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All proceeds from this year’s gala go towards our debut album, Snapshots and Serenades!

What is Kathryn most looking forward to about the upcoming album?
I’m excited that for our first album we are working with a record label. New Focus Recordings is an artist-based New York label, and I’m looking forward to having our music in their catalog.

Join us for our 8th Year Gala on Saturday, May 30th at 7:30pm at Tenri Cultural Institute in Manhattan!

There will be music, drinks, food, raffles, merriment, and all proceeds support the release of Snapshots and Serenades, out September 18th on New Focus Recordings.

Tickets: https://donorbox.org/events/914619/steps/choose_tickets

GraceMusic Reschedule!! The snow storm may have stopped us in February, but we are back and ready for sunshine this Sunday.

Join us at 4PM at Grace Episcopal Church in Nyack, NY for an afternoon of chamber music.

@gracechurchnyack

#GraceMusic #GraceEpiscopalChurch #Nyack #chambermusic #clarinet #voice #percussion #contemporaryclassical

Yunmeng Su’s “Azou” was written in memory of someone meaningful to the composer. The title comes from Zou, a Chinese euphemism for death, capturing both the feeling of saying goodbye and holding on to the memories.

This recent clip is from our residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL where we worked with the composition studio! Full vid on YouTube, link in bio! @uf.composition

Music: @yunmeng_su
Engineering: @currierjane (Jane Kozhevnikova) & @rightnowaudio (Russell N. Avellanosa)

#sputterbox #chambermusic #clarinet #soprano #voice #percussion #composition #residency #UniversityOfFlorida #memories

“Untitled Premiere” by Rafael Abdalla is composed of two small movements inspired by the rhythmic Etude Number 1 from the Brazilian educator and teacher Jose Eduardo Gramani. Gramani published a book of rhythmic studies on motor coordination and the expansion of rhythmic patterns.

This recent clip is from our residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL where we worked with the composition studio! Full vid on YouTube, link in bio! @uf.composition

Music: Rafael Abdalla
Engineering: @currierjane (Jane Kozhevnikova) & @rightnowaudio Russell N. Avellanosa

Yimian Mi’s “West Gate” was inspired by the migration of Han Chinese people from northern China, particularly Shanxi, to minority areas beyond the Great Wall during the late Qing Dynasty. The piece centers on the Shanxi folk song “Going West” and incorporates regional rhythmic and melodic elements of Jin Opera, specifically the crossing-the-gate motif. West Gate expresses the sorrow of an inevitable departure.

This recent clip is from our residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL where we worked with the composition studio! Full vid on YouTube, link in bio! Or, here us play West Gatelive on May 31st for our 8th Year Gala.

Music: @yimianmi
Engineering: @currierjane (Jane Kozhevnikova) & @rightnowaudio (Russell N. Avellanosa)

#sputterbox #chambermusic #clarinet #soprano #voice #percussion #composition #residency #UniversityOfFlorida #Shanxi #JinOpera

Join us at Tenri Cultural Institute on Saturday, May 30th. Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm. There will be food, drinks, raffles, merriment, and of course MUSIC!

This year’s gala is extra special because it will serve as part of our fundraiser for our DEBUT ALBUM (!!!) Snapshots and Serenades. Head on over to Donorbox (link in bio) to check out some of the tiered tickets.

#sputterbox #chambermusic #bassclarinet #soprano #voice #percussion #8thYearGala

🎶Snapshots and Serenades, Sputter Box’s debut album 🎶

Out September 18 on New Focus Recordings

We’re so excited to share this music with you. This album has been a long time in the making, growing out of years of collaboration and exploration.

Some of these pieces were written in collaboration with us, others we’ve grown with over time, but all of them have become part of our sound. Snapshots and Serenades moves through shifting textures, storytelling, and moments that feel almost fragile alongside ones that are a little unhinged.

To our artistic collaborators, thank you for music that challenges and excites us: Martha Callison Horst, Allison McIntosh, Filippo Scaramucci, Daijana Wallace & Kakia Gkoudina, Bethany Younge, and Brendan Sweeney.

And to Mike Tierney, for capturing all of it with such care and expertise, thank you!

So much more soon, so excited to share! Link in bioooo!

@newfocusrecordings
@miketierneymusic
@amcintosh42
@__daijana
@kakiagkoudina
@bsweeney.mus

#debutalbum #chambermusic #clarinet #voice #percussion #livingcomposers #newmusic #contemporaryclassical #snapshotsandserenades #newfocusrecordings

Saturday, May 30th | Tenri Cultural Institute

New York has another snow storm coming its way, which unfortunately means we will not be performing in Nyack tomorrow! Stay tuned for updates. And most importantly, stay safe!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our February Dialogues show and to our special guests @sputterbox! Next up,performing new premieres by the @umkccomposersguild Feb 26-27th!

Photo credit: @cole.fourqurean

Thanks to everyone who came out to our February Dialogues show and to our special guests @sputterbox! Next up,performing new premieres by the @umkccomposersguild Feb 26-27th!

Photo credit: @cole.fourqurean

Thanks to everyone who came out to our February Dialogues show and to our special guests @sputterbox! Next up,performing new premieres by the @umkccomposersguild Feb 26-27th!

Photo credit: @cole.fourqurean

Thanks to everyone who came out to our February Dialogues show and to our special guests @sputterbox! Next up,performing new premieres by the @umkccomposersguild Feb 26-27th!

Photo credit: @cole.fourqurean

Thanks to everyone who came out to our February Dialogues show and to our special guests @sputterbox! Next up,performing new premieres by the @umkccomposersguild Feb 26-27th!

Photo credit: @cole.fourqurean

Thanks to everyone who came out to our February Dialogues show and to our special guests @sputterbox! Next up,performing new premieres by the @umkccomposersguild Feb 26-27th!

Photo credit: @cole.fourqurean

Coming up February 6th, 7:30PM!

Unheard-of Dialogues//Trios at @miseenplace.newyork 


Unheard-of explore a brief history of trios for clarinet, violin, and cello from first major works like Messiaen’s “Intermède” from Quartet for the End of Time and Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto a Tre, to recently written works including Meg Okura’s Phantasmagoria and a premiere by Toni Fajt.

We are joining Unheard-of, performing a set of our own trios, recent premieres, and minis off our EP, with music by @gemma_peacocke, @julia.mossss, @bsweeney.mus, Josh Trentadue, @__daijana, @godoymusic, @kye_tsang, and @composeryokkun!

Winter Premieres Workshop Vol. V

Friday, January 30th, 2026 at 7pm at Scholes Street Studio! Suggested donation at the door $10.

This season we are changing things up! Our Winter Premiers concert will feature workshops of pieces by Bobby Ge, Julienne K. Tsang, David Voss, and X. Lee.

After each piece, we’ll open the floor to the audience so we can collaborate in real time. We would love for you to join us this season so your insights can help shape the direction of each work before their full premieres in December 2026 as a part of next season’s Winter Premieres concert!