THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED. WE APOLOGIZE!!! Belgian pianist Stephane Ginsburgh presents an evening of works for a solo pianist that subtly combines music, speaking, electronics, actions and percussion into a unique musical experience. “A pianist speaking, a speaker playing the piano… Let’s invert the roles, mix them, create ambiguity : music and text are […]
Opening Reception: Experimental Musical Instruments by Peter Whitehead
The exhibit represents a portion of the instruments created by Peter Whitehead over a 20 year period. Whitehead is a composer, songwriter and instrument builder. His instrument building grew out of his earlier work with sculpture made from found materials and a fascination with sound which began in childhood. While traveling in S.E. Asia […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Benjamin Kreith / Travis Andrews Duo; Matt Ingalls Solo
Benjamin Kreith and Travis Andrews perform the West Coast premier of Jardín bajo la luna by David del Puerto, a Spanish composer/guitarist who continues to hone his personal, understated modal language. His new duo is a Schumannesque suite of night landscapes — a pathway through storms, fireflies, and still waters. Also on the program, Carlo […]
Del Sol String Quartet: “Soundings” No. 2
This is the second concert in the Del Sol String Quartet’s Home Season 2013-14 “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 one inspired […]
Phonochromaticism: A sonic journey through the visible light spectrum
Guerilla Composers Guild and Phonochrome chamber ensemble present a multi-colored collaborative project – Phonochromaticism. Featuring new works by six different composers, the program revolves around George Crumb’s underwater masterpiece for flute, cello, and piano – Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale). Crumb’s iconic Vox Balaenae envelops the performers in blue light, drawing the audience into […]
From Messiaen to Mattingly—Sounds and Images for Flute and Piano with Percussion, with Jane Lenoir (flute), Anne Rainwater (piano), Brian Rice (percussion)
This program reflects the talents and interests of these performers, who navigate the landscape of multiple musical styles. Berkeley flutist Jane Lenoir is an eclectic and genre-busting performer whose credits include premieres and recordings with the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, Mills Group for New Music, Paul Dresher Ensemble, as well as Brazilian and […]
Doug Wieselman
Doug Wieselman will be performing solo clarinet with live looping – playing mainly material from his new record – From Water – music based on what he has been hearing from bodies of water. A second set will be the debut of Clarinets ON – a quartet of clarinetists – all consummate composers and improvisers […]
Thom Blum: Soundscraper – live crowdsourced soundscaping
The Soundscraper project, the hair-brained brainchild of composer Thom Blum, will premiere Capsule 1 -inside/outside, a continuous, two-hour, structured improvisation based on live crowdsourced sound feeds. Soundscraper performances rely on people participating (volunteering), worldwide, providing live sound streams over the Internet from their environments to a mixer-performer. The mixer-performer “re-streams,” processes, and diffuses the incoming […]
Sten Sandell (piano) with guest Gino Robair (percussion/electronics)
Composer and improviser Sten Sandel has been an influential force on the European and Scandinavian new music scene for three decades. His solo performances often combine piano with his own highly developed system of sound poetry. His regular groups include Mats Gustafsson, Raymond Strid, Nina de Heney, and Sofia Jernberg. However, Sandell has collaborated with […]
New Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College
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