Graphic Content: Feldman & Brown at 100 (St. Paul's at Columbia University)

Experience the pioneering sounds of the New York School through visionary performances that continue to reshape how we listen.
About this Event

Graphic Content: Feldman & Brown at 100
Free concerts with registration.

Oct. 20:
Oct. 22:

Graphic Content: Feldman & Brown at 100 is a citywide festival celebrating the centennial birthdays of New York School pioneers Morton Feldman and Earle Brown. Across seventeen concerts, talks, and special events, the festival brings together leading performers from the contemporary music community to explore two composers whose revolutionary ideas transformed the landscape of twentieth-century music.

Tuesday, October 20

Doors 5:00 PM • Music 6:00 PM

The Marginal Intersection Orchestra and Ekmeles perform large-ensemble works by Morton Feldman and Earle Brown alongside a new MATA-commissioned work by Steve Long

St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University,
New York, NY

One of the festival's signature events, this ambitious program brings together two landmark large-scale works by Morton Feldman and Earle Brown, revealing radically different approaches to musical architecture: Feldman's quiet, meticulously unfolding sound worlds and Brown's dynamic, open-form compositions shaped anew by each performance. Culminating in a world premiere by Steve Long, commissioned by MATA, the evening celebrates the enduring influence and continuing evolution of the New York School.

Thursday, October 22

Doors 5:00 PM • Music 6:00 PM

Works for voices, percussion, and harpsichord by Morton Feldman and Earle Brown

St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University,
New York, NY

This intimate evening explores the extraordinary palette of sound imagined by Morton Feldman and Earle Brown, where voices, percussion, and harpsichords become instruments of astonishing delicacy and color. Featuring a new work by Steve Long alongside rare masterpieces by both composers, the program celebrates timbre itself as a primary expressive force—a hallmark of the New York School's revolutionary aesthetic.

Additional performances and special events take place throughout New York City. Explore the complete festival schedule through these links:

• Roerich Museum
• Columbia University
• Mise-en-Place
• Loove Annex
• Yamaha Artist Services
• St. Michael's