MUSIC
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3*
8:00 PM

Quince Ensemble
Opera on Tap New Brew Series
Barbes
376 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn

$10 suggested donation
https://www.operaontap.org/newyork/

The Quince Ensemble (fresh from doing the vocals in John Adams's Grand Pianola Music with ICE last night) comprises four geographically dispersed singers well-known on the New Music scene, who have great chops and great taste.  The chops you'll have to trust me on.  But as for their taste, just look at a few of the composers on this wide-ranging program:  local fave Kate Soper, possible greatest living composer Kaija Saariaho, more-relevant-than-ever self-taught Italian playboy Giacinto Scelsi.  Another show to convince those doubters who think you can't just listen to New Music.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  You don't need to go anywhere other than Barbes itself for drinks (and if you see me there, I'll be happy to enter a Chilcano-drinking contest with you).  And speaking of Chilcanos, let's take that Peruvian thing further with a visit to Coco Roco for dinner.