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 […]
The Contemporary Guitar feat. the SF Conservatory Guitar Department
The San Francisco Conservatory Guitar Department has nearly forty students and five teachers, and the Conservatory Guitar Ensemble has a storied history of promoting new music. The Ensemble frequently commissions and premieres new pieces; it helped open the Conservatory’s new Concert Hall with the world premiere of Measures of Turbulence by Steve Mackey. The Ensemble […]
Henry Kaiser's Surprise Videos with/or about Music
Guitarist Henry Kaiser has worked as a film and tv director even longer than he has played guitar. His many intense musical passions have prodded him to amass a large collection of interesting videos dealing with music from all over the world: new music, roots music, improvised music, instructional videos… all sorts of odd and […]
Giant Music Boxes and The Long Tube, by Brenda Hutchinson
My work has always been more about invitation than instruction or direction. Engaging with sound in a mindful way has been the single most empowering aspect of my life. I believe in its transformative powers and have been inspired and committed to finding ways extend this experience to others. Join composer and sound artist Brenda […]
The Artist Sessions: REFLECTIONS ON GIANTS with pianists Lara Downes and Jed Distler
JED DISTLER: “The Downtown Keyboard Magus” – The New Yorker LARA DOWNES: “Addicting – Downes plays with an open, honest heart” – The Huffington Post Lara Downes and Jed Distler: taste-makers, game-changers, rule-breakers. Join The Artist Sessions for music and conversation with these two acclaimed artists who have, independently and together, developed solo piano projects […]
Thomas Miley: Visual Music, with Silvia Matheus and Bill Hsu
A set of computer graphics programs using the Processing language create and control synthesizers and patterns in the SuperCollider audio environment. Also, analog improvisation. Blue Boxes – random-sized 2D boxes are created in “mid-air” and slowly fall to “earth” creating surprising sonic patterns. In the Beginning – points and lines are drawn in rotational patterns […]