Brooklyn College

Reconstructing by the TEAM
2026-01-09 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater
Created by The TEAM (Artistic Director Rachel Chavkin; Producing Director Emma Orme)
Directed by Rachel Chavkin & Zhailon Levingston
Presented by The TEAM and The Tow Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
As part of Under the Radar Festival® / utrfest.org
Dates: Jan 9-11, 2026
Runtime: approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission.
Late seating policy: limited late seating is available
Tickets range from $20-$55
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Onstage is a two-story house. From one angle, it’s mucked out after a flood. From another, it’s a new development wrapped in Tyvek. And from another, it’s “Tara” from Gone with the Wind being transformed into an Airbnb. The piano can’t be tuned. Someone is quilting in the corner. Come in.
Co-written by 21 Black-, POC-, and white-identifying artists ranging in age from 29 to 99, RECONSTRUCTING is a new work by internationally-renowned theater collective the TEAM that wrestles with how, in the aftermath of slavery, we might move through history together. Propelled by a quilt-like score, this “complex and combustible project” (Sarah Holdren, Vulture) slips between fact and fiction and performance and ritual to tell a story of historical figures and fictional characters seeking and fleeing intimacy—and us as makers doing the same.

Computer Music Showcase
2025-12-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
7-8:30 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all
Students of Electroacoustic Music present new original acousmatic and interactive electronic works.
Sol Leon, Director

Sonic Arts Concert
2025-12-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
7-8:30 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all
New experimental and electronic works from students in the Sonic Arts MFA program. Douglas Geers, Director

Conservatory Orchestra III
2025-12-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Claire Tow Theater
5:30-7 p.m. performance
Claire Tow Theater
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George Rothman, Conductor.
Glinka, Kamarinskaya; Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite; Anderson, Sleigh Ride

Brooklyn Electroacoustic Ensemble (BEE): Amirtha Kidambi
2025-12-10 20:00 - 21:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater
8-9:30 p.m. performance
Don Buchwald Theater
Free to all
New and classic electroacoustic works

Music from the Conservatory III: Jessie Mills
2025-12-10 17:00 - 18:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
5-6:30 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all
Conservatory of Music students present solo and chamber works.

Indecent by Paula Vogel
2025-12-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-12-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-12-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-12-06 14:00 - 16:15, 2025-12-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, New Workshop Theater
Indecent
by Paula Vogel
Directed by Sam Plattus
December 5–6, 8–9 at 7:30 p.m. and December 6 at 2 p.m.
New Workshop Theater
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The true story of a little Jewish play, Indecent recounts the history of the groundbreaking 1923 Broadway play God of Vengeance which scandalized the Jewish community and the American public with its portrayal of love and desire between women. Set against the backdrop of rising fascism and the struggle for creative freedom, Indecent uncovers the divide between art and censorship, identity and persecution, as well as cultural divides both then and now. A testament to the power of art-making as an act of resistance, Indecent is a revolutionary story about finding the unflinching courage to speak truth through art.

Composers Concert II
2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
6:30 p.m. doors / 7-8:30 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all
Conservatory of Music composers present their new acoustic and electroacoustic works.

Graduate Open House – School of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts, Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema
2025-12-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema
Join us for an in-person and virtual tour of the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema‘s state-of-the-art facilities. Meet with a rep from Feirstein to explore our cutting edge programs in:

Cinema Arts, M.F.A. with specializations in live action filmmaking and digital animation and visual effects
Media Scoring, M.F.A.
Sonic Arts, M.F.A.

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Graduate Open House – School of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts, Theater, M.F.A. Directing Specialization
2025-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Meet with faculty and admissions representatives to discuss the Theater, M.F.A., Directing specialization.
Learn about admission requirements, the application process, career resources, and funding options, while getting to know our current students, faculty, and staff.
This session is held on Zoom.
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Techniques for Performance Concert
2025-12-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Feirstein Rehearsal Studio
Isabel Milenski, Director; Students of the Techniques in Performance class present a voice recital of arias and musical theater vignettes.
Feirstein Rehearsal Studio
Free for all.

