Greenwich House

Mozart for Munchkins: Love in the City
2026-02-28 10:30 - 11:15 (America/New_York) | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Celebrate love in the heart of the city that never sleeps with “Love, NYC,” our Valentine’s Hootenanny! Featuring soul-stirring melodies inspired by the romance of New York City, join us as we dive into the magic of NYC with bluegrass tunes that celebrate the whimsy and wonder of love in the city.
Children and adults alike will love participating in a variety of interactive elements, including:

Musical Games: Fun and educational games that help everyone learn about rhythm, melody, and harmony, using familiar love songs and NYC-themed music.
Instrument Exploration: An “instrument petting zoo” where kids and adults can see, touch, and even try playing different instruments.
Interactive Demonstrations: Discover how various instruments create the sounds of the city and learn about the different sections of the orchestra.
Active Listening Exercises: Engage in activities that highlight key musical elements, helping to deepen your appreciation and understanding of the music inspired by New York City.

Perfect for families and music enthusiasts, this concert promises a fun and educational experience that encourages active participation and a love for music and the city. And the best part? Kids under 13 attend for free!

From Service to Social Change: A Conversation on the Settlement House
2026-03-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Settlement houses have long been more than providers of social services – they were, and still are, incubators of progressive ideas, civic action, and policy change. Inspired by the release of Betty Boyd Caroli’s new book, A Slumless America: Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of Affordable Housing, this conversation explores how the settlement house movement shaped public housing reform, strengthened local communities, and helped lay the groundwork for today’s social safety net.
About the Panel:

Opening Remarks: Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Manhattan Borough President
Moderator: Darren Bloch, Executive Director and CEO of Greenwich House
Panelists:

Betty Boyd Caroli, Historian and Author
Roderick Jones, President of Goddard Riverside
Susan Stamler, Executive Director of United Neighborhood Houses
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at NYU

Grounded in Greenwich House’s history as a leader in community-based research and advocacy, the discussion connects early settlement house innovations to today’s challenges – highlighting how these institutions continue to serve as spaces for community-led change, justice, and civic participation.
The discussion highlights how settlement houses continue to serve as spaces where research informs action, communities organize for change, and local experience shapes policy.
Refreshments and light fare will be provided.
Registration is required – free to attend. *Must take two flights of stairs to reach the event space.

PAUL AUSTERLITZ AND THE VODOU HORN
2026-03-21 20:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
PAUL AUSTERLITZ AND THE VODOU HORN PRESENT THREE NEW VIDEOS AT GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL
Dr. Paul Austerlitz and the Vodou Horn will perform at the Greenwich House School of Music at 8 pm on Saturday, March 21, 2026. Calling upon decades of musical, cultural, and spiritual research, Dr. Austerlitz presents original jazz music inspired by ritual sounds from Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on the unique sound of the bass clarinet.
The concert will celebrate the release of three new videos focusing on the dovetailing spiritual traditions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A solo for the rarely-heard contrabass clarinet, “Rainb Ow” presents refracted sound as a message from Danballah-Wedo, the prismatic spirit of serpentine regeneration in Haitian mysticism. “Underground Palo” fuses traditional Afro-Dominican ritual drumming with contemporary improvisation, combining wood-based timbres of bass clarinet and hand drumming. “Sabina Place” celebrates the euphoric atmosphere of Caribbean night-life.
The Vodou Horn features the Panamanian-American bassist Santi Debriano, who has played with jazz legends such as Pharoah Sanders, Randy Weston, and Joe Lovano. The band also presents Jean “Sky” Menesky, who possesses vast experience playing tradition Vodou drums at ritual events as well as with Haitian roots performers such as Manbo Riva. On piano and drum set, we present the fiery energy of Sungtaek Choo and Bryce Collins, two “young lions” on the contemporary jazz scene.
Reed player, composer, and ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz combines his background as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Afro-Caribbean music with his creative work as a musician. As an instrumentalist, Austerlitz plays bass and contrabass clarinets as well as tenor saxophone and other reed instruments. As a composer, he weds his backgrounds as a creative artist and ethnomusicologist, producing works incorporating music he researches, focusing on Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the country of his birth, Finland. Dr. Austerlitz has shared the stage with Ed Blackwell, Julius Hemphill, Jimmy Knepper and other jazz luminaries. He has also played with the King of Merengue, Joseíto Mateo, and Haitian roots bands such as Foula. Austerlitz has taught ethnomusicology and Africana Studies at Brown University and Gettysburg College and written award-winning books such as Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race, and Humanity (2005, Wesleyan University Press) and Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity (1997, Temple University Press).
All are invited! 8 pm, Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Greenwich House School of Music
46 Barrow Street, New York, NY. $20 at the door
“[Dr. Austerlitz] is about jazz, the bass clarinet and world music, and the precise points where they intersect in the universe…It’s more than education, it’s about opening up new parts of your brain and filling it with splendid noises that make your life more interesting.” -The Vinyl Anachronist
“Water Prayers for Bass Clarinet” is evidence of Austerlitz’s dazzling technique on an unforgiving instrument without ever selling the emotional intensity of the music short. -Raul da Gama
https://www.paulausterlitz.org/
Please direct inquiries to Dr. Austerlitz at paulausterlitz@yahoo.com

