“A wonderful collaboration … both of them switching between lyricism and extended noise-making fluidly, echoing each other and taking time out to listen. I spent half of their set in a semi-conscious mystical state.” — This Place at This Time blog The Bay Area welcomes the extraordinary duo of Italian soprano saxophonist Gianni Mimmo and […]
Del Sol String Quartet: “Soundings” No. 3
This is the third and final concert in the Del Sol String Quartet’s 2013-14 Home Season “Soundings” Project–a series of three, innovative performances by the Quartet at the Center for New Music in San Francisco in November, March and May. For this project Del Sol presents newly-commissioned works from three Bay Area emerging artists, each […]
Best Coast Jazz Composers Series #7: Jacob Zimmerman
Seattle-based alto saxophonist and composer Jacob Zimmerman returns to the Bay Area for a concert of duos with a cast of compelling Bay Area musical characters. In an homage to the “Improvised Duos” series area keyboardist Michael Coleman has organized for several years, Zimmerman premieres eight new duo compositions, and performs them with local instrumentalists […]
Wild Rumpus: Migrations
Wild Rumpus presents Migrations, a program of reinterpreted and reinvented materials. The concert includes the world premieres of Eliza Brown’s …in hora mortis nostrae, which covers, extends, and reinterprets a 17th-century Ave Maria, and Lee Weisert’s Minutiae, which translates Weisert’s own intricate sketches into sound. Instrumental ensembles are reimagined as unique hybrids in Daniel Wohl’s […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Larry Polansky and Paul Hoskin
Paul Hoskin Larry Polansky Recently relocated to Santa Cruz, composer/guitarist Larry Polansky presents recent work, including the premiere of “Approaching the Azimuth” for solo clarinet written for Matt Ingalls. The program also includes works for solo guitar, a work for solo saxophone, and new structured and free improvisations with sfSound. From Seattle, improvisor Paul Hoskin […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: John Ingle's Babylonian Lottery
sfSound saxophonist/improviser/composer John Ingle in a concert of his “Babylonian Lottery”, a game piece for improvisers that incorporates both composed and improvised music. Expect a wide range of musical expression, from tiny sounds and pristine textures to orchestral blasts and free-jazz blowouts. Within the “lottery” will be solos by the composer, “duo Ing” with Matt […]
SONIC BODY SERIES #6
Christine Bonansea + Zachary James Watkins www.christinebonansea.com www.zacharyjameswatkins.com Zachary James Watkins is a sound artist who has earned degrees in composition from The Cornish School and Mills College. Zachary has received numerous grants and commissions and presented works in festivals across the United States, Mexico and Germany. His 2006 composition Suite for String Quartet was awarded the Paul […]
Satoko Fujii New Trio + 1
Satoko Fujii Satoko Fujii New Trio Satoko Fujii – piano Todd Nicholson – bass Yoshi Shutto – drums Special guest Kappa Maki – trumpet ”With each new work Fujii’s musical vision matures and crystallizes so it is not by chance that Spring Storm is her most accomplished opus to date.” — Hrayr Attarian, All About […]
VOLTI: OPEN REHEARSAL with composers Ted Hearne and Melissa Dunphy
Volti is a 20-voice professional chamber chorus based in San Francisco. Our mission is to foster and showcase contemporary American music and composers, and to introduce contemporary vocal music from around the world to local audiences. Both Ted Hearne and Melissa Dunphy are young East Coast composers who are specializing in writing leading-edge new music […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Lanacane & Green Alembic
LANACANE is the solo electronic music project of Lana Voronina, multi-media visual artist, performer, and event producer. Expect to hear piano improvisation, samples, effects, and beats. GREEN ALEMBIC is an eight piece improvisational chamber super-group of accomplished bay area musicians. Performing to original images and spoken word, the group’s aesthetic is focused upon the immediate […]