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concerts
upcoming
Thursday, 2 December, 2010 / time TBA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Music of Sylvano Bussotti
The sfSoundGroup performs music by Sylvano Bussotti. http://www.sfsound.org
Saturday, 29 January, 2011 / 8pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music / sfSoundSeries
The sfSoundGroup performs music by Feldman, Finnissy and the premiere of a new work by Christopher Jones commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation. http://www.sfsound.org
Monday, 7 February, 2011 / 7:30pm
Herbst Theater / Earplay
Earplay performs music by Jonathan Harvey, Betsy Jolas, George Crumb and a new work composed by Jonathan Berger. http://www.sfsound.org
Tuesday, 29 March, 2011 / 8pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music / sfSoundSeries
The sfSoundGroup performs music by composers form the SF Conservatory of Music. http://www.sfsound.org
Friday, 15 April, 2011 / 8pm
Brown Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston / Callithumpian Consort
The Callithumpian Consort premieres a new work by Christopher Jones. The program will also include works by Tristan Murail and Mischa Salkind-Pearl.
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Sunday, 19 September, 2010 / 8pm
San Francisco Community Music Center / sfSoundSeries
The sfSoundGroup performs music by Glass, Furrer, Thomalla, Ingalls and the sfSoundGroup. http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 12 September, 2010 / time TBA
SF Friends of Chamber Music: Day of Chamber Music / SF Conservatory of Music
The sfSoundGroup performs music by Furrer, Shlomowitz and the sfSoundGroup. http://www.sffcm.org/events/chamber-music-day/
Friday, 20 August, 2010 / 8pm
Old First Church / sfSoundSeries
The sfSoundGroup performs music Brian Ferneyhough, Christian Wolff, Mathias Spahlinger, Matthew Shlomowitz, Erik Ulman and Matt Ingalls. http://www.sfsound.org
Friday, 16 July, 2010 / 8pm
San Francisco Community Music Center / sfSoundSeries
The sfSoundGroup performs music for solo instruments and electronics by Christopher Burns, Dennis Smalley, Luigi Nono, Per Bloland, Mario Davidovsky and Morton Feldmanhttp://www.sfsound.org
Saturday, 5 June, 2010 / 8pm
8th Annual Matthew Sperry Memorial Festival / 21 Grand in Oakland
The sfSoundGroup performs Sperry, Braxton, Cardew and Tenney. 
http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 23 January, 2010 / 7:30pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music / sfSoundSeries
The sfSoundGroup performs György Ligeti's Kammerkonzert and commissioned short works by local composers Nick Bacchetto, Dan Becker, David Coll, Tom Dambly, Deerhoof, Heather Frasch, Canner MEFE, Maggi Payne, Mauricio Rodriguez, and Theresa Wong. http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 11 November, 2009 / 7:30pm
sfSound @ Meridian Gallery
The sfSoundGroup performs music by Lachenmann, Neuwirth and Stockhausen. http://www.sfsound.org
Friday, 16 October, 2009 / 7:30pm / $10
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts / SFMOMA presents: Metal+Machine+Manifeso
sfSound performs a new work for reconstructed versions of Italian Futurist, Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori. http://www.sfmoma.org/events/series/1314
Sunday, 13 September, 2009 / 8pm / $10
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
sfSound performs works by Xenakis, Birtwistle, Czernowin, and a new works by Erik Ulman, Luciano Chessa and Bruce Bennett. http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 9 August, 2009 / 8pm / $10
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
sfSound performs works by Stockhausen, Braxton and Huber, and new works by Christopher Burns, David Bithell and Christopher Jones. http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 19 July, 2009 / 8pm / $10
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
sfSound performs works by Babbitt, Neuwirth, Lucier, Thomalla, Ingalls and an improvisation by the sfSoundGroup. http://www.sfsound.org
1-5 April, 2009
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
/ sfSound residency #2
http://www.sfsound.org
Saturday, 7 February, 2009 / San Francisco State University
Illumination and Reflections: A Symposium on Music in the 21st Century
sfSound performs Elliott Carter's Triple Duo with guest conductor, Harvey Sollberger.
Sunday, 9 November, 2008 / 8pm / $5
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
Featuring sfSound saxophonist, John Ingle performing new original work and a concerto by Josh Levine, and guest percussion duo Hunter-Gatherer (Russell Greenberg and Ian Antonio) playing music by David Lang and Gérard Grisey. http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 12 October, 2008 / 8pm / $5
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
Guest percussionist, Gino Robair presents Potluck Percussion and new works for sfSound. The program also includes works by Grisey and Spahlinger.
http://www.sfsound.org
25-28 September, 2008
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
/ sfSound residency #1
http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 14 September, 2008 / 8pm / $5
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
Morton Feldman's For John Cage performed by  violinist, Graeme Jennings and pianist, Christopher Jones
http://www.sfsound.org
3-7 September, 2008 / Theater Artaud
San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
http://sfemf.org/sfemf2008.html
Sunday, 10 August, 2008 / 8pm / $5
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
sfSound performs works by Oliveros, Subotnik, Sender, Moran, Ferneyhough, B. A. Zimmermann and a new work by Erik Ulman. http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday, 13 July, 2008 / 8pm / $5
ODC Dance Commons / sfSoundSeries
sfSound performs works by Reich, Scelsi, Sciarrino, Kagel, Hilario and a new collaborative work by Matt Ingalls. http://www.sfsound.org
Sunday 8 June, 2008 / 4pm / $15/12
ODC Dance Commons / 
sfSoundSeries
Featuring guest saxophonist, John Butcher performing solo and group improvisations with  sfSound. The program will also feature music by Cage, Saariaho and Bruno Ruviaro. http://www.sfsound.org
Thursday 29 May, 2008 / 8pm / free
Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford University / <541>: Works by Stanford Composers

