Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. A week of performances culminates with the duo of Marilyn Crispell and Tyshawn Sorey at the Mandell Theater on Sunday, September 27, 2026.

Marilyn Crispell has become one of the most original and sought-after avant-garde jazz pianists and composers since emerging on the scene in the late 1970s. The adventurous and distinctive Crispell has performed and recorded extensively with well-known players on the jazz scene, as well as performing and recording music by contemporary composers such as Robert Cogan, Pozzi Escot, John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, and Manfred Niehaus, and played in the NYC Opera’s production of Anthony Davis’ opera X in 1986. Crispell has received awards and accolades including several fellowship grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a composition commission from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, and a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition.

For this thrilling performance, she’ll be joined by the Pulitzer Prize-winning drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey. Sorey is celebrated for his extraordinary ability to blend composition and improvisation in his work, while also offering incomparable virtuosity and effortless mastery of highly complex scores. He has performed globally with his own ensembles, as well as alongside industry titans including John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, King Britt, Claire Chase, and Steve Lehman, among many others.