Tromboline and Friends
2026-03-26 19:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
The new music duo Tromboline, featuring trombonist Gregory Erickson and violinist Masha Lankovsky, presents an evening of bold, experimental performance that reimagines what classical chamber music can be. Blending music, sound, speech, and even magic, the program pushes at the edges of tradition.
The concert features world premieres, including a work by Gallatin alum Leo Yablans honoring the voices of the Minneapolis resistance, and an interactive piece inspired by the New York City transportation system by Hannah Cai Sobel. In a genre-defying highlight, Gallatin student Theo Chattra joins the duo for what may be the first-ever collaboration for violin, trombone, and magician.
Founded in 2022, Tromboline has premiered more than a dozen experimental works in Paris, Besançon, and New York City.

Gregory Erickson is a Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at New York University’s Gallatin School, where he teaches courses on music, modern literature, popular culture, and religion. He is the author of The Absence of God in Modernist Literature (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), Christian Heresy, James Joyce, and the Modernist Literary Imagination: Reinventing the Word (Bloomsbury 2022), and Speculative Television and the Doing and Undoing of Religion (Routledge 2023). As a trombonist he is the principal trombonist of the Bronx Opera Orchestra and a member of numerous chamber and new music ensembles including the Thermophily Trio and Tromboline. He has performed across the United States and Europe and is featured on multiple recordings.

Masha Lankovsky is a professor at the Versailles Conservatory in France and co-artistic director of the Shkolnikova Academy. As a violinist she has appeared in international festivals such as Schleswig Holstein (Germany), Britten Pears festival (England), the American Conservatoire in Fontainebleau (France) and she has been awarded multiple residencies at the Banff Centre (Canada). She was the violinist in the neoLIT chamber ensemble for many years and introduced many new works by female composers. Her recording “Russian Dreams,” with pianist Byron Schenkman was released on the Centaur label and features rarely heard compositions by Taneyev, Roslavets, Medtner, Prokofiev, and Scriabin. Masha has written articles for The Strad magazine and her English translation and edition of the writings of the renowned pedagogue Yuri Yankelevich is published by Oxford University Press.

Quartets from the Romantic Era
2026-04-07 19:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Program:
Brahms- Sonatensatz in C minor (Scherzo from the FAE Sonata) Wo O 2
Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Featuring:
Artur Kaganovkskiy, violin
Eszter Szilveszter, viola
Sonna Kim, cello
Eric Clark, piano

Artist Membership Open House
2026-04-12 12:00 - 16:00 | NY
The Artist Membership Open House at our 27 Barrow Street location is the perfect way to experience the world of ceramics. For artist who are seeking focused time to develop their work independently while looking to engage with a creative community through a low-commitment, flexible program at Greenwich House Pottery. With live demonstrations, studio tours, and fun, hands-on activities, you and your friends can experience the joy of pottery.
Free Demonstrations
Throwing on the Potter’s Wheel
Handbuilding Sculptures
Slipcasting and Moldmaking
Hands-on Activities
Collaborative Community Vessels
Coil Pot Contest
Children’s Activity Station
Pop-up Pottery Sale
Take home a new functional vessel or work of art!

