CRS invites you to a live presentation of "Unforgotten Song," a music and multimedia work commemorating the anguish ad resilience of the Comfort Women, local women enslaved throughout Japan-occupied East Asia, 1932-1945. This tribute is intended to include all women who are and have been victims of sexual violence and exploitation. These songs of our […]

CRS is pleased to present the first of three concerts of AMI, a new series of chamber concerts by the international ensemble INTERWOVEN in the award-winning White Room at CRS. The first concert will take place on Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 pm and will feature Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto/shamisen) with Keiko Tokunaga (violin) and Hikaru Tamaki […]

Please join us in the award-winning White Room at CRS on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 5pm for a discussion and live performance by acclaimed saxophonist and scholar Caroline Davis, who has been investigating the therapeutic use of sounds modeled on brain waves. Tickets are $20 ($10 for students and seniors) and are available in advance from […]

CRS presents the second of three concerts of AMI, a new series of chamber concerts by the international ensemble INTERWOVEN in the award-winning White Room at CRS. The concert will take place on Saturday, October 8 at 7:30 pm and will feature gamin (piri/saenghwang) with Alex Fortes (violin), Keiko Tokunaga (violin), and Ana Kim (cello), performing […]

CRS presents Vol. 3 of AMI, a new series of chamber concerts by the international ensemble INTERWOVEN in the award-winning White Room at CRS. The concert will take place on Saturday, October 29 at 7:30 pm and will feature Andy Weiyan Lin (erhu/viola) with Emilie-Anne Gendron (violin), Keiko Tokunaga (violin), Matthew Cohen (viola), and Nan-Cheng Chen […]

Supported by a commission from CRS, Berlin-based butoh dance artist Yuko Kaseki and ballet artist Megumi Eda present the first showing of their new collaborative dance work-in-progress, DIVINE, inspired by tragic tales of wronged and resilient women such as ballet’s “Giselle” and the classic Japanese Kaidan ghost story “Oiwa.” The performance will take place on […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents “Being Now Together” with SACO & As It Is, celebrating the New Year. The free spirit of this ten-piece ensemble will take you to the space of galactic love and harmony where we all can create, and experience beautiful vibrations together. One Love! Tickets are $20 and are available […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Shoko Nagai's TOKALA ensemble featuring Shoko Nagai(piano/accordion), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) and Sita Chay (violin). Tokala explores the ancient connections between Japan and the Middle East established via the Silk Road; this conduit of cultural and commercial exchange left an imprint that became an integral part of Japanese culture. […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents the Hot Wrk Ensemble: WRKin It Out in the award-winning White Room at CRS on March 4, 2023 at 4pm. With J Brooks Marcus (J Why) on percussion, Lois Hicks-Wozniak on saxophones, and Brad Hubbard on baritone sax & woodwinds, Hot Wrk Ensemble performs diverse, genre-busting chamber music […]

CRS presents the international chamber music ensemble INTERWOVEN on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 2pm at Resobox East Village, our first collaboration with Resobox. INTERWOVEN’s Yoko Reikano Kimura (Shamisen/Voice), Andy Lin  (Erhu/Viola), Emilie-Anne Gendron (Violin), Keiko Tokunaga (Violin), and Nan-Cheng Chen (Cello) will perform a program featuring Japanese, Chinese, and western compositions such as “A Popular Tune” by JungYoon Wie, “Sekiheki […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents "Gratitude to Spring" with SACO & As It Is and special guest Kevin Nathanial (mbira). Let's appreciate and embrace the nurturing energy of spring and celebrate it together with singing and dancing! An eleven-piece, cross-genre music ensemble, SACO & As It Is creates uplifting and soothing sound experiences […]

BETA Quartet — flutists Eftihia Arkoudis, Tatiana Cassetta, Alyssa Schwartz, and Meg Brennan — perform cutting edge contemporary flute music.

CRS is delighted to present M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)' Winter Solstice 2021 Cohort member Jessica Ackerley (guitar) with Sarah Manning (saxophone) and Alma Laprida (tromba marina) on June 18, 2023 at 5pm in the award-winning White Room at CRS. An audience Q&A will take place following the concert. This trio's music is mostly centered around improvisation with a […]

Please join us in celebrating the Summer Solstice with NOoSPHERE Arts as they kick off their WE ARE NATURE: Rising and Falling annual rooftop series. Held in the spectacular, one-of-a-kind setting of wildflower meadows stretching across the roofs of an industrial plant against the iconic backdrop of the NYC skyline, the event will be centered around […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents "Resonance of Water" with SACO & As It Is. Mother Earth is a water planet, and we are mostly water. Let’s flow together to celebrate this season communing with water. It would be wonderful to feel each other’s “water” with music! An eleven-piece, cross-genre music ensemble, SACO & […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents the cross-genre music ensemble SACO & As It Is, an uplifting and soothing sound experience that spontaneously unites people. This time our beloved friend the great Mbira player Kevin Nathaniel will be with us to shine the groove. This is their first attempt to perform without a keyboard. […]