoria Bond’s How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct, Herschel Garfein’s King of the River with text by Stanley Kunitz, and Robert Paterson’s The Companion, libretto by David Cote.

Join us in celebrating Victoria Paterson’s 50th birthday with Tintinnabuli, an evening of music inspired by the sounds of bells, with works by Palestrina, Arvo Pärt, and Robert Paterson. Buy Tickets Here.

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

Join Mostly Modern Projects and American Modern Ensemble for an entertaining evening of live music for soprano, violin, and piano, featuring Cree Carrico, soprano, Victoria Paterson on violin, and Blair McMillen on piano, and music by Andrew Gerle, David Lang, Missy Mazzoli, Robert Paterson, and others.

World premiere chamber ensemble version of the song cycle In Real Life II, featuring Jorell Williams, baritone, with In Real Life I (formerly In Real Life), featuring Marnie Breckenridge, soprano, both written by Robert Paterson, with words by David Cote.

World premiere chamber ensemble version of the song cycle In Real Life II, featuring Jorell Williams, baritone, with In Real Life I (formerly In Real Life), featuring Marnie Breckenridge, soprano, both written by Robert Paterson, with words by David Cote.

AME returns to SubCulture, one of our favorite venues in New York City, with a program of selected works from our inaugural concerts at the Mostly Modern Festival.

Works by Hannah Lash, Robert Paterson, William Anderson, Grayson Jarvis, Timothy Kiah, Katie Madonna Lee, Kevin McCarter, John McCarthy, Joseph Rebman, Ari Sussman, and Gregg Welcher.

Works by Stephen Cabell, Robert Paterson, John Patitucci, Kyle Brown, Kenneth Eggert, William Hawkins, Suzanne Kosowitz, Chris Meiner, Timothy Lee Miller, Marlene Radice, and Daniel Slatkin.

An evening of vocal music featuring the music of Robert Paterson, including In Real Life, Batter's Box, Crossing the Hudson, and three world premieres: Night Songs, CAPTCHA (version for mezzo soprano and piano), and Spring Songs.

Join us from 5:00-8:00 PM for Trios of Glass, Torke, Paterson, Bernstein and more!

Join us from 5:00-8:00 PM for Trios of Glass, Torke, Paterson, Bernstein and more!

AME Trio performs music by Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, Scott Joplin, Robert Paterson, and more. 

Three Comic Operas about Craving and Connection

Three Comic Operas about Craving and Connection