Dance Clarinets perform the music of Geri Allen and Carla Bley
2026-04-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Greenwich House Music School’s premiere jazz clarinet ensemble will honor performer/composers Geri Allen and Carla Bley featuring clarinet/alto saxophone soloist Lee Odom, a founding member of the Dance Clarinets ensemble.
Stalwart Dance Clarinets member Peter Hess has provided heartfelt versions of Ms. Allen’s work for our small ensemble. Hess closely studied Allen’s piano playing to infuse these these brand new arrangements with her authentic energy and harmonic genius. Ms. Allen served as Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at University of Pittsburgh at the end of her life.
The program of Carla Bley’s big band music reflects decades of performances with her own jazz orchestra globally, as well as the workshop presentations she led at colleges and universities. New music distribution credit to Marylou Williams, Melba Liston, and Coby Norita.
This concert is presented in memory of James “Jabbo” Ware.

This program is supported, in part by B Corbin Clarinet products, Jazz Foundation of America, and Royal Global.

This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from NYU, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the offices of Governor Kathleen Hochul, and the New York State Legislature. The concert is presented by Greenwich House Music School in partnership with Continuum Culture & Arts, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

LSOC Open House
2026-04-16 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-23 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Greenwich House Lifelong Skills and Opportunity Center, 27 Barrow Street, New York City, New York, 10014
Join us for a wonderful opportunity to learn about our programs and services. Whether you want to build new skills, connect with others, or explore new opportunities — we welcome you!
Featured Programs

Computer Classes (Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced)
Entrepreneurship for Older Adults
Workforce & Skill Development
Community Engagement Activities

Why Attend?

Meet our team and instructors
Explore programs & enrollment options
Ask questions & get guidance
Connect with fellow community members
Get personalized support

For more information or questions, contact workforce@greenwichhouse.org or 917-261-4598.
Greenwich House Older Adult Center is partially funded by the NYC Department for the Aging.

Indigenous Soundscapes - The Forest and lone eagle: Coyote Makes a World
2026-04-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
This is a Soup & Sound event at Greenwich House Music School
– part of a 3-day mini-series April 17 – 19, INDEGENOUS SOUNDSCAPES, details: www.soupandsound.org
The Forest & lone eagle: COYOTE MAKES A WORLD
ALBUM LAUNCH!
lone eagle–voice, percussion
Gustavo Aguilar, percussion
Leah Bowden, percussion
Andrew Drury, percussion
Michael Wimberly, percussion
COYOTE MAKES A WORLD is a multimedia performance ritual that interweaves Native American and other musical traditions using percussion, storytelling, song, electronic music, and projected photographic and video imagery.
Performed by The Forest —a cooperative percussion ensemble consisting of Gustavo Aguilar, Leah Bowden, Andrew Drury, and Michael Wimberly—in collaboration with Native storyteller/musician čnaq’ymi (lone eagle) Coyote Makes a World explores a contemporary world in environmental and political crisis. Lone Eagle’s insightful reworking of his Spokan people’s traditional Coyote stories, music, and concept of ceremony brings a powerful, healing perspective to audience members of all backgrounds.

Indigenous Soundscapes - Mixashawn presents D D UM Da Da
2026-04-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
This is a Soup & Sound event at Greenwich House Music School
– part of a 3-day mini-series April 17 – 19, INDIGENOUS SOUNDSCAPES details: www.soupandsound.org
MIXASHAWN
Mixashawn – multiple instruments
Joe Morris – guitar
Michael LaRocca – drums
– Exploring psychodynamics and the illusion of status = D D UM Da Da, *by way of Hemispheric Principles*

Earth Day with Clay
2026-04-22 12:00 - 15:00 | NY
Earth Day with Clay A Free Community Event by Greenwich House Pottery
in Washington Square Park!

A century-old Greenwich Village nonprofit ceramic studio brings Earth Day to life with hands-on clay activities rooted in creativity, sustainability, and community. All activities are free and open to everyone.

🌿 Tabletop Clayscape Add your mark to a living, growing sculpture. Our Tabletop Clayscape is a collaborative clay landscape inspired by the natural world — participants contribute individual pieces to a shared installation that evolves throughout the day. At the end of the event, all clay is returned to our studio to be recycled and used again by our students, closing the loop on a truly sustainable creative practice.

