Berlin-based artists boris baltschun & serge baghdassarians present bodybuilding, an hour-length theatrical piece for electronics, texts, electric fan, radio, table, hotplate, espresso maker, and fried chicken. bodybuilding retraces mathematician and astronomer Charles-Marie de La Condamine’s journey to South America, though instead of the tropical wilderness, it measures the urban jungle of Rio de Janeiro. The three-sided Largo do Guimarães on the hills of Santa Teresa becomes the […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Michal Rataj and Andy Claussen's Wishbone Project
From Prague, composer Michal Rataj presents a set of works for sound objects, writing desk, and live multi-channel electronics. Andy Claussen performs his Wishbone Suite, an extended work for improvising chamber ensemble of clarinet, accordion, trombone, piano and drums. The ensemble explores recurring folk-like themes as springboards into improvised material, creating “an alluring, whimsical, and just-plain-cool mix of jazz, classical, and experimental […]
New Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College
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New Solo Piano Works composed and performed by Gino Robair and Matthew Goodheart
Gino Robair has performed and recorded with Tom Waits, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Nina Hagen, Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, John Butcher, Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, Otomo Yoshihide, and the ROVA Saxophone Quartet. He is one of the “25 innovative percussionists” included in the book Percussion Profiles (SoundWorld, 2001), as well as a founding member of […]
The East-West Collective
Miya Masaoka – Koto Larry Ochs – Saxophones Xu Fengxia – Guzheng, Voice Sylvain Kassap – Clarinets Didier Petit – Cello The EAST-WEST COLLECTIVE will commence its première tour of North America on June 14 at the Vision Festival in New York. Sponsored in part by a generous grant from the French American Jazz Exchange, the Collective’s […]
Experimental Musical Instruments by Bart Hopkin: Closing Reception & Artist Talk
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CNM at United Nations Plaza: The Living Earth Show
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CNM at United Nations Plaza: Mobius Trio
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Josh Berman & Friends: Jazz and Improvised Music from Chicago and the Bay Area
Josh Berman visits San Francisco! Continuing their decade long musical association, Chicago-based cornetist Josh Berman and Bay Area saxophonist Aram Shelton jointly lead a quintet featuring featuring local heroes Mark Clifford (vibes), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), and Sam Ospovat (drums). Berman & Shelton met in 1999 in Chicago, in the basement of a house that was […]
Ackley/Coolidge/Mezzacappa Trio; Carla Harryman and Jon Raskin with Crystal Pascucci and Roham Shiekhani
Coolidge/Ackley/Mezzacappa This newly formed trio will create improvisations alternating with Clark Coolidge reading from recent work. The intention is that each sound source, reader and trio, will influence the other to present a flow of sonic information. The work of the 3 musicians is informed in a very critical way by writing. And, Coolidge’s long […]