Bergamot Quartet Extended Feat. Stephani Bondari
The November installment of Bergamot Quartet's monthly series, featuring Stephani Bondari
Bergamot Quartet Extended: Stephani Bondari
Join Bergamot Quartet for the third edition of our fall BQE season, hosted by the wonderful Threes Brewing in Gowanus! On Sunday, November 15, Stephani Bondari joins us as our featured guest.
Doors at 7:30; tickets are $18 at the door.
The music at Threes Brewing is upstairs; grab a drink and come on up!
Bergamot Quartet Extended Feat. Keir Gogwilt
The December installment of Bergamot Quartet's monthly series, featuring Keir Gogwilt
Bergamot Quartet Extended: Keir Gogwilt
Join Bergamot Quartet for the third edition of our fall BQE season, hosted by the wonderful Threes Brewing in Gowanus! On Sunday, December 7th, Keir Gogwilt joins us as our featured guest.
Doors at 7:30; tickets are $18 at the door.
The music at Threes Brewing is upstairs; grab a drink and come on up!
Bergamot Quartet performs PSK
Bergamot will be performing New works on Hardanger Quartet by Princeton doctoral students
Bergamot Quartet Extended Feat. Damsel
The October installment of Bergamot Quartet's monthly series, featuring Damsel
Bergamot Quartet Extended: Damsel
Join Bergamot Quartet for the second edition of our fall BQE season, hosted by the wonderful Threes Brewing in Gowanus! On Sunday, October 25th, Damsel joins us as our featured guest.
Doors at 7:30; tickets are $18 at the door.
The music at Threes Brewing is upstairs; grab a drink and come on up!
Bergamot Quartet Extended Feat. Ledah Finck
The September installment of Bergamot Quartet's monthly series, featuring our very own Ledah Finck
Bergamot Quartet Extended: Ledah Finck
Join Bergamot Quartet for the first edition of our Fall BQE season, hosted by the wonderful Threes Brewing in Gowanus! On Sunday, September 13th. Ledah Finck joins us as our guest! Doors at 7:30; tickets are $18 at the door.
The music at Threes Brewing is upstairs; grab a drink and come on up!
Arts Letters and Numbers | Creative Music Institute
Creative Music Intensive (CMI) is a two-week in-person program that will be held from August 1–16, 2026, at Arts Letters & Numbers. The program is open to musicians working in any genre. Participants will be immersed in the creative process of making and performing music, exploring new approaches, and developing individual and collaborative works as creative artists.
This unique program will be directed and led by composer Reiko Fueting, Professor of Composition and Dean of Academic Core/Head of Composition and Contemporary Performance Program at Manhattan School of Music (MSM). Additional faculty include composer Jason Eckardt, Professor of Composition at CUNY, composer and saxophonist Erin Rogers, Co-Director of the Contemporary Performance Program at MSM, violinist and composer Ledah Finck, and guest composer and CMI founder Michael Harrison. Participants will have the chance to work with one of the ensembles-in-residence, Bergamot Quartet and Popebema. Activities include private lessons, classes, seminars, workshops, performances, performance projects, as well as potential collaborations with participants in Bill Morrison’s concurrent filmmaking intensive (first week only) and other programs at ALN.
Topics to be covered during group and private classes include composition, improvisation, and performance, as well as developing interdisciplinary work and collaborations. Please see the program breakdown page for details. Participants are encouraged to come with creative projects they want to develop. There are spaces to work, and opportunities to collaborate, present, and receive technical and artistic support.
Nief-Norf
The Nief-Norf Summer Festival is a multidisciplinary new music festival that brings together performers, composers, improvisers, scholars, and music technologists for collaboration and exploration of contemporary music within an immersive environment. Hosted at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the festival provides opportunities for masterclasses, workshops, and performances with world-renowned faculty at the state-of-the-art Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Nief-Norf fosters an incredible community of contemporary musicians who create, collaborate, experiment, and problem solve in exploration of what it means to be contemporary musicians and perform for a modern audience.
New Music on the point | June Festival
Since 2011, New Music On The Point ‘s June Festival has brought composers and performers together to create brand new music in an inspiring natural setting. Located on Lake Dunmore beneath the Green Mountains of Vermont, under a night-time sky filled with stars, our world-class music faculty guides and inspires our participants through one-on-one lessons, master classes, workshops, and coachings. Composition participants receive a public performance and recording of one of their new or pre-existing works. Workshop topics in 2026 will include MAX for Beginners, Songwriting, Group Improvisation, Just Intonation, Electronics Ensemble, Grantwriting and Fundraising, and much more! Together, participants and faculty perform concerts in unusual locations—often outdoors—with programs that include an exciting range of styles and sounds.
Bergafest
Bergamot Quartet's annual fundraiser and 10-year anniversary celebration!
