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Orlando Cela: Flute Classics of the 20th Century
An evening of unaccompanied flute music spanning the most significant influences of the 20th century. Orlando Cela will perform works by Salvatore Sciarrino, Heinz Holliger, Brian Ferneyhough, Toshio Hosokawa, Luciano Berio and Robert Dick. Before a work is performed, there will be a short explanation of the techniques, notation, and influences of each of the […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Séverine Ballon
French cellist Séverine Ballon performs new solo works written by local composers Franck Bedrossian, Erik Ulman, and Stanford Graduate Composers. PROGRAM Erik Ulman Permission for solo Cello 2014 Franck Bedrossian The spider as an artist 2014 — interval — Constantin Basica FROMFORMS for solo cello, electronics and video 2014 Andrew A. Watts FEEDBACK SHIFT II […]
Premiere of All Caps No Space by Linda Bouchard in collaboration with Addleds
Come hear the culmination of a two-week collaboration and residency at The MilkBar between composer Linda Bouchard and the talented and unique Addleds musicians Kyle Bruckmann, oboe/english horn; Tony Dryer, double bass; and Jacob Felix Heule, percussion, in an unusual trio combination*. Known for timbral and textural extremes of distended instrumental technique, Addleds, in its […]
CANCELLED: Duck Baker
*Unfortunately Mr. Baker has been forced to cancel this performance. We hope to host him at a later date. Baker will concentrate on the more modern side of his vast repertoire in this concert, highlighting his own jazz-oriented compositional style and his long experience with free jazz / free improvised music since the late. Several […]
Del Sol String Quartet: Soundings 2.1
For its Home Season 2014-15 the Del Sol String Quartet continues its “Soundings” Project with a series of three unique concerts in January, April and June exploring the interface between new music and visual art. The series will present music by three living composers paired with new artworks commissioned from visual artists working in a […]
Tenney Project @ Tangents Guitar Series
James Tenney (1934–2006) was one of America’s most inventive and influential experimental composers. His music explored alternative tunings and algorithmic procedures, creating bewildering harmonic soundscapes. A special collaboration featuring Tangents Guitar Series, SFSound, the SFCM Guitar Ensemble, and Larry Polansky; made possible with support by SFFCM and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. […]
Seth Josel @ Tangents Guitar Series
Guitarist Seth Josel presents a program of music by Berlin-based composers celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. […]
Fred Frith and Sudhu Tewari @ Tangents Guitar Series
Normal is Fred Frith and Sudhu Tewari, playing manually & electronically manipulated home-made instruments. Not really instruments in the sense of beautifully crafted art objects requiring Extended Techniques, so much as crude de-constructions patched together using the simplest of means, and requiring only minimal exertion to produce sound. Fred’s “planks of wood with strings” were […]
Autoduplicity
Autoduplicity is an exploration of music for bodies and speech – our shared instruments – and investigates how these ordinary sounds can be transformed into powerful musical ideas reflective of the human experience. The program also probes themes of blurred identities and realities, questions of sanity, the movements of our bodies, and the rhythms of […]