🦋 Milkweed-seed Potmaking Make something beautiful — and plant it. Visitors will craft clay-based seed pots using milkweed seeds, supporting monarch butterfly habitat restoration. Take your creation home and put it in the ground, carrying the spirit of Earth Day well beyond the event and connecting art-making to environmental stewardship.

☀️ Solar-Powered Wheel Demonstrations Equipment permitting Watch clay come to life on the wheel. Our professional teaching artists will conduct recurring wheel-throwing demonstrations using a tabletop pottery wheel powered by solar energy — a small but meaningful reflection of the values at the heart of our programming. Stop and watch, ask questions, and see sustainable art-making in action.

All are welcome, free of charge. Stop by our table in Washington Square Park to learn more about classes, events, and programs at Greenwich House Pottery.
Exact location TBD. Please check back for location details.

Uncharted '26: Night 1
2026-04-22 20:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Rhythms of Resilience: Featuring Jacquelene Acevedo & Audry Funk
Jacquelene Acevedo

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Show Description:
For her Uncharted performance, Jacquelene steps out as a band leader for the first time, presenting Dreamers and Computers, an exploration of the relationship between the temporal and the eternal in time and rhythm, and how those forces intersect with death and artistic rebirth. Drawing from drumming, voice, dance, and visual art, she moves through themes of loss and grief while honoring the audacity of life to remain gorgeous and even hilarious in the face of it all.
Bio:
Meet Jacquelene Acevedo, the multi-percussionist powerhouse who’s redefining the field with her dynamic beats and electrifying performances. Known for her musicality, sensitivity, power and passion, Jacquelene is the heartbeat behind some of the most thrilling musical experiences of our time.
She has performed on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The View, PBS, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the GRAMMYS, and Bad Bunny. She was an invited weekly guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and she’s opened stages for Lauryn Hill, Patti Smith, & Stanley Clarke.
Jacquelene was awarded a Latin Grammy in 2017 for her genre-bending work with Flor de Toloache, adding percussion and funk to mariachi music.
She is featured in Spike Lee’s 2020 Emmy-nominated film adaptation of American Utopia. She is also a 2021 TONY Award recipient for the stage production of the critically-acclaimed Broadway show by the same name. She performed with David Byrne acting, dancing, and singing in addition to playing 10 percussion instruments.
Trained in theater, dance, and music, she brings a multi-faceted artistic approach to her work, blending technical excellence with creative expression. Widely recognized for her work as a sought-after sideperson, her participation in the Uncharted residency marks an important step in honing her voice and developing a project as a leader.

Audry Funk

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Show Description:
Audry Funk and the NYC Music Family present an evening of Audry’s original music, performed for the first time with a live backing band and special arrangements by Latin GRAMMY Award–winner Felipe Fournier. The program blends reggaetón, cumbia, and rap, tracing Audry’s musical journey from Puebla, Mexico to New York City while layering rhythm, storytelling, and her bold Puebla–York sensibility.
Bio:
Known as Audry Funk, Audry Bustos Díaz is a singer-songwriter, MC, and activist born in Puebla, Mexico. Residing in the Bronx, New York, she has been an international presence in the independent music industry for twenty years.
Her powerful message has reached notable venues, such as the Festival Puebla Ciudad Mural, Puebla, MX (2022) Lincoln Center, NYC, USA (2022), SEIKANAHH Festival, FR (2022), La Media Torta, Bogota, CO, (2022), San Juana Festival, Chicago, USA (2022), Festival Internacional de Puebla, Puebla, MX (2022), the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, USA (2021), among other stages in Latin America, the US, and Europe. And her music has been spotlighted in Latino Rebels, BBC, The Guardian, and VICE.
She has also given talks about philosophy, feminism, and migration at forums such as the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute, Doctoral and graduate student’s council – Mexican Studies Group (NYC, USA), Centro Cultural Chimkowe de Peñalolén (CL), Colegio Comfandi Calipso (Cali, CO), Centro Colombo Americano (Bogotá, CO), Hudson River Museum (NYC, USA), Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (MX).
She is considered one of the most important exponents of Hip-Hop in Spanish andhas been featured with various artists and producers from all over the world, such as Víctor Murillo (USA), Rebeca Lane (Guatemala), Linda Chichester (USA), Comagatte (IT), Medusa (TN), Lirosse (FR), among others.
Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency
Now in its 12th year, Uncharted is Greenwich House Music School’s annual concert series grounded in an artist-centered approach to supporting performing artists of color, female-identifying, immigrants, religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These artists are central to New York City’s vitality and identity, yet they often face systemic barriers to sustained investment in career development. Uncharted aims to shift that dynamic.
Tonight’s performances are the culmination of work developed during the Elebash Artist Residency, held at the School over the past several months.
Learn more about Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency here.

