:: concerts 2009
January 30, 31 & February 1, 2009 CELLspace
2050 bryant st, san francisco
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San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2009 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! |
February 7, 2009 San Francisco State University
knuth hall, 1600 holloway ave, san francisco
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Illumination and Reflections: A Symposium on Music in the 21st Century sfSound performs Elliott Carter's Triple Duo and Tempo e Tempi with guest conductor, Harvey Sollberger. |
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, Feb 27-Mar 1, 2009
.:sfSound microFestival of New and Improvised Music:.
ODC Dance Commons :: $10 :: click here for advanced ticket purchase
351 shotwell st, san francisco
sfSound kicks off the 2009 season with a three-day event that brings together some of the most creative musicians from Europe -- offering a spectacular range of musical aesthetics and spontaneous music making.
Each concert features visiting artists performing their own repertoire, complimented by classic avant-garde works performed by sfSoundGroup. In addition, both groups collaborate in performances of compositions ranging from the spontaneous to highly structured. It's a rare and *affordable* opportunity to hear musical exchanges and cross-fertilization of genres and styles!
Performers include: Alexa Beattie - viola, Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, Mary Chun - conductor, Gene Coleman - bass clarinet, Tom Dambly - trumpet, Tom Djll - trumpet, Michel Doneda - saxophone, Shayna Dunkelman - percussion, Ka! Fagasch!nsk! - clarinet, ma++ ingalls - clarinet, John Ingle - saxophone, Graeme Jennings - violin, Christopher Jones - piano/bassoon, Lę Quan Ninh - percussion, Kanoko Nishi - koto, Kjell Nordeson - percussion, Stacey Pelinka - flute, Marina Peterson - cello, Domenico Sciajno - electronics, Monica Scott - cello, and Andy Strain - trombone, M!chael Th!eke - clarinet, and Erik Ulman - violin
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 : 8p the !nternat!onal noth!ng (Ka! Fagasch!nsk! & M!chael Th!eke, clarinets from Berlin, Germany) --->click to listen! John Cage - Music For____ (1984-7) Morton Feldman - Projection 2 (1951) sfSoundGroup Ka! Fagasch!nsk! and M!chael Th!eke are members of Berlin's vibrant echtzeitmusik scene. th3 !ntern@t!onal noth!ng is their project working exclusively on compositions (no improv). Both instruments melt into one sound, sometimes sounding more than just two instruments through the extended use of multiphonics and difference tones. Their pieces have a delicate and slowed down quality and celebrate a unique and timeless beauty. They will present a collection of pieces developed between 2003 and 2009. Complimenting the duo, sfSound performs experimental compositions by John Cage and Morton Feldman. The concert also features improvisations with the !nternt!onal noth!ng and members of sfSound. |
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 : 8p Lę Quan Ninh & Michel Doneda Duo (percussion and saxophone from France) Robert Erickson - Pacific Sirens (1969) for ensemble and tape Kyle Bruckmann - Tarpit (2009) for Lę Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, sfSoundGroup, and CD playback sfSoundGroup Percussionist Lę Quan Ninh performs contemporary improvised and composed music. He generally plays a "minimal" setup consisting of a bass drum activated by rubbing various other instruments on its surface -- creating a strikingly "maximal" sound. Michel Doneda is a saxophonist who has been active in the European improvised music scene since 1980. Developing one of the most extensive musical vocabularies in free improvisation, his playing can be at turns lyrical, playful or raucous, and switch from the liveliness of street melodies to circular breathing, microscopic sounds or shrieking outbursts. |
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Sun Mar 1, 2009 : 8p Domenico Sciajno/Gene Coleman/Marina Peterson Trio (electronics, bass clarinet & cello from Italy and U.S.) Domenico Sciajno - KORZO (1994) Gene Coleman - Black in White (2007) Elliott Carter - Triple Duo (1983) sfSoundGroup Italian electronic musician/composer/bassist Domenico Sciajno in a trio with Philadelphia based clarinetist/composer Gene Coleman and cellist Marina Peterson performing compositions and improvisations. With an emphasis on soft sounds and radical uses of instrument sound producing possibilities, these composer-performers occupy a unique sound world between noise and music. sfSound performs a graphic score by Sciajno and a composition by Coleman for koto, bass clarinet and cello. Putting the evening in perspective, guest conductor Mary Chun leads sfSound in Elliott Carter's monumental "Triple Duo". |
sponsored in part by The San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music Musical Grant Program and The San Francisco Grants for the Arts.
Domenico Sciajno's appears with assistance from The Istituto Italiano di Cultura San Francisco
the !nternat!onal noth!ng is kindly supported by the Goethe-Institut and Kulturverwaltung des Landes Berlin.
April 1-5, 2009 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
sfSoundResidency #2
featuring new works and improvisations by sfSound and UWM composers
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 : 8p
sfSoundRadio live broadcast
Kanoko Nishi and Jon Raskin Duo
from Oakland's New, Improved Recording Studios.
