Ghost Train Orchestra: CITIES
Schedule
Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Roulette Brooklyn | Manhattan, NY
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Friday Nov 7, 2025Ghost Train Orchestra: CITIES
Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY
7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show
Tickets:
https://roulette.org/event/ghost-train-orchestra-cities/
This show is the premiere of new music composed by Ghost Train Orchestra and inspired by cities around the world. The show features a large-scale production of a music travelogue, with bold new compositions evoking a sense of place, culture, and mood with accompanying visuals.
Ghost Train Orchestra is a large ensemble based in Brooklyn and founded by Brian Carpenter in 2006. The group is known for their unique re-imaginings of under-appreciated and often obscure composers. They have released six albums, each one critically acclaimed for its originality and vision.
In 2023, Ghost Train Orchestra released Songs and Symphoniques, a collaboration with Kronos Quartet reimagining the music of Louis Hardin aka Moondog, the NYC street performer and poet who wrote hundreds of beautiful and haunting madrigals and symphonies. The album won the German Record Critics 2024 Annual Award presented to ten outstanding music and spoken word productions. The following year, legendary musician David Byrne collaborated with Ghost Train Orchestra and producer Kid Harpoon to arrange and record twelve new songs for the record Who Is the Sky? released in September 2025.
Composers: Brian Carpenter, Curtis Hasselbring, Andy Laster, Dennis Lichtman, Katie Kresek, Rob Garcia, Matt Bauder, and Chris Lightcap.
Brian Carpenter trumpet, musical director
Curtis Hasselbring trombone
Andy Laster alto saxophone, flute
Matt Bauder reeds
Peter Hess clarinet
Sara Schoenbeck bassoon
Avi Bortnick guitar
Sara Caswell violin
Katie Kresek violin
Emily Bookwalter viola
Alex Waterman cello
Ben Stapp tuba
Chris Lightcap bass
Rob Garcia drums
David Cossin percussion
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Roulette Brooklyn, 426 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024-5846, United States, ManhattanEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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