Madison Greenstone

Madison Greenstone is a clarinetist, writer, and composer based in Brooklyn. Their solo practice, exstatic resonances, explores phenomenological, material, and spatial expressivities of sound through richly noisy timbral actions.

As the clarinetist of TAK Ensemble, “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen) they have premiered music by Tyshawn Sorey, Eric Wubbels, Weston Olencki, Michelle Lou, Jessie Cox, Brandon López and champions some of the most radical music currently devised.

Madison performs across the US and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. As a soloist, they have been presented through Blank Forms, eavesdropping festival (Cafe Oto), LAMPO, KM28 (Berlin), the Vigeland Mausoleum (Oslo), Night of Surprise (Cologne), ISSUE Project Room (NYC), and the Merce Cunningham Centennial Night of 100 Solos (Los Angeles). As a chamber and orchestral musician they have performed at the New York Philharmonic, PS21, KKL Luzern, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Bangkok Arts and Cultural Center, The Whitney Biennial, Roulette Intermedium, Indexical, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Miller Theater. They have held residencies at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, and University of Chicago. Madison performs as member of Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble, Nate Wooley’s Mutual Aid Music, Contemporaneous, and as a guest with Alarm Will Sound, Argento, Nunc New Music, Either/Or, Splinter Reeds, Wet Ink, Metropolis Ensemble, and International Contemporary Ensemble among others.