Robert w/ Sound Liberation: David Cossin (drums--Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Adam Holzman (keyboards--Miles Davis, Steven Wilson) & Gene Pritsker (guitar--Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) @ Silvana (NYC)
Upcoming Shows
6.8
CompCord @ Howland
Howland Cultural Center
Beacon, NY
Tickets
6.21
Guitars & Poems
Jim Kempner Fine Art Gallery
New York, NY
Tickets
8.23
Sound Liberation
Joe’s Pub
New York, NY
Tickets
@ Joe’s Pub (NYC)
The Cauldron
@ Nublu (NYC)
Never Say It First
@ Chelsea Table
+ Stage (NYC)
Ascending Volumes
Past Shows
2025
May 27, 2025 - Wanderlust in Rome: A Celebration of New Beginnings @ Kostabi World
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Suicide Barbie
May 16, 2025 - Harlem Jazz Series @ Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Footprints of Steel, The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Press: All About Jazz
Apr 23, 2025 - Beneath the Underground with John Pietaro & Laurie Towers @ WFMU Radio
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Not All Apples Are Blue Color, Puzzle Complete (The You of Me)
Mar 28, 2025 - Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure w/ Poet Robert C. Ford @ Centro Mexicana para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras (Morelia, Mexico)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Game Inside My Brain, The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Mar 27, 2025 - Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure w/ Poet Robert C. Ford @ Casa Patricio (Mexico City, Mexico)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Game Inside My Brain, The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Mar 22, 2025 - Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure w/ Poet Robert C. Ford @ Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (Turrialba, Costa Rica)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Game Inside My Brain, The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Mar 20, 2025 - Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure w/ Poet Robert C. Ford @ University of Costa Rica (San Jose, Costa Rica)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Game Inside My Brain, The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Mar 16, 2025 - Protest Songs @ Stonewall Inn (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Rocky Road
Press: Live Music Project
Feb 24, 2025 - Poet Robert C. Ford w/ Eddy Malave @ Meet the Artists Podcast (Instagram Live)
Feb 9, 2025 - The Process Sessions #3 w/ Gene Pritsker & Tasos Papastamou @ David Cossin’s Recording Studio (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Parthenon Sleeps In London
Jan 7, 2025 - Chuck Connelly’s 70th Birthday @ Connelly’s Home Studio (Philadelphia, PA)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Bessie (Homage to Steel Mills)
2024
Dec 13, 2024 - Chamber vs. The 1s & 2s @ Red Eye (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): H. Tunnel/Entrance, The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Press: Broadway World
Dec 6, 2024 - Adam Holzman’s Schizo @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Press: All About Jazz
Dec 2, 2024 - Celebration of Life - Thomas Youngs @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Plastic Plants and Dog Balloons
Nov 26, 2024 - Mark Kostabi’s 64th Birthday @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Piano Keeps Drinking My Wine
Nov 16, 2024 - My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama @ Silvana (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Mama, I Can’t Breathe
Press: Broadway World
Nov 13, 2024 - Beneath the Underground with John Pietaro & Laurie Towers @ WFMU Radio
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Strength of Diversity (Don’t Marry Your Cousin)
Oct 31, 2024 - Charles vs. Gene (Composers Battle) @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Nighthawks (Music: Gene Pritsker), Nighthawks (Music: Charles Coleman)
Press: AM NewYork, Live Music Project
Oct 20, 2024 - Interpretations of Art @ Ki Smith Gallery (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): H. Tunnel / Entrance
Press: New Music USA
Oct 12, 2024 - Warren Nicholson (classical guitar), Snjezana Pavicevic (flute, piccolo) & Robert C. Ford (poet) @ St. John’s in the Village (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Ascending Volumes/R.I.P (Rock in Peace), Bluebird (Charles Bukowski)
Press: Live Music Project
Oct 10, 2024 - Three Rooms Press Dada/Maintenant 18 Book Release @ NYPL - Jefferson Market (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Plastic Plants and Balloon Dogs
Sep 29, 2024 - Anthony Arya (singer-songwriter) w/ Robert C. Ford (poet) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Moonlight (A Baseball Poem)
Press: All About Jazz
Sep 28, 2024 - Village Trip Festival (World Central Kitchen Fundraiser) @ St. John’s in the Village (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): American Dream
Press: The Village Trip
Sep 22, 2024 - Chuck Connelly’s Art Interpreted by Poetry and Music @ Chuck Connelly’s Studio (Philadelphia, PA)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Intersection of Nature and Humanity
Press: All About Jazz