Sponsors

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
The Uncharted Residency Program is made possible by The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund.

Uncharted '26: Night 2
2026-04-29 20:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Unbound Strings: Featuring DoYeon Kim & Firas Zreik

DoYeon Kim

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Show Description:
For her Uncharted performance, DoYeon Kim presents a project exploring how music can recover and reconnect us to emotions that often go unspoken in times of uncertainty and upheaval. Rooted in the depth of Korean musical tradition and shaped by her life in New York City, the work bridges cultural sensibilities and contemporary experience. Through the sound of the gayageum (Korean zither) and voice, Kim creates space for listeners to fully inhabit feelings of sadness, joy, anger, and peace—offering moments of reflection, resonance, and renewal.
The performance features DoYeon Kim (gayageum and vocals) alongside Tom Rainey (drums), Laura Cocks (flute), and Henry Fraser (bass), each contributing their distinct musical voice to the quartet’s expansive sound world.
Bio:
DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her expansive, pioneering performances and compositions, and for introducing the gayageum—an ancient Korean zither—into contemporary music. Trained extensively in jazz and improvisation as well as in the classical Korean traditions of sanjo, jeongak, and modern gugak, she channels history, literature, and an evolving sense of the human spirit into a musical language entirely her own through original works, powerful solo performances, and global collaborations. Named one of Grammy.com’s “7 Musicians Pushing Ancient Asian Instruments Into the Future” (2021), DoYeon has received the Van Lier Fellowship (2023), a Korean Grammy Award nomination (crossover category, 2018), and was most recently selected as a Next Jazz Legacy awardee (2025). After winning major traditional music competitions in Korea, including the Dong-A Ilbo Traditional Music and National Gugak Center Korean Music Competitions, she pursued contemporary improvisation and jazz studies at the New England Conservatory and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, becoming the first student admitted to both programs to perform on a Korean traditional instrument. She has since served on the faculty at the New England Conservatory and The New School, lectured internationally at institutions including Harvard and the Franz Liszt Academy, and continues to lead her own projects while collaborating widely; recent roles include invited composer for Delirium Musicum (2025), Music Director of the ACCX Music Festival Gwangju (2025), and music director and conductor of the Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra (2023), alongside performances and recordings with artists such as Tyshawn Sorey, Kris Davis, Peter Evans, and many others.

Firas Zreik

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Show Description:
For his Uncharted performance, Firas Zreik combines his deep understanding of the Maqam tradition—the scale system found in Levantine, North African, and Mediterranean music—with elements of contemporary global musical styles encountered through a lifetime of travel and study. Centered on the kanun (Mediterranean harp), his work honors the tradition’s roots while expanding the instrument’s expressive range.
Bio:
Composer and kanunist Firas Zreik is a Palestine-born, New York–based artist who has performed and recorded internationally as a leader and sought-after collaborator since 2013. Known for redefining global perceptions of the kanun, Zreik honors the instrument’s roots in the Maqam tradition while expanding its expressive range across contemporary musical forms, viewing Maqam’s improvisation-driven legacy as a vessel for boundless creative exploration. His music is marked by emotional depth and a refined command of microtonal sound, moving fluidly between intricately orchestrated and spontaneous settings. Zreik has collaborated with a wide spectrum of artists, including Roger Waters, G.E. Smith, Residente, Simon Shaheen, Amir ElSaffar, Fabrizio Cassol, Shankar Mahadevan, Aynur Doğan, and Amal Murkus—his mother and frequent artistic partner, for whom he serves as musical director—and has brought his deeply expressive live performances to venues and festivals around the world.
Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency
Now in its 12th year, Uncharted is Greenwich House Music School’s annual concert series grounded in an artist-centered approach to supporting performing artists of color, female-identifying, immigrants, religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These artists are central to New York City’s vitality and identity, yet they often face systemic barriers to sustained investment in career development. Uncharted aims to shift that dynamic.
Tonight’s performances are the culmination of work developed during the Elebash Artist Residency, held at the School over the past several months.
Learn more about Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency here.

