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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.
:: news
Christopher Jones has been awarded a commissioning grant from Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation to write a new work for sfSound to be premiered in 2010.
sfSound has been awarded a 2008 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming by Chamber Music America!
sfSound can be heard performing two Mark Applebaum compositions on his new CD, sock monkey
hear archive of SFTapeMusicCollective members thom blum and matt ingalls guest djs on kusf radio, Jan 30 2009.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010 : 8p
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 oak street, san francisco
$15 [$8 underemployed]
box office opens at 7pm - CASH ONLY
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sfSound performs György Ligeti's
stunning Chamber Concerto (1969-70)
for 13 instruments alongside new short works written for sfSound by ten local composers. Coming from the many diverse bay area scenes, these musicians were commissioned to create new pieces for this concert inspired by and/or contrasting with Ligeti's monumental disquisition on sound and texture.
featured composers are:
Nick Bacchetto
Dan Becker
David Coll
Tom Dambly
Heather Frasch
Canner MEFE (Zeek Sheck)
Maggi Payne
Mauricio Rodriguez
Greg Saunier (Deerhoof)
Theresa Wong
with performances by:
Stacey Pelinka - flutes
Kyle Bruckmann - oboe/english horn
ma++ ingalls - clarinets
Peter Josheff - clarinet
John Ingle - saxophones
Monika Warchol - horn
Colby Wiley - trombone
Christopher Jones - piano, conductor
Hadley McCarroll - harpsichord and hammond organ
Ann Yi - piano and celeste
Graeme Jennings - violin
Erik Ulman - violin
Alexa Beattie - viola
Monica Scott - cello
Richard Worn - bass
This concert was funded in part by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund
and San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music Musical Grant Program.

:: musicians
The concerts showcase some of the Bay Area's finest musicians,
bringing together talented young improvisers, composers, and performers
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:: history
sfSound has been producing concerts since 1999. more>>
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