The Cornelius Cardew Choir performs the rarely heard choral and drum work, The Great Learning, Paragraph 2 by Cornelius Cardew. This durational work (approx. 1 hour in length) sets text by Confucius in an English translation. Spatially separated groups of singers provide a very slow, long-tone melody while a drummer with each group of singers […]
"Friction" plays with "Common Sense"
Wednesday, March 15 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Wine Reception 7:30pm, Concert The Common Sense Composers’ Collective completed eight string quartets in 2010 up at Banff in collaboration with the Afiara and Cecilia Quartets. San Francisco’s own Friction SQ is about to record these works up at Skywalker and will be preceding these […]
"Friction" plays with "Common Sense"
Wednesday, March 15 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Wine Reception 7:30pm, Concert The Common Sense Composers’ Collective completed eight string quartets in 2010 up at Banff in collaboration with the Afiara and Cecilia Quartets. San Francisco’s own Friction SQ is about to record these works up at Skywalker and will be preceding these […]
Shawn Lawson/Ryan Ross Smith & Fei/Hsu/Robair: audiovisual improvisations
Audiovisual improvisations by Shawn Lawson/Ryan Ross Smith, and James Fei/Bill Hsu/Gino Robair Shawn Lawson Artwork […]
Shawn Lawson/Ryan Ross Smith & Fei/Hsu/Robair: audiovisual improvisations
Audiovisual improvisations by Shawn Lawson/Ryan Ross Smith, and James Fei/Bill Hsu/Gino Robair Shawn Lawson Artwork […]
Re:Ignite – Helia Music Collective & Siroko Duo
Helia Music Collective and Siroko Duo present a program of contemporary works by women composers for two flutes. The concert will feature the world premiere of works by Chelsea Loew and Emma Logan, as well as recent works by Julie Barwick, Shulamit Ran, Izabel Austin, Jane Rigler, and Brandy Hudelson. Co-founded by musician/composers Emma Logan […]
Re:Ignite – Helia Music Collective & Siroko Duo
Helia Music Collective and Siroko Duo present a program of contemporary works by women composers for two flutes. The concert will feature the world premiere of works by Chelsea Loew and Emma Logan, as well as recent works by Julie Barwick, Shulamit Ran, Izabel Austin, Jane Rigler, and Brandy Hudelson. Co-founded by musician/composers Emma Logan […]
Hakidame ni Tsuru: Satoko Fujii and Larry Ochs
Larry Ochs’ TBD opens with very special guests Tania Chen (piano, prepared piano) and Darren Johnston (trumpet and prepared trumpet). A first time meeting of three Bay Area stalwarts. The program finishes with Satoko Fujii, the great Japanese pianist’s return to the Bay Area with “Hakidame ni Tsuru” (…translates into English as “crane in the […]
Hakidame ni Tsuru: Satoko Fujii and Larry Ochs
Larry Ochs’ TBD opens with very special guests Tania Chen (piano, prepared piano) and Darren Johnston (trumpet and prepared trumpet). A first time meeting of three Bay Area stalwarts. The program finishes with Satoko Fujii, the great Japanese pianist’s return to the Bay Area with “Hakidame ni Tsuru” (…translates into English as “crane in the […]
Casey Grev: New Works for Saxophone + Media
Saxophonist Casey Grev plays new and recent works for solo saxophone, including electronics and multimedia. Featuring music of SF Bay Area Composers Jason Thorpe Buchanan: “Second Study for Alto Saxophone, Electronics, & Video: pulp” and Ravi Kitappa: “KUBA for tenor saxophone and implanted speaker”, as well as Georges Aperghis “Alter Ego”, Ann Cleare’s “the square […]