PRISM Quartet Listening Party
Join the PRISM Quartet and moderator Tom Moon, author of The New York Times bestseller 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, for a Listening Party and reception on November 12 at 8 PM at the Germantown Branch of Settlement Music School in Philadelphia.
We’ll be spinning and discussing PRISM’s recent and upcoming albums, including our newest release, Generate Music. The evening will feature a special live performance by PRISM of Martin Bresnick’s Every Thing Must Go (a preview of “And I Always Thought,” an 80th birthday celebration concert for Martin at Merkin Hall in NYC on November 13) alongside an excerpt of Burning Maps, and Moons, a work-in-progress by Paola Prestini. And that’s not all: PRISM’s own Matthew Levy will give a short, behind-the-scenes presentation on the mixing and mastering process of the group’s many recordings for its in-house label, XAS Records.
Tim, Taimur, Zach, and Matt would love to see you there!
About Tom Moon
Tom Moon has been writing about pop, rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop and world music for more than three decades. From 1988 to 2004, he was the music critic at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and his writings appeared in hundreds of daily newspapers and magazines. He has contributed to NPR’s All Things Considered since 1996 and written reviews and feature stories for publications such as Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, Spin, and Vibe. Moon is the author of the New York Times bestseller 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die (Workman Publishing, 2008) and a two-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Excellence in Music Journalism. He began his career as a professional saxophonist, backing singers such as Tony Bennett and Ben Vereen and performing on cruise ships and with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra. His music, published by Moontoonage Music (ASCAP), can be heard on two CDs: Into the Ojalá (2011) and Sentiments by Rote (1988).
Settlement Music School, Germantown Branch
6128 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144
November 12, 2026
8:00 PM
$5, $15, or $25 (pay-what-you-wish)