We are proud to announce that the 2016-17 Ensemble in Residence at the Center for New Music will be: 2016-17 Ensemble in Residence at the Center for New Music Called “a vanguard effort of new chamber music” by the San Francisco Examiner, “transcendent” by the Charleston City Paper, and “a fully distorted perpetual […]
Play Hear: Spontaneous Musical Collaborations at San Francisco’s 6th and Market
The Center for New Music is participating in the Market Street Prototyping Festival, a collaborative effort to make the public space of San Francisco’s Market Street more active, vibrant, and engaging. C4NM’s project, Play Hear, is an invented instrument installation that aims to create space for spontaneous musical collaborations with friends and strangers of all […]
Member Resources, October 2016
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Play Hear Preview from Tenderloin Sunday Streets
The Center for New Music’s Play Hear team shared progress this summer at Tenderloin Sunday Streets. See how our neighbors enjoyed the flutes (not called stomp-flutes) and bell trees: The flutes are long plastic pipes with a fipple near the bottom, like a whistle. The pipes sing overtones when you step on the bellows attached […]
Call for Proposals: Curators 2017-19
The Center for New Music is now accepting proposals from curators for two-year terms beginning in 2017. Please consider sharing your artistic vision through C4NM! For information on how to apply, download the Call for Proposals. Deadline to submit is Monday, November 21, at 9:00 AM PST. C4NM welcomes proposals […]
Introducing Play Hear: a project for the Market Street Prototyping Festival
The Center for New Music is participating in the Market Street Prototyping Festival, a collaborative effort to make the public space of San Francisco’s Market Street more active, vibrant, and engaging. C4NM’s project, Play Hear, is an invented instrument installation that aims to create space for spontaneous musical collaborations with friends and strangers of all […]
Interview with Maja S. K. Ratkje
Norwegian vocalist and composer Maja S. K. Ratkje is coming back to San Francisco this week to perform a solo set on the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival. Maja graciously answered a few questions about her life and work, while en route to the US. Adam Fong: It’s great that you’re coming back to San […]
Job Opportunity: C4NM Production Manager
The Center for New Music is hiring! We’re looking for a part-time Production Manager to join our dynamic team in support of the new music community. This position is open until filled. Download the posting as a .pdf Production Manager Part-time, Non-exempt; Position Open Until Filled Center for New Music San Francisco, Inc. seeks a […]
Interview with Dohee Lee, winner of the 2016 Herb Alpert Award in Music
I was honored to serve as a panelist for this year’s Herb Alpert Award in Music, alongside Maya Melford and Francisco Nuñez. The Alpert Award is an unrestricted $75,000 prize given annually to five mid-career artists in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre, and the visual arts. This year’s awardee, Dohee Lee, is a […]
Cultural Identity and Arts Leadership
As part of our work in advocating for new music, the C4NM staff seeks out opportunities to share our perspective and expertise. Whether it is on grant panels, public discussions, online forums, radio appearances, or other platforms, C4NM knows that our community can’t grow unless it is respected, and we as leaders speak up on […]