Close out January with these shows in venues around Ithaca. Plus, Ithaca Sounding 2020, a new multiday festival and symposium, kicks off Thursday at Cornell University!
Rockin’ the Brasshouse
Fiery NYC-based band Too Many Zooz returns to Ithaca, with the trio of King of Sludge (drums), Leo P (sax) and Matt Doe (trumpet) ready to reacquaint fans with their powerful brasshouse sound. Birocratic, the Brooklyn-based project of producer and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Rowan, opens the show.
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Where: The Haunt
Cost: $20-$22
Crossing Generations
The weekly Intergenerational Irish Music Session continues its two-year run, welcoming players and listeners of ages to enjoy a variety of traditional Irish tunes.
When: 7-9:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar
Cost: free
Series Startup
“Expressions in Jazz,” a new concert series, will feature the Jesse Collins Quartet and the Diana Leigh Quartet playing a variety of standards and originals.
When: 7-10 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Argos Warehouse
Cost: $10 in advance, available here dianaleighmusic.ticketleap.com/eij/, or $15 at the door.
Trumpet Showcase
Ithaca College’s Aaron Witek will present a faculty recital, “Renaissance to Lizzo; The Many Roles of the Trumpet.” He’ll be joined by numerous talented IC faculty members for an eclectic program that includes works by Monteverdi, Hindemith, Scarlatti and Morales, as well as the pop standard “On The Sunny Side of the Street.”
When: 8:15 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College
Cost: free and open to all
Kickoff Concert
Ithaca Sounding 2020, a new festival, kicks off with this Midday Music concert, “In Search of Robert Palmer,” a solo piano lecture-recital by Adam Tendler. Ithaca Sounding 2020 is a multi-day, multi-venue festival and symposium celebrating, exploring, and questioning the traditions of modernist and experimental concert music by Ithacans past and present. A complete schedule of events is available here.
When: 12:30-1:15 p.m. Thursday
Where: Cornell University, Lincoln Hall, room B20
Cost: free
Two of a Kind
Cap Cooke and Sam Schmidt will join forces for a night of old-time tunes on banjo, fiddle and more.
When: 5-7 p.m. Thursday
Where: Main Street Market, Trumansburg
Cost: free; donations welcome
Songs to Sing
Local singer-songwriter Beverly Stokes continues her recent return to performing. Stokes, who has been playing with Mary Lorson and Billy Cote for a couple of years, will perform songs from the debut album “All These Dotted Lines” as well some newer material.
When: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza
Cost: free; donations welcome
American Music
Brian Francis of Syracuse’s Moonrabbit will bring his “Acoustic American Gothic Roots Rhythm & Blues” to downtown Ithaca.
When: 7-9 p.m. Thursday
Where: Bike Bar Ithaca
Cost: free; donations welcome
Going Solo
Ithaca Sounding 2020 continues as festival director and pianist Richard Valitutto plays Sarah Hennies’s hour-long work “SOVT” (2017) for solo prepared piano.
When: 7-8 p.m. Thursday
Where: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Cost: free
Event Info
https://www.facebook.com/events/2452410888357271/
Funky Town
The biweekly Funk Night returns for its second show of 2020, with resident band Dean’s Kids – Dan Keller, Max Shuhan, Owen Erickson, Hayden Frank and Archer Cowen – putting their spin on familiar favorites from the 1960s through the present day.
When: 9:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: The Range
Cost: $5