Armed with a battery of consumer-grade electronics and an unwholesome passion for sci-fi and AM radio, audio plunderer Joseph Hammer assembles found sound detritus into a palace of labyrinthine referents. Kaori Suzuki rewards endurance with transcendence in a set featuring modified melodica and oscillators. Kaori Suzuki Kaori Suzuki is a Tokyo-born music maker/composer living in […]
Closing Reception: Guillermo Galindo
Closing Reception: Cyber-totemic Objects and Sonic Mediators by Guillermo Galindo Doors and Reception, 6pm Artist Talk and Demonstration, 7pm Join us for the (free!) closing reception for Guillermo Galindo’s exhibition at C4NM’s Window Gallery. Galindo’s exhibit features invented sonic devices made out of daily life objects. By identifying with pre-Colombian healing practices, Galindo sees his […]
Elizabeth Kimble: Fundraiser Concert
Patrick Galvin and Jungeun Kim are working with Elizabeth Kimble to commission a new piece for violin and piano, which will be premiered in May 2020 in San Francisco. This evening’s performance is to raise awareness for this project by offering a short concert and reception, including an excerpt from the piece. The piece explores […]
Kathleen Supové, Pianist: Rise Up, Take Flight
Presented by Common Sense Composers’ Collective Pianist Kathleen Supové presents “Rise Up, Take Flight”, a concert of dramatic works and a call to action. Featured are World and California Premieres by three members of the Common Sense Composers’ Collective: “Steps” by Belinda Reynolds, “Road Trip Snapshots” by Dan Becker, and “A Face In The Crowd” […]
sfSoundGroup + Davy Sumner's Synthbee Ensemble
Since 2001, sfSound has proven to be one of the most fiercely innovative contemporary music organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their performing ensemble, sfSoundGroup, perform original compositions, improvisations, new commissions, and standard New Music repertoire with an international scope and a distinctly West Coast spin — honoring, and striving to continue, the Bay […]
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
This November, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble will be the ensemble-in-residence at the 2nd Wunsch New Music Festival. Among our activities at the festival will be a concert of contemporary music, curated by the Ensemble. Enjoy a free preview of the concert before we hit the road! Music for mixed ensembles from Mei-Fang Lin, Jennifer Higdon, […]
San Francisco Trolley Dances (partially offsite)
A two-day, free (with Muni fare) public performance curated by Epiphany Dance Theater artistic director Kim Epifano, pairs artists and ensembles with specific sites along San Francisco’s MUNI route, where they are invited to create an 8- to 15-minute piece in response to the physical environment, architecture and history of the area. ***Center for New […]
Face of a Stranger: a film by David Michalak, Bruce Ackley solo
Face of A Stranger (1977), a restored feature film by San Francisco filmmaker and musician David Michalak. Reception at 7:30pm Concert at 8:00pm While famed director Nicholas Ray worked on his “experimental” film with students at SUNY COLLEGE in Binghamton, N.Y., local upstart David Michalak worked on his own feature, paying tribute to shadowy German […]
Burton Greene: Solo Piano; plus Dunkelman/Ackley/Fluke-Mogul Trio
During a rare visit from Amsterdam, Burton Greene will present a set of solo piano works and improvisations. Greene has roots in the New York new jazz scene of the mid-1960s and has maintained an active career in Europe for several decades. Gabby Fluke-Mogul, violin, and Bruce Ackley, saxophones, will play duets in an opening […]
Burton Greene: Solo Piano; plus Dunkelman/Ackley/Fluke-Mogul Trio
During a rare visit from Amsterdam, Burton Greene will present a set of solo piano works and improvisations. Greene has roots in the New York new jazz scene of the mid-1960s and has maintained an active career in Europe for several decades. Gabby Fluke-Mogul, violin, and Bruce Ackley, saxophones, will play duets in an opening […]