:: concerts
May 18, 2008 : 4p : $15/12 Old First Church
1751 sacramento st, san francisco
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Stefano Scodanibbio: Composer's Portrait as part of Primavera Italiana: The Spring Festival of Italian New Music 2008 Istituto Italiano di Cultura, collaborating with sfSound, presents for the first time in the United States, composer, improviser, and contrabass virtuoso Stefano Scodanibbio in an entire program of his compositions for solos, duos, and ensembles. In addition to a group improvisation led by Scodanibbio, the concert includes My New Address for solo violin performed by Graeme Jennings, Mas lugares, based on Monteverdi's madrigals and performed by the string quartet Graeme Jennings, Erik Ulman, Ellen Ruth Rose and Monica Scott, and the American premiere of Labore Navigacionis for two pianos performed by Christopher Jones and Ann Yi. The evening's program will conclude with the American premiere of And Roll for solo double bass, performed by the composer. - click here for more information - |
June 8, 2008 : 8p : $5 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Renowned english saxophone virtuoso John Butcher performs solo and improvises with sfSoundGroup. "In the world of saxophone music, players using extended techniques to make unusual sounds with the horn are common, but few have established a voice as original as John Butcher's. His saxophone acts as an extension of his own voice as he employs such techniques as growling and flutter tonguing to make his saxophone talk, sing, cry, whisper and laugh. What is more impressive is how he has incorporated all of this into a musical language that is both complicated and accessible. One of the central figures in Europe's avant-garde music scene." - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN The program also includes John Cage's Fourteen (1990), cellist Monica Scott performing Kaija Saariaho's Sept Papillons (2000), and Seis Vícios de Garlândia (2006) for clarinet, cello, and percussion by local brazilian composer Bruno Ruviaro. Performers include: Diane Grubbe - bass flute, Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, Matt Ingalls - clarinets, John Ingle - alto saxophone, David Bithell - trumpet, Andy Strain - trombone, Loren Mach - percussion, Gino Robair - percussion, Christopher Jones - piano, Erik Ulman - violin, Alexa Beattie - viola, Monica Scott - cello, Richard Worn - contrabass, and others. |
July 13, 2008 : 8p : $5 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Steve Reich's Four Organs (1970), Giacinto Scelsi's Kya (1959), Salvatore Sciarrino's Muro d'orizzonte (1997), violist Alexa Beattie performing Alan Hilario's kîbo (1997), and new works by sfSoundGroup members. Performers include: Heather Frasch - alto flute, Kyle Bruckmann - english horn/organ, Matt Ingalls - bass clarinet/organ, John Ingle - soprano saxophone, Jen Baker - trombone, Andy Strain - trombone, Christopher Jones - organ/conductor, Hadley McCarroll - organ, Erik Ulman - violin, Alexa Beattie - viola, Richard Worn - contrabass, and others. |
August 10, 2008 : 8p : $5 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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A sampling of theatrical compositions from the 1960's San Francisco Tape Music Center by Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, Tony Martin, Robert Moran, and others. Plus works by Brian Ferneyhough's In nomine a 3 (2001), Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Intercommunicazione (1967), Chris Burns's Double | Negative (2007), and the premiere of new work written for sfSound by local composer Erik Ulman. Performers include: Diane Grubbe - flute/piccolo, Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, Matt Ingalls - clarinet, John Ingle - alto saxophone, Christopher Jones - bassoon/conductor, Hadley McCarroll - piano, Erik Ulman - violin, Monica Scott - cello, and others. |
September 3-7, 2008 Theater Artaud
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sfSound is resident ensemble in this year's San Francisco Electronic Music Festival |
September 14, 2008 : 8p : $5 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Morton Feldman's 80+ minute composition, For John Cage (1982) performed by violinist Graeme Jennings, and pianist Christopher Jones. |
September 25-28, 2008 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
sfSoundResidency #1
October 12, 2008 : 8p : $5 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Local percussionist Gino Robair performs "Potluck Percussion" (you bring it, he'll play it!) and presents ensemble pieces with sfSound augmented by laptops and voices. The program also includes two giant works from the 1980's: Gérard Grisey's "Talea" and Matthias Spahlinger's "Aussageverweigerung / Gegendarstellung: Zwei Kontra-Kontexte für Doppelquartett". |
November 9, 2008 : 8p : $5 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Featuring sfSound's saxophonist John Ingle in a recital of new solo and ensemble compositions, improvisations, and a concerto by local composer Josh Levine. Plus, NYC-based percussion duo Hunter-Gatherer (Russell Greenberg and Ian Antonio) perform David Bithell's "Whistle From Above" for percussion and robotics, and Gérard Grisey's "Stele" for 2 bass drums. |
November 14,15,16, 2008 Theater Artaud
:: sfSoundSeries :: San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2008
Our annual festival presenting new and classic electroacoustic works performed in complete darkness through a 20+ channel surround-sound loudspeaker array. It's cinema for your ears!
April 1-5, 2009 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
sfSoundResidency #2
Spring, 2009
sfSoundTour
2008 previous:
May 5, 2008 : 8p : free San Francisco State University
knuth hall, 1600 holloway ave, san francisco
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sfSound premieres new works by SFState graduate student composers. (bachetto, nilssen, shahab, & shamrock) |
May 6, 2008 : 8p : $6-10 21 Grand
416 25th St @ broadway (near 19th st BART) oakland
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Visiting from Cologne, Germany: tubist/percussionist/composer Carl Ludwig Hübsch. Following an improvised duo with local percussionist virtuoso Gino Robair, Mr. Hübsch will lead sfSound in two of his compositions for large ensemble, Language Types and Floater, featuring elements of improvisation combined with strict and graphic notation. Performers include: Heather Frasch - flute, Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, Matt Ingalls - clarinets, Jacob Lindsay - clarinets, John Ingle - alto saxophone, Tom Dambly - trumpet, John Shiurba - guitar, Kjell Nordeson - vibraphone, Gino Robair - percussion, Alexa Beattie - viola, Jorge Boehringer - viola, Monica Scott - cello, Dylan Mattingly - cello, Richard Worn - contrabass. |