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Tremble Trove Quartet: Davis-Brown-Raskin-Trammell

Jon Raskin of the ROVA saxophone quartet joins the trio of Ben Davis, cello, Chris Brown, piano & electronics and Marshall Trammell for an afternoon of free improvisations. Davis, Brown and Trammell released the double-CD Tremble Trove on ArtifactRecordings last March and will be joined on their final Bay Area appearance of the year by […]

Window Gallery Reception: Victoria Shen’s Zero Player Piano

Join us at the reception for Victoria Shen’s Zero Player Piano, the latest exhibit at C4NM’s Window Gallery! Reception at 6 followed by talk/demo by Shen at 7 Victoria Shen is a sound artist, experimental music performer, and instrument-maker based in San Francisco. Shen’s sound practice is concerned with the spatiality/physicality of sound and its […]

Opus 2

Join us for our second installment of The Opus Project featuring special guest pianist, Allegra Chapman! We feature contemporary Bay Area composers and canon repertory that is lesser known and classified by catalogue number. It is a great mix of classical and contemporary, vocal and instrumental chamber music. This concert features local Bay Area composer […]

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Godwaffle Noise Pancakes presents more experimental audio rapture with a healthy topping of delicious. Featuring: Bran…POS Zero Collective (Los Angeles) Microwave Windows Lx Rudis & Kevin Cocoran Dovetail (Hora Flora & Nurse Betty) 20+ years and still going! The origins of Godwaffle Noise Pancakes happened back in the early days of Pubis Noir Club at […]

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November Godwaffle Noise Pancakes returns with ear carousel campaigns into transforming a regular Saturday mornin’ with animated audios. -Anti Matter -Tom Djll -Zachary James Watkins -Famous Techno -Cut (from N CA.) 20+ years and still going! The origins of Godwaffle Noise Pancakes happened back in the early days of Pubis Noir Club at Mission & […]

Center for New METAL

C4NM is taken over by hooligans for one night to become the Center For New METAL John Angel and Brent Miller explore the dichotomy of concrete and abstract through the lens of HEAVY METAL. Angel presents a set of tunes fluent in the trends of today’s heavy metal and grounded in the blues roots of the […]

Opus 1

This is the first iteration of the reboot of beloved SF Bay Area concert series, The Opus Project. We feature contemporary Bay Area composers and canon repertory that is lesser known and classified by catalogue number. It is a great mix of classical and contemporary, vocal and instrumental chamber music. This concert features local […]

Alissa Schwartz Book Launch – animals & giraffes with Anne Walsh

Coming to Our Senses celebrates the release of Organizational Performance Art: Holding Space for Joy and Possibility. Below is a brief summary of the book, followed by a description of the event. Organizational Performance Art: Holding Space for Joy and Possibility is a vibrant memoir and inspirational manual that examines how the concepts and practices […]

DILATE ENSEMBLE

DILATE ENSEMBLE Carole Kim (SoCal): live visuals, media installation Scott L. Miller (Minnesota): Kyma, electronics Luisa Muhr (New York): voice, movement Jon Raskin (NoCal): sax, concertina, recycled materials Oguri(SoCal): Dancer/Choreographer Dilate Ensemble is an audio-visual collaborative group that formed at the top of the pandemic. The audio-reactive visual worlds created by Carole Kim and a recursive […]

Three Composers, New Music

New music by Michael S. Rothkopf (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), Marc Evanstein (Portland, Oregon), and Ric Louchard (Albany, California), featuring performers Amy Foote, soprano; Josh Marshal, saxophones; Meerenai Shim, flutes; Caleb Rose, clarinets; Ric Louchard, piano; Marc Evanstein, piano. Dr. Rothkopf has focused on creating interactive music involving digital technology and using aspects of artificial intelligence […]