Sponsors

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
The Uncharted Residency Program is made possible by The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund.

Uncharted '26: Night 3
2026-05-06 20:00 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
The Storytellers: Featuring Erika Ji & Miriam Elhajli
Erika Ji

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Show Description:
For her Uncharted performance, Erika Ji presents four; interwoven, a 30-minute quartet piece exploring what it means to choose love and togetherness, especially when that choice is difficult. Blurring the lines between folk band, theater troupe, and choral quartet, four musician-storytellers weave composed music, devised performance, and improvisation to examine the tension between individuality and collectivity.
Through layered voices, instruments, movement, and moments of wordless song, the piece creates an embodied sound world that invites reflection on our roles within groups, our relationships with loved ones, and our ties to nation and society. four; interwoven ultimately asks what it means to belong—and to choose love.
Bio:
Erika Ji is a cross-genre composer-storyteller whose work has been supported by the National Music Theater Conference, the National Alliance for Musical Theater, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She, Clare Fuyuko Bierman, and Brandy Hoang Collier are the Vivace Award-winning creators of Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife, Gloria, which was commissioned by the 5th Avenue Theatre, developed at the O’Neill, and presented at the National Festival of New Musicals. Erika’s collaborative projects include VISARE (New Voices Winner, Tokyo International Showcase), Starsong (Rattlestick Theater), [untitled hat project] (NYFA Grant), and Passage (NYSCA Commission), and four;interwoven, (New Musical Theater Project Commission). The proud daughter of Chinese immigrants, Erika grew up in Palo Alto, studied computer science and philosophy at Stanford University, and built products at Dropbox before deciding to follow the music.

Miriam Elhajli

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Show Description:
For her Uncharted performance, Miriam Elhajli presents a set of newly written solo work alongside collaborative pieces with Cuban pianist Victor Campbell, currently based in New Orleans. Together, they explore material rooted in Cuban, Venezuelan, and Argentine musical traditions.
The performance also features special appearances by Uncharted alum Mafer Bandola (bandola) and Willie Quintana (percussion) on select songs, expanding the set into a layered, communal exploration of voice, place, and shared musical language.
Bio:
Miriam Elhajli is a song-improviser, geographer, and musicologist based in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She works as a researcher at the Association for Cultural Equity and teaches at Citylore, a nonprofit dedicated to the transmission of folklore in public schools. Elhajli has performed everywhere from carpeted basements and living rooms to Lincoln Center, the Noguchi Museum, miso factories, women’s prisons, and alleyways across the Lower East Side and is set to perform at Big Ears in March 2026. Her current work explores cross-cultural creation myths, traditional shepherd routes in Catalonia, extractivism, and glossolalia through voice-driven, exploratory performance. Her fifth record is set for release this year on Numina Records, a label she founded to support the documentation of women’s music and poetics from the Maghreb and beyond.
Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency
Now in its 12th year, Uncharted is Greenwich House Music School’s annual concert series grounded in an artist-centered approach to supporting performing artists of color, female-identifying, immigrants, religious minorities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These artists are central to New York City’s vitality and identity, yet they often face systemic barriers to sustained investment in career development. Uncharted aims to shift that dynamic.
Tonight’s performances are the culmination of work developed during the Elebash Artist Residency, held at the School over the past several months.
Learn more about Uncharted and the Elebash Artist Residency here.

Sponsors

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
The Uncharted Residency Program is made possible by The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund.

