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 […]
Larry Ochs + Darren Johnston & Madalyn Merkey! + Tim Perkis!
Larry Ochs – saxophones Darren Johnston – trumpet Madalyn Merkey – electronics Tim Perkis – electronics After years performing in the all-winds improvisation trio SPECTRAL, Ochs + Johnston get together for a special first-time quartet meeting with electronics masters Tim Perkis and Madalyn Merkey. The hope here: to combine improvising sensibilities, setting each other up […]
Ensemble EKT / I Lo U
A rare treat from Europe, Ensemble EKT brings an unusual trio configuration of bari sax, bass, and custom electroacoustic sound sculpture to the confines of the Center. These intrepid adventurers will excite you with their timbral adventures and unusual sounds. David Bud – bari sax Mad Pulse Maybe – double bass Paul Stapleton – electroacoustic […]
Kinda Green (Tim Perkis, Tom Djll) / Kim Nucci solo
Kinda Green, the decades-long collaboration between Tim Perkis and Tom Djll, has lately been exploring the tropes and pitfalls of “smooth jazz,” both timbrally and in processes. The result is a queasy aural cruise into jungles scented with fine aged brie and patchouli. Mmmm…(smack) — Irresistible! Kim Nucci says of her solo project, “This performance […]
Neil Rolnick: Journey's End, with pianist Kathleen Supové
Composer and laptop performer Neil Rolnick will be performing a program of new work with pianist and New Music Diva Kathleen Supové at the Center for New Music on Saturday, Oct 26 at 7:30 pm. Rolnick writes: Kathleen will perform the world premiere of Journey’s End for piano and computer. This piece, along with the […]