Music at the Anthology (MATA) is an incubator for adventurous emerging artists experimenting with composition, multi-media, collaborative performance art, and every imaginable sound in between. We present, support, and commission the music of early-career composers, regardless of their stylistic views or aesthetic inclinations. Founded by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa in 1996 as a way to address the lack of presentation opportunities for unaffiliated composers, MATA has since developed into the world’s most sought-after performance opportunity for young and emerging composers.

MATA Festival 2024 Evening 3: Earthing

Friday, May 17, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Fotografiska Museum New York City, New York, NY, United States
April Dawn GuthrieToyToyToypurina (NY premiere; for flute, cello, & percussion)
Henryk GoldenSprechen Sie Musik? (NY premiere; for reader & mezzo-soprano)
Annie Hui-Hsin HsiehPermeating Through the Pores of Shifting Planes (NY premiere; for percussion & electronics)
Marco-Adrián RamosAltar with pines and bread from Acámbaro (Music with my grandma) (for alto flute, percussion, & electronics)
Qiujiang Levi LuBefore it Gets Too Late (NY premiere; for solo percussion & laptop)
Bobby GeDoppelgänger Streets (NY premiere; for violin & electronics)
Jane SheldonI am a tree, I am a mouth (world premiere; for 2 voices & gong drone)

$45

MATA Festival 2023 – Evening 4: Mosaic: Memories & Mosaic: Dreams

Saturday, June 3, 2023 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event

This evening is a special event curated by Ensemble-in-Residence Found Sound Nation.

Mosaic: Memories – an experiential and performative myt…

Free

MATA Festival 2023 – Evening 4: Mosaic: Memories & Mosaic: Dreams

Saturday, June 3, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States

This evening is a special event curated by Ensemble-in-Residence Found Sound Nation.

Mosaic: Memories – an experiential and performative myt…

$20 advance, $25 at the door

Generation: Celebrating 25 Years at MATA

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Curtis Stewartof Love.
Eve Beglarian — Selected works (arr. Ariadne Greif)
Paul Pinto — Selected works (arr. Ariadne Greif)
Various — Selected works (pieces by Lester St. Louis & Found Sound Nation's 'Mosaic: Daydreams')

$40-$75

MATA Festival: International Contemporary Ensemble

Friday, May 6, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Christian DimpkerN. 11 String quartet I (US premiere)
Francisco del PinoUn pez dorado (for clarinet quartet; world premiere)
Shuyu LinIn the Station of the Metro (for alto, alto flute, & viola; NY premiere)
John AulichGreen, or beautiful in green (for trombone & percussion; US premiere)
Travis LaplanteThe Obvious Place (for solo tenor saxophone; NY premiere)
Piyawat LouilarpprasertDouble Shuttering Sprinters (for violin & cello; NY premiere)
Wajdi Abou Diaba tune for Amer's Horn (for French horn, piano, & double bass; world premiere)

$25

Roulette: 2022 MATA Festival Night 1

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Online and in-person

Free (Online: Free | In person: $20 advance, $25 at the door)