A Form of Reverence, Opening Reception
2026-05-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Ruth Duckworth, Untitled, 2002, porcelain, 4 ” x 5 3/4″ x 3 1/8″. Photo: courtesy of Salon 94.
A Form of Reverence
Anders Hamilton, Anna Mayer, Cross Lypka,
Ewen Henderson, Kentaro Kawabata, Kuniko Kinoto,
Paul S Briggs, Monica Cook, Ruth Duckworth, Stephen De Staebler
Derek Weisberg (curator)
Opening Reception | Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view May 7 – June 19, 2026

A Form of Reverence
2026-05-07 17:00 - 2026-06-20 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Ruth Duckworth, Untitled, 2002, porcelain, 4 ” x 5 3/4″ x 3 1/8″. Photo: courtesy of Salon 94.
A Form of Reverence

Paul S. Briggs, Monica Cook, CrossLypka,
Stephen De Staebler, Ruth Duckworth, Anders Hamilton,
Ewen Henderson, Kentaro Kawabata, Kuniko Kinoto, Anna Mayer
Derek Weisberg (curator)
Opening Reception | Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view May 7 – June 20, 2026
The Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to present A Form of Reverence curated by Derek Weisberg. The ten artists featured in this exhibition use the alchemic nature of clay to embody “reverence” in physical form. With modern pressures to prioritize information over wisdom and convenience above all else, many of us seldom consider the magnitude of existence or our role within it. We have lost our sense of awe at being part of an immense, inextricably connected universe that teems with mystery. The work in this exhibition gives form to the reverence we forget to seek, but can always find, in the grace, the beauty, the vastness of creation.

Clay is uniquely well suited to convey reverence in physical form because of its ability to act as a conduit for the material and the spiritual to converge. Working with clay requires an artist to focus deeply on the physical world and treat the volatile elements of earth, air, water, and fire as collaborators to be respected, not forces to be dominated. If an artist ignores these forces, clay will slump, crack, or explode, but artwork made in harmony with these forces comes alive through the artist’s synergy with the physical world. The sculptures in this exhibition are born from that synergy and help us move past shallow perception to see and revere the eternal in the ordinary.

Each artist uses this synergy to access the feeling of reverence from a unique perspective. De Staebler grounds the spiritual in the weight and vulnerability of flesh by reducing the human body to a foot and torso, sites of humility and prayer. Kawabata, Hamilton, Briggs, and Cook use nature as a visual language. Seeds, saplings, leaves, and nature’s abundance serve as metaphors for generative power and the sacred unfolding of life itself. Kuniko, Duckworth, Crosslypka, Henderson, and Mayer use abstraction to trace the edges of what lies beyond our knowledge, giving form to the ephemerality of awe. The work in this exhibition does not seek to define reverence, but to approach it. Each sculpture is an invitation to pursue the mystery of existence for ourselves, to seek the point where shape emerges from darkness and meaning hovers just beyond grasp.

Taste of Greenwich Village 2026
2026-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 | The Altman Building, 135 W. 18th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Experience an unforgettable evening of flavors at Taste of Greenwich Village 2026 with dishes from NYC’s top chefs and acclaimed restaurants, an open bar featuring a specialty mocktail, and a live DJ setting the vibe—all in support of Greenwich House’s vital programs in arts, education, and social services.
Funds raised benefit Greenwich House programs and services in arts and education, older adult services, behavioral and mental health, and workforce development. GH programs proudly support neighbors throughout the West Village, downtown area and beyond.
Gather your friends, colleagues, or family to experience an epic evening of gastronomic delights, all in support of a great cause!

Josephine & Remy's Family Music Celebration
2026-05-17 14:30 | Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States

Pitchers of American Life: Art Within Reach, a book talk with Ezra Shales
2026-06-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Greenwich House Theater, 27 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to welcome Ezra Shales to the Barrow Street theater to present his new book Pitchers of American Life: Art Within Reach.
Pitchers of American Life: Art Within Reach explores the tactile pleasures of drinking vessels and traces the role of these objects as representative art and collective tools—episodes of American history that resonate today in our everyday lives and yearnings for sociability and communion. Discussion ranges from vessels within ancient cultures and religious and family rituals to the growth of mass production and contemporary consumer culture. Shales blends the social histories of art/artifacts with memories of working on a museum installation crew, educating students and himself, and finding a treasure in a yard sale; in each chapter he interprets a single object as a revealing time capsule. Might learning to love a chipped old jug be a better way to cope with aging than other prescriptions? This history of art in a cupboard can liberate us from the usual hierarchies of civilization and the expense of the Grand Tour to build compassion with our immense amount of old stuff.

