This special workshop offers a brief introduction to each of the most prevalent computer music programming languages: Max, Supercollider, ChucK and PureData. Lighting presentations will demonstrate the basics, plus a handful of cool tricks, tailored to beginners or users of other languages. These intros will be followed by open discussion, and an open hack session […]
"Field Report" from C4NM @ SFMusic Day – Live + Free
Please note that this performance takes place at the SF Conservatory of Music at 50 Oak Street. The Center for New Music presents a “Field Report” program of highlights from the Center’s first 1.5 years, curated by Executive Director Adam Fong. This presentation is part of SFMusic Day . Live + Free, presented by the […]
SFMusic Thursdays: Duo Revirado (sponsored by SFFCM)
Thomas Yee and Jose Rodriguez teamed up to create Duo Revirado; a dynamic and unique ensemble that explores different styles and genres including Classical, Latin, Tango, Jazz, Folk, Our Arrangements, and New Music. Audiences experience Music of a wide spectrum that includes extended techniques and improvisation. The duo’s mission is to branch out to a […]
Taylor Ho Bynum’s Acoustic Bicycle Tour: Duos with Myra Melford
“Bynum improvises with sound and silence in the manner of Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Dixon and Lester Bowie. He maintains a tangible narrative arc and pulse within his solos, weaving a cohesive sonic fabric from precisely executed screams, squawks, blurts, burbles, whispers and more conventionally rendered notes and tones.” — Jazziz As part of his […]
Chamber Jazz Double Bill: Hear in Now + Bristle
Hear in Now (Photo by Nisha Sondhe) Bristle Hear in Now, the international improvising trio of Chicago cellist Tomeka Reid, New York violinist Mazz Swift and Italian bassist Sylvia Bolognesi, makes its Bay Area debut in a shared bill with Grass Valley reeds player Randy McKean’s inventive chamber jazz ensemble Bristle. Hear in Now performs […]
Friction Quartet
Friction Quartet commissioned Brendon Randall-Myers and Adam Cuthbert to write new music. Brendon wrote Juiced – a study on temptation and addiction inspired by the film, Requiem for a Dream. Adam Cuthbert arranged his piece, Universe Explosion for double quartet and octave-dropped cello. Vermont based composer, Bruce Hobson composed his string quartet in 2004 and […]
Switchboard Presents: Bass Clarinets
Edmund Welles Sqwonk Switchboard Presents Bass Clarinets Sqwonk Edmund Welles Bass Clarinet Nonet by Jonathan Russell Switchboard launches its 2014-2015 season on September 12 at the Center for New Music with Switchboard Presents, a monthly concert series that features split bills of innovative and eclectic music from the Bay Area and beyond. At 7:30 pm, […]
C4NM @ Fridays in the Grove: Pet the Tiger
C4NM @ Fridays in the Grove Pet the Tiger 6:45 PM at the Main Grove, Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda This summer, the Center for New Music partners with Cal Shakes’ The Triangle Lab to present three special concerts at Fridays in the Grove: performances by the Bay Area’s best poets, musicians, comics, and more. Our third […]
Wet Invention: an evening exploring aquatic sound
Vorticella Wet Invention: an evening exploring aquatic sound with instrument inventors Cheryl Leonard, Krys Bobrowski, Brenda Huchinson, David Samas and Tom Nunn Co-presented by Thingamajigs and Soundwave In partnership with the Window Gallery at the Center for New Music Cheryl Leonard Cheryl E. Leonard performs music for amplified water, natural-object instruments, and field recordings of […]
A/B Duo presents "Ricochet"
The A/B Duo returns to the Center for New Music to premiere new works for flute and percussion. The Civic Center Blog described A/B Duo’s last San Francisco show as “bouncy, strange, interesting, and fun.” This time the duo will premiere two works for contrabass flute and percussion by Andrea La Rose and Ned McGowan. […]