Blackbox Ensemble
New York-based new music ensemble, dedicated to critical cultural engagement through creative work.
BlackBox 2024-2025 Season Drive
Help make our next season our greatest yet!
New York, NY, US
We're jumping into a new season, and we need your help to make it our best one yet!
A Year in Review
Coming off the heels of our previous season, we're launching the next chapter of our organization's work to champion the music of our time. Our season was centered around a series of special projects - a dance performance, The Sound of Space Between Us, at the Clark Art Institute, and a radio play, Borrowed Landscape, by the playwright duo tauchgold with music by Dai Fujikura at the Noguchi Museum and Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art. We also celebrated our ensemble's first five years with a weekend-long festival highlighting the breadth of our musicians and collaborators, which included our debut at the iconic New York venue Roulette. We also continued our work supporting the next generation of musicians and composers with residencies at the University of Florida, University of Michigan, NYU, and the Kaufman Music Center's Special Music School.
The proof of our work is in the numbers. In our last season, season, we held 16 performances, presented 11 world premieres, 6 New York premieres, and engaged 40 artists, including musicians and interdisciplinary collaborators, a testament to the scope of our artistic community.
Looking Ahead
Now, as we launch our new season, we're looking forward to even more collaboration at home in New York and around the country! Our upcoming season includes:
A Year in Review
Coming off the heels of our previous season, we're launching the next chapter of our organization's work to champion the music of our time. Our season was centered around a series of special projects - a dance performance, The Sound of Space Between Us, at the Clark Art Institute, and a radio play, Borrowed Landscape, by the playwright duo tauchgold with music by Dai Fujikura at the Noguchi Museum and Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art. We also celebrated our ensemble's first five years with a weekend-long festival highlighting the breadth of our musicians and collaborators, which included our debut at the iconic New York venue Roulette. We also continued our work supporting the next generation of musicians and composers with residencies at the University of Florida, University of Michigan, NYU, and the Kaufman Music Center's Special Music School.
The proof of our work is in the numbers. In our last season, season, we held 16 performances, presented 11 world premieres, 6 New York premieres, and engaged 40 artists, including musicians and interdisciplinary collaborators, a testament to the scope of our artistic community.
Looking Ahead
Now, as we launch our new season, we're looking forward to even more collaboration at home in New York and around the country! Our upcoming season includes:
- A series of three New York City performances, including a US premiere by James Diaz, Unsuk Chin's Akrostichon-Wortspiel featuring soprano Amber Evans, and a sonic portrait of Julius Eastman co-curated with Isaac Jean-Francois
- A visit to the University of South Carolina for the season-opening concert of their Southern Exposure New Music Series
- A residency at the University of Chicago where we will perform and record works by graduate composition students
- A tour of North and South Carolina, inluding visits to UNC-Pembroke and the Fayetteville Technical Community College New Music Series
- A tour through Florida, including a performance at the Timucua Arts Foundation and residencies at the University of Florida and University of Central Florida
- And so much more to come!
As we embark on this ambitious season, we need your help to make it happen! Your donation will directly support our artists as we produce our New York City concert series, bolster our educational work serving the next generation of composers, and develop projects for the future with our ever-expanding roster of collaborators. (Indeed, we're already planning for our 2025-2026 season and beyond!) Your generous support also makes our pay-what-you-wish ticketing model possible, ensuring that our ambitious performances are accessible to all audience members.
By donating today, you are supporting the exciting projects of of our new season and laying the foundation for our ensemble's future.
Your donation of any amount makes a HUGE difference! Various perks, including merchanise, are available for donors at each rewards level. Donors at the Advocate, Champion, Sponsor, and Visionary Levels will also recieve invitations to open rehearsals and a complimentary tickets to our New York City concert series.
Furthermore, everyone in our BlackBox community is invited to our season kick-off party on Thursday, September 26, hosted by our friends at the Church of St. John's in the Village! We can't wait to celebrate the launch of our new season with our entire community.
We hope you'll help us out by donating as you are able and sharing with friends and family. We are so grateful for the village that has supported us so far - you've made everything we've achieved since 2018 possible. We hope you'll help us sustain and build on this work by making a contribution to our campaign.
Rewards
Advocate
Donate $150.00 or more
Amount over $50.00 is tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox ADVOCATE with a donation of $150 or more and receive a personalized thank you note with a complimentary computer sticker, a complimentary ticket to any BlackBox performance of your choice, invitations to donor-only open rehearsals throughout the season and an invitation to a celebratory donor reception, and a complimentary BlackBox tote bag. Your name will also be listed as an Advocate in all of our programs.
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Friend
Donate $1.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox Ensemble FRIEND with a donation of any amount! Your name will be listed as a Friend in all of our programs.
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Supporter
Donate $20.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox Ensemble SUPPORTER with a donation of $20 or more! Your name will be listed as a Supporter in all of our programs.
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Patron
Donate $50.00 or more
Amount over $1.00 is tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox Ensemble PATRON and receieve a personalized thank you note from the ensemble, including a complimentary computer sticker, have your name listed as a Patron in all of our programs.
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Benefactor
Donate $100.00 or more
Amount over $25.00 is tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox BENEFACTOR with a donation of $100 or more and receive a personalized thank you note with a complimentary computer sticker and BlackBox tote bag. You'll also and have your name listed as a Benefactor in all of our programs.
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Champion
Donate $250.00 or more
Amount over $80.00 is tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox CHAMPION with a donation of $250 or more and receive a personalized thank you note from the ensemble, a complimentary computer sticker and BlackBox tote bag, invitations to donor-only open rehearsals and an invitation to a celebratory donor reception, and two complimentary tickets to a concert on our New York season. Your name will also be listed as a Champion in all of our programs.
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Sponsor
Donate $500.00 or more
Amount over $125.00 is tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox SPONSOR with a donation of $500 or more and receive a personalized thank you note from the ensemble, a complimentary computer sticker and BlackBox tote bag, invitations to donor-only open rehearsals and an invitation to a celebratory donor reception, and two complimentary tickets to all concerts on our New York season. Your name will also be listed as a Sponsor in all of our programs.
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Visionary
Donate $1,000.00 or more
Amount over $225.00 is tax-deductible.
Become a BlackBox VISIONARY with a donation of $1000 or more and receive a personalized thank you note from the ensemble, a complimentary computer sticker and BlackBox tote bag, invitations to donor-only open rehearsals and an invitation to a celebratory donor reception, and complimentary tickets for you and your guests to all concerts on our New York season. Your name will also be listed as a Visionary in all of our programs.
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