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sfSoundSalonSeries: Grosse Abfahrt with Alfred Harth and Torsten Müller
Torsten Müller Alfred Harth Two German expatriates (Alfred Harth and Torsten Müller) living now in allies of America, adding to Grosse Abfahrt — a freely-improvising music continuum/community whose name means “great departure” — another departure of meaning. From out this departure of de-parts comes a salute to epic failure, a disaster in full-dress uniform, gold epaulets dangling off the corpse of Western culture. In solidarity […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Luciano Chessa and Benjamin Kreith: Garrett — Confusing Salon Music and Noise since 2013
Luciano Chessa Benjamin Kreith Local New Music Champions Luciano Chessa and Benjamin Kreith perform Garrett — Confusing Salon Music and Noise since 2013 for violin, piano, bullhorn, saw, piano, Aardvark synth app, harmonica and voice. A concert-length program consisting of original pieces, Erik Satie transcriptions, Futurist noise poetry, Robert Schumann, a Fluxus piece, Carlo Prosperi’s “Chant”, delicate improvisations, and Albeniz/Kreisler. […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Maggi Payne, Varèse, John Ingle, and sfSound
Local composer, flutist, and electronic music instructor Maggi Payne presents selected compositions, including works for flutes (live and pre-recorded), multi-channel tape, and video. In addition, members of sfSound will join Maggi in a performance of Shh, a work for chamber ensemble commissioned by sfSound that features “acoustic spatial diffusion”. Straight from Hunter’s Point, sfSound’s own […]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Xenoglossia/Leishmania (Christopher Burns and Bill Hsu), Iannis Xenakis, Charles Boone, Monica Scott, and Matt Ingalls
Xenoglossia/Leishmania is a structured audiovisual improvisation, featuring live electroacoustic music by Christopher Burns and interactive animations by Bill Hsu. Their musical and visual performances are highly interdependent, guided together not only through the actions of the performers, but also through automated real-time audio analysis and the exchange of networked data. Burns’ Xenoglossia audio software is […]
CNM at United Nations Plaza: Goldberg, Brown & Anderson
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CNM at United Nations Plaza: Rova Saxophone Quartet
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Live Electricity Sculpture with Lance Grabmiller, Gino Robair, Jon Raskin, Scott Looney and Thomas Dimuzio
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Voicehandler and Zeek Sheck
Voicehandler, the duo of Jacob Felix Heule and Danishta Rivero, is an electroacoustic ensemble combining improvisation with original compositions. They perform with voice, percussion, electronics, and the Hydrophonium (an electroacoustic percussion instrument created by Rivero). Their work, song cycle, comprises different nontraditional approaches to the song form. It explores ideas of our origins and what […]
Dyadic Resonance: New Music by Zachary James Watkins
My art investigates the rich area of resonance and is dependent on collaboration with practitioners in all disciplines. Works attempt to manipulate experiences and immerse the senses bringing to the fore natural phenomenon. I believe that sound can heal and that the conscious investigation of harmonic tunings, acoustic resonance as well as social relationships can […]