Grandaisy Bakery

11/10/2026

As the weather's getting colder, it's finally starting to feel like autumn. Time to cozy up with a small apple pie, now available in our bakeshop!

11/06/2026

Andrew Coe will be at
Grandaisy Bakery
TOMORROW!

The acclaimed historian and author will be joining us to discuss his new book,
American Bread: A History,
on Saturday, November 7th,
10 a.m.- 11 a.m.

We have a limited number of books for sale in stock, so you can grab your copy and get it signed at the event.

RSVP for free coffee and pastry on our website (linked below) by putting it in your cart: it'll be under "Events"!

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11/03/2026

It's officially pie season! Apple pies are now available at Grandaisy, exclusively for pre-order. Get ready for the holidays with a tasty treat 🥧❤️

10/30/2026

Lots of treats, no tricks!

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Stop by on Halloween for some free ossi di morti, or "bones of the dead"! The name may sound creepy, but these are tasty, crunchy almond meringue cookies, traditionally eaten in Italy to celebrate All Saints' Day.

We are counting down the days to Andrew Coe's visit to Grandaisy Bakery!

10/30/2026

Grandaisy is preparing tasty treats (no tricks). Stop by on Halloween for some free ossi di morti, or "bones of the dead"! The name may sound creepy, but these are tasty, crunchy almond meringue cookies, traditionally eaten in Italy to celebrate All Saints' Day.

10/26/2026

Happy Pumpkin Day! We are now taking pre-orders for large pumpkin pies. It's a great time to get prepared for the holidays! ❤️

10/25/2026

Today - our next very hip and strange event:
3 Shakuhachi's with a rhythm section and baked goods :)
come on out !


Composers Concordance Presents
Shakuhachi Focaccia
Bread, Bamboo, and Beyond

Composers Concordance Presents
Shakuhachi Focaccia: Bread, Bamboo, and Beyond
​​​ Featuring Baked Goods from Grandaisy Bakery

Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
43A W. 13th Street, New York, NY

TICKETS - IN COMMNETS
LIVE STREAM - IN COMMNETS

Composers:
Dan Cooper, Ginka Mizuki, James Nyoraku Schlefer,
Tasos Papastamou, Gene Pritsker, and Marina Vesic

CompConrd Timbre Tantrum Ensemble:
James Nyoraku Schlefer, Marco Karaku Burmester,
Adam Robinson - shakuhachi, Gene Pritsker - guitar,
​Jennifer Vincent - bass, Damien Bassman - cajon

Feature Performers:
Ray Tuttle - poet
Tasos Papastamou - violin
The Chiriuchi Ensemble

New York, NY — Composers Concordance presents Shakuhachi Focaccia: Bread, Bamboo, and Beyond, an eclectic evening where Japanese bamboo flutes, contemporary composition, guitar, strings, percussion, poetry—and freshly baked bread—come together in an unconventional celebration of sound and culture.

The concert features new and recent works by Dan Cooper, Ginka Mizuki, James Nyoraku Schlefer, Tasos Papastamou, Gene Pritsker, and Marina Vesic, performed by an ensemble of musicians whose backgrounds span contemporary classical music, improvisation, world music, and beyond.

At the center of the program is the distinctive sound of the shakuhachi, the traditional Japanese bamboo flute, performed by James Nyoraku Schlefer, Marco Karaku Burmester, and Adam Robinson. They will be joined by Gene Pritsker on guitar, Jennifer Vincent on bass, Damien Bassman on cajon, Tasos Papastamou on violin, poet Ray Tuttle and The Chiriuchi Ensemble, performing chiriuchi — a soft silk-cloth snap that “brushes away dust".

A featured composition is Gene Pritsker’s ‘Even If You’ve Not Been Fed, Be Bread’, inspired by a quote attributed to the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi. The work plays with the metaphor of bread as both nourishment and transformation, fitting naturally into an evening where music, poetry, culture, and actual baked goods meet.

And because this is Shakuhachi Focaccia, the audience will also experience a culinary component: baked goods from Grandaisy Bakery will be featured as part of the event.

The program also continues the spirit of Composers Concordance’s Timbre Tantrum series. These concerts have explored the possibilities of focusing on multiple performers playing the same instrument—bringing together ensembles of three or four trumpets, violins, trombones, violas and other instruments to create dense, unusual, and often unexpected combinations of timbre. By concentrating on a single family of instruments, Timbre Tantrum transforms the familiar into something new, revealing the extraordinary range of color and texture that can emerge from seemingly similar sounds.

Rather than presenting music within a single stylistic box, Composers Concordance invites audiences into a musical landscape where the traditional and contemporary, composed and improvised, East and West, serious and playful can coexist.

Bread, bamboo, and beyond—Shakuhachi Focaccia is an evening designed to be heard, experienced, and perhaps even tasted.

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10/22/2026

A delicious cauldron of chocolate bats has gathered at our bake shop to celebrate Halloween! Come by and grab a treat.

10/22/2026

We're getting ready for Halloween!

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A delicious cauldron of chocolate bats has gathered at our bake shop to celebrate Halloween

In the meantime, don't forget to mark your calendars and join us for these upcoming events!

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10/16/2026

New season, old favorites return :

Celebrate autumn with our the return of a perennial favorite, the tortino di grano turco with cranberries.

Mark your calendars with these upcoming Grandaisy events!

Shakuhachi Focaccia (https://www.tickettailor.com/events/composersconcordance/2438904) is next weekend! Presented by Composers Concordance- it will be an exciting and unconventional celebration of sound and culture. We'll be there to feature a variety fo Grandaisy Bakery's foccacia. October 25th, 5pm-6:30pm.

Acclaimed food author and scholar Andrew Coe will be joining us to discuss his new book,
American Bread: A History,
on Saturday, November 7th, 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.
We have books in stock, so you can grab your copy and get it signed at the event.

RSVP in advance for a complimentary coffee and pastry.

Click here for an update from Grandaisy Bakery!