Ton Trio II with Aram Shelton, alto saxophone; Scott Brown, bass; Alex Vittum, drums. An avant/modern jazz trio focused on the group dynamic utilizing folksy melodies and wide open structures. The written parts serve as entry points for spacious improvisations, with all three members playing almost continuously, keeping the voices of melody, harmony and rhythm […]
FESTIVUS 2013 — The Festival-of-Us: Night Two
FESTIVUS returns for its second year, offering eight Bay Area creative jazz bands covering the music of other Bay Area creative jazz bands. This year’s two-day event will also have a cookie potluck, a bar at the Center for New Music for merriment, and an awesome merch table with great deals and free gift wrapping […]
FESTIVUS 2013 — The Festival-of-Us: Night One
FESTIVUS returns for its second year, offering eight Bay Area creative jazz bands covering the music of other Bay Area creative jazz bands. This year’s two-day event will also have a cookie potluck, a bar at the Center for New Music for merriment, and an awesome merch table with great deals and free gift wrapping […]
Artist-in-Residence Closing Concert: Nihan Devecioglu, voice & electronics, feat. Theresa Wong & Jon Raskin
Vocalist and c4nm artist-in-residence Nihan Devecioglu (Turkey) will perform solo and in collaboration with locals Theresa Wong and Jon Raskin. Ms. Devecioglu has been in residence at the Center for New Music since October 11, with support from CEC ArtsLink. During her (first) visit to San Francisco, she has developed new performance techniques, explored the […]
Film: Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann
In anticipation of the November 13 performance by Peter Brötzmann and Paal Nilssen-Love, the Center for New Music presents the San Francisco premiere of this feature-length film: Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann with Paal Nilssen-Love, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, Fred Van Hove, Joe McPhee Produced and Directed by Bernard Josse (2012; 93 minutes) […]
Opening Reception: Walter Kitundu, We Are Everything We Are Not
Artist Walter Kitundu brings his unique vision to the Center for New Music’s window gallery with FOUR PIECES, presented by Thingamajigs. Please join us for the opening reception. FOUR PIECES Installed Sculptural Instruments of Walter Kitundu in the front window @ C4NM until Dec 31 Thursday Nov 14: 6pm reception 7pm interview with Bart Hopkin […]
Workshop: San Francisco SuperCollider Meeting
Do you already use SuperCollider, or would you like to learn more about it? Are you a Pd or Max/MSP user considering to add SuperCollider to your sonic toolbox? This informal meet-up is free and open to anyone interested in SuperCollider. It’s a space for people to present their work, ask questions, discuss topics of […]
Free Workshop: Promoting Your Work, Old and New School, Pt. 1: Writing, Publicity, Advertising and Audience Development Strategies
Bay Area bassist/bandleader and arts organizer Lisa Mezzacappa leads the first workshop in a two-part series on promoting your work and developing audiences for your music, via traditional marketing strategies (part 1) and online and social media platforms (part 2). Learn how to create a holistic strategy to make your concert, performance series or season, […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Christopher Jones performs Feldman's "Triadic Memories" and a premiere
Jones Feldman Pianist/Composer Christopher Jones performs Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories (1981) and premieres his new work, Devil Tropes. Christopher Jones is a composer of intricately designed music that explores issues of identity, narrative and form in distinctive, unconventional ways. His music has been performed in North America and Europe at venues such as […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Alfonso Alberti, solo piano
Italian pianist, Alfonso Alberti presents a program of solo works for piano that explores the varied and sometimes contradictory paths travelled by contemporary music in Italy. It showcases some of the ‘main players’ in the second half of the twentieth century: Giorgio Gaslini (of whose Sonata this is the world premiere) and his ‘total […]