New chamber works by Justin Yang and Jason Federmeyer, and ensemble pieces by Patricia Martínez, Bruno Ruviaro and Christopher Moore conducted by Christopher Jones
Sunday 25 May, 2008 / 8pm / free
Presidio Chapel /
American Composers Forum: Composers-in-the-Schools
End-of-the-year concert featuring premiers of new pieces by students at Lowell High School and ACF-CITS resident composer, Christopher Jones
Sunday 18 May, 2008 / 8pm / $5
Old First Church /
Stefano Scodanibbio: Portrait
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in collaboration with sfSound, presents composer, improvisor and contrabass virtuoso Stefano Scodanibbio in a program of his own work, including the premier of Labore Navigacionis for two pianos, performed by Ann Yi and Christopher Jones. http://www.sfsound.org
Monday 5 May, 2008 / 8pm / free
Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University / Composers' Concert

Featuring new works by composers from SFSU composed for the sfSoundGroup. http://www.sfsound.org
Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 / 8pm / free
CCRMA Stage, Stanford University / Julio Estrada: Portrait

Performance and discussion of music for violin and piano by distinguished Mexican composer, Julio Estrada with the composer,  violinist, Graeme Jennings and pianist, Christopher Jones, including the premier of the piano version of yuunohui'tlapoa.
Saturday, 26 January, 2008 / 8pm / $12/6
Lisser Hall, Mills College / Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence
Helmut Lachenmann: Portrait

Concert of works by distinguished German composer, Helmut Lachenmann including
Allegro Sostenuto for clarinet, cello, and pianoGran Torso for string quartet, Toccatina for solo violin, and Ein Kinderspiel for solo piano. Graeme Jennings, violin; Erik Ulman, violin; Ellen Ruth Rose, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello; Matt Ingalls, clarinet; Geoffrey Gartner, cello; Christopher Jones, piano; Helmut Lachenmann, piano
Friday, 12 October, 2007 / 8pm / free
Lisser Hall, Mills College / Darius Milhaud Concert

Elliott Carter, Duo, Igor Stravinsky, Duo Concertant, Darius Milhaud Sonatas for violin and piano, nos. 1 and 2, with Graeme Jennings, violin
Saturday, 6 October, 2007 / 8pm / free
Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford University / Chamber Music Live

Elliott Carter, Duo, Igor Stravinsky, Duo Concertant, Charles Ives Piano Trio, with Graeme Jennings, violin and Leighton Fong, cello
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discography
<541>: Music from Stanford, Vol. 4
Innova Records 2010
Recording of a work by Juan Cristóbal Cerrillo with Ensemble SurPlus 
<541>: Music from Stanford, Vol. 3
Innova Records 2008
Recordings of works by Kristian Ireland and Marisol Jiménez
Mark Applebaum: Sock Monkey
Innova Records 2008
Recordings of music by Mark Applebaum with the sfSoundGroup
<541>: Music from Stanford, Vol. I
Innova Records 2005
Recording of quintet, Suspended Narratives and performances of works by Alex Hills and Christopher Burns
Mark Applebaum: Catfish
Tzadik 2003
Recording of Mark Applebaum's Meditation
John Cage: The Orchestral Works 2
Mode Records 2000
Premier recording of John Cage's Etcetera with the Callithumpian Consort of the New England Conservatory