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Aerocade Music Birthday Concert

2025 is the 10th year of Aerocade Music and the first year as a non-profit record label. Celebrate with us at our Birthday Concert featuring performances by Aerocade Artists Isaac Io Schankler, Nick Norton, Elizabeth Robinson, Alchymie & Gregg Skloff, and Chelsea Hollow & Taylor Chan. Arrive on time for a pre-concert reception catered by […]

Accidental Composers Collective: New Music for Trio and Soprano

The Accidental Composers Collective returns to the C4NM with music for trio (clarinet, violin, and cello), and trio and soprano. Join us for an evening of new music premieres! Allan Crossman, “soirtrios”, Alden Jenks “Tanka”, Vance Maverick, “The Garden”, Davide Verotta, “Nel Tardo Mezzo”, and Shawne Workman, “Second Thoughts”. With Hailey Gutowski, soprano, Stephen Zielinski, […]

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Zachary James Watkins—- Concious Summary (L.A.)—- Temoleh—– Zebra Secrets—- Linoleum Dicks—- Godwaffle now in it’s 25th year longest running Pacific Rim sound series with synthstruments & pancakes. Who’s counting though. All ages show […]

A Modern American Guitar Celebration with Aaron Larget-Caplan

American guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan returns to the Center for New Music on March 6, 2025, for a solo program at 7:30pm titled ‘A Modern American Guitar Celebration.’ Larget-Caplan explores contemporary American compositions through new solos and arrangements, and premieres for electronics and guitar and a genre bending micro-opera that push the envelope of […]

Ben Goldberg/Scott Amendola Duo

Ben Goldberg and Scott Amendola have been playing music together for over 3 decades. Tunes, improv, who knows what’s going to happen, but their long storied history will for certain make it for an interesting evening. Both utilize electronics and have a deep love of Thelonious Monk. Stretching the boundaries of jazz, and improvisation, at […]

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Coagulator (L.A.) Botched Facelift Courtney Doorhinge Clarke Robinson & Chris Cooper Decision/Fatigue G N Pancakes now in it’s 25th year. Come on, it’s a big deal …so eat some food! Gourmet vegan pancakes with entrance fee! […]

Opus 7

Opus 7 features returning BAAA artists Stephen Zielinski on clarinet, Armando Atanda on viola, and Marielle Leiboff, soprano. New to the roster is incredible, local superstar pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi. In addition to collaborating with our stellar returning artists, he will play Mark Alburger’s Op.7 “Interrupted Interludes” – a fantastic piece rarely heard live. Also featured […]

NACUSA/SF – New Music of Instruments and Voices

The San Francisco Chapter of NACUSA returns to San Francisco’s Center for New Music for an afternoon concert of chamber music written by members of NACUSAsf. The program will feature new works by Monica Chew, Dinah Bianchi, James W. Cook, Mary Fineman, Sheli Nan, John Bilotta, Ludmila Yurina, and Amy Stephens. Performing guest artists include […]

Midnight Serenades: Music by Women and Non-binary Composers

Pre-concert composer talk at 7 p.m. The sixth edition of E4TT’s annual favorite and the Second Year of E4TT’s Collaboration with Luna Composition Lab. Featuring works by chosen from E4TT’s 2023 Call for Scores with Luna Composition Lab alums:Three submitted scores by: Olivia Bennett, Gabriella Carrido, and Devon LeeTwo commissioned World Premieres by: Lucy Chen […]

Ruehlen/Trejo Duo with Agnes Martian & Zero Charisma

Tucson, AZ based experimental project Ruehlen/Trejo Duo will be on their latest west coast tour in January ’25. Interdisciplinary artists Cecyl Ruehlen & Chelsey Lee Trejo perform long form compositions with expanded instruments focused around slowly unfolding harmonic variations, alternative tunings, and textural devotion that veers towards topos, or landscape, rather than song. Ruehlen will […]