Composers Concert I
2025-12-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
7-8:30 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Conservatory of Music composers present their new acoustic and electroacoustic works.

Brooklyn College Percussion Ensemble
2025-12-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
5-6 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all
The Percussion Ensemble performs dynamic international works from the 20th- and 21st-century canon along with jazz-influenced pieces.

Staged Opera Scenes
2025-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater
7-9 p.m. performance
Don Buchwald Theater
Free to all.
Isabel Milenski, Director
Violetta Zabbi, Music Director and pianist
Voice students from the Techniques for Performance class and Opera Workshop present an evening of fully staged scenes and songs: Menotti’s The Telephone and scenes from Sondheim’s A Little Night Music.

Afternoon Chamber Music II
2025-12-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Conservatory of Music students present chamber works. Marianne Gythfeldt, Coordinator.
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all

Keith Haring, Picture Books, and Cookies
2025-12-04 12:30 - 14:00 | Boylan Hall, Room 0400, Art Gallery
In connection with the current exhibition of Keith Haring prints, this special event is a cozy celebration of art and children’s literature. Associate Professor of English Matthew Burgess will read from his illustrated biography, Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring, followed by a conversation with Provost April Bedford about the particular magic of picture books. Milk and cookies will be served, and participants are invited to bring a favorite children’s book to share. Co-sponsored by the Art Department, English Department, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Student Affairs, and the School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts.

Conservatory Wind Ensemble
2025-12-03 19:30 - 20:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Claire Tow Theater
7:30-8:30 p.m. performance
Claire Tow Theater
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The musicians of the Conservatory Wind Ensemble perform traditional and contemporary music.
Ives, Variations on America; Grainger, Irish Tune from County Derry; Vaughan Williams, Sea Songs; H.L. Clarke, Stars in a Velvety Sky; B. Lowden, Armed Forces Salute; John Wasson, The Legends of Soul

Conservatory Jazz Ensemble
2025-12-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater
7:30-9 p.m. performance
Don Buchwald Theater
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Classic and original works by the masters and young lions.

Guest Recital: Timothy Hoft, piano
2025-12-02 14:30 - 15:45 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
A performance of Frederick Rzewski’s 36 variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Masterclass: Timothy Hoft, piano
2025-12-02 12:15 - 14:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Our guest will work with several of the Conservatory’s fine pianists on various works.

conTEMPO New Music Ensemble
2025-12-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater
7:30-9 p.m. performance
Don Buchwald Theater
Free for all.
The Conservatory’s New Music ensemble performs contemporary works.
Marianne Gythfeldt, Director

Conservatory Guitar Ensemble
2025-11-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
7:30-9 p.m. performance
Don Buchwald Theater
Free to all
Music by Mendelssohn, J.S. Bach, Brouwer, and others.

Voice Departmental Recital–Paul Sperry Concert for American Music
2025-11-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater
Students in the Voice Performance area present works.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Don Buchwald Theater
Free for all.
Malcolm J. Merriweather, Coordinator

Devising ShortWorks Festival
2025-11-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Beller Rehearsal Studio
7:30-9:30 p.m. performance
Beller Rehearsal Studio, 093
A collection of work created and presented by students in the undergraduate devising class. RSVP will be distributed by the Theater Department a week prior to the show.
Free admission.

2025 John Hope Franklin Freedom Concert: Brooklyn College Symphonic Choir
2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Claire Tow Theater
Brooklyn College Symphonic Choir
Malcolm J. Merriweather, Conductor
Glee Club
Rebecca Martinez, Conductor
This program brings together the combined choirs of Brooklyn College in a celebration of heritage, resilience, and song, opening with the Alma Mater and the powerful anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing. From the sacred strains of Bach, Handel, and Dorsey to beloved spirituals and contemporary works, the evening traverses centuries and traditions, affirming music’s ability to inspire unity and hope. The program culminates with selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s iconic musicals, uplifting audiences with timeless melodies and messages of love, justice, and freedom.
6:30 p.m. doors / 7-8 p.m. performance
Claire Tow Theater
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