PRISM Quartet and Craig Taborn – Sept. 11 Philly, Sept. 13 Brooklyn

The ever-adventurous PRISM Quartet joins forces with the composer/pianist and MacArthur Fellow Craig Taborn in a program featuring the world premiere of Taborn’s Three Animal Riddles.

Taborn writes, “Three Animal Riddles is a work in three movements—Two Fish, Red Sulfur Birds, and Her Basilisk—in which improvisatory piano, in dialogue with a saxophone quartet, encounters metaphors of decomposition, transformation, and synthesis. Alchemical animal riddles, Duke Ellington, and Cecil Taylor inspired this piece, which will take on a new final form with each performance.”

The program also includes work from PRISM Quartet’s ongoing Heritage/Evolution project by Greg Osby, Melissa Aldana, John Coltrane, and Chris Potter, adapted for PRISM’s saxes and piano.

Friday, September 11, 2026 at 8 PM
Co-Presented by Ars Nova Workshop and PRISM Quartet
Solar Myth
1131 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
$35 ADV / $40 DOS (plus fees),  21 & Over
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Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 7 PM
Co-Presented by Brooklyn Music School and PRISM Quartet
Brooklyn Music School
126 St Felix St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$10, $25, $40, or $60 General Admission (fees included, pay-what-you-wish)
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Concert Details

The Philadelphia concert takes place Friday, September 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM at Solar Myth, located at 1131 S Broad Street, co-presented by Ars Nova Workshop and PRISM Quartet. The Brooklyn concert takes place Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Brooklyn Music School, located at 126 St Felix Street, co-presented by Brooklyn Music School and PRISM Quartet.

Tickets for the Philadelphia concert are $35 in advance or $40 day of show, plus fees. Tickets for the Philadelphia concert may be purchased at arsnovaworkshop.org.

The Brooklyn concert is pay-what-you-wish, starting at $10 — everyone’s welcome, regardless of what you’re able to give. This year we’ve added a $60 option for those who’d like to give more. Choose whatever level feels right: $10, $25, $40, or $60, all fees included. Tickets for the Brooklyn concert may be purchased at eventbrite.com.

More info at prismquartet.com/concerts