BlackBox Ensemble at the Noguchi Museum, November 8, 2023. Photo by Don Stahl.

Upcoming Events

September 27-28, 2025 | Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Steinmetz Concert Hall, Orlando, FL
Assistant to Eric Jacobsen

ROSSINI William Tell Overture
GRIEG Piano Concert
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

October 23, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | Penn State University
State College, PA

Annie NIKUNEN All Mass is Interaction
Ileana PEREZ VELAZQUEZ Columnas de Luz
Alex BURTZOS A Better Mousetrap
Nathalie JOACHIM I’m Right Here
Baljinder SEKHON Divination
James DIAZ mil cuartos blancos en linea recta

November 8, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | George Washington University
Washington, D.C.

Annie NIKUNEN All Mass is Interaction
Heather STEBBINS and drift
Baldwin GIANG butterfly, posthumously
Douglas BOYCE Ovid in Tomis (world premiere)

November 14, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | University of Richmond Third Place Festival
Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, VA

Kelley SHEEHAN Nerve Shrouded Wire
Anthony CHEUNG Clocks for Seeing
Bekah SIMMS Stygian Pulse
Heather STEBBINS and drift
Benjamin BROENING New Work (world premiere)

December 5, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | National Sawdust
Brooklyn, NY

Anthony CHEUNG Clocks for Seeing
Misato MOCHIZUKI Suikinkutsu
Baldwin GIANG butterfly, posthumously
Baldwin GIANG Pipa Boy: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora (U.S. Premiere)

December 6, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | Bowerbird Concerts
University Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, PA

Annie NIKUNEN All Mass is Interaction
Ileana PEREZ VELAZQUEZ Columnas de Luz
Baldwin GIANG butterfly, posthumously
Nathalie JOACHIM I’m Right Here
Tania LEON In the Field
James DIAZ mil cuartos blancos en linea recta

January 8, 2026 | BlackBox Ensemble | Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, D.C.

Anthony CHEUNG Clocks for Seeing
Misato MOCHIZUKI Suikinkutsu
Tania LEON In the Field
Baldwin GIANG Pipa Boy: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora

Past highlights

July 11-12, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance
Chatham, NY

EASTMAN Femenine
in a new dance setting by Kyle Marshall Choreography

July 12, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance
Chatham, NY

Speculative Listening: The Sonic World of Julius Eastman
Co-curated by Isaac Jean-François

Hildegard von BINGEN quia ergo femina
EASTMAN Buddha
Peter Maxwell DAVIES Eight Songs for a Mad King (selections)
EASTMAN Joy Boy

May 11, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY

Speculative Listening: The Sonic World of Julius Eastman
Co-curated by Isaac Jean-François

Hildegard von BINGEN quia ergo femina
GRISEY Périodes
EASTMAN Buddha
EASTMAN Macle
Barbara KOLB Three Place Settings
EASTMAN Joy Boy

May 10, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | Bezaquen Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Dwight & Ursula Mamlok Prizewinners Concert
New York, NY

Ursula MAMLOK Die Laterne

May 9, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | CUNY Graduate Center
New York, NY

Unsuk CHIN Akrostichon-Wortspielgard von BINGEN: quia ergo femina
Amber Evans, Soprano

May 3, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | Bang on a Can LONG PLAY Festival
The Space at Irondale, Brooklyn, NY

Speculative Listening: The Sonic World of Julius Eastman
Co-curated by Isaac Jean-François

Hildegard von BINGEN quia ergo femina
GRISEY Périodes
EASTMAN Buddha
Barbara KOLB Three Place Settings
EASTMAN Joy Boy

April 17, 2025 | Divertimento Ensemble
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT

BERIO Naturale per viola, percussione e voce registrata
Francesco FIORENZANI From the Absence
Eric MAESTRI I asked Pennati what he has thought of Koh Tao (world premiere)
Ivan FEDELE Mixtim

March 5-7, 2025 | Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT
Research-led Performance: Music for Ensemble Around Pierre Boulez Workshop

BOULEZ Mémoriale
VARÉSE Octandre
WEBERN Symphony op. 21
Niccolò CASTIGLIONE Tropi

January 18, 2025 | BlackBox Ensemble | University of Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition
Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL

Residency with University of Chicago graduate composers

November 23, 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble | Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew
Brooklyn, NY

