sfSoundSeries: January 27-29, 2006

Friday-Sunday, January 27-29, 2006, 8 pm
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (at Shotwell)
admission $15 per evening; $36 festival pass

The new San Francisco Tape Music Center returns to ODC Theater for its annual Festival. This three day event of fixed media audio art features an impressive and meticulously placed arrangement of sixteen speakers, immersing the audience in an exploratory and experimental sound environment focused on the listening experience. Highlights include classics by Toru Takemitsu, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Herbert Br a complete evening celebrating the work of Luc Ferrari (1929-2005), including a video profile by Veronique Larcher and ELSA Productions. Featured local composers include Cenk Ergoseph Anderson, Ava Mendoza, Cliff Caruthers, MaryClare Brzytwa, Thom Blum, and Matt Ingalls. In an era when 'surround sound' has become commonplace, these artists' development of sound diffusion as a compositional technique creates a sonic experience you won't soon forget. Come and enjoy this cutting edge art form at its best.

Friday, January 27th, 8pm
Frank Lambert - Talking Clock [1878]
MaryClare Brzytwa - Maxy Waxy [2005]
Marc Ainger - Shatter [1998]
Herbert Brü - U-TURN-TO [1980]
Trevor Wishart - Tongues of Fire [1994]
Tetsu Inoue and Carl Stone - @.fine [2001]
Ilhan Mimaroglu - And Yet, There Could Be Love [1971]
Horacio Vaggione - Schall [1995]
Jackson MacLow - 1st Milarepa Gatha [1993]
Joseph Anderson - (St. Cutherbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh + Triptych + Ballard Locks, Seattle + Hermitage of Braid, Edinburgh) [2005]
Maggi Payne - Motor Rhythms [2005]

Saturday, January 28th, 8pm
John Young - Allting runt omkring [1998]
Toru Takemitsu - Vocalism Ai [1956]
Ava Mendoza - To the Larynx! Metastasis [2005]
Josh Goldman - Language [2003]
Cenk Ergün - Excerpts from Cal ( bir + pilak-müzik + Trio for Video ) [2005]
Thom Blum - Squelch [2006]
Louis and Bebe Barron - excerpts from Forbidden Planet Soundtrack [1956]
Cliff Caruthers - Blue Sky [2006]
Bernhard Gal - It's Like [2001]
Curtis Roads - Volt Air, Parts I-IV [2003]

Sunday, January 29th, 8pm: a celebration of the work of french composer Luc Ferrari [1929-2005]
A video profile by Veronique Larcher and ELSA Productions [2006]
Etudes Aux Sons Tendus [1958]
Presque Rien Avec Filles [1989]
Tautologos 1 [1961]
Place des Abbesses [1977]
Les Anecdotiques [2004]