sfSoundSeries: Summer 2006 Series

Our summer begins in Berkeley, with a visit to the Trinity Chamber Concerts and a cross-continental program of music from Webern and Cage to the present day. Then our Verge Residency at ODC Theater continues, where we'll be joined by a number of guest artists - stay tuned for all the details!

Saturday, May 6, 2006, 8 pm
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana Street, Berkeley
admission $12 ($8 student/senior)

Works from the European, American, and contemporary Californian avant-gardes: Mauricio Kagel's Con Voce, Gerard Grisey's Solo Pour Deux, Anton Webern's Four Pieces for violin and piano, op. 7, John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra, and premieres by Matt Ingalls and David Bithell.

Monday, June 26, 2006, 8 pm
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (@ Shotwell)
admission $12 ($7 student/senior)

The first in our sequence of summer concerts featuring the works of emerging composers: premieres of solo and ensemble works by Jorge Boehringer, the premiere of David Bithell's Inuit Songs, and Christopher Jones' Four Small Forms, plus music by Vinko Globokar and Magnus Lindberg.

Monday, July 17, 2006, 8 pm
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (@ Shotwell)
admission $12 ($7 student/senior/underemployed)

Next we showcase composer-performer Scott Rosenberg, with a solo saxophone performance, his Hums for large ensemble, and a new wind quintet Eeert composed for sfSoundGroup. The second half of the program features works for large ensemble, including music by Morton Feldman, Robert Ashley, and Louis Andriessen.

Monday, August 7, 2006, 8 pm
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (@ Shotwell)
admission $12 ($7 student/senior/underemployed)

Composer-performer Kyle Bruckmann presents his electrifying solo work Gasps and Fissures, using oboe, English horn, amplification, and electronics to create "music of claustrophobic intimacy and impossible physicality." Plus, a new sfSound version of Gavin Bryars' conceptual/ambient classic The Sinking of the Titanic.

Monday, August 28, 2006, 8 pm
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (@ Shotwell)
admission $12 ($7 student/senior/underemployed)

An evening of live electronic music, featuring Alvin Lucier's The Only Talking Machine of its Kind in the World (1969), Terry Riley's Dorian Reeds, a new laptop solo by Christopher Burns, and a variety of approaches to improvisation with live electronics.

Monday, October 2, 2006, 8 pm
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (@ Shotwell)
admission $12 ($7 student/senior/underemployed)

Featuring a new large-scale work composed for sfSound by NYC composer Dan Joseph, plus music by sfSoundGroup composer/saxophonist John Ingle, and New York composer Mary Jane Leach.

Monday, November 13, 2006, 8 pm
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (@ Shotwell)
admission $12 ($7 student/senior/underemployed)

Featuring a solo electronics performance and the premiere of a new ensemble work by Bay Area stalwart John Bischoff. Plus the premiere of a new work for interactive electronics by Matt Ingalls and new chamber music by John Ingle, and performances of music by Morton Feldman and Luigi Nono.