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The Oakland Reductionist Orchestra at Mosswood
A supergroup of local musicians with a predilection for lowercase/fricative/reductionist acoustic improvisation that often sounds more electronic than acoustic. PERFORMERSKanoko Nishi-Smith, kotoCody Putman, bassoonLisa Mezzacappa, bass Kevin CK Lo, piano, etcCheryl E. Leonard, objects, electronicsBrendan Lai-Tong, tromboneMatt Ingalls, clarinetsRon Heglin, tubaDiane Grubbe, flutesSarah Grace Graves, voiceTom Djll, trumpetKevin Corcoran, percussionChris Cooper, objects, electronicsKyle Bruckmann, oboe In its West Coast premiere, composer-accordionist Ben Richter’s just-intonation accordion solo Laramidia creates an alien tonal landscape alternating among timbral...
Read MoresfSound performs Crumb & Bussotti
sfSound Group remembers George Crumb (1929–2022) and Sylvano Bussotti (1931–2021), two composers known for their use of non-traditional notation. Bussotti’s classic graphic score Autotono (1958-1978) for open ensemble is bookended by Crumb’s Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I)(1965/66) and Dream Sequence (Images II) (1976). Visiting from New York City, Yarn/Wire performs the West Coast premiere of Catherine Lamb’s Curvo Totalitas (2017) for two synthesizers, steel sheet, and tam tam. The work creates a sