Pianist Satoko Inoue is renowned throughout Japan, Europe and the US as a leading interpreter of contemporary solo piano music. She has premiered works by some of Japan’s foremost composers including Jo Kondo, Yoritsune Matsudaira, Satoshi Tanaka, Yuji Itoh. She is also known for performing works of other contemporary composers including Toru Takemitsu, John Cage, […]
Switchboard Presents: Splinter Reeds + Wiener Kids
Switchboard continues its series Switchboard Presents. On the second Friday of every month this fall, the Switchboard Presents concert series features split bills drawn from a roster of Switchboard alumni, 2015 Festival artists, and other acts who fall between musical lines. Splinter Reeds – Reed quintet featuring Kyle Bruckmann (oboe), Bill Kalinkos (clarinet), Jeff Anderle […]
Switchboard Presents: Solo Cellists
Switchboard Presents: Solo Cellists, featuring three different treatments of the same instrumentation: Crystal Pascucci – original improvised music for solo cello and electronics Theresa Wong – original music for cello, voice, and electronics Shawn Alpay – original songs for solo cello, electronics, and voice […]
Switchboard Presents: Redshift and Aaron Novik’s Cosimo Lissy
Switchboard Presents, a monthly concert series that features split bills of innovative and eclectic music from the Bay Area and beyond, continues its fall season with Redshift and Aaron Novik’s Cosimo Lissy at 7:30 pm on October 10. Redshift, a bicoastal chamber quintet, is Jeff Anderle, Kate Campbell, Rose Bellini, Andi Springer, and Jill Heinke. […]
Friendly Galaxies: An Evening of Celebrating Sun Ra at 100
Reconnaissance Fly Electropoetic Coffee Joe LasqoPhoto by Carly Hoopes — Set 1: Reconnaissance Fly (Amanda Chaudhary: keyboard/electronics; Rich Lesnik: reeds; Polly Moller: voice, flutes, guitar; Larry the O: drums, and Tim Walters: bass/electronics) perform a mixture of Sun Ra tunes & originals — Set 2: Techno-griots Electropoetic Coffee (poet NSAA + guitarist Ross Hammond) continue […]
SFMusic Thursdays: Jewish Music & Poetry Project (sponsored by SFFCM)
Jewish Music & Poetry Project Laura Schwendinger Kurt Erickson David Garner Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Dale Tsang, piano, and Adaiha MacAdam-Somer (the Jewish Music & Poetry Project) return from their Hungarian tour to perform the world premiere of newly commissioned works by Guggenheim Fellow Laura Schwendinger (Kay Ryan Songs), Bay Area rising composer Kurt Erickson (The […]
SFMusic Thursdays: An evening of scattered thoughts with the Darren Johnston/Kyle Bruckmann Duo and Darren Johnston's Troubled Trio (sponsored by SFFCM)
Trumpeter/composer Darren Johnston returns to CNM with both a duo and trio project. The focus of the evening will be on collective, spontaneous compositions, some of which to be based on a collection of short musical ideas that have occurred to Johnston over the last several months. The first set will feature Johnston in a […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Birgit Ulher mit Grosse Abfahrt
Grosse Abfahrt Birgit Ulher German trumpet improviser, Birgit Ulher, performs solo and group improvisations with Grosse Abfahrt — a San Francisco freely-improvising music continuum/community whose name means “great departure”. From out this departure of de-parts comes a salute to epic failure, a disaster in full-dress uniform, gold epaulets dangling off the corpse of Western culture. […]
James Fei, Bill Hsu, & Gino Robair
Bay area improvisers James Fei (reeds), Bill Hsu (electronics, interactive animations), Gino Robair (electronics, percussion), joined by a special guest percussionist from Israel, present an evening of improvisations on acoustic and electronic instruments, and interactive video. James Fei (b. Taipei, Taiwan) moved to the US in 1992 to study electrical engineering. He has since been […]
Young Artist Workshop: New Music for Guitar
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