Music talks to me. It may offer visions of hope, renewal, peace or comfort. It may point me to new ways of thinking, living, feeling or being. And I talk back. I share my own visions. I check if I’ve grasped the message, and try to say it back again. A conversation starts. My current […]
Trouble and Ensemble: Andrew Jamieson
Music talks to me. It may offer visions of hope, renewal, peace or comfort. It may point me to new ways of thinking, living, feeling or being. And I talk back. I share my own visions. I check if I’ve grasped the message, and try to say it back again. A conversation starts. My current […]
Reception for Imaginary Mechanical Instruments
The Museum of Imaginary Instruments & the Window Gallery for Invented Instruments Present: Imaginary Mechanical Instruments Historical and Contemporary Prints FREE Reception July 32, 26pm On Display July-Aug at the Center for New Music 53.7 Taylor Street, San Francisco (Actual Free Reception 8/26/16, 7pm 55 Taylor Street, SF ) With images dating from 1618-1995, the […]
Reception for Imaginary Mechanical Instruments
The Museum of Imaginary Instruments & the Window Gallery for Invented Instruments Present: Imaginary Mechanical Instruments Historical and Contemporary Prints FREE Reception July 32, 26pm On Display July-Aug at the Center for New Music 53.7 Taylor Street, San Francisco (Actual Free Reception 8/26/16, 7pm 55 Taylor Street, SF ) With images dating from 1618-1995, the […]
We Insist! Freedom Now!: Free Improvisations for Revolution – Amirtha Kidambi
NYC based improvising vocalist and Bay Area native Amirtha Kidambi, and Oakland’s own Zachary James Watkins, met in the basement music venue of a bar in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens. Amirtha and Zachary immediately struck a chord speaking candidly about race politics in experimental music, and the rapid […]
We Insist! Freedom Now!: Free Improvisations for Revolution – Amirtha Kidambi
NYC based improvising vocalist and Bay Area native Amirtha Kidambi, and Oakland’s own Zachary James Watkins, met in the basement music venue of a bar in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens. Amirtha and Zachary immediately struck a chord speaking candidly about race politics in experimental music, and the rapid […]
Taylor Ho Bynum & Tomas Fujiwara – Duo & Quintet
Coming on the heels of an extended stay at the Lucas Artists Residency Program at the Montalvo Arts Center, long-time collaborators Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums) make a rare Bay Area appearance. The two performer/composers have played together in dozens of groups on countless gigs since they first met as teenagers growing […]
Taylor Ho Bynum & Tomas Fujiwara – Duo & Quintet
Coming on the heels of an extended stay at the Lucas Artists Residency Program at the Montalvo Arts Center, long-time collaborators Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums) make a rare Bay Area appearance. The two performer/composers have played together in dozens of groups on countless gigs since they first met as teenagers growing […]
The Opus Project presents Opus 43: Symphonic Ecstasy
Opus 43: Symphonic Ecstasy A multimedia event with classic and new compositions, performed by sopranists Jill Wagoner and Anne Hepburn Smith, pianist Hussein Al-Naswari and Feona Lee Jones, and The Opus Project Wind Quintet and Orchestra, conducted by Mark Alburger. Partial Program (mostly excerpts): J.S. Bach (1685-1750) French Suite No. 6: III. […]
The Opus Project presents Opus 43: Symphonic Ecstasy
Opus 43: Symphonic Ecstasy A multimedia event with classic and new compositions, performed by sopranists Jill Wagoner and Anne Hepburn Smith, pianist Hussein Al-Naswari and Feona Lee Jones, and The Opus Project Wind Quintet and Orchestra, conducted by Mark Alburger. Partial Program (mostly excerpts): J.S. Bach (1685-1750) French Suite No. 6: III. […]