Baruch Performing Arts Center 2025-2026 concert season begins October 27
Soundscapes: Music for Film and Beyond explores the intersection between contemporary concert music and cinema
ACME – a group that has specialized in new chamber music for over 20 years – performs music written for film by Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Ennio Morricone and others
On Monday, October 27 at 7 pm, American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) opens Baruch Performing Arts Center’s 2025-2026 concert season with Soundscapes: Music for Film and Beyond. The acclaimed chamber group performs works by Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Ennio Morricone, Nico Muhly, Jóhann Jóhannsson and ACME’s Artistic Director, Clarice Jensen. Baruch PAC is located at 55 Lexington Ave (25th St, between 3rd and Lexington Aves). Tickets are $35, available at bpac.baruch.cuny.edu.
The program explores the intersection between contemporary classical music and cinema, including selections from Morricone's lush score for The Mission and the lyrical second movement of Nyman's String Quartet No. 2. Glass's String Quartet No. 3, Mishima, taken from his score for Paul Schrader’s 1985 film, features driving rhythms and hypnotic patterns. This is a Silberman Recital Series concert.
Baruch PAC’s 2025-26 season continues on December 12 with virtuoso jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner. In February, baritone Joseph Parrish returns to the Baruch PAC stage with a program inspired by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance. An additional spring performance will be announced soon.
Calendar Listing
Monday, October 27, 2025 at 7 pm
American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Soundscapes: Music for Film and Beyond
A Silberman Recital Series Concert
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010 (enter on 25th Street, between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)
PROGRAM
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”
Michael Nyman: String Quartet No. 2, Mvt. II
Ennio Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission, for string quartet
Nico Muhly: Selections from The Reader
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Film and Chamber Music Selections
Clarice Jensen: Film and Chamber Music Selections
Tickets are $35, available at bpac.baruch.cuny.edu
American Contemporary Music Ensemble is:
Clarice Jensen, cello & artistic director
Ben Russell, violin
Laura Lutzke, violin
Kal Sugatski, viola
Claire Bryant, cello
Grey Mcmurray, guitar
Daniel Neumann, sound engineer