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“[Spectrum] has become a go-to place for contemporary fare”
— Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
“a cozy, ambitious performing-arts space”
— Steve Smith, The New Yorker
Spectrum was established to “foster innovation and virtuosity in the arts,” and has since asserted itself as one of New York City's enthusiastic venues for modernist, experimental music (and other endeavors), presenting about 2,500 events (so far).
Starting about a decade ago, Steinway Pianos at Park Avenue Pianos has generously provided excellent, concert-grade Steinway pianos for performances at Spectrum. This has made possible many of the most-memorable performances of challenging, intimate-space music in NYC. We look forward to further collaboration.
We started in Chelsea (briefly, 2012), then spent five years on the Lower East Side (2012-2017), followed by three years in the Brooklyn Navy Yard neighborhood (2017 – 2020 pandemic/hiatus). We re-opened in February 2022 on the waterfront in Red Hook, Brooklyn by generous arrangement with BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition) – for 3 ½ years, until a tragic fire on 17 September 2025 closed that site. Our principal venue is now a collaboration with MISE-EN_PLACE, located at:
45 Saint Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10026
Two blocks north of Central Park, and within four blocks of subway trains that directly access much of NYC:
The 2 and 3 Trains (Cathedral Parkway / 110th Street stop)
The B and C Trains (110th Street – Malcolm X Plaza stop)
March 2012, 23rd Street, Chelsea
April 2012, 23rd Street, Chelsea
March 2013, Ludlow Street
December 2016, Ludlow Street
2017, Ludlow Street
Brooklyn Navy Yard, July 2017
Brooklyn Navy Yard
BWAC / Red Hook, March 2023
BWAC / Red Hook, March 2023