Join us for Bergafest 2026, our annual fundraiser and a special milestone—our10-year anniversary celebration! There will be delicious food, tasty drinks, and great music as we reflect on the past 10 years and look forward to the many musical adventures to come!
Friday, May 8, 7:00-9:30pm
Midtown Manhattan, 36th St/8th Ave
Including appetizers, beverages, and an evening of music!
If you are unable to attend, you can also support our 10th season by making a tax-deductible donation via this link, allowing us to continue our work championing the voices of living composers, collaborating with artists across genres and disciplines, and bringing new string quartet music to life.
Paul Pinto: Octet Performed by Bergamot Quartet and The Rhythm Method
virtuosically surgical multimedia work for amplified string quartet and multi-channel video by Paul Pinto performed by Bergamot Quartet and The Rhythm Method.
Commissioned by The Rhythm Method and Bergamot String Quartets, String Quartet No. 3 OCTET continues Paul Pinto’s playful exploration of video and theatrical chamber music. Just shy of an hour, the performance begins with a close-up on a tablescape of string instruments “operated” by four methodical musicians, their eight dexterous hands, and hundreds of pencils. Alternating through moments of Foreman-like precision and virtuosic irreverence, OCTET is a subtle and one-of-a-kind marriage of sonic slowness and visual anticipation.
Paul Pinto’s String Quartet No. 4: I PASS’D A CHURCH has become a cornerstone of The Rhythm Method’s repertoire, and was released on New Focus Recordings in 2024.
“A composer and performer of astounding talent. He is one of those musicians who apparently can do anything”-Robert Ashley, composer
Bergamot Quartet
Ledah Finck violin
Sarah Thomas violin
Martine Kinsella Thomas viola
Irène Han cello
The Rhythm Method
Leah Asher violin
Marina Kifferstein violin
Carrie Frey viola
Meaghan Burke cello
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.
Sky Islands with Susie Ibarra
We will be joining composer Susie Ibarra and friends in performing her Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Sky Islands, a musical exploration of fragile ecosystems inspired by Philippine rainforests, written for Bergamot Quartet, Alex Peh, Claire Chase and Levy Lorenzo
Turn it out with Tiler Peck & Friends
Award-winning New York City Ballet principal dancer, choreographer, actress, author, curator and designer, Tiler Peck brings her dazzling love letter to dance, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends to Chicago for the first time! After its sold-out world premiere in New York, celebrated season in London, and numerous dates around the US, Peck is back with some of today’s most exciting dance artists for a virtuosic and innovative program.
Olivier Award Nominee and 2-time UK National Dance Awards winner, the program begins with The Barre Project, Blake Works II, a piece originally created for film with music by James Blake that marked the first creative partnership between Peck and choreographer William Forsythe. Peck’s own Thousandth Orange, set to live music by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw is next. Peck sought out West Coast legend Alonzo King to create the electric pas de deux, Swift Arrow, and the show closes with the irresistible New York City Center commission Time Spell, a collaboration between Peck and tap dance icon Michelle Dorrance, with Emmy-nominated Jillian Meyers and a powerhouse cast.
OAcademy Residency
In Spring of 2026, Composing Studio fellows will each create a brand new string quartet, workshopped and brought to life in partnership with Bergamot.
Prospect Lefferts garden House Concert
Bergamot Quartet will be performing on their unique Hardanger instruments at an intimate gathering in a home in Prospect Lefferts Garden, Brooklyn. 3 blocks from the Q train Prospect Park station or 2 train Sterling Street station. Suggested donation $20. Reservations required because of limited space. Please send an email to pfriedman246@yahoo.com to reserve your spot! Paul will respond to confirm the reservation, and will send the house address along with subway & walking directions.
Allergy alert: cat & small dog in the house.
Paul Pinto: OCTET
A virtuosically surgical multimedia work for amplified string quartet and multi-channel video by Paul Pinto performed by Bergamot Quartet and The Rhythm Method.
Commissioned by The Rhythm Method and Bergamot String Quartets, String Quartet No. 3 OCTET continues Paul Pinto’s playful exploration of video and theatrical chamber music. Just shy of an hour, the performance begins with a close-up on a tablescape of string instruments “operated” by four methodical musicians, their eight dexterous hands, and hundreds of pencils. Alternating through moments of Foreman-like precision and virtuosic irreverence, OCTET is a subtle and one-of-a-kind marriage of sonic slowness and visual anticipation.
Paul Pinto’s String Quartet No. 4: I PASS’D A CHURCH has become a cornerstone of The Rhythm Method’s repertoire, and was released on New Focus Recordings in 2024.
Credits for OCTET
Composed and directed by Paul Pinto
Zach Herchen, video and sound engineer
Performed by:
Bergamot Quartet (Friday at 7pm & 9pm)
Ledah Finck, violin
Sarah Thomas, violin
Martine Kinsella Thomas, viola
Irène Han, cello
The Rhythm Method (Saturday at 7pm & 9pm)
Leah Asher, violin
Marina Kifferstein, violin
Carrie Frey, viola
Meaghan Burke, cello
Run time: 50 minutes
Regular Tickets: $25
Students/Seniors: $15
Senior tickets for 65+, student tickets for students enrolled in a full-time program.
