Wooden Cities is both an ensemble and a collective of performers and composers seeking to help increase the performance and awareness of contemporary music in the Western New York area through unique concerts and educational presentations. Formed by director Brendan Fitzgerald in 2011 as a structured improv orchestra, the ensemble has since garnered a reputation for their dynamic performances of both improvised and notated works of new and experimental music from a wide variety of composers. In 2019, Wooden Cities released its first album, WORK, which features works by Cornelius Cardew, Julius Eastman, and Frederic Rzewski. The following year saw the release of the eponymous documentary about the album, made by the Buffalo Documentary Project.

In 2023, the ensemble released a followup, PLAY, featuring dynamic graphic score realizations and absurdist sound poetry.

For more info, see Wooden Cities' press kit.