Boston-based soprano and double bass duo, Departure, returns to C4NM to present a program featuring soprano, double bass, and accessories! The concert features pieces that expand the range of the soprano/double bass combo using toy piano, musical saw, jingle bells, iPhone, and more. The program features composers such as Katherine Balch, Beat Furrer, Talia Amar, […]
Michael Tan: Modernism and Beyond
Guam-born pianist Michael Tan performs an adventurous program of solo music from the mid 20th century onward. The first part of the program features music of Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez, two French composers significant to mid-century modernism. The second part presents music of two living composers, Michael Finnissy and Salvatore Sciarrino, key figures in […]
Michael Tan: Modernism and Beyond
Guam-born pianist Michael Tan performs an adventurous program of solo music from the mid 20th century onward. The first part of the program features music of Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez, two French composers significant to mid-century modernism. The second part presents music of two living composers, Michael Finnissy and Salvatore Sciarrino, key figures in […]
Grant Writing Basics: Beginner's Guide to Grants for Independent Musicians
Bay Area bassist/bandleader and arts organizer Lisa Mezzacappa leads an introductory workshop on grants for independent musicians. This is the pre-K, absolute beginner’s guide to finding and writing grants to support your work. Learn what opportunities are available for musicians, composers and ensembles in the Bay Area; how to prepare your materials and navigate applications; […]
Grant Writing Basics: Beginner's Guide to Grants for Independent Musicians
Bay Area bassist/bandleader and arts organizer Lisa Mezzacappa leads an introductory workshop on grants for independent musicians. This is the pre-K, absolute beginner’s guide to finding and writing grants to support your work. Learn what opportunities are available for musicians, composers and ensembles in the Bay Area; how to prepare your materials and navigate applications; […]
HUSH Series — summer 1: insects
summer 1: insects is the second in a five-part series of durational (two-hour) performance installations, based on the seasons. The soundscape of summer 1 is inspired by insect stimuli and agreements that create clouds of sound that emerge, grow, move, diminish and shift on a non-human timescale around and within the audience. The overall effect […]
HUSH Series — summer 1: insects
summer 1: insects is the second in a five-part series of durational (two-hour) performance installations, based on the seasons. The soundscape of summer 1 is inspired by insect stimuli and agreements that create clouds of sound that emerge, grow, move, diminish and shift on a non-human timescale around and within the audience. The overall effect […]
Sven Edward Olbash, baritone & Kevin Korth, piano: The New Music
Caccini’s Le Nuove Musiche was one of the first publications to codify the dazzling vocal ornamentation typically improvised by singers of the pre-Baroque and which paved the way for Monteverdi’s groundbreaking opera L’orfeo. In the 20th century, Benjamin Britten turned to the Renaissance poetry of Michelangelo for inspiration and set seven of his sonnets for […]
Sven Edward Olbash, baritone & Kevin Korth, piano: The New Music
Caccini’s Le Nuove Musiche was one of the first publications to codify the dazzling vocal ornamentation typically improvised by singers of the pre-Baroque and which paved the way for Monteverdi’s groundbreaking opera L’orfeo. In the 20th century, Benjamin Britten turned to the Renaissance poetry of Michelangelo for inspiration and set seven of his sonnets for […]
Composer Meetup
The composer meetup is open to anyone! We will have three presenters offer their work for discussion from 7 to 9 PM. Space is limited, so please RSVP to Adam Fong if you would like to attend and/or present. […]