December 16
Stitchomythia
A performance installation for harp, loudspeakers, and visitorsCollaboration with landscape architect and designer Nadia Lauro
Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal
November 14
Charette World Premiere For Onde Matenot Ghost Gongs
Composition by Zeena Parkins for Nadia Ratsimandres and William Winant Césaré Centre National de Création Musicale, Reims, France
November 17-21
Charette
Belgium Premiere — Ars Musica Festival, Brussels French Premiere — Why Note Consortium, Dijon, France
October 31
The Stone Commissioning Series
Presented by John ZornZeena Parkins performs Captiva, Parkins and Jeff Kolar perform Scale
National Sawdust, Brooklyn
October 29
Improvised Concert
Zeena Parkins, Tom Rainey and Ingrid LaubrockIBEAM, Brooklyn
September 20
A Ballad for Etel Adnan
Zeena Parkins with William WinantSF MOMA, San Francisco
June 30
John Zorn’s Cobra
National Sawdust Theater, BrooklynApril 28
Music for Minor Planets by Jay Heikes
Realization of the score by William Winant and Zeena ParkinsBerkeley Art Museum-Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
April 20
Zeena Parkins Captiva
University of California Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Irvine, CA2017
September 21-22
Zeena Parkins with Steve Beresford
Installation by visual artist Xavier VeilonFrench Pavilion, Venice Biennale
2016
December 6
Zeena Parkins, acoustic piano, ebows, electric harp
Festival Madeiradig, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Madeira, Portugal2013
November 22, 8pm
Piano Installation and Solos for Acoustic Harp (Impossible Tasks) and Electric Harp
Zeena Parkins (piano, acoustic harp, electric harp, composition) with special guest Brian Chase (drums)Ave C and East 2nd Street, New York City
November 22, 10pm
Captiva Pieces 1-4
New works for acoustic harp, preparations, snare drum and oscillator Zeena Parkins (acoustic harp, composition) duo with Brian Chase
November 21, 8pm
New Pieces for Strings, Percussion and Electronics: Set I
Maggie Parkins (cello), Sara Parkins (violin), William Winant (percussion) and Zeena Parkins (acoustic harp, composition)November 21, 10pm
Duo with William Winant
Zeena Parkins (harps) and William Winant (percussion)November 20, 8pm
Zeena Parkins Composes for Tilt Brass Sextet
Gareth Flowers (trumpet), Tim Leopold (trumpet), Mike Gurfield (trumpet), Jen Baker (trombone), Will Lang (trombone) and Chris McIntyre (trombone)New works written for Tilt + Foley
Dylan Neely, Erin Cornell and Eleanor HullihanLace piece
With special guests Green Dome: Ryan Sawyer (drums), Ryan Ross Smith (keyboards, electronics) and Zeena Parkins (acoustic harp)November 20, 10pm
Zeena Parkins Collaborates with Ullu
Chris McIntyre (trombone, tapes, synths, drums), Dave Shively (feedback, drums, tapes, combo organs, siren) and Zeena Parkins (electric, acoustic harps, synth, things)November 19, 8pm
Trio with Jim Black (drums), Nels Cline (electric guitar) and Zeena Parkins (electric and acoustic harps)
November 19, 10pm
Duo with Okkyung Lee
Zeena Parkins (acoustic harp) and Okkyung Lee (cello)
November 18, 8pm
Phantom Orchard
Zeena Parkins (acoustic and electric harps, omnichord, foley) and Ikue Mori (electronics)A set featuring pieces from their Tzadik release, Through the Looking Glass, plus brand new works
November 18, 10pm
Phantom Orchard
With special guest Erik friedlander (cello) and Cyro Baptista (percussion)
November 17, 8pm
Duo with Nate Wooley
Zeena Parkins (electric harp) and Nate Wooley (trumpet)November 17, 10pm
Trio with White Out
Tom Surgal (drums), Lin Culbertson (keyboards, electronics, harp) and Zeena Parkins (electric harp)
2012
December 17-20
Recording s:c:a:t:t:e:r:i:n:g
A new ensemble work for the great eclipse quartet and superb percussionist william winant, for new world recordsDecember 11
Phantom Orchard performs
Roulette, BrooklynNovember
New Tzadik cd release!
Phantom Orchard Orchestra: Trouble in Paradise, commissioned by SWR radio in Baden BadenOctober 25-27
Supernature
Collaboration with with Body Cartography ProjectThe Walker Arts Center
October 13
Tarek Atoui’s la suite
A five-hour work inspired by lebanese music, with Sara Parkins and Ikue MoriSerpentine Gallery, London
September 29
what we do performance/demonstration: harp~body with zeena and the adorables
September 26-30
Danza Permanente
Collaboration with choreographer DD DorvillerThe Kitchen, New York City
September 14
The Stone
With miguel frasconi, richard carrick and chris cochraneSeptember 13
With Dame Evelyn Glennie and The Joshua Light Show
Skirlball Center, NYUSeptember 10-11 s
Spellbeamed, Fixexploded, Fixabolished
With ne(x)works, Jack Quartet, Preshish Moments, Shayna Dunkelman, and conductor Ted HearneRoulette, Brooklyn
August 28-September 11
Recording and performing in Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler’s new film collaboration: River of Fundament, inspired by Norman Mailers’s novel, Ancient Evenings.
July 7
Festival Mimi
Quadrat:sch extended July 8
Vienna Jazz Festival
Quadrat:sch extended July 12
Tiroler Festival
Erl, AustriaQuadrat:sch extended
June 28
Zeena and The Adorables
With special guest deep singh and new member, percussionist Jordan GlennThe Stone, New York City
May 10-11
Danza Permanente
Premier of my collaboration with choreographer DD DorvillierSTUK, Leuven, Belgium
May 10-20
European tour with Fred Frith’s band Cosa Brava
March 2
Björk Biophilia New York Residency
Roseland Ballroom, New York CityMarch 19
Phantom Orchard
With guest violinist Sara Parkins in visiting Tareb at the Sharjah BiennialFebruary 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18
Björk Biophilia New York Residency
New York Hall of Science, Queens, NYFebruary 22, 25, 28
Björk Biophilia New York Residency
Roseland Ballroom, New York City
2008
January
Music Mondays: Music in the Studio
George Lewis, John King, Fast Forward, Zeena ParkinsMerce Cunnningham Studios, New York City
May 17-18
Beacon Events
George Lewis, Fast Forward, John King, Zeena ParkinsMerce Cunningham Dance Company
Dia Beacon, Beacon, NY
2007
May 28