Upcoming Gigs:
5/11/12 solo bass and voice, opening for Brown Girls Burlesque “Women Who Run with the Wolves.” “If you have yet to be called an incorrigible, defiant woman, don’t worry, there is still time.” ―Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. At WOW Cafe Theater: 59 E4 St. NYC. 8PM, $15 in Adv/ $20 @ door. Tickets: https://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID&showCode=WOM20
5/12/12 with Lady Moon opening for WALE. Hunter College North Building: 695 Park Avenue (68th Street between Lexington Ave and Park Ave. 7PM, $15
Past Gigs
4/14/12 with vocalist/ wordsmith Hana Malia. Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow! The Spectrum: 59 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn, NY. doors 8:30, show 9pm sharp. $5-15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds
3/25/12 Captain for Dark Mornings at Cameo, Jonathan Nocera Memorial Birthday Concert 7PM
2/24/12 Captain for Dark Mornings at Ibeam 168 7St. Brooklyn, NY
2/2/12-2/5 Epyllion at HERE Arts, under the Musical Direction of Akie Bermiss
1/10/12 Captain for Dark Mornings (Emma Alabaster, Charlie Rauh, Zach Dunham) at The Branded Saloon 603 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn, NY 10PM
12/19/11 Duo with Charlie Rauh (guitar) and Emma Alabaster (bass, voice, compositions.) Songs and explorations. As part of The Super Coda at Small Beast. The Delancey 168 Delancey St. NY, NY 10002. Show starts at 8:30. Bands (in order of appearance): Admiral Grey, Loop B, Telenova (CD release!), Ellwood Epps/Ryan Snow/Will McEvoy/Valerie Kuehne, Emma Alabaster/Charlie Rauh.
12/7/11 Private Party with Leo Ferguson Quartet
11/25/11 Emma Alabaster Trio at Sycamore, Brooklyn 9PM
11/23/11 “Rewrite: A Cozy Night of Multi-Media Works in Process” in conjunction with MIXploratorium: A Queer Artist Installation and Performance Series. 7PM. La Mama Galleria / 6 East 1st Street, Manhattan NY. Join us for a cozy night of multi-media “works-in-process,” where we “rewrite the script” by redefining family, home, and holidays. The line-up of performers is INCREDIBLE, featuring writers, performers, musicians, and multi-media artists.
Marci Blackman
Lea Robinson and Elizabeth Whitney
Hana Malia
Serichai Traipoom
Erica Cardwell
Emma Alabaster and Charlie Rauh
Kit Yan
Michelle Embree
Shereen Eye
David John Sokolowski
11/14/11 OCCUPIED: AN OCCUPY MOVEMENT GROUP SHOW, Come out to BLUESTOCKINGS this MON NOV 14th @ 7PM to celebrate the opening night of OCCUPIED featuring artwork inspired by, and from artists working with the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Tonight’s program also includes performance, music, food, drink and discussion. The exhibition will be up through Thursday, December 8th. Bluestockings: 172 Allen St, NYC, NY (1 blk south of Houston St @ Stanton, 2nd Ave stop on the F train)
10/13/11 Leo Ferguson Quartet at University of the Streets, NYC
9/25/11 East Fourth Street Community Garden -btwn Fort Hamilton Parkway & Caton Ave., Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn 3.15 pm – Seung-Hee Han- vocals, Areni Agbabian- vocals, Emilie Weibel- vocals, Jean Carla Rodea- vocals, Emma Alabaster- vocals & bass
8/10/11 Leo Ferguson Quartet at The Local 269 8PM
8/5/11 Leo Ferguson Quartet at Ibeam, BK
7/31/11 Paghel Meshuggah at Baruch College, Teatro IATI Festival http://www.teatroiati.org/
7/29/11 with Paralax Pulse in Bushwick, BK
7/13/11 with Lions for No Reasons at the Local 269, NYC 11PM
6/29/11 Ejercicios de Belleza/Beauty Exercises 7:30 PM at Dixon Place- 161A Chrystie Street, Part of the 20th Annual HOT! Festival (http://hotfestival.org/)
4/20/11- 4/24 The Curious Shape of Hens– NorthEast Tour! Philadelphia, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Boston, Belfast Maine.
4/9/11 with Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde, Albany, NY
3/19/11 The Curious Shape of Hens at JFREJ (Jews for Racial and Economic Justice) Purim Party!
