Jonah Parzen-Johnson Steven Lugerner Jonah Parzen-Johnson “Nostalgia can seem comforting, but I think it should be incredibly unsettling…. maybe that’s what I should’ve titled the album,” says Brooklyn based baritone saxophonist, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, of his first album-lengthed collection of songs for solo saxophone and analog synthesizer. He thinks a lot about titles. “I wrote these […]
Amy X Neuburg: Jerry Hunt’s "Song Drapes"
Amy X NeubergPhoto by Joker Nies Amy X Neuburg was commissioned by the Cultural Department of Cologne, Germany, to create and perform a new interpretation of Jerry Hunt’s “Song Drapes,” originally a collaboration between Jerry and the performance artist Karen Finley. In homage to the intense and slightly disturbing nature of the original, and to […]
3+4: Vidya Trio & Social Stutter
The Vidya Trio – pianist Motoko Honda, saxophonist Beth Schenck, and trumpeter Kris Tiner – performs original compositions and improvisations that reveal a unique take on the idea of the chamber trio. Frequent collaborators over the past decade, these three musicians have established wide ranging associations in the new music, jazz, and improvised music communities […]
Hocket: Four Hands
HOCKET is a cutting edge piano duo based in Los Angeles. Brought together by their passion for sharing exciting and eclectic chamber music with the world, members Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff are both pianist-composers dedicated to commissioning and performing contemporary music. They have both been featured performers of University of Southern California’s Thornton Edge […]
Workshop: San Francisco SuperCollider Meeting
Do you already use SuperCollider, or would you like to learn more about it? Are you a Pd or Max/MSP user considering to add SuperCollider to your sonic toolbox? This informal meet-up is free and open to anyone interested in SuperCollider. It’s a space for people to present their work, ask questions, discuss topics of […]
Seasons Of Love – Broadway & Opera Favorites Album Launch
Australian virtuoso concert pianist, producer, recording artist and composer Van-Anh Nguyen leads an intense global touring schedule. She most recently became a TV host for Discovery Channel Asia. American-Vietnamese singer Bich-Van Nguyen is a Musical Theater graduate of New York University and has recorded 7 albums. This album, Seasons Of Love is a crowd-funded initiative […]
Angels and Watermarks: Flight into the Unknown
This concert explores a variety of new music for solo harpsichord, providing the audience with insight into the age defying beauty of this instrument. The juxtaposition of old and new in this unique instrument provides a wealth of opportunities for today’s composers in exploring sounds, tonal colorations, and textures. Some pieces explore the use of […]
SFMusic Thursdays: Black Cedar (sponsored by SFFCM)
Black Cedar is the winner of a 2014 Musical Grant from San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music and an affiliate ensemble with San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music. It is the only ensemble entirely devoted to creating, discovering, and re-imagining chamber music for flute, cello, and guitar. Their debut album will be released later this […]
Karl Cronin & the Americana Orchestra
Karl Cronin presents an evening of stories, quiet loves songs, and sonic landscapes with the Americana Orchestra. Karl’s music blends wistful, witty songs reminiscent of the American songbook with spacious orchestrations, with evenings woven together by stories. This performance is made possibly with the support of the Zellerbach Community Arts Grant. […]
Wired Breath/Strung Waves: Christian Pincock & Florent Collautti (sfSoundSalonSeries)
Florent Colautti Christian Pincock Florent Colautti moves between the sound and numeric arts, from instrumental/acoustic music to electronic music through sound installations. He wears only one cap while working on these different links: that of an insatiable researcher who handles both sound-creation software and the soldering iron. In this spirit, in 2010, he developed the […]