MATTHEW WELCH: MUSIC FOR PIANO featuring Isabelle O�Connell
Thursday, August 27, 2026
8:30 PM
The Stone at The New School
55 West 13th Street, Manhattan, NY
Scheduled
About This Event
Matthew Welch: Music for Piano features performers Isabelle O’Connell (piano) and Matthew Welch (piano) at The Stone at The New School in NYC. This concert is part of Matthew Welch's residency at the venue. The performance will explore the realms of experimental jazz and improvised music, reflecting the avant-garde ethos that The Stone is known for. Attendees can expect an unembellished setting that emphasizes the music itself, aligning with the venue's commitment to serious experimental sound.
About Music for Piano
At The Stone at The New School, Matthew Welch presents *Music for Piano* with pianists Isabelle O’Connell and Welch sharing the instrument’s foreground. The set sits between jazz and rock/pop vocabulary, using improvisation and experimental methods to treat the piano as both rhythm section and sound source. It arrives as part of Welch’s ongoing residency at the venue, a New York City program that often functions as an informal archive of the current downtown scene. One clear throughline is process over repertoire, with structure emerging in real time rather than being announced.