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Surround Sound Salon Series #8: Rivero, Corder and Leonard

Danishta Rivero, Nathan Corder, and Cheryl Leonard present their new electronic music in 8-channel surround sound. Rivero premieres a live piece for voice and electronics; Corder presents three pieces that focus on translational procedures, transduction, and process-based composition; Leonard presents an 8-channel version of her piece Meltwater (2013) that was recently release by OM records […]

Gordan Tudor and Mislav Režić

This year Republic of Croatia celebrates 30th anniversary of international recognition. As a part of these celebrations, Croatian government is organizing cultural events around the world. Outstanding Croatian musicians – saxophonist Gordan Tudor and guitarist Mislav Režić were selected to perform concerts in the USA. Tudor and Režić are among the most important musicians of […]

The Harmonic Series Gamelan: Closing Reception

Closing reception for “the Harmonic Series Gamalan” with Pet the Tiger Instrument Inventors collective playing wip “Sounds and Sweet Airs”- songs and incidental music for the Tempest 7 pm reception 8 pm group discussion on instrument inventing practice and music for the Tempest with Bart Hopkin, Krys Bobrowski, Stephen Parris, Peter Whitehead, Brenda Hutchinson, Sudhu […]

Surround Sound Salon Series #7

SSSS is a monthly, informal show at CNM in which electronic music composers present their fixed media and/or live electronic music through the 8-channel surround system, generously provided by Meyer Sound. The composers mix their sounds from the center of the space, and the audience is free to choose their own listening location, and to […]

Noise by Noise West 2022

NOISE by NOISEWEST 2022 “It’s not that I hadn’t heard that before, it’s that I didn’t know it even existed.” THOMAS DIMUZIO SCOT JENERIK SCOTT ARFORD In the fall of 1998, Thomas Dimuzio and Scot Jenerik embarked on a stellar southwest and west coast tour. Opening the doors in many towns to sounds never before […]

10 YEARS OF NEW MUSIC | C4NM BDAY BASH | 10/1 6-9PM

HÄPPŸ BĒRFDÆŸ TO USWe’re celebrating 10 years of new music at C4NM! Come celebrate with us as we toast our first decade serving the new music community in the Bay Area and beyond and look forward to the next decade. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres provided complimentary.The party is free for members but everyone is invited […]

Nathan Clevenger Trio + Kasey Knudsen & Crystal Pascucci

Oakland musicians Nathan Clevenger, Jordan Glenn, and Cory Wright share a long and entwined history of collaboration across various projects, including Wiener Kids, Ashen Cleric, and Fellow Hominids. In early 2021, in the depths of the Covid-19 quarantine, Nathan was asked to assemble a small ensemble for a socially distanced online music festival – the […]

Thomas Schultz, piano

Bach/Busoni – Two Chorale Preludes; Frederic Rzewski – North American Ballads; Galina Ustvolskaya – Sonata Nr. 5; Hyo-shin Na – Rain Study […]

Closing Reception: Sounding Structures by Lisa Coons

Doors and Reception, 6pm Artist Talk and Demonstration, 7pm Join us for the (free!) closing reception for Lisa Coons’s exhibition at C4NM’s Window Gallery. David Samas will moderate an artist discussion. Artist Bio Lisa Renée Coons is a composer and sound artist with a special affinity to noise composition, collaboration, and experimentation. She is dedicated […]

The Alaya Project

The Alaya Project is the essential bridge between the intricate Carnatic style of Indian classical music and contemporary jazz and funk. The driving hybrid kit grooves of Indian percussionist and drummer, Rohan Krishnamurthy, the soulful Ragas and melodies of Prasant Radhakrishnan on saxophone, and the harmonic bedrock of Colin Hogan embodies the permanence of a […]