sfSoundSeries is a concert series in the San Francisco
Bay Area featuring contemporary and experimental music. Our programs reach from the
latest music of the European Avant-Garde to the grittiest sounds of
the West Coast Improv-Underground, encompassing recent trends in
instrumental technique, conceptual art, music theater, and electronic sound. sfSound was a 2008 recipient of an ASCAP/CMA Award for Adventurous Programming.
community music center :: 544 capp :: san francisco :: 8p :: $15 [$8 underemployed]
SPECIAL EVENT
From Holland: Virtuoso Vocalist Jaap Blonk performing solo and with sfSound!
Jaap Blonk is a self-taught composer, performer and poet who has worked since the early 1980s almost exclusively in the realm of improvised vocal performance and Dada inspired concrete poetry. He is celebrated world-wide for his powerful stage presence and almost childlike freedom in improvisation with a keen grasp of structure. He has collaborated with many musicians and ensembles in the field of contemporary and improvised music, like Maja Ratkje, Mats Gustafsson, Nicolas Collins, Joan La Barbara, Carola Bauckholt, Golan Levin, The Ex, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and the Ebony Band.
As part of our continuing celebration of John Cage's 100th birthday, we present one of Cage's most known and effective simultaneous performances of pieces, Aria with Fontana Mix. Blonk will be performing his interpretation of Aria while sfSound premieres our new acoustic realization of Fontana Mix. In addition, we present one of Cage's earlieast works, the rarely heard Composition for 3 Voices.
This concert is presented in association with San Francisco Cinematheque.
PROGRAM
Jaap Blonk - Dr Voxoid's Next Move (2011, 45m)
John Cage - Aria (1958 - featuring Jaap Blonk) with Fontana Mix (1958 - sfSound's new realization, 10m)
Jaap Blonk/sfSoundGroup - Improvisation (2012, 10m)
John Cage - Composition for 3 Voices (1934, 5m)
Matt Ingalls - False Awakening (2008, 15m) amplified instruments and electronics
PERFORMERS
Jaap Blonk, voice
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Tom Dambly, trumpet
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
John Ingle, saxophone
Ben Kreith, violin
Michelle Lou, guitar
Hadley McCarroll, piano
Monica Scott, cello
Andy Strain, trombone
THE MUSIC OF ChAnGEs - Celebrating the John Cage Centennial, Summer 2012
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