Friday, May 15, 2009 San Francisco Conservatory of Music
sfSound performs on a recital by violist Alexa Beattie.
music by Cage, Surges, and sfSound.
Monday, May 18, 2009 : 8p : $10 CNMAT
:: openSOUNDwest :: 1750 arch st, berkeley
sfSound and openSOUNDwest present nyc-based flutist Jane Rigler, in duo with Thea Farhadian, electonics and in various groupings with members of sfSound and special guest Phil Gelb.
Thursday, June 11, 2009 : 8p :: LIVE BROADCAST
sfSoundRadio broadcasts New, Improved Recording's new studio series with a performance by German pianist Georg Graewe
with sfSound's percussionist Kjell Nordeson and local saxophone virtuoso Jon Raskin.
Sunday, July 11, 2009
2009 Skronkathon BBQ
Sunday, July 19, 2009 : 8p : $10 [$5 underemployed] ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries:: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Milton Babbitt All Set (1957) for jazz ensemble Olga Neuwirth Fondamenta (1998) for bass clarinet, baritone+tenor saxophone, and cello Alvin Lucier Q (1996) for ensemble and sine waves Hans Thomalla Lied (2008) for tenor saxophone, vibraphone, and piano ma++ ingalls (2009 - PREMIERE) for sfSound and improvisations by sfSoundGroup. with performances by: |
Sunday, August 9, 2009 : 8p : $10 [$5 underemployed] ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries:: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Karlheinz Stockhausen KREUZSPIEL (1951) for oboe, bass clarinet, piano, 3 percussionists Anthony Braxton Composition No.75 (1988) for 3 wind instruments Klaus Huber Schattenblätter (1975) for clarinet, cello, and piano Christopher Burns Planetary (2009 - PREMIERE) for oboe, clarinet, and saxophone David Bithell temporary structures (2009 - PREMIERE) for chamber ensemble Christopher Jones Intuition (2009 - WEST COAST PREMIERE) for flute and percussion and improvisations by sfSoundGroup. with performances by: |
This event is sponsored in part through Subito, the quick advancement grant program of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum.
Tuesday, September 1, 7:30pm
sfSoundRadio live broadcast
Paul Hoskin/Matt Ingalls clarinet duo
The New Black [Jeremy Drake, David Rothbaum, Gino Robair, John Shiurba]
Live concert of First Tuesdays at Tom's Place
Friday, September 11, 8pm
sfSoundRadio live broadcast
Deib 13 [turntabalist visiting from Vienna], Gino Robair [perc], John Shiurba [gtr]
Live from New, Improved Rercording Studios
Sunday, September 13, 2009 : 8p : $10 [$5 underemployed] ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco
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Iannis Xenakis Anaktoria (1969) for chamber ensemble Harrison Birtwistle An Interrupted Endless Melody (1991) for oboe and piano Chaya Czernowin Afatsim (1996) for chamber ensemble Bruce Christian Bennett Translucent Night (2009) for trumpet and electronics Kyle Bruckmann Cell Structure (2009) for oboe, clarinet, and CD playback Luciano Chessa Inkless Imagination V, for Emile Norman (2009 - PREMIERE) for sfSound Erik Ulman Bacchanale (2009 - PREMIERE) for chamber ensemble and an improvisation by John Ingle. download program notes with performances by: |
Friday, October 16, 2009 Yerba Buena Theater
sfSound performs a new work for reconstructed versions of Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori.
Part of SFMOMA's Metal + Machine + Manifesto program celebrating Futurism's First 100 Years.
Monday, November 9, 2009 Mills College
san francisco tape music collective concert
Steve Reich "It's Gonna Rain" ( multichannel diffusion version ) (1965, 17m)
Pierre Schaeffer "Etude Pathetique ou Etude aux Casseroles" (1948/71, 3.5m)
Jonty Harrison "Unsound Objects" (1995, 13m)
Pippa Murphy "Caspian Retreat" (2002, 10m)
Paulina Sundin "Electroclips" (2001, 3m)
Thom Blum "Combustible" (2009, 10m)
Cliff Caruthers "Cupido's Suitcase" (2009, 7m)
Matt Ingalls "Sonatina" (2009, 9m)
Kent Jolly "Holding Pattern" (1998, 8m)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 : 7:30p Meridian Gallery
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Helmut Lachenmann - Dal niente (Interieur III) (1970 - 18m) Matt Ingalls, clarinet Olga Neuwirth - Fondamenta (1998 - 10m) Matt Ingalls, bass clarinet John Ingle, baritone and tenor saxophone Monica Scott, cello Karlheinz Stockhausen - KURZWELLEN (1969 - 20m) Matt Ingalls, clarinet, electronics, and shortwave radio John Ingle, baritone and tenor saxophone, and shortwave radio Monica Scott, cello, and shortwave radio Chris Froh, percussion, mikrophone, and shortwave radio Kjell Nordeson, percussion, mikrophone, and shortwave radio Christopher Jones, electronics |