For sfSound’s mid-summer freakout, they brazenly problematize instrumentalism, embodiment, and the piece-hood of a piece. Co-founder-made-good Chris Burns and post-trombone monster Weston Olencki join sfSoundGroup in a program of works by Burns, Pierluigi Billone, and Evan Johnson, culminating in an irresponsible evocation of John Cage’s ghost for a free fantasia on Cartridge Music (1960). […]
Black Spirituals, Charles Barabé, Black Givre, Jean-Sébastien Truchy
Black Spirituals Back from their 2015 Eurotour with Earth, Black Spirituals return home in top form on the most auspicious stardate of Zach’s own earthly arrival! Unspool the unseen tendrils of your innermost and attach them to the empathic machine that is Black Spirituals, with Zachary James Watkins on sines, Marshall Trammell on skins. […]
Black Spirituals, Charles Barabé, Black Givre, Jean-Sébastien Truchy
Black Spirituals Back from their 2015 Eurotour with Earth, Black Spirituals return home in top form on the most auspicious stardate of Zach’s own earthly arrival! Unspool the unseen tendrils of your innermost and attach them to the empathic machine that is Black Spirituals, with Zachary James Watkins on sines, Marshall Trammell on skins. […]
Kate Campbell + Anne Rainwater [don't be a stranger series #1]
Brilliant local pianists Kate Campbell and Anne Rainwater play game-based music from the last 30 years, including selections from “Jatekok” by György Kurtág, “articles 1-3” by Rozalie Hirs, “Carny” by John Zorn, and an immersive collaboration with Danny Clay. Pre-concert party with the artists begins at 7:30; music proper begins around 8. The “don’t be […]
Kate Campbell + Anne Rainwater [don't be a stranger series #1]
Brilliant local pianists Kate Campbell and Anne Rainwater play game-based music from the last 30 years, including selections from “Jatekok” by György Kurtág, “articles 1-3” by Rozalie Hirs, “Carny” by John Zorn, and an immersive collaboration with Danny Clay. Pre-concert party with the artists begins at 7:30; music proper begins around 8. The “don’t be […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: James Falzone: solo + RengaWest
Multi-faceted clarinetist/composer James Falzone is an acclaimed member of Chicago’s jazz and creative improvised music scene, a veteran contemporary music lecturer and clinician, the longtime Director of Music for Grace Chicago Church and an award-winning composer who has been commissioned by chamber ensembles, choirs and symphony orchestras around the globe. He leads his own […]
Ensemble San Francisco: Amor
“A hip, unstuffy, and malleable group of high-quality chamber musicians who are dedicated to fresh programming” raves the SF Classical Voice, Ensemble San Francisco is known for its welcoming and accessible style, and Thursday’s performance will include time for the audience to ask questions of the performers, as well as of composers Granero and Ackerley. […]
Punto G: Los dos Guillermos
Parallel to their individual careers, performance artist and writer Guillermo Gomez-Peña & electronic composer gal*in_dog have been working together since 1999. They have created new operas, interactive performances, audio CD’s and videoworks. In these collaborations they have blended their border aesthetics to deal with body politics & X-treme cultural juxtapositions. This live performance is their […]
Vlatkovich Tryyo with special guest Jon Raskin
The Vlatkovich Tryyo is an ensemble of possibilities. The group focus is to explore and create new possibilities. The possibility of three/four musicians moving the jazz tradition forward by their non traditional interactions of melody, accompaniment, harmony, and rhythm. The Tryyo explores the relationships each of the instruments in the group have with one another. […]
Matthew Goodheart : Works
This continuous event moves between sound installation and performance, centered on works created by and written for Matthew Goodheart. Known for his work with transducer-activated instruments and idiosyncratic piano improvisations, the event will feature a mixture of works, including works commissioned by Berlin’s Transmediale, Euroradio Ars Acoustic, a solo piano piece written for him by […]