Sep 18, 2024 - James Lane Memorial Concert @ The Bitter End (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Ascending Volumes/R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)
Sep 15, 2024 - Village Trip Festival (In Memory of Sean Satin) @ Greenwich House Music School (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Ascending Volumes/R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)
Press: The Village Trip
Sep 13, 2024 - Jam Night @ Rent Money Lounge (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): American Dream, Ascending Volumes, Money Matters (Mark Kostabi)
Sep 5, 2024 - Sound Liberation @ Birdland Jazz Club (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Loneliness of Infinity
Press: New Music USA
Aug 30, 2024 - Moonlight & Maple Syrup @ Capital City Grange (Berlin, VT)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Moonlight (A Baseball Poem), Maple Syrup (A Baseball Poem)
Press: The Herald, Rutland Herald
Aug 17, 2024 - Low Key Chamber Concert #36 w/ Stephanie Susberich (soprano), Charles Coleman (baritone), Gene Pritsker (guitar), Peter Carlaftes (poet), Robert C. Ford (poet), Kat Georges (poet) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Closing Bell, Nighthawks, Sky Vault Theme
Aug 3, 2024 - Guitarra Contemporanea w/ Andrey Krakovsky (guitar), Robert C. Ford (poet) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Intersection of Nature and Humanity
Jun 29, 2024 - CompCord LittleBig Band @ Loft393 (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Swing Like Animals
Press: New Music USA
Jun 27, 2024 - Imitations featuring William Schimmel (Scent of a Woman) @ Greenwich House Music School (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Ascending Volumes / R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)
Jun 23, 2024 - CompCord Ensemble @ Howland Cultural Center (Beacon, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Louder Please - My Watch Can’t Hear You (John Pietaro), Roulette Table Dance, Suicide Barbie
Press: New Music USA
Jun 20, 2024 - Strings and Poems @ Jim Kempner Fine Art Gallery (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Ascending Volumes / R.I.P. (Rock In Peace), Summer Haikus - Berries and Bubbles (Ford), The Longest Day (Munoz)
Press: Live Music Project
Jun 13, 2024 - Low Key Chamber Concert #35 w/ Charles Coleman (baritone), Funda Cizmecioglu (violin), Robert C. Ford (poet), John Pietaro (poet), Gene Pritsker (guitar) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Closing Bell, Let’s Swing Like Animals, Sky Vault Theme
Jun 2, 2024 - Eclectic Bands w/ Sound Liberation @ Nublu (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Never Say It First
Press: New Music USA
May 31, 2024 - John Pietaro’s Innocent Postcards Book Release @ The Delancey (New York, NY)
Robert’s poem(s): The Great Resignation, Of Mariupol (John Pietaro)
May 19, 2024 - Celebration of Life in Memory of Classical Guitarist Sean Satin @ Superfine (Brooklyn, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)
May 16, 2024 - Low Key Chamber Concert #34 w/ Charles Coleman (baritone), David Cossin (percussion), Robert C. Ford (poet), Imelda O’Reilly (poet), Gene Pritsker (guitar) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Closing Bell, Sky Vault Theme, Summer Haikus
May 5, 2024 - Composers Concordance “Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves” Electronic Music (Robert C. Ford narrator, Gene Pritsker electonics) @ Rockwood Music Hall (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Roulette Table Dance
Press: New Music USA
Apr 27, 2024 - Composers Concordance “1984” w/ CompCord Ensemble (Robert C. Ford narrator, Jane Getter guitar, Peter Jarvis conductor, Melanie Mitrano soprano, Max Pollak percussion, Gene Pritsker guitar, Daniel Schnyder saxophone, Michiyo Suzuki clarinet, David Taylor bass trombone) @ Loft393 (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): A Story Dystopian (1984)
Press: Live Music Project
Apr 23, 2024 - Composers Concordance “40-Ounce” @ DROM (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): 40-Oz (With Brown Paper Bag Applause)
Press: New Music USA
Apr 22, 2024 - Secret City Season #1 Finale w/ Milica Paranosic, Hot Glue & the Gun, Robert C. Ford @ Secret City (Livestream)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Not All Apples Are Blue Color
Apr 15, 2024 - Sound Liberation @ ZWE Jazz Club (Vienna, Austria)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Cauldron, The Difference Unhappiness
Mar 29, 2024 - Low Key Chamber Concert #33 w/ Charles Coleman (baritone), Robert C. Ford (poet), John S. Hall (poet), Wayne J. du Maine (trumpet), Gene Pritsker (guitar), Michael J. Visceglia (bass) - Artwork by Chuck Connelly @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Anti-Social Drinker (Chuck Connelly), Closing Bell, For the Last Twenty-Five Years (Carlinius M), Sky Vault Theme, A Story Dystopian (1984)
Press: All About Jazz
Mar 9, 2024 - Sound Liberation feat. Lara St. John @ Joe’s Pub (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Cauldron, The Anti-Social Drinker (Chuck Connelly)
Press: All About Jazz
Feb 25, 2024 - Sound Liberation Trio (David Cossin, Adam Holzman, Gene Pritsker) @ Nublu (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Dream Big (Let the Scientists Worry About Details Like O-Rings), Who Is Hrodebert Fjorde?
