Gigs
2026
Thursday January 8, 2026 @ NuBlu 151 Avenue C 10 PM William Parker’s Pocket Watch Orchestra as part of Winter Jazzfest (followed by Tomoki Sanders at 11:30PM) William Parker – composition, conducting, double reeds, Rob Brown – alto, Alfredo Colon- tenor, Aakash Mittal – alto, Devin Brahja Waldman – alto, Isaiah Barr – tenor, Dave Sewelson – baritone, Diego Hedez – trumpet, Colin Babcock – trombone, Masahiko Kono – trombone, Colson Jimenez – bass, Juan Pablo Carletti – drums, percussion, Hans Young Binter – keyboard, Ellen Christi – vocals, Kyoko Kitamura – vocals, Patricia Nicholson – vocals, spoken word
Sunday February 8, 2026 @ トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボ Tokyo, Japan Workshop on the Music of Anthony Braxton organized by Tokyo Gen’On Project
Saturday March, 14, 2026 @ Loove Annex 238 North 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (not to be confused with Loove Labs on 6th St.) 9PM Geometry (Joe Morris, Tomeka Reid, Taylor Ho Bynum, Kyoko Kitamura), 10PM with William Parker’s Pocket Watch Orchestra, part of AFA’s OUT Fest
Tuesday March 24, 2026 @ Downtown Music Gallery Kyoko Kitamura solo: voice and found objects
April 5 – 8, 2026 @ Bennington College residency with Levi Gonzalez and Rachel Bernsen, showing on April 8 morning
Thursday April 9, 2026 @ Columbia University Butler Library Audra Wolowiec’s Air
Saturday April 11, 2026 @ WFMU 2-5PM Live interview by Dave Sewelson: Kitamura will discuss influences from Agnès Palier to Anthony Braxton, AI music generator, and demonstrate using household instruments as sound sources ARCHIVE NOW AVAILABLE, LISTEN AT https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=162665&archive=286578
Wednesday April 15 @ LOOVE ANNEX Inter(Space) Residency 7PM with William Parker’s PocketWatch Orchestra
Wednesday April 22 @ LOOVE ANNEX Inter(Space) Residency 8PM with Siren Xypher Collective (Melanie Dyer, Mara Rosenbloom, Kyoko Kitamura), 9:30PM with William Parker’s PocketWatch Orchestra
Wednesday April 29 @ LOOVE ANNEX Inter(Space) Residency 9:30PM with William Parker’s PocketWatch Orchestra
Monday May 11 – Wednesday May 12 @ Dartmouth College. Teaching two classes on music as communication, structured improvisation, relationship to current technology and thoughts on navigating technological disruption. Please contact me if you’d like a private coaching session.
Tuesday May 19 @Ibeam 8PM Siren Xypher Collective with Melanie Dyer: viola and voice; Mara Rosenbloom: piano and voice; Kyoko Kitamura: voice and objects
Saturday July 11 – Sunday July 12, 2026 @ Ibeam Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival
Summer and Fall 2025
Saturday July 12 @ Ibeam Brooklyn Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival 2025 Day 1
Sunday July 13 @ Ibeam Brooklyn Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival 2025 Day 2
Friday August 15 @ Prospect Park 7PM BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! William Parker Presents Ellington in Mourning
Saturday October 4 @ Roulette 7PM M³ Festival 2025
Monday October 13 @ Arts for Art InGardens with William Parker’s Pocketwatch Big Band
Thursday October 23 @ Sheepshead Bay Library with Lena Bloch’s Marina Tsvetaeva project with Lena Bloch: saxophonist/composer; Jacob Sacks: piano; Ken Filiano: bass; Michael Sarin: drums; Kyoko Kitamura: voice
Tuesday November 4 @ Roulette 7PM A Workshop on the Music of Anthony Braxton Open to all levels. Observers welcome. Instruments welcome but not required to participate. We will try to answer as many audience questions as we can. Three of Anthony Braxton’s current and former collaborators—Adam Matlock, Anne Rhodes and Kyoko Kitamura—will lead a hands-on, participatory workshop exploring the music of Braxton through several of his systems including Language Music, Syntactical Ghost Trance Music and Anthony’s more recent works. We will show scores and how we navigate them in real time.
Wednesday November 5 @ Roulette 8PM The Music of Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 101 // Syntactical Ghost Trance Music Ingrid Laubrock and Shinya Lin opens the evening with the rarely performed Composition No. 101. Then the Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble, an acclaimed group of Anthony Braxton collaborators who are among today’s most adventurous and skilled vocalists, returns to Roulette for the first time since 2019. The ensemble performs his groundbreaking Syntactical Ghost Trance Music, showcasing the intricate, improvisation-driven vocal frameworks that define Braxton’s compositional universe. For this performance, the ensemble will use Composition No. 219 as the primary territory, weaving in secondary and tertiary materials including opera excerpts. The ensemble may also bring in elements of another system. The Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble is Roland Burks, Tomás Cruz, Chris DiMeglio, Nick Hallett, Kyoko Kitamura, Adam Matlock, Anne Rhodes, Kamala Sankaram, Elizabeth Saunders.
Saturday November 15 @ Ibeam with Lena Bloch’s Marina Tsvetaeva project
Friday December 5 @ Mabou Mines 7:30PM Melanie Dyer’s Incalculable Likelihood Co-created and coproduced by Melanie Dyer and Sandye Wilson. Incalculable Likelihood is a creative improvised oratorio inspired by and featuring tape of composer Melanie Dyer’s grandmother, singing snippets of sacred songs she wrote as a member of the Church of God and Saints of Christ community, a now 120 year old African American settlement in Virginia. Incalculable Likelihood is a sonic reckoning of Black memory, imagination, resilience and triumph.
Creative Team: Melanie Dyer – Composition/Libretto; Sandye Wilson – Libretto/Director; Hao Bai – Projection and Lighting Design; Damayanti Wallace – Stage Manager
Performers: Lezlie Harrison, Celebrant; Carla Cook, Kyoko Kitamura & Jason Walker – Vocals; Gwen Laster & Charles Burnham Violin; Melanie Dyer – Viola; Teddy Rankin-Parker – Cello ; Jordyn Davis- Bass; J.D. Parran – Winds/Reeds; Shanyse Strickland – French Horn; Trae Crudup – Drums; Nik Francis – Percussion; Alexis Marcelo – Piano
Saturday December 6 @ Mabou Mines 7:30PM Melanie Dyer’s Incalculable Likelihood (see above)
Tuesday December 23 @ Ibeam Time 8:00 PM Siren Xypher Collective Holiday Party!! A gathering. Come join us to finish the year off musically improvising! Sliding scale entry, recommended $15 – $20.