**This concert has been canceled due to travel-related issues related to the coronavirus and safety concerns.** “Cloud About Mercury Revisited” with Feat of Clay, featuring trumpeter Eric Dahlman, zendrummer E. Doc Smith, bassist Edo Castro Woodhouse and guitarist Peter McKibben. in 1990 Dahlman and Smith were inspired by the music of guitarist David Torn’s 1987 […]
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THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED The string quartet was established as a chamber ensemble in the 18th century and has enjoyed continuous attention by generations of composers due to the range, blend, agility, and beauty offered by the ensemble. Nine Bay Area composers join forces to present new string quartets in a cycle of two […]
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An evening of transcendent improvised music featuring both mastery and mystery provided by VLP (Portland’s Michael Vlatkovich on trombone, Southern California’s Steuart Liebig on bass guitars, and Garth Powell on drums and percussion), and Berkeley’s Larry Ochs on sopranino and tenor saxophones with Kjell Nordeson on drums. About VLP “Three masters on their instruments who know […]
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Present what you’ve been working on, ask for feedback, hear what others are up to, discuss relevant new music topics, and spend time with colleagues and good company! The composer meetup is open to anyone. We will have three presenters offer their work for discussion from 7 to 9 PM. Space is limited, so please […]
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Experiments in Sonic Potential: Lisa Mezzacappa and Kara Davis at the Contemporary Jewish Museum Musicians from the Bay Area’s rich improvisational jazz scene perform live music in conversation with Annabeth Rosen’s ceramic sculptures. Experiments in Sonic Potential was developed in a special partnership between the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) and the Center for New Music. […]
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D. Riley Nicholson: “Resurrection” Album Release Reception: 6pm Album Release and Live Performance: 7pm Celebrate the release of D. Riley Nicholson’s latest album “Resurrection of Everyday People” in a special event benefiting Raices, a non-profit that provides free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees. The music “Resurrection of Everyday People” […]
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Composer Brett Austin Eastman and flutist Jessie Nucho bring to you the first of a three-concert series on the theme of Feedback. Often overlooked, feedback is one of the most important aspects of life. It exists not just in music but in everything we do and experience, from something as simple as call-and-response to processes […]
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Nomad Trio Gordon Grdina has managed to place a finger in every corner of the jazz/world fusion room. —Pop Matters Complex, intricate, idiosyncratic, and rockin’—those are the adjectives that best describe this cross-border collaboration between Vancouver guitarist Gordon Grdina, and New York’s Matt Mitchell piano, and Jim Black drums. Juno Award winner Grdina’s compositions give […]
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Mark Helias and Ben Goldberg present an evening of schemes, diatribes, unholy postmortems, and fractured analysis, scored for Solo Bass, Solo Clarinet, and finally a Duo of Bass and Clarinet. Imaginative music for troubling times, and a beautiful melody that you almost thought you couldn’t remember to forget. […]
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Taro Hattori: Dragging the Right Chord Doors and Reception, 6pm Artist Talk and Demonstration, 7pm Artist Statement “Dragging the Right Chord” is a functioning harpsichord made of corrugated cardboard and installed on a bicycle trailer. I have been thinking about how singing allows us survive through a difficult time. When our egocentric desire hypertrophies and […]
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