Zoco Ensemble is an exciting new group that combines the unique sounds of the guitar, cello and oboe/English horn. Respected in their own rights as soloists and chamber musicians, Canadian Hannah Addario-Berry (cello), Australian Jacob Cordover (guitar) and American Laura Karney (oboe/English horn) have joined forces to present a collection works by contemporary America, Argentinean, […]
cords/strings/wires: Josephson-Victor-Mezzacappa-Walton-Perkis-Looney
Aurora Josephson, voice Fay Victor (Bklyn), voice Scott Walton, acoustic bass Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass Tim Perkis, electronics Scott Looney, piano The same, but different: a mix and match evening of improvised music featuring similar instruments and diverse musical personalities. The performance includes two sets of music that feature the full sextet, as well as […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: boris baltschun & serge baghdassarians: bodybuilding & Phill Niblock: Disseminate
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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