Ezra Shales is Professor in the History of Art department at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the author of The Shape of Craft (2017) and Made in Newark: Cultivating Industrial Arts and Civic Identity in the Progressive Era (2010). He has contributed to exhibition catalogs for artists Polly Apfelbaum, Neil Brownsword, Beth Cavener, Kim Dickey, and Shari Mendelson. He cut his teeth in New York City’s flea-markets and working as an art handler and then an educator at the Brooklyn Museum, which turned into a chinamaniac, aesthetic gadfly, and lifelong scribbler. His newest book Pitchers of American Life: Art Within Reach condenses forty years of learning and ten dedicated to teaching ceramic history at Alfred, the New York State College of Ceramics, with the existential tailspins of being a devotee to material culture in an era of hyper affluence. His vision of design/craft/art intersecting is a deliberately provocative strategy to move beyond inherited limitations.
A book can be purchased in advance from Bloomsbury

GHMS Benefit Concert with Garrick Ohlsson
2026-06-04 19:00 | Greenwich House Theater, 27 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Please save the date of Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 7 pm for the annual Greenwich House Music School annual benefit concert. As we celebrate our 120th Anniversary, we are thrilled to present world-renowned concert pianist Garrick Ohlsson.
Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although long regarded as one of the world’s leading exponents of the music of Frederic Chopin, Mr. Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire which ranges over the entire piano literature encompassing more than 80 concerti.
Learn more about Garrick Ohlsson
The benefit will take place at the historic Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow St., NYC) and will begin with a concert featuring Mr. Ohlsson and compositions by Chopin, Brahms, and Shostakovich, followed by an intimate conversation between Mr. Ohlsson and the Music School’s German Diez Memorial Piano Chair, Dr. Sara Davis Buechner.
Proceeds from this benefit will go toward the general operations of Greenwich House Music School, whose mission is to provide high quality arts education to New Yorkers of all ages, regardless of skill, age or experience.
Tickets will go on sale Thursday, April 16
Can’t make it on June 4? Consider making a donation to Greenwich House Music School.

Ceramics Now, Lizzy Chemel, Amir Hariri, Melissa Joseph
2026-07-23 17:00 - 2026-08-28 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Ceramics Now
Lizzy Chemel, Amir Hariri, Melissa Joseph
Opening Reception | Thursday, July 23, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view July 23 – August 28, 2026

Ryan Flores
2026-09-17 17:00 - 2026-10-30 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Ryan Flores
September 17 – October 30, 2026

GHP Artists Exhibition 2026
2026-11-19 17:00 - 2026-12-13 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
GHP Artists Exhibition
Opening Reception | Thursday, November 19, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view November 19 – December 13, 2026

New Work by Karina Yanes
2027-01-07 17:00 - 2027-02-19 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
New Work by Karina Yanes
Opening Reception | Thursday, January 7, 2027 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view January 7 – February 19, 2027

Clay Break, Linda Lopez (curator)
2027-03-04 17:00 - 2027-04-16 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Stephen Burks Man Made, Sean Downey, Ada Friedman,
Magalie Guerin, Dan Gunn, Jodi Hays
Linda Lopez (curator)
Clay Break
Opening Reception | Thursday, March 4, 2027 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view March 4 – April 16, 2027

The Male Glaze, Jasa McKenzie (curator)
2027-05-13 17:00 - 2027-06-27 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
The Male Glaze
Larry Buller, Adam Chau, Dustin Yager,
Colin J. Radcliffe, Krysztof Strzelecki
Jasa McKenzie (curator)
Opening Reception | Thursday, May 13, 2027 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view May 13 – June 27, 2027

Vestiges, YoonJee Kwak
2027-09-16 17:00 - 2027-10-29 17:00 | Jane Hartsook Gallery, 16 Jones Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Vestiges
YoonJee Kwak
Opening Reception | Thursday, September 16, 2027 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view September 16 – October 29, 2027
