Boston, MA—Liz Gerring Dance Company with the JACK Quartet: Harbor

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston, MA

The New York-based Liz Gerring Dance Company debuts “Harbor,” a world premiere evening-length performance artfully combining movement, live music, and poetic illumination. Featuring a newly commissioned string quartet by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams, Gerring’s dancers are joined live onstage by the intrepid JACK Quartet. In Harbor, Gerring’s choreographic style–muscular athleticism combined with elegant formalism–mirrors the possibilities of the

$20 – $30

Ithaca, NY—Inuksuit

IC Quad Ithaca, NY

Fun Outdoor Music Event for the Whole Family! Date: Saturday Oct. 22, 2:00pm, rain date Sunday Oct. 23, 2:00pm Location: IC Quad (between fountain and Campus Center) Cost: FREE! Duration: About an hour, and you can come and go as you please Come join the Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble in an engaging, theatrical, nature-inspired performance that will take place outside,

Free

Boston, MA—Liz Gerring Dance Company with the JACK Quartet: Harbor

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston, MA

The New York-based Liz Gerring Dance Company debuts “Harbor,” a world premiere evening-length performance artfully combining movement, live music, and poetic illumination. Featuring a newly commissioned string quartet by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams, Gerring’s dancers are joined live onstage by the intrepid JACK Quartet. In Harbor, Gerring’s choreographic style–muscular athleticism combined with elegant formalism–mirrors the possibilities of the

$20 – $30

Boston, MA—Strange Birds Passing

Jordan Hall 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, MA

Sometimes throwing together a meal of one’s favorite dishes is the most satisfying – nothing ties it together, each dish stands deliciously alone. This program puts together music that has been played often here at NEC bringing great reward to the musicians and enjoyment to the audience. Two French favorites – Baroque dance delights from the court of Louis the

Free

Baltimore, MD—Become Ocean

The Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Ln., North Bethesda, MD

Repertoire JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become Ocean DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto Artists Kwamé Ryan, conductor Pablo Ferrández, cello The sensitive and charismatic young Spaniard Pablo Ferrández brings out all the passion and earthy folk music embedded within Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, a crown jewel of the solo repertoire. Kwamé Ryan conducts with the broad perspective of a true world citizen, from his Trinidadian

Virtual—John Luther Adams in conversation with Alex Ross

Registration required The Great Northern Festival “Reigning musical ambassador of the natural world” (The New York Times) John Luther Adams joins The New Yorker’s music critic Alex Ross (The Rest is Noise) for a conversation on environmentalism, JLA’s illuminating memoir Silences So Deep, experiences in deep winter, and Ten Thousand Birds, to be performed by Alarm Will Sound at Minneapolis

Free

Baltimore, MD—Become Ocean

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD

Repertoire JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become Ocean DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto Artists Kwamé Ryan, conductor Pablo Ferrández, cello The sensitive and charismatic young Spaniard Pablo Ferrández brings out all the passion and earthy folk music embedded within Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, a crown jewel of the solo repertoire. Kwamé Ryan conducts with the broad perspective of a true world citizen, from his Trinidadian

Baltimore, MD—Become Ocean

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD

Repertoire JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become Ocean DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto Artists Kwamé Ryan, conductor Pablo Ferrández, cello The sensitive and charismatic young Spaniard Pablo Ferrández brings out all the passion and earthy folk music embedded within Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, a crown jewel of the solo repertoire. Kwamé Ryan conducts with the broad perspective of a true world citizen, from his Trinidadian

Evanston, IL—The Music of John Luther Adams

St. Luke's Episcopal Church 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL

The music of Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams exploring the connection between people and nature. If we can imagine a culture and a society in which we each feel more deeply responsible for our own place in the world, then we just may be able to bring that culture and that society into being. - John Luther Adams The

Free – $20

Brugge, Belgium—Become ocean (Belgian Premiere)

Concertgebouw Brugge ‘t Zand 34, Brugge

Kris Defoort, Human voices only (Belgian premiere) Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 John Luther Adams, Become ocean (Belgian premiere) Human voices only, written in 2014, is the first orchestral work by Belgian composer and avant-garde jazz pianist Kris Defoort. He found his inspiration for this piece in Morocco: “I was on a flat roof during