2/12/11 tamar-kali’s Cabaret Chocolat at Harlem Stage
2/3/11 Tydrus the Twit at The Tank, NYC 7:30 PM
1/27/11 SCHOOL at Death By Audio, Brooklyn
1/26/11 SCHOOL at Wesleyan University
1/7/11 with Holy Holy Vine at Sycamore, Brooklyn
1/6/11 with tamar-kali’s PsychoChamber Ensemble, APAP Festival at DROM 7PM
12/19/10 The Curious Shape of Hens at Cafe Orwell’s Super Coda Festival 5PM
12/18/10 SCHOOL at The Charleston, Brooklyn 9:00
December 8, 10, 11 2010, A new opera by Zeke Virant and the Brain Rain Players at Bushwick Project for the Arts
10/19-11/22/10 SCHOOL Nationwide Tour! Schedule Here
9/23 SCHOOL/ WHOARFROST/ PINKBROWN/ MIKE PRIDE’s PERIOD atPARTY XPO (www.partyxpobrooklyn.com)
9/24/10 The Curious Shape of Hens with The Hollering Motley @ Collaborations in Dance Festival at Triskelion Arts
9/25/10 The Curious Shape of Hens at Great Small Works Spaghetti Dinner with Xavier, The Hollering Motley, The Sukkos Mob, David McDonough and Adda Birnir and more
4/26/10 At Cameo with Scrap Relation
4/29/10 Bard College with School
5/1/10 Kenyon College with School
5/6/10 Middlebury College with School
4/15 With Marigo Farr at Sidewalk Cafe
2/4/10 Scrap Relation at Bard College’s Down the Road Cafe
2/28/10 Paghel Meshuggah: The Loco Love Music of Eric Alabaster at Sycamore Brooklyn
11/14/2009 10:00 AM – The Filmore at Irving Plaza (with Father Goose)
12/20/2009 07:30 PM – Sycamore– Scrap Relation and Paghel Meshuggah
01/12/2010 10:00 PM – The Stone thestonenyc.com — Scrap Relation
Friday, October 23 The Curious Shape of Hens myspace.com/thecuriousshapeofhens at Freddy’s Backroom
Tuesday, September 29 Basement Jazz Quartet Gig/ Jam Session Long Island University — Avena Lounge
September 25, 2009 The Curious Shape of Hens at The Dusty Walker
September 9, 2009 Paghel Meshuggah at Tea Lounge 837 Union St. Brooklyn, NY
August 28, 2009 Brothelkin http://www.reverbnation.com/brothelkin at Cameo 93 N. 6th St. Brooklyn, NY
June 18, 2009 7:00 Scrap Relation at Muddy Cup/ Inquiring Minds: 65 Partition St. Saugerties, NY 12477
June 21, 2009 2:00 PM Solo Set with Make Music New York at Solomon’s Porch Cafe 307 STUYVESANT AVE Brooklyn, NY
April 17, 2009 6:30 Paghel Meshugah: The Loco Love Music of Eric Alabaster Duane Eubanks- trumpet, Jay Vilnai- guitar, Sean Sondregger- sax, Anjana Roy- sitar, Eric Alabaster- drums/ tablas at Puppets Jazz: 481 5th ave, park slope,
April 5, 2009 John Esposito Group: John Esposito- keyboard, Peter OBrien- drums, Hilliard Greene- bass, Greg Glassman- trumpet, Stacy Dillard- sax, Laura Steele- video projections at Bard College: Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
Mar. 27, 2009 10:00 CD RELEASE CONCERT! Jim Bertini- drums, Alex Carter- sax, Jonathan Nocera- guitar with guests Ian Turner- laptop/ vocals, Hana Malia- vocals at Ibeam: 168 7th Street (off 3rd ave), Brooklyn, New York 11215
Mar. 20, 2009 6:30 Paghel Meshugah with Duane Eubanks- trumpet, Jay Vilnai- guitar, Sean Sondregger- sax, Anjana Roy- sitar, Eric Alabaster- drums/ tablas at Puppets Jazz: 481 5th ave, park slope, Brooklyn, New York 11215
Mar. 7, 2009 10:00 Greenpoint Jazz Festival with The Basement Trio All Female Jazz Trio! Lisa Liu- guitar, Jessie Nelson- drums at The Red Star: 37 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222
Mar. 8, 2009 4:00 Scope Art Fair at Lincoln Center http://www.scope-art.com/Index.php/new_york/ with Tina Richerson- Bari Sax, Jon Keay- Bass