About
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Our programs highlight emerging and underrepresented composers, musicians, and sound artists, while also offering high-quality performances of both new and historical works to our local community. Founded in 2014, MISE-EN_PLACE moved from Bushwick to Greenpoint, Brooklyn in December 2019. In 2025, we are excited to announce our relocation to Harlem, one of Manhattan’s most vibrant neighborhoods, and are currently in the process of renovating our new space.
Each season, MISE-EN_PLACE hosts multiple concert series and an international music festival. Our facilities also provide low-cost equipment rentals and rehearsal space, as well as public event space (for lectures, workshops, film screenings, and other community events).
Subsidized Space
With New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)’s generous support, MISE-EN_PLACE is pleased to offer $10/hour subsidized rehearsal space to all eligible New York State artists and musicians. To book space at the $10/hour subsidized rate, please contact us directly with details of your project at rentals@mise-en.org.
This subsidized rehearsal space program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Upcoming
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August 28, 2025, 4P, ACO Compose Yourself Reading
Compose Yourself provides advanced in-school and out-of-school composition classes to high school age musicians interested in exploring music composition on a deeper level. Join us for a reading on August 28th at 4:00 pm.
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August 29, 2025, 7:30P, ACOUSTIC+ | Josh Perry & Yumi Suehiro
Through the ACOUSTIC+ series, percussionist Josh Perry and pianist Yumi Suehiro explore the diverse sonic possibilities of contemporary music—from traditional acoustic instruments to cutting-edge technologies. Yumi Suehiro, a pianist and marimbist born in Osaka, Japan, began her musical studies at age six and quickly rose to national prominence. She has won multiple awards, including first…
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September 5, 2025, 7:30P, GORDON BEEFERMAN – DUETS
We’re thrilled to welcome Gordon Beeferman back to MISE-EN_PLACE! This time, he’ll be joined by an incredible lineup of longtime collaborators: Gordon first performed at MISE-EN_PLACE during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was a truly unforgettable evening. We’re so excited to have him return for another unique performance. Watch his previous performance here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziaPKMpLRG0 GORDON BEEFERMAN…
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September 12, 2025, 7:30P, Neil Rolnick | So Not A Sonata
Concert Featuring Tessa Brinckman, Kathleen Supové, and Neil Rolnick Join us for an evening of boundary-pushing music with flutist Tessa Brinckman, pianist Kathleen Supové, and composer/performer Neil Rolnick on laptop. The program brings together bold acoustic playing and dynamic live electronics in a set of works that span decades of innovation. The evening will include…
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September 14, 2025, 4P, Young Sounds Collaborative | Maja Cerar & Douglas Geers (session one)
Young Sounds Collaborative Creative workshops for kids and caregivers. Duration: 90 minutes each Description: In these workshops, kids aged 10-15will be guided through techniques for improvised performance using musical instruments, sensors, and movement. Instructors will offer creative tools and techniques for children to choose and perform with, and then the group will cooperatively create new…
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September 20, 2025, 7P, Telos Consort
We’re thrilled to welcome Telos Consort to MISE-EN_PLACE in Harlem! Telos Consort is a collective of forward-thinking musicians dedicated to reimagining the concert experience through the performance of works by living composers. Their mission is to create an inclusive, inviting space for both seasoned concertgoers and those new to contemporary music—challenging the often-exclusive traditions of…
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September 21, 2025, 4P, Young Sounds Collaborative | Maja Cerar & Douglas Geers (session Two)
Young Sounds Collaborative Creative workshops for kids and caregivers. Duration: 90 minutes each Description: In these workshops, kids aged 10-15will be guided through techniques for improvised performance using musical instruments, sensors, and movement. Instructors will offer creative tools and techniques for children to choose and perform with, and then the group will cooperatively create new…
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September 28, 2025, 4P, The Geometry of Resonance | Bellerue, Faylor, Tammen, Nagai
This evening explores the body of the grand piano, becoming a resonant chamber rather than a source, shaped by material, frequency and form. The result is an unfolding of sympathetic tones, subtle harmonics, and long feedback tones transforming the piano to an elegant geometry of waves. “Damned Piano” is Bob Bellerue’s feedback project for grand…
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October 5, 2025, 3P, New Thread Quartet | Explorations V.8: Soundblock
New Thread Quartet performs Explorations V.8: Soundblocks. The evening includes music by Marilyn Shrude, Hannah Kendall, Georg Friedrich Haas, James Tenney, and world premiere by Hong-Da Chin.
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October 11, 2025, 7:30P, Future Sonic Imagery | Rowland, Schedel, Gitlin
Jess Rowland, Margaret Schedel, and Dan Gitlin present an evening of experimental sound, tactile electronics, and sonic imagery. The program includes Rowland’s Sound Tapestries—a sculptural loudspeaker work reprised from the 2025 Mise-En Music Festival—alongside new compositions exploring feedback, spatial sound, and the poetics of circuitry. Framed loosely under the idea of Future Sonic Imagery, the…
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October 18, 2025, 8P, Unheard-of Dialogues//Trios
Unheard-of Dialogues//TriosUnheard-of explore a brief history of trios for clarinet, violin, and cello from first major works like Messiaen’s “Intermède” from Quartet for the End of Time and Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto a Tre, to recently written works including Meg Okura’s Phantasmagoria and Du Yun’s dreams – bend. Unheard-of is joined by Sputter Box, performing a…
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October 26, 2025, 4P, counter)induction
On October 26, 2025, counter)induction presents an evening of compelling contemporary chamber music exploring the full spectrum of human experience through sound. The program opens with Alvin Singleton’s deeply moving “Jasper Drag” for piano, cello, and violin—a profound meditation on collective memory inscribed to James Byrd, Jr., while Suzanne Sorkin’s “Swept” features darting clarinet lines…
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November 7, 2025, 7:30P, SOLOIST | Josh Perry
We’re thrilled to welcome Josh for a solo concert as part of our Soloist Series. This exciting program features four new and recent works for percussion, each created in close collaboration with the composers. Interwoven with live and fixed electronic elements, the concert showcases a set of uniquely crafted pieces—each exploring a distinct sonic world…
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November 14, 2025, 7:30P, breath-activated futures | Dafna Naphtali
Dafna Naphtali with new works and interactive settings for voice, piano, brass, reeds, strings and electronics with live sound processing. With Jen Baker (trombone), Gordon Beeferman (piano), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Dafna Naphtali (voice, electronics, guitar) and others tba. DAFNA NAPHTALI is a sound-artist, vocalist, electronic musician and guitarist. A performer and composer of experimental, contemporary…
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November 23, 2025, 5P, Piano+#48
Piano+ #48 A concert series dedicated to new and rarely heard music.An intimate listening experience. A space for sharing sounds. A place for open minds and ears. Join us for an evening of music by James Tenney, Gabriela Areal, Hollas Longton, Mark R Taylor, and Teodora Stepančić, performed by LCollective: Katie Porter (clarinet)Erin Rogers (saxophone)Amanda…