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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FILM @ C4NM: beyond coltrane
co-sponsored by Rova:Arts ELECTRIC ASCENSION in person! filmmaker John Rogers and musicians Larry Ochs & Jon Raskin An ensemble of gifted improvisers let loose with a rearrangement/reimagination of Coltrane’s masterwork. With Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Nels Cline, Ikue Mori, Carla Kihlstedt, Fred Frith, Hamid Drake, and more. (dir: John Rogers 2013 68 min.) More about […]
FILM @ C4NM: sonic experimenters double bill
THE REACH OF RESONANCE Jon Rose, Miya Masaoka, John Luther Adams, Bob Ostertag: Four contemporary artists guaranteed to open up your ears. (dir: Steve Elkins 2010 118 min.) The Reach Of Resonance Teaser from Candela Films on Vimeo. THE SENSUAL NATURE OF SOUND Four major musical pioneers, superstar women all: Pauline Oliveros; Meredith Monk, Tania […]
FILM @ C4NM: avant rock
FRANK ZAPPA: PHASE II – THE BIG NOTE Rarely screened, this doc features ‘pronouncements’ by Zappa himself, archival performances, plus appearances by Captain Beefheart, Edgard Varèse, Pierre Boulez, the Zappa kids . . . and more! (dir: Frank Scheffer 2002 90 min.) APPROXIMATELY NELS CLINE Wilco’s lead guitarist and wild musical accomplices rip it up […]
FILM @ C4NM: improvapalooza!
ON THE EDGE: IMPROVISATION Three hours of the legendary miniseries about improvisation. Everything from Asian musics to free jazz experiment to Jerry Garcia. Guitarist Derek Bailey hosts. Required viewing! (dir: Jeremy Marre UK 1992 150+ min.) FILM @ C4NM is 6-week series screening some of the most compelling new music documentaries and performance films of […]
FILM @ C4NM: musical culture gets funky
FABRICATING TOM ZE Ever hear “Smoke on the Water” as a samba? Brazilian musical iconoclast Tom Zé turns your head around. With David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. (dir: Decios Matos Jr. 2007 89 min.) BRASS UNBOUND Musicians in Nepal, Suriname, Indonesia, and Ghana liberate the military instruments the colonialists left behind. […]