Choreographies of Creation and Destruction: The Live Cinemas of John Davis and Greg Pope Joshua Churchill, John Davis, and Greg Pope In Person In Apparent Motion 2012—the performance cinema centerpiece to that year’s CROSSROADS film festival—British artist Greg Pope brought down the house with the 16mm Cipher Screen, his two-projector masterwork of erasure and construction. […]
Waffle Opera: The Magic Flute
This will be Mozart’s classic opera as you have never seen it before, stripped to its bare essentials and explored in fresh and exciting ways. This production features brand-new English dialog written by director Ted Zoldan, with the original incredible music. Tickets include a reception with the cast featuring our world famous Waffles. Waffle Opera […]
Waffle Opera: The Magic Flute
This will be Mozart’s classic opera as you have never seen it before, stripped to its bare essentials and explored in fresh and exciting ways. This production features brand-new English dialog written by director Ted Zoldan, with the original incredible music. Tickets include a reception with the cast featuring our world famous Waffles. Waffle Opera […]
Waffle Opera: The Magic Flute
This will be Mozart’s classic opera as you have never seen it before, stripped to its bare essentials and explored in fresh and exciting ways. This production features brand-new English dialog written by director Ted Zoldan, with the original incredible music. Tickets include a reception with the cast featuring our world famous Waffles. Waffle Opera […]
CANCELED: Hoods, Chamber opera mashup of the Red Riding Hood and Hekabe Stories
THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELED Hoods is a chamber opera based on Euripides’ Hekabe and Little Red Riding Hood, parallel stories of women in extremis. Setting myth and fairytale in the context of late empire and perpetual war, the opera explores themes of violence, gender, and metamorphosis. Three singers each play three roles from two […]
Ned Rothenberg w/ Chris Brown
Ned Rothenberg’s April 12 performance at C4NM will include a solo set, plus duos with local electronic music luminary, Chris Brown. Ned Rothenberg composes and performs on saxophones, clarinets, flute and shakuhachi (an end blown Japanese bamboo flute). He has been internationally acclaimed for his solo music which he has presented for over 30 years […]
Ned Rothenberg w/ Gino Robair
Ned Rothenberg’s April 11 performance at C4NM will include a solo set, plus duos with Bay Area percussion wizard Gino Robair. Ned Rothenberg composes and performs on saxophones, clarinets, flute and shakuhachi (an end blown Japanese bamboo flute). He has been internationally acclaimed for his solo music which he has presented for over 30 years […]
Shackle: Anne La Berge, flute/electronics + Deckard, laptop, plus Alex Christie
Shackle is Anne LaBerge on flute and electronics and Deckard on laptop-instrument. Their aim is to explicitly and subtly exploit shackling in both concept and material. shackle |ˈ sh akəl| 1. used in reference to something that restrains or impedes. 2. a metal link, typically U-shaped, closed by a bolt, used to secure a chain […]
Joseph Van Hassel – “New Music for Snare Drum”
Solo percussionist Joseph Van Hassel presents a concert of new music for solo snare drum, including the world premiere of works by Berkeley-born composer David Macbride and San Francisco native Janis Mercer. Also included are works by Oakland native Dan VanHassel and founding member of Percussion Group Cincinnati, Allen Otte. The program includes multiple styles […]
Best Coast Jazz Composers Series #5: Karl Evangelista
“One of the most original instrumentalists and composers of his generation.” — Signal to Noise Versatile guitarist and composer Karl Evangelista presents an evening of mixed ensembles showcasing his wide-ranging compositional voice and eclectic musical inclinations, influenced by the jazz avant-garde as well as experimental rock, alt-blues and contemporary chamber music. The concert includes a […]