Upcoming Performances
Jazz and Wine of Peace
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
William Parker: doson ngoni, shakuhachi, bass duduk, Serbian flute in F sharp, Ney flute//Cooper Moore: ashimba, hoe handle harp//Hamid Drake: frame drum, drums
William Parker Solo Bass at Pit Record Store
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM 9:00 PM
William Parker//Hans Y.B./Selendis S.A.J./Joshua Matthews
Universal Language as Music: An Evening with William Parker & Matthew Shipp at Tompkins Square Library
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
William and Matthew will be performing a variety of musical pieces and will discuss their lives and their work with local music historian, Jesse Rifkin.
Current Performances
2025
Artists on Artworks: William Parker on Jennie C. Jones
September 30, 2025, Artists on Artworks William Parker on Jennie C Jones, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, special evening of music on the Cantor Roof Garden responding to The Roof Garden Commission Jennie C Jones Ensemble, 2025.
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn: William Parker Presents Ellington in Mourning
August 15, 2025, a large ensemble program devoted to the music and legacy of Duke Ellington.
Black Chamber Folk Music / Watergh0st at The Sultan Room
July 27, 2025, at The Sultan Room, Black Chamber Folk Music trio with Daniel Carter, Cooper Moore and William Parker plus Watergh0st.
April 16 to 19, 2025, Residency at The Stone: a four night residency with changing ensembles at The New School. Trio performance by Tomeka Reid (cello) William Parker (bass) Taylor Ho Bynum (trumpet).
Black Music Symposium at Bennington College
March 21-22, 2025, performance and collaboration with the college music program.
Carriage Barn Music Series, Bennington College: William Parker and Cooper Moore
March 13, 2025, The Carriage Barn Music Series and Usdan Gallery present a concert by William Parker and Cooper-Moore, with featured guest Michael Wimberly.
2024
October 12, 2024 Eldorado Ballroom program curated by Solange Knowles, celebrating the avant-garde pulse of funk, soul, and jazz music at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles.
Vision Festival 2024: Honoring William Parker, LifeTime of Achievement
June 18, 2024 Vision Festival 2024, Roulette, Brooklyn, Lifetime Achievement celebration program with multiple ensembles.
Carriage Barn Music Series: William Parker and Cooper Moore
March 13, 2024 William Parker and Cooper Moore with guest Michael Wimberly, Carriage Barn Music Series, Bennington College.
Carriage Barn Music Series: William Parker and Cooper Moore
March 13, 2024 William Parker and Cooper Moore with guest Michael Wimberly, Carriage Barn Music Series, Bennington College.
William Parker et Leena Conquest "Raining on the Moon"
February 6, 2024 La Scène Watteau, Raining on the Moon at Festival Sons dHiver at Nogent sur Marne, France.
NYC Winter Jazzfest at Radio Nublu
January 18, 2024 William Parker at NYC Winter Jazzfest at Radio Nublu, New York.
William Parker's In Order To Survive
January 6, 2024 William Parker and his legendary quartet present In Order To Survive at Solar Myth.
