Uncharted Concert Series and Elebash Artist Residency

The Uncharted Concert Series and Elebash Artist Residency, now in its 12th season, runs each spring at Greenwich House Music School (GHMS) in the West Village of Manhattan. Artists are recommended by presenters, colleagues, and other Uncharted alumni, to apply for the upcoming season for a new project, projects in development, or new collaborations they are working on. Uncharted is a concert series that encourages artists to take risks and work out new or existing material, collaborations, and projects for an intimate concert experience. As part of the Uncharted season, artists will receive the Elebash Artist Residency at the School, which includes:

  • Twenty hours of free rehearsal space (w/ backline & tech support provided).
  • $5,000 artist residency stipend
  • 30-60 minute set for a festival style concert
  • 100% of merchandise sales from the concert
  • Three camera video shoot footage, audio, and photographs of artists’ performance provided at no charge (with an opportunity to assist in the mix for the audio)
  • Artists retain full rights to all work created in residence
  • Dedicated curatorial support, including time to craft project narratives and marketing copy

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.

The Baisley Powell Elebash Artists-in-Residence

In 2019—recognizing the ongoing need for opportunities for artists to have the freedom, time, and physical space to innovate, take risks, and workshop ideas, the co-founders of Uncharted, Jennie Wasserman and Rachel Black created an artists-in-residence career development program embedded within Greenwich House Music School.

With generous support from the Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, each resident artist receives rehearsal space, production support, and compensation for rehearsal time. Each Elebash residency culminates in an Uncharted concert in the 90-seat GHMS recital hall, where Elebash artists-in-residence present their work.

To identify unique and diverse voices from New York’s vibrant artistic community, Wasserman and Black created the New York Presenters Consortium (NYPC) to advise on the selection of Elebash artists-in-residence. NYPC is a network of arts presenters and organizations, designed to leverage their collective resources in support of artists developing their work. The Consortium now includes Joe’s Pub, David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, National Sawdust, and Bryant Park.

After the Uncharted concert series, which takes place each Spring, artists have the opportunity to present the work they developed during their Elebash residency at Consortium partner venues, with the aim of developing evergreen programs that can sustain not only the individuals’ creative output, but also improve the health of the NYC cultural ecosystem.

Uncharted alumni include Aaron Diehl, Marc Ribot, Sofia Rei, Deva Mahal, Bora Yoon, Shaina Taub, Celisse, and many others. To learn about Uncharted alumni, see a list of past performances below.

Uncharted 2024 Season Highlights

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Past Performances

Season 10

We the Gleaners (May 9, 2024)

Raquel Acevedo Klein (May 2, 2024)

Mireya Ramos & Trevor Turla (April 25, 2024)

Alea (April 18, 2024)

Queen Esther (April 11, 2024)

Camila Meza & Aaron Goldberg (April 4, 2024)

Oran Etkin with Sasha Berliner (May 11, 2024)

Season 9

Dana Lyn (May 4, 2023)

Nour Harkati (April 27, 2023)

Mafer Bandola (April 20, 2023)

Keyanna Hutchinson (April 13, 2023)

Endea Owens and The Cookout (April 6, 2023)

Season 8

Dana Lyn, Charlie Burnham + Marika Hughes (May 18, 2022)

Raquel Acevedo Klein (May 12, 2022)

Val – Inc. aka Val Jeanty (May 5,2022)

Alea (April 28, 2022)

Michael Mayo (April 14, 2022)

Adi Meyerson Trio (April 7, 2022)

Season 7

Ella Bric (June 17th, 2021)

Riley Mulherkar (June 10th, 2021)

Zawadi Noël (June 3rd, 2021)

Haig Papazian (May 27th, 2021)

Shaina Taub (May 20th, 2021)

Migguel Anggelo (May 13th, 2021)

Season 5

Freestyle Love Supreme Benefit Concert (May 6th, 2019)

Celisse Henderson (May 2nd, 2019)

Alina Engibaryan (April 25th, 2019)

Mireya Ramos (April 18th, 2019)

Scott Kettner and Nation Beat (April 11th, 2019)

Lady Moon & The Eclipse (April 4th, 2019)

Season 4

Camila Meza (May 10th 2018)

Marika Hughes (May 3rd, 2018)

April Centrone (April 26, 2018)

Brianna Thomas (April 12, 2018)

Camille Thurman (April 5, 2018)

Eva Salina and Peter Stan (March 29th, 2018)

Molly Pope (March 22nd, 2018)

Season 3

Chris Washburne (May 11th, 2017)

Krystle Warren (May 14th, 2017)

Dan Tepfer and Aaron Diehl (April 27th, 2017)

Innov Gnawa (April 20th, 2017)

Sofia Rei (April 13th, 2017)

Radio Jarocho and Zenen Zeferino (April 5th, 2017)

The Masakowski Family Band (March 30th, 2017)

Michael Mwenso and The Shakes (March 23rd, 2017)

Season 2

Erin Markey and Emily Bate (May 12th, 2016)

Grace McLean (May 5th, 2016)

Bora Yoon and Florent Ghys (April 28th, 2016)

Mazz Swift’s Breakdown (April 21st, 2016)

Michael Arthur and peter Salett (April 14th, 2016)

Tatiana Eva-Marie (April 7th, 2016)

Steven Bernstein (March 3rd, 2016)

Eli Smith (March 24th, 2016)

Season 1

Inyang Bassey (April 30th, 2015)

Cynthia Hopkins (April 23rd, 2015)

Bria Skonberg (April 16th, 2015)

Georgette featuring Queen Esther and Lee Ann Westover (April 9th, 2015)

Binky Griptite (April 2nd, 2015)

Marc Ribot and Emeline Michel (March 26th, 2015)

SLV (March 19th, 2015)

Brandee Younger (March 12th, 2015)

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