Paul Pinto: OCTET
A virtuosically surgical multimedia work for amplified string quartet and multi-channel video by Paul Pinto performed by Bergamot Quartet and The Rhythm Method.
Commissioned by The Rhythm Method and Bergamot String Quartets, String Quartet No. 3 OCTET continues Paul Pinto’s playful exploration of video and theatrical chamber music. Just shy of an hour, the performance begins with a close-up on a tablescape of string instruments “operated” by four methodical musicians, their eight dexterous hands, and hundreds of pencils. Alternating through moments of Foreman-like precision and virtuosic irreverence, OCTET is a subtle and one-of-a-kind marriage of sonic slowness and visual anticipation.
Paul Pinto’s String Quartet No. 4: I PASS’D A CHURCH has become a cornerstone of The Rhythm Method’s repertoire, and was released on New Focus Recordings in 2024.
Credits for OCTET
Composed and directed by Paul Pinto
Zach Herchen, video and sound engineer
Performed by:
Bergamot Quartet (Friday at 7pm & 9pm)
Ledah Finck, violin
Sarah Thomas, violin
Martine Kinsella Thomas, viola
Irène Han, cello
The Rhythm Method (Saturday at 7pm & 9pm)
Leah Asher, violin
Marina Kifferstein, violin
Carrie Frey, viola
Meaghan Burke, cello
Run time: 50 minutes
Regular Tickets: $25
Students/Seniors: $15
Senior tickets for 65+, student tickets for students enrolled in a full-time program.
Liam Elliot : 'Resin'
Princeton Sound Kitchen presents
Liam Elliot: ‘Resin’
An exhibition of sound installations by graduate student composers in the CoLab at the Lewis Arts Complex from Friday, October 24 – Sunday, October 26, 2025, culminates in a concert event featuring Princeton University graduate student composer Liam Elliot’s new work, ‘Resin,’ a piece which brings together Bergamot Quartet’s unique Hardanger instruments and Elliot’s newly created string feedback instrument to create a musical environment of sympathetic resonances. Sound installations by Gulli Björnsson, Sophie Cash, Ellie Cherry, Liam Elliot, and Hannah Ishizaki.
New works by
Gulli Björnsson
Sophie Cash
Ellie Cherry
Liam Elliot
Hannah Ishizaki
Performed by
Bergamot Quartet
Liam Elliot
Jason Treuting
Dan Trueman
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: The CoLab, Lewis Arts Complex, 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, 08544
Ticketing: Free, unticketed
Turn it Out with Tiler Peck & Friends
Critically acclaimed on two continents, this “generous, boundless, turbo-charged” program (The Spectator) presents a showcase of 21st century choreography curated by ballerina Tiler Peck and featuring dance icons India Bradley, Chun Wai Chan, Michelle Dorrance, Lex Ishimoto, Roman Mejia, Mira Nadon, and more.
The program kicks off with maestro William Forsythe’s interpretation of the sinuous music of James Blake with lightning precision and force in The Barre Project, Blake Works II. Next up is Peck’s own Thousandth Orange, set to live music by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. Then, Peck stars in West Coast legend Alonzo King’s electric pas de deux Swift Arrow. The show closes with the irresistible City Center commission Time Spell, a collaboration between Peck and tap dance icon Michelle Dorrance, with Emmy-nominated Jillian Meyers and a powerhouse cast.
Originally created for Peck's 2022 Artists at the Center residency, “the ballerina who can stop time” (The New York Times) returns to City Center with this thrilling, fan favorite blockbuster.
Turn it out with Tiler peck & friends
Critically acclaimed on two continents, this “generous, boundless, turbo-charged” program (The Spectator) presents a showcase of 21st century choreography curated by ballerina Tiler Peck and featuring dance icons India Bradley, Chun Wai Chan, Michelle Dorrance, Lex Ishimoto, Roman Mejia, Mira Nadon, and more.
The program kicks off with maestro William Forsythe’s interpretation of the sinuous music of James Blake with lightning precision and force in The Barre Project, Blake Works II. Next up is Peck’s own Thousandth Orange, set to live music by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. Then, Peck stars in West Coast legend Alonzo King’s electric pas de deux Swift Arrow. The show closes with the irresistible City Center commission Time Spell, a collaboration between Peck and tap dance icon Michelle Dorrance, with Emmy-nominated Jillian Meyers and a powerhouse cast.
Originally created for Peck's 2022 Artists at the Center residency, “the ballerina who can stop time” (The New York Times) returns to City Center with this thrilling, fan favorite blockbuster.