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Thursday, March 12, 2026
On Thursday, March 14, 2026, the Tompkins Square Library hosted a concert by Music Libre Femmes, in its basement performance space. This performance featured Cheryl Pyle on flute, Ayumi Ishito on saxophones, and Robert Piket on piano. There were approximately 30 people in attendance.
The performance started at 6:00, and was introduced by .. After explaining that the series , and announcing upcoming performance dates as well, the performance began and lasted ((verify)), after which the audience applauded.
After the event, Pyle had the following comments about the series:
I started the group Music Libra Femmes, Free Music Women, because I saw a film called Fire Music, and they interviewed Carla Blay and Ingrid Sertso, and they didn’t talk about any of their music. And they didn’t talk about any other women improvisers, Barbara Donald, you know, anybody. So I wanted to do some concerts with all women.
And today we played with Roberta Piket on piano and Ayumi Ishito on tenor sax and soprano sax and myself, Cheryl Pyle on C-flute, piccolo and alto flute. And we’re here at the Tompkins Square Library in the East Village and we just had a wonderful concert.