Anthony CHEUNG Enjamb, infuse, implode
Annie NIKUNEN All Mass is Interaction
Riley SPITZFADEN Afterimage from
Bekah SIMMS Stygian Pulse
James DIAZ mil cuartos en linea recta
Baljinder SEKHON Divination

October 19, 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble | Timucua Arts Foundation
Orlando, FL

Jessie COX Quantify
Brittany J. GREEN Shift.Unravel.BREAK
George LEWIS Arcades
James DIAZ mil cuartos blancos en linea recta

October 4, 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble | University of South Carolina Southern Exposure Series
Columbia, SC

THORVALDSDOTTIR
Annie NIKUNEN All Mass is Interaction
Angélica NEGRÓN Espacios, objectos, sonidos y tiempo
The Beatles/BERIO Michelle II
Tristan MURAIL Paludes
Baljinder SEKHON Divination (world premiere - commissioned for BlackBox Ensemble by the Southern Exposure Series)
The Beatles/BERIO Yesterday
inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA Form the Fabric
Electronic mosaics by Tyler NEIDERMAYER

May 24, 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble | Foundation des Etas-Unis
Paris, FR

Film premiere: The Sound of Space Between Us ica NEGRÓN Espacios, objectos, sonidos y tiempo
Annie Nikunen & Joelle Santiago, Choreographers
Peter Cheng, Liana Zhen-ai Kleinman, and Annie Nikunen, Dancers
Kevin Chui, Cinematography
Featuring works by Seth Cluett, Morton Feldman, Dai Fujikura, Annie Nikunen, and inti figgis-vizueta

February 14, 2024 | Divertimento Ensemble
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT

David Antúnez RODRÍGUEZ Son mis voces cantando para que no canten ellos
Antonio LA SPINA Efemeride II
Beat FURRER Cold and calm and moving
Enno POPPE Schrank

February 7-8, 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble | Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, D.C.

BlackBox performs a two-concert series at the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art including a reprise performance of Borrowed Landscape by tauchgold and Dai Fujikura.

February 7
Angélica NEGRÓN Espacios, objectos, sonidos y tiempo
Tristan MURAIL Paludes
Baldwin GIANG butterfly, posthumously
George LEWIS Arcades

February 8
Dai FUJIKUA Being As One
TAUCHGOLD/FUJIKURA Borrowed Landscape

January 20-21 2024 | BlackBox Ensemble 5th Anniverary Festival
Brooklyn, NY

January 20 | ShapeShifter Lab
Paul NOVAK Somatic Interludes
Bobby GE Pupil of Light
Jessica MEYER The dappled light just beyond her skin
Baldwin GIANG butterfly, posthumously
Yaz LANCASTER Gender Envy

After-Hours Concert - chamber works by Brittany J. GREEN, Nina SHEKHAR, SAARIAHO, Lucy McKNIGHT, Paul KEREKES, Yaz LANCASTER, and Tyler NEIDERMAYER

January 21 | Roulette Intermedium
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR
Tristan MURAIL Paludes
Angélica NEGRÓN Espacios, objectos, sonidos y tiempo
Seth CLUETT Interference is partial/afterimage
FELDMAN Dance Passage from Piano and String Quartet
Dai FUJIKUA Being As One (w/ choreography by Joelle Santiago)
Annie NIKUNEN The Sound of Space Between Us
With electronic soundscapes by Tyler NEIDERMAYER

November 8, 2023 | BlackBox Ensemble | Noguchi Museum
Queens, NY

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR
TAKEMITSU Rain Spell
inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA Form the Fabric
TAUCHGOLD/Dai FUJIKURA Borrowed Landscape (staged premiere)

November 8, 2023 | BlackBox Ensemble | Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, MA

The Sound of Space Between Us: a site-responsive music and dance performance.

Seth CLUETT Interference is partial/afterimage
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Spectra
Morton FELDMAN Dance Passage from Clarinet and String Quartet
Dai FUJIKURA Being As One
Annie NIKUNEN The Sound of Space Between Us
inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA Form the Fabric
Meg STUART Choreographic Exercises

Choreography by Annie Nikunen and Joelle Santiago
Annie Nikunen, Peter Cheng, and Liana Zhen-ai Kleinman, Dancers

September 11, 2023 | Divertimento Ensemble
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT

George BENJAMIN At First Light
LIGETI Piano Concerto
Maria Grazie Bellochio, Piano