Low-tech (Contraption Quartet) meets high-craft sound (Jeremiah Moore). Contraption Quartet members are Bodil Fox, Larnie Fox, Chris Miller and Lena Strayhorn. This performance marks the final evening of Larnie’s exhibit at the Center for New Music celebrating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s passing. Join us for an evening of experimentation and exploration of material-based sound. […]
Jon Raskin – Solo Saxophone / Hanes Adams Duo
Jon Raskin will be performing Steve Lacy’s “Practitioners Book W” saxophone solos. Steve Lacy was deeply committed to solo saxophone performances and as a daily practice. It informed his compositions and his improvisations and he composed 3 volumes between 1983-1985 called the Practitioners – Book H, P & W. As he wrote in “Findings: they […]
Raskin-Brown-Hoopes-Robinson Quartet
ROVA saxophonist Jon Raskin joins electroacoustic pianist Chris Brown, bassist Jason Hoopes and drummer Donald Robinson in an evening of free-form improvisations. JON RASKIN has been a member of Rova Saxophone Quartet for over 40 years exploring the relationship of improvisation and composition, developing and honing the language of ensemble music, and researching linguistic possibilities […]
Tangents Guitar Extravaganza
Join us for an evening celebrating the chameleon nature of contemporary guitar, featuring a wide range of chamber and ensemble music from the past hundred years. David Tanenbaum and Carrie Smith will accompany soprano Ann Moss in selected songs by Elliott Carter, Joni Mitchell, Dusan Bogdanovic, and Garry Eister. Bradly Pupa and Oskar Magnusson will […]
Tangents Guitar Extravaganza
Join us for an evening celebrating the chameleon nature of contemporary guitar, featuring a wide range of chamber and ensemble music from the past hundred years. David Tanenbaum and Carrie Smith will accompany soprano Ann Moss in selected songs by Elliott Carter, Joni Mitchell, Dusan Bogdanovic, and Garry Eister. Bradly Pupa and Oskar Magnusson will […]
Theo Bleckmann + Joseph Branciforte / Album Release for LP1
Theo Bleckmann + Joseph Branciforte / Album Release for LP1 / 9pm Theo Bleckmann / voice + electronics Joseph Branciforte / modular synthesizers, fender rhodes, tape loops, and processing A new and unexpected collaboration between Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann (ECM) and electronic musician/producer Joseph Branciforte that merges the warmth and fragility of the human voice […]
Theo Bleckmann + Joseph Branciforte / Album Release for LP1
Theo Bleckmann + Joseph Branciforte / Album Release for LP1 / 9pm Theo Bleckmann / voice + electronics Joseph Branciforte / modular synthesizers, fender rhodes, tape loops, and processing A new and unexpected collaboration between Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann (ECM) and electronic musician/producer Joseph Branciforte that merges the warmth and fragility of the human voice […]
Eclectic Improvisations
Biggi Vinkeloe, saxophones and flute Tim Perkis, electronics Theresa Wong, cello and voice Chris Brown, piano and electronics Donald Robinson, drums A quintet of well-known improvisors converge for the first time as a quintet at Center for New Music. Sweden-based multi-instrumentalist Biggi Vinkeloe is a frequent vistior to the Bay Area and has long-standing collaborations […]
Eclectic Improvisations
Biggi Vinkeloe, saxophones and flute Tim Perkis, electronics Theresa Wong, cello and voice Chris Brown, piano and electronics Donald Robinson, drums A quintet of well-known improvisors converge for the first time as a quintet at Center for New Music. Sweden-based multi-instrumentalist Biggi Vinkeloe is a frequent vistior to the Bay Area and has long-standing collaborations […]
Beth Custer: Drawdown
Beth Custer premieres Drawdown, an evening-length chamber work based on the compelling Paul Hawken book Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming. The ensemble features Custer on voice/clarinets, cellist Freya Seeburger and her ensemble Juxtapositions with Mia Nardi-Huffman (violin), Naomi Stine (piano) and special guest Jim Kassis on drums/percussion. An multi-movement piece covering solutions for […]