Blog – Center for New Music

New Queer Sound: Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu

New Queer Sound/Media showcases work by queer musicians, media artists, and performers. The June 2026 edition features three solo sets, by Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu. Bob Ostertag has been playing and recording music, and writing journalism and books, since the late 1970s. He has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center (New […]

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Pulsating Cyst (L.A.) Mod Life Crisis Appliancide (ND) Eurostache Jean Carla Rodea Gourmet vegan pancakes served with entrance fee: 2hrs no fuss, 26 yrs of experimental community. […]

Composer Meetup – June ’26

Present what you’ve been working on, ask for feedback, hear what others are up to, discuss relevant new music topics, and spend time with colleagues and good company! The composer meetup is open to anyone. Bring a score or recording to share, or just be ready to chat about new music. If sharing music, you […]

Pauline Oliveros’ Birthday with the Cornelius Cardew Choir

Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) was a composer, pioneer of electronic music, and the founder of the Deep Listening practice. Her text scores and listening meditations continue to influence musicians, sound artists, and communities around the world. She taught at UCSD, Mills College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and received numerous awards. https://paulineoliveros.us/ The Cornelius Cardew Choir, organized […]

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Gourmet vegan pancakes served with entrance fee, featuring: EKG (Karel/Bruckmann) Thom Blum Eric Glick Rieman CUT Aaron Oppenheim 2hrs no fuss, 26 yrs of experimental community. […]

Kra Pao

Philip Gelb returned to performing after almost a decade hiatus and continues his timbral based sonic explorations with some of the bay area’s finest musicians. A unique combination of Japanese and European instruments combined with buchla modular synthesizer creates a very unique sound. Philip Gelb – shakuhachi, Buchla, Thomas Dimuzio – buchla, Kyle Bruckmann – […]

Luminous Being

Come on by for an evening of lovely groovy melodic sideways. Pre-experientialism that aims for the heart & arrives through the ears. A snowy pasture on a sunny day. Tim Bulkley on drums, Dillon Vado on Vibraphone, Ben Goldberg on clarinet. […]

Neil Rolnick – Messages – solo electronic performance

Composer/performer Neil Rolnick plays pieces from his upcoming album “Messages” which will be released on the Neuma label later this year. The highly personal pieces include a recounting of his loss of hearing in his left ear, and a tribute to his late wife, built from her recovered phone messages. When his wife passed, Neil […]

Alit, aQarawaQ, and more: New Music from Indonesia

A concert of contemporary new music for piano and percussion from Balinese and Javanese composers. Dewa Alit’s latest solo works will be performed by Eva-Maria Zimmerman and Graham Viegut, a brand new multi-media percussion duo by Dion Nataraja receives its second performance, and new, spontaneous creations by Putu Tangkas and the resident guest artists of […]

Golden Dream Vulture: Walking the Path of the Dream Masters

The work of Perpendiculous, xtra.dae, and Golden Dream Vulture concern the realm of dreams. They will immerse audiences together for the first time in concert at this storied venue. Guest Dream Masters have agreed to share in this performance by revealing their astonishing memory for the dream world they experience. The evening begins with an […]