. “Listen to everything all of the time and remind yourself when you are not listening.” -Pauline Oliveros . The world is not yet fully known. Another kind of knowledge is amassed through observation and it happens in sensation. We relate to our environment and to each other by virtue of our common immersion in […]
Latitudes: Tongue Depressor & Matsumoto/Sonnet Duo
Sonnet/Matsumoto Duo Caspar Sonnet (lap-steel dobro) Kozue Matsumoto (koto) is an acoustic experimental, improvisational duo based in Los Angeles, California. Both artists employ numerous extended techniques exploring an array of sounds and textures heralding modern and early eastern and western folk traditions. The collaborations are intensive, concentrated duets where both players utilize prepared techniques composed […]
The Black Cedar Trio
The Black Cedar Trio brings their quest to create a new genre of chamber music for flute, cello, and guitar to the San Francisco Center for New Music. They will present three new works for their unique combination: “Tres Colores” by Chilean composer Javier Contreras, “In The Spring” by San Jose composer Andre Gueziec, and […]
The Black Cedar Trio
The Black Cedar Trio brings their quest to create a new genre of chamber music for flute, cello, and guitar to the San Francisco Center for New Music. They will present three new works for their unique combination: “Tres Colores” by Chilean composer Javier Contreras, “In The Spring” by San Jose composer Andre Gueziec, and […]
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir: Vernacular
Icelandic-American cellist, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, performs 4 pieces by contemporary Icelandic composers. The contemporary classic by Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Solitaire, is a 5 movement suite consisting of dances and folk-inspired forms, concluding in a fiery Jig. “Afterquake” by Páll Ragnar Pálsson explores the internal effects of emotional events through textures and overtones , “O” by Halldór Smárason […]
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir: Vernacular
Icelandic-American cellist, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, performs 4 pieces by contemporary Icelandic composers. The contemporary classic by Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Solitaire, is a 5 movement suite consisting of dances and folk-inspired forms, concluding in a fiery Jig. “Afterquake” by Páll Ragnar Pálsson explores the internal effects of emotional events through textures and overtones , “O” by Halldór Smárason […]
Duo Illegal: Women Scream
Duo Illegal is a voice (Alessia Hyunkyung Park) and piano (Marija Skender) duo from Germany. The duo is committed to playing contemporary musical pieces from the 20th/21st century. Their repertoire consists of works for theatre, improvisasation, electronic music, expanded through visual arts, video, and much more. Their goal is to bring the contemporary music closer […]
Duo Illegal: Women Scream
Duo Illegal is a voice (Alessia Hyunkyung Park) and piano (Marija Skender) duo from Germany. The duo is committed to playing contemporary musical pieces from the 20th/21st century. Their repertoire consists of works for theatre, improvisasation, electronic music, expanded through visual arts, video, and much more. Their goal is to bring the contemporary music closer […]
OFSQ + Matthias McIntire: Little Worlds
OFSQ + Matthias McIntire: Little Worlds at the Center for New Music. The OFSQ presents the World Premiere of McIntire’s “Little Worlds” for woodwind quintet. Each movement presents a unique character, energy, and emotionality; a little world. McIntire performs the American Premiere of his “Cathedral Grove (and the Gray Jay)” for solo violin and […]
OFSQ + Matthias McIntire: Little Worlds
OFSQ + Matthias McIntire: Little Worlds at the Center for New Music. The OFSQ presents the World Premiere of McIntire’s “Little Worlds” for woodwind quintet. Each movement presents a unique character, energy, and emotionality; a little world. McIntire performs the American Premiere of his “Cathedral Grove (and the Gray Jay)” for solo violin and […]