An evening of electro-acoustic free improv so pure it has a unique blue color… Set 1: Long standing duo Bloom (Rent Romus: saxes & Thollem McDonas: piano) Set 2: Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Nava Dunkelman, Joe Lasqo, Cheryl E. Leonard, Thollem McDonas + Nan Busse (dancer) Spontaneously interweaving double trios, triple duos, and high-energy vapor […]
Hyejin Jun: Dots and Lines
Dots and Lines are the simplest elements in art. Dots may be big, small, thick, thin, in color or in black and white. Lines may be straight, curved, vertical, horizontal, zigzagged, parallel, weaved, perpendicular, or angular. Dots and lines are the building blocks of art, the main ingredients of a recipe. They may be connected […]
Within A Day—Thingamajigs Performance Group and sfSound perform works by Robert Moran
Members of Thingamajigs Performance Group (TPG) and sfSound join forces to perform works of Robert Moran. A new work entitled “Within A Day” will be created in a collaborative manner between Robert Moran and TPG, to be premiered at the concert. This concert is the culmination of a working residency between esteemed American composer Robert […]
Breaking the Sound: Aram Shelton + Philip White, Jessie Marino, Blood Wedding (Chuck Johnson + Danishta Rivero)
Breaking the Sound is a diverse and bi-coastal offering of contemporary musics featuring electro free jazz from Aram Shelton and Philip White, experimental performance/chamber music from Jessie Marino and the sonic architecture of Danishta Rivero and Chuck Johnson’s Blood Wedding. Aram Shelton is an avant jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, improviser and composer. Originally from southeast Florida, […]
Out of a Lyrical Darkness
Acclaimed Postmodernist composer, pianist and multimedia visual artist, David Thomas Roberts, performs his most recent as well as earlier works for piano and synthesizer. With affinities for both Neo-romanticism and Minimalism, Roberts’ music evinces an encompassing and overtly expressive, sensuous sound world. The “Out of a Lyrical Darkness” program features such works as “The Window,” “DeBorgia […]
RESOLUTIONS: New Year's Eve 2014
[one_fourth] PC Muñoz art-funk schematics [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] Three Times Bad bluegrass string band [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] Les Gwan Jupons vintage Caribbean party music [/one_fourth] [one_fourth_last] The Jon Raskin New Rhythm Plus Band avant-jazz trio [/one_fourth_last] Set breaks by DJ Desperate Pedestrian of “Pitch a Fit” on KPFA 94.1 FM $30 general – $25 members – […]
In from the Cold: Lessons and Carols for 2013
Based on the traditional form of Lessons and Carols, an ecclesiastical service celebrating Christmas through hymns and readings from the bible, In From the Cold is a celebration of song and word for the modern age. The artists’ selections reflect their diverse musical interests and feature their own arrangements of traditional and eclectic holiday music, […]
Discussion Forum: Music Distribution in the 21st Century
You’re making a recording, so what’s your distribution plan? Come to share knowledge and discuss the pros and cons of all the different ways your fellow musicians and producers are getting their music out into the world. Bring your questions, concerns, and frank and open comments to this roundtable discussion about labels, digital distribution, licensing, […]
Steven Lugerner & Darren Johnston SOLO/DUO
Multi-reedist Steven Lugerner appears at C4NM in his first performance back in San Francisco, for the West Coast debut of his new solo works. Joining him will be local trumpeter Darren Johnston, also performing solo works and teaming with Lugerner towards the end of the night in an improvised duo setting. This night also […]
David Hatt, piano
David Hatt presents two sets of solo piano music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The program includes the First Sonata of Charles E. Ives, academic works by Gregory Kosteck and Homer Keller, creative oddities by Barney Childs, Arthur Farwell and Jim Fox, and other pieces, including Mr. Hatt’s own The Continuous Life. Biography […]