MUSIC
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019
6:00 PM

International Contemporary Ensemble: Collecting George Lewis
The Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
111 Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side, Manhattan

Free (reservation recommended)
https://www.iceorg.org/events/2019/3/11/hhqfwyihvnr7ea73ws7glb8j2m4net

The fantastic International Contemporary Ensemble -- almost certainly the best New Music band in America -- puts on another one of its interactive shows at the Library showcasing the work of a contemporary composer and inviting audience response.  This time the composer is no less than George Lewis, whose work demonstrates that it's a complete waste of time to try to draw generic distinctions between AACM-style free jazz and contemporary classical.  But you knew that, right?

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Indie Food and Wine in the lobby of the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center:  remarkably cheap for how good it is, remarkably good for how cheap it is.