There are not many concerts where you can find a four-month-old and a 92-year-old enjoying music side by side. But in the Garden Room at Faculty House every Wednesday at 1 p.m., audience members of all ages gather to listen to students in Columbia’s Music Performance Program perform.

Older works by contemporary composers often go unheard as they are cast aside to make room for the composers’ new premieres. However, Marcos Balter’s audacious exploration of the limitations of each instrument and musician proved that his work warranted revisitation at Thursday’s concert.

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Miller Theatre put the bass clarinet center stage last Tuesday in a pop-up concert featuring clarinetists Joshua Rubin and Vasko Dukovski. The concert was also the world premier for a new piece commissioned by Miller Theatre, Camila Agosto’s new bass clarinet duo “Rift.”

In New York’s concrete jungle, it is hard to imagine lush ferns and twisting vines climbing on the walls, but in Miller Theatre, you will find just that.

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