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. […]
Unaccompanied: The Art of Solo Performance
The unaccompanied piece: a genre that places great demands on both the composer and the performer to express the totality of a musical idea through a single instrument. By any measure, it is music operating without a net. So often, such pieces are relegated to solo recitals or overlooked on programs featuring works for larger […]
Suite Talk with Pianist Van-Anh Nguyen
Versatile Australian concert pianist, producer and composer Van-Anh Nguyen has performed across the globe and leads an intense touring schedule. This marks her San Francisco debut performance where she invites you to join the intimate setting of the Center of New Music to engage with her big personality and virtuosic playing in a diverse selection […]