memories in gray stitches together works for saxophone with and without electronics from the 21st century. In works by Lei Liang, Kati Agócs, David Reminick, Stefano Gervasoni, and Javier Quislant, saxophonist Phil Pierick obscures the lines between silence and sound, real and imagined, and gray and in color. A staunch advocate for new music, saxophonist […]
Public Speaking Workshop
From stage banter to gig pursuits, public speaking skills are an important tool for musicians to better engage their listeners. Today’s performers and composers are expected to address audiences, students, booking reps, potential supporters, and a host of others. Work with an expert artistic and nonprofit leader to hone your public speaking skills. With decades […]
Public Speaking Workshop
From stage banter to gig pursuits, public speaking skills are an important tool for musicians to better engage their listeners. Today’s performers and composers are expected to address audiences, students, booking reps, potential supporters, and a host of others. Work with an expert artistic and nonprofit leader to hone your public speaking skills. With decades […]
Project Development Workshop
How can you take your musical idea and bring it to fruition? Independent musicians and ensembles must balance the scope of their ambitions with ambiguities around gig income, marketing costs, recording costs, ever-shifting timelines, and fundraising possibilities. Not to mention finding the right collaborators and venues! This workshop will begin with experienced project leaders Terrence […]
Project Development Workshop
How can you take your musical idea and bring it to fruition? Independent musicians and ensembles must balance the scope of their ambitions with ambiguities around gig income, marketing costs, recording costs, ever-shifting timelines, and fundraising possibilities. Not to mention finding the right collaborators and venues! This workshop will begin with experienced project leaders Terrence […]
PRISM Series — Ensemble MISE-EN Visits from NYC
Join contemporary music collective ENSEMBLE MISE-EN for an evening of performance and discussion as they visit San Francisco for one night only. The night will showcase works written specifically for the ensemble by young composers as well as Frederic Rzewski’s masterwork “Moonrise with Memories” for bass trombone and ensemble. We will conclude with a conversation […]
PRISM Series — Ensemble MISE-EN Visits from NYC
Join contemporary music collective ENSEMBLE MISE-EN for an evening of performance and discussion as they visit San Francisco for one night only. The night will showcase works written specifically for the ensemble by young composers as well as Frederic Rzewski’s masterwork “Moonrise with Memories” for bass trombone and ensemble. We will conclude with a conversation […]
C4NM @ Boedekker: DIY Instrument Building
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C4NM @ Boedekker: DIY Instrument Building
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MicroFest North: Parsing the Octave, Contemporary Compositions in Small EDOs
Jonathan Glasier (San Diego): 19-ET guitar Paul Erlich (Massachusetts): Re-fretted guitars in unusual EDOs Dennis Aman with Gordon Kirkwood Dennis Aman (SF), Paul Erlich (MA) and Jonathan Glasier (SD) are 3 of the most active torchbearers composing and performing in the small equal divisions of the octave first popularized by Ivor Darreg who would have […]