:: concerts 2010

SATURDAY JANUARY 23 : 8p
small packages
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 oak street, san francisco
$15 [$8 underemployed]
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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.

    
download program as pdf

here is the recording György Ligeti's Chamber Concerto from this concert:
1: Corrente(fliessend)
2: Calmo Sostenuto
3: Movimento Preciso e Meccanico
4: Presto







SATURDAY JUNE 5 : 8p
matthew sperry memorial festival
21grand 416 25th oakland
the eighth annual celebration of matthew sperry's life and music with the bay area's creative music community
door donations go to the matthew sperry memorial fund


PROGRAM
Matthew Sperry - Wadadaism (1991)
Matthew Sperry- Veins (1995)
Anthony Braxton - Composition #292 (2001)
Cornelius Cardew - Autumn 60 (1960)
James Tenney - Swell Piece #1 (1967)

PERFORMERS
Tom Dambly, trumpet : Tom Djll, trumpet : Shayna Dunkelman, cymbal : Heather Frasch, flutes : Philip Gelb, shakuhachi : Matt Ingalls, clarinets/etc : James Fei, saxophones : Angela Hsu, violin : John Ingle, saxophones : Christopher Jones, bassoon : Dylan Mattingly, cello : Hadley McCarroll, keyboard : Kjell Nordeson, percussion : Emily Packard, violin : Tim Perkis, electronics : Dan Plonsey, saxophones/etc : Monica Scott, cello : John Shiurba, guitar : Scott Walton, bass : Sarah Willner, violin : Theresa Wong, cello




JUNE 17-JULY 15 2010
a sound installation by the san francisco tape music collective
n o m a gallery : 80 maiden ln : 3rd fl : san francisco ::

image: Aaron Finnis - Yellow Space (Kiss, 9:10 mins)
N O M A Gallery presents Unraveling Tape, a group show examining the use of magnetic tape as material. The show includes new works by Bonnie Banks, Aaron Finnis, and Jacqueline Gordon. It also features sound installations by writer duo Kieran Daly and Isaac Linder and the San Francisco Tape Music Collective.


opening reception: thursday, june 17, 7 to 9 pm




FRIDAY JULY 16 2010
an evening of acousti-electric music :: FEATURING EKG!!!
community music center : 544 capp st : san francisco :: 8p :: $15 [ $8 underemployed ]


PROGRAM
Morton Feldman - Oboe and Orchestra (1976) :: EKG's realization of the orchestral score using analog electronics
Luigi Nono - ...sofferte onde serene... (1976) piano and tape
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms #3 (1965) cello and tape
Denis Smalley - Clarinet Threads (1985) clarinet and tape
Christopher Burns - The mutiny of rivers" (2010) for EKG : WORLD PREMIERE
Per Bloland - Quintet (2005) sax and live electronics

PERFORMERS
EKG (Kyle Bruckmann, oboe & electronics : Ernst Karel, analog electronics, recordings)
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
John Ingle, saxophone
Christopher Jones, piano
Monica Scott, cello




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