Four Hands Collective UWS

08/19/2026

What does it actually take to listen?

Our new essay starts at a hospital bedside and ends in a room full of strangers. On the gift the artists give, the gift we give back just by being there, and why real listening is the whole thing.

Read it — link in bio. And come practice with us: our 10th Night at the Triad is Friday, September 18.

08/12/2026

07/28/2026

Two masters, one trio.
Our music director Matt Baker (piano) and award-winning drummer Daniel Glass — both familiar faces on our stage — bring world-class jazz to The Wallace Lounge.
📍 The Wallace Lounge · Sat, Aug 1 · 8–11 PM

Sharing our artists’ shows is one of the ways Four Hands Collective supports live music — something we can only do thanks to our donors. Help us keep the music alive 🎶
(link in bio)

07/28/2026

Free music at a historic farmhouse.

Bassist Milad Daniari & friends — including Four Hands cellist Valeriya Sholokhova — perform Romanian folk and Baroque music on the lawn of the historic Dyckman Farmhouse. Free; bring a picnic.
📍 Dyckman Farmhouse · Sat, Aug 1 · 5 PM (free)

Sharing our artists’ shows is one of the ways Four Hands Collective supports live music — something we can only do thanks to our donors. Help us keep the music alive 🎶
(link in bio)

07/28/2026

“🎩 Tap meets jazz.

Three faces you’ve seen on our stage lead this one: AC Lincoln (tap & vocals), our music director Antongiulio Foti (piano), and Danno Petersen (drums), with Marcos Varela on bass.
📍 Five Spot Jazz · Fri, July 31 · 8–10 PM (doors 7:30)

Sharing our artists’ shows is one of the ways Four Hands Collective supports live music — something we can only do thanks to our donors. Help us keep the music alive 🎶
(link in bio)

07/25/2026

Join us in celebrating the release of Joshua Jensen’s new single, Hoping, with a special single release party on Tuesday, July 28. - *RSVP on the Partiful Link in our Bio! 🔗

Known for his heartfelt songwriting and captivating live performances, Joshua will be celebrating the release of Hoping with an evening of live music, a premiere of the brand new music video, and a special performance from his incredible band.

Date
Tuesday, July 28

Time
8:30 PM

Location
49 West 73rd Street, Apartment 1B
New York, NY 10023

Admission is pay what you can, with a suggested contribution of $5 to $10. Bring your friends and help celebrate the release of this exciting new chapter.

Be sure to presave ‘Hoping’ by visiting the link in Joshua’s bio, and don’t miss the music video he says he’s “more proud of than anything in my entire career.”

07/23/2026

After his free midday plaza set, Benny Benack III keeps it going late — bringing his quartet to Jazzcultural on Thursday, July 23 from 10:30 PM, with Dan Nimmer (piano), Leo Larratt (guitar), Alexander Claffy (bass), and Willie Jones III (drums). A heavyweight lineup for a late-night swing.

🎺 Benny Benack Quintet
📅 Thu, July 23 · 10:30 PM–12:00 AM
📍 Jazzcultural
🎟 Tickets at smallslive.com

07/23/2026

Local businesses — this one’s for you.

Our final Open Streets concert of the season is this Sunday, and it happens because neighbors and businesses step up to fund it. When you sponsor, you do two things at once: you pay local artists fairly, and you put your name in front of the hundreds of neighbors who’ll be out on Columbus Ave all afternoon — from the stage, on our supporter materials, and across our promotion.

Join at any level, starting at $100. Every gift is tax-deductible (we’re a 501(c)3), and you’ll be in good company — the Columbus Avenue BID and Mast Market already make these days possible.

Want in? Link in bio, or send us a DM — there’s still time for Sunday. 🙏

07/23/2026

This is the moment that gave us our name. 🎹

Our very first show, November 2023. Two pianists who had never met sat down at one piano and improvised “Someday My Prince Will Come” together. Four hands, one keyboard. We knew what to call ourselves.

We told the whole story on the blog this week (link in bio) — but some things you just have to hear. So here it is: the moment itself.

Antongiulio Matt Baker
Watch, then come be in the room with us sometime soon.

07/23/2026

This Sunday, we close out the season. On a real stage for the first time. 🎹

Our final Open Streets concert of the summer is our biggest yet: five hours of free live music, comedy, and one very intriguing mentalist, right on Columbus Avenue.

Here’s the day:
🎹 Matt Baker & Antongiulio Foti trading sets at the piano
🎤 Four featured vocalists backed by our music directors plus bass and drums
🪄 A mentalist and a stand-up set, presented by our friends at the Reverie Room
→ Four sets of music, woven together with comedy and a little mind-reading.

📍 Columbus Ave between 73rd & 74th (in front of Nuts Factory)
🗓 Sunday, July 26 · 12–5pm
🎟 Free — come as you are

Bring a lawn chair, bring an umbrella for shade, and stay a while. Come meet your neighbors and the musicians who live right alongside you — that’s the whole point.

In collaboration with the Reverie Room & Jonathon Timpanelli. Sponsored by the Columbus Avenue BID. 🙏