SOUNDSMITHS: Celebrating Instrumental Invention The second annual window gallery fundraiser $10 General, $20 Donor Food or Drink Tickets $5 each (BBQ + Salad or 2 Beer/2 Wine) Bid on an array of books, CDs and original invented instruments All proceeds support the window gallery’s displays of invented instruments Join us in a celebration of the […]
SOUNDSMITHS: Celebrating Instrumental Invention – The second annual C4NM window gallery fundraiser
SOUNDSMITHS: Celebrating Instrumental Invention The second annual window gallery fundraiser $10 General, $20 Donor Food or Drink Tickets $5 each (BBQ + Salad or 2 Beer/2 Wine) Bid on an array of books, CDs and original invented instruments All proceeds support the window gallery’s displays of invented instruments Join us in a celebration of the […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Jason Robinson
Saxophonist and composer Jason Robinson returns to the Bay Area to reunite with long time musical collaborator and bassist Scott Walton in two new configurations featuring a stellar lineup. The first will showcase various Robinson compositions and will feature Darren Johnston (trumpet), Steve Adams (alto sax), Robinson (tenor sax), Walton (bass), and John Hanes […]
Economimesis: Drummer’s Secret Handshake #3
As part of an on-going ethnographic and political education platform Marshall Trammell’s Music Research Strategies platform further investigates culturally situated design and communicative behavior amongst Creative Music percussionists. Drummer’s Secret Handshake is the newest iteration of Decolonizing the Imagination: Arts Practicum launched in 2010. At once, this project documents a mimetic relationship to nature […]
Economimesis: Drummer’s Secret Handshake #3
As part of an on-going ethnographic and political education platform Marshall Trammell’s Music Research Strategies platform further investigates culturally situated design and communicative behavior amongst Creative Music percussionists. Drummer’s Secret Handshake is the newest iteration of Decolonizing the Imagination: Arts Practicum launched in 2010. At once, this project documents a mimetic relationship to nature […]
Kyle Adam Blair: Piano Etudes by Bruno Ruviaro
In his latest set of “intellectual improperty” pieces, composer Bruno Ruviaro copies, borrows, and steals music from an eclectic mix of sources, including Bach, Chopin, the 20th century avant-garde, Brazilian bossa-nova, and more. The result is a collection of “Pós-Tudos”, twelve solo piano etudes in which the sources are sometimes transformed beyond recognition, sometimes […]
Kyle Adam Blair: Piano Etudes by Bruno Ruviaro
In his latest set of “intellectual improperty” pieces, composer Bruno Ruviaro copies, borrows, and steals music from an eclectic mix of sources, including Bach, Chopin, the 20th century avant-garde, Brazilian bossa-nova, and more. The result is a collection of “Pós-Tudos”, twelve solo piano etudes in which the sources are sometimes transformed beyond recognition, sometimes […]
Phi Bui and Christopher Whitley: Unnoticed Moments
Using vinyl, tape loops and a decrepit sampler, composer Phi Bui’s music draws from the traditions of turntablism, jazz and instrumental hip hop. Electronic music at its most organic, Bui’s music can be heard on his new album Unnoticed Moments, recently released on Eilean Records. Christopher Whitley’s electronic music explores the space between instrumental […]
Phi Bui and Christopher Whitley: Unnoticed Moments
Using vinyl, tape loops and a decrepit sampler, composer Phi Bui’s music draws from the traditions of turntablism, jazz and instrumental hip hop. Electronic music at its most organic, Bui’s music can be heard on his new album Unnoticed Moments, recently released on Eilean Records. Christopher Whitley’s electronic music explores the space between instrumental […]
Minsky Duo plays Violin, Piano, and Drums
The newly formed Minsky Duo takes its name from Marvin Minsky, artificial intelligence nerd and musician. Nate Bartley (violin) and Monica Chew (piano) present a wide-ranging program inspired by folktunes to ragtime, with a side of neoclassicism and new music from Aaron Andrew Hunt. The program includes Prokofiev’s rarely heard sonata for solo violin, […]