Press: All About Jazz
Feb 22, 2024 - Low Key Chamber Concert #32 w/ Dennis Brandner (saxophone), Kelsea Brunner (poet), Carlinius M (poet), Charles Coleman (baritone), Robert C. Ford (poet) & Gene Pritsker (guitar) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Closing Bell, The Great Resignation, Sky Vault Theme, Who Is Hrodebert Fjorde?
Feb 9, 2024 - Low Key Chamber Concert #31 w/ Charles Coleman (baritone), Robert C. Ford (poet), Erik T. Johnson (poet), Tasos Papastamou (violin) & Gene Pritsker (guitar) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Closing Bell, Sky Vault Theme
Feb 3, 2024 - Violins & Poems ‘War’ w/ Michelle Shocked @ The Delancey (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Parthenon Sleeps In London, The War Within
Press: All About Jazz
Jan 27, 2024 - NWEAMO Festival Day 3 Featuring Soprano Ljiljana Winkler & Poet Robert C. Ford @ San Diego State University - Smith Recital Hall (San Diego, CA)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Day Saturn Lost Its Rings, The Music Between Us, Not All Apples Are Blue Color, Plastic Plants and Balloon Dogs
Press: KPBS
Jan 14, 2024 - Composers with Drinks Listening to Music Live @ Westbeth (New York, NY)
Program with Robert’s poem(s): The Color of the Number 3
Jan 11, 2024 - Low Key Chamber Concert #30 w/ Charles Coleman (baritone), Robert C. Ford (poet), Jason Kao Hwang (vioin), Gene Pritsker (guitar) & Dave Soldier (violin) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): American Dream, Closing Bell, Sky Vault Theme
Press: All About Jazz
2023
Dec 20, 2023 - Guitars & Poems @ Greenwich House Music School (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): He Did It Steinway, The Lion Tamer, Suicide Barbie, Homage to Keith Haring
Dec 1, 2023 - Gene & The Brass @ The Delancey (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Homage to Keith Haring
Nov 26, 2023 - Low Key Chamber Concert #28 w/ Charles Coleman (baritone), Robert C. Ford (poet), Gressi Desiree Langovits (soprano), Peter Oswald (trumpet), Gene Pritsker (guitar) & Ljiljana Winkler (soprano) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Closing Bell, Homage to Keith Haring, Sky Vault Theme
Nov 2, 2023 - Three Rooms Press - Dada/Maintenant 17 Book Release Party @ NYPL - Jefferson Market (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The War Within
Oct 31, 2023 - Sound Liberation w/ Lara St. John @ Pangea (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Cauldron
Oct 27, 2023 - Low Key Chamber Concert #27 w/ Charles Coleman (baritone), Robert C. Ford (poet), Gene Pritsker (guitar) & David Taylor (bass trombone) @ Sky Vault (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Cauldron, Closing Bell, Sky Vault Theme
Oct 17, 2023 - Sound Liberation Trio (David Cossin, Adam Holzman, Gene Pritsker) @ Silvana (New York, NY)
Oct 14, 2023 - Interpretations of Mark Kostabi’s Paintings @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Loneliness of Infinity
Oct 8, 2023 - Gene Pritsker, Bruce Arnold & Judi Silvano @ Silvana (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Cauldron, Plastic Plants and Balloon Dogs
Sep 30, 2023 - Sound Liberation’s ‘Better Now’ Album Release @ The Delancey (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Red or Blue Guitar (Gene Pritsker Birthday Tribute), The Difference Unhappiness
Jul 21, 2023 - Sound Liberation @ ZWE Jazz Club (Vienna, Austria)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Chocolate Flute, Mama I Can’t Breathe, May the Great Ark Save the Drones, The War Within
Jun 24, 2023 - CompCord Meets Hot Wrk @ Howland Cultural Center (Beacon, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Suicide Barbie
Jun 17, 2023 - CompCord Comes to the Country @ Landis Arboretum (Esperance, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Biggest Lie (Trickle Down), Panda Mating Season, Plastic Plants and Balloon Dogs, Suicide Barbie
Jun 2, 2023 - Low Key Chamber Concert #25 w/ Robert C. Ford (poet), Carli Muñoz (piano), David Saperstein (piano) & Gene Pritsker (guitar)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Plastic Plants and Balloon Dogs, Sky Vault Theme
