Megan Cullen and The Opus Project Ensemble perform the 96th works of composers throughout the years! Featuring the music of: Johann Baptiste Cramer Freidrich Schneider Homer Newton Bartlett Gabriel Faure Théodore Lack Isaac Albeniz Alexander Glazunov Jean Sibelius Casa del Sarto Ralph Vaughan Williams Charles Ives Camille Zeckwer Igor Stravinsky Joaquin Turina Sergei Prokofiev Dmitri […]
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The performing arts have a deep and significant footing in queerness and while performing arts spaces are not inherently queer, they are essentially other than ordinary and quite often fabulous. Music is a queer art, it has no gender, and arouses feelings beyond gender and relationship boundaries. Music is the drag our feelings wear when […]
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Australian bass-clarinetist, Ros Dunlop, presents a program of audio-visual works by contemporary Aussie composers Margery Smith/Penelope Lee; Hollis Taylor; Felicity Wilcox; and Martin Wesley-Smith. These pieces explore the connections between sound, place, time and identity. Ros Dunlop is an Australia clarinetist/bass clarinetist. She has been a strong advocate of new music for the clarinet & […]
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Trevor Dunn (contrabass) and Phillip Greenlief (woodwinds) celebrate the release Twenty Seven on Riverworm Records. The title of the new album reveals the years they have been playing together. Their work has always focused on spontaneous improvisation – a long-term conversation of imagination and the ingenuity of their approach to their respective instruments. Sally […]
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The quintet premieres their latest commission, “The Spanglish Dances” by Victor Márquez-Barrios. The composer will be at the concert to discuss this work with the quintet and the audience. The program will also include “Puzzle-Tocas” by Gabriela Ortiz, “multiple winds in the distance” by Orlando Jacinto Garcia, and another QL commission, Felipe Nieto-Sáchica’s “C U […]
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The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NACUSA will present instrumental chamber music of beauty, searching, friendship, and loss written by its members and performed by outstanding Bay Area musicians. The concert will be presented to a live audience at the Center for New Music in San Francisco on Saturday April 1, 2023, 8:00PM. The […]
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DUE TO COVID, THIS CONCERT IS POSTPONED The Ghost in the House Collective unites for a spirited musical and visual celebration paying tribute to former band mates Richard Waters, Tom Nunn and Kinji Hayashi including a performance of, “A Dream” by Edgar Allan Poe. Music to include ~ A Dream (Poe), Waterphone Calling, Innocence Walks […]
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The Surround Sound Salon Series (SSSS) is a monthly show at CNM where composers present their music through an 8-channel surround system, generously provided by Meyer Sound. SSSS#9 Sound Pool is a live improvised performance by four composer/performers sharing a dynamically shifting 8-channel sound system. The creative musicians are: Zachary James Watikins, electonics, Ava Koohbor, […]
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The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NACUSA will present instrumental, vocal, and electroacoustic chamber music written by its members and performed by outstanding Bay Area’s musicians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2xSZrqOTQo THE PROGRAM DOUGLAS OVENS — “IMPROVISATION 10 or WHY THE BEATLES STOPPED TOURING” Composer on vibraphone and computer MONICA CHEW — “GLANCES” Alisa Rose, violin; Composer at […]
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Ross Hoyt (guitar/piano), Ed Lloyd (Contra Bass), Zae Tinaza (Saxaphone), Zachary Morris (Drums) come together to perform an hour of improvisational avant-jazz. ROSS HOYT is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser from the San Francisco Bay Area. Each of HOYT’s carefully curated releases showcases his unique approach to multi-instrumental improvisation and electro-acoustic composition. 2022-2023 showcases […]
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