Ilana Walder-Biesanz (mezzo-soprano) and collaborative pianist Daniel Alley present a recital of arias in five languages, ranging from Baroque laments to drinking songs. The program includes “trouser role” arias by Mozart, Gluck, Gounod, Handel, and J. Strauss, as well as “tragedienne” arias by Massenet, Bizet, Purcell, Tchaikovsky, and Cavalli. Bonus features include a kitschy alliterative […]
Doorways: Thingamajigs Performance Group with Rae Diamond
Thingamajigs Performance Group convenes with Rae Diamond, founder of the Long Tone Choir, to perform small scores and structured improvisations. The work traverses shared territories and provides doorways into each artist’s practice. The matinee purposefully takes place as the winter sun sets, underscoring liminal time with creative concepts of entrance and exit. Dylan Bolles, voice, […]
Doorways: Thingamajigs Performance Group with Rae Diamond
Thingamajigs Performance Group convenes with Rae Diamond, founder of the Long Tone Choir, to perform small scores and structured improvisations. The work traverses shared territories and provides doorways into each artist’s practice. The matinee purposefully takes place as the winter sun sets, underscoring liminal time with creative concepts of entrance and exit. Dylan Bolles, voice, […]
Andrew Jamieson: Holidays Deconstructed
Our culture may expect us to be “jolly” around the holidays, but the reality of our lives is much more complex than that. Indeed, holidays can be some of the most difficult times of the year for many people. How do we acknowledge the dissonance, confusion, and cacophony that this time of year brings? On […]
Andrew Jamieson: Holidays Deconstructed
Our culture may expect us to be “jolly” around the holidays, but the reality of our lives is much more complex than that. Indeed, holidays can be some of the most difficult times of the year for many people. How do we acknowledge the dissonance, confusion, and cacophony that this time of year brings? On […]
sfSound plays music
SFSOUND returns to C4NM with a program of contemporary chamber music by NOMI EPSTEIN, VINKO GLOBOKAR, and KLAUS HUBER (November 30, 1924 – October 2, 2017); short works written for sfSound by bay area composers HYO-SHIN NA and ERIK ULMAN; a world premiere by bay area composer SARAH STILES; and improvisations by SFSOUNDGROUP. Nomi Epstein […]
sfSound plays music
SFSOUND returns to C4NM with a program of contemporary chamber music by NOMI EPSTEIN, VINKO GLOBOKAR, and KLAUS HUBER (November 30, 1924 – October 2, 2017); short works written for sfSound by bay area composers HYO-SHIN NA and ERIK ULMAN; a world premiere by bay area composer SARAH STILES; and improvisations by SFSOUNDGROUP. Nomi Epstein […]
Berkeley Noise: Works by Undergraduate Composers
The newly formed Berkeley Undergraduate New Music Ensemble will make its debut premiering five new works by UCB Undergraduate Composers. Formed in 2017, the Berkeley Undergraduate New Music Ensemble serves as a performance based extension of the already established Berkeley Composer’s Club. The student-run organization has provided Berkeley undergraduates, regardless of major or music background, […]
Berkeley Noise: Works by Undergraduate Composers
The newly formed Berkeley Undergraduate New Music Ensemble will make its debut premiering five new works by UCB Undergraduate Composers. Formed in 2017, the Berkeley Undergraduate New Music Ensemble serves as a performance based extension of the already established Berkeley Composer’s Club. The student-run organization has provided Berkeley undergraduates, regardless of major or music background, […]
Soundwave ((8)) Biennial Fundraiser
Join us for this special fundraiser party to kick off Soundwave ((8)), a festival of contemporary works produced in partnership with established institutions and alternative venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Artists will explore globalized networks of physical and abstract spaces, supply chains, data and information networks, energy creation and distribution, and the very […]