May 21, 2023 - Composers Concordance ‘Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Name Dropping’ @ DROM (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): How Do I Encapsulate Myself In Just One Word
May 8, 2023 - Local 802 AFM & Composers Concordance Jazz Night @ Local 802 American Federation of Musicians (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Biggest Lie (Trickle Down), Bitcoin Without a Blockchain
May 6, 2023 - Queens New Music Festival @ Secret Theatre (Woodside, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Lion Tamer, Mama I Can’t Breathe
Apr 20, 2023 - CompCord Jazz Ensemble w/ David Amram & Dick Griffin @ Birdland Jazz Club (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): May The Great Ark Save The Drones, Mother Earth Does Not Wear Lipstick
Apr 7, 2023 - Electric Guitar & Piano Duo @ Steel Wig Music (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Good Pastor (Robert L. Brashear Tribute)
Mar 31, 2023 - Secret City w/ Take a Pick (Brian DuFord, Milica Paranosic) @ Goddard Riverside (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Not All Apples Are Blue Color
Feb 27, 2023 - My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama MEETS Bodies Electric (8 Guitars) @ Loft393 (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Inhibitive Control (I’m Not an Animal)
Feb 19, 2023 - Robert w/ In4Mation (Gerry Brown drums, Jane Getter guitar, Gene Pritsker guitar, Harvey S. bass) @ The Bitter End (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Parthenon Sleeps In London, The War Within
2022
Nov 27, 2022 - Mark Kostabi’s Birthday @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): He Did It Steinway
Oct 18, 2022 - Kostabi Piano Series w/ Urs Hager @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Good Pastor (Robert L. Brashear Tribute)
Oct 8, 2022 - Pianos, Poems & Paintings @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Rabbit Barons
Oct 6, 2022 - Three Rooms Press - Dada/Maintenant 16 Book Release Party @ NYPL - Jefferson Market (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Hail to the Gas-Powered Leaf-Blowers
Sep 14, 2022 - Songs & Poems from the Village (Featuring Grammy-Winning Singer/Songwriter Suzanne Vega) @ The Players Theatre (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Day Saturn Lost Its Rings
Press: The Village Trip
Jun 28, 2022 - Eclectic Bands @ Theatre 80 (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poems(s): The Difference Unhappiness
May 28, 2022 - CompCord Heavy Metal Ensemble @ The Delancey (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Rubber Ducky
May 21, 2022 - Composers Concordance’s Science Festival @ Gallery MC (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poems(s): Hail to the Gas-Powered Leaf-Blowers
Mar 3, 2022 - Sound Liberation @ Birdland Jazz Club (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Difference Unhappiness
Jan 21, 2022 - Chamber vs the 1s & 2s (Gilbert's Birthday Celebration) @ The Delancey (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Footprints of Steel
2021
Oct 28, 2021 - Three Rooms Press - Dada/Maintenant 15 Book Release Party @ NYPL - Tompkins Square (Livestream)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Biggest Lie (Trickle Down)
Oct 20, 2021 - Todd Rewoldt (Alto Saxophone) & Lesi Mei (Piano) @ Kostabi World (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Element 115
Press: Jazz Near Me
Sep 5, 2021 - Gene Pritsker at 50 @ DROM (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): Ascending Volumes, Element 115
Press: American Composers Forum
2020
Sep 3, 2020 - Three Rooms Press - Dada/Maintenant 14 Book Release Party @ YouTube Livestream
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): The Day Saturn Lost Its Rings
Mar 7, 2020 - Sound Liberation @ Pianos NYC (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): May the Great Ark Save the Drones
2019
Jun 13, 2019 - Three Rooms Press - Dada/Maintenant 13 Book Release Party @ Le Poisson Rouge (New York, NY)
Program w/ Robert’s poem(s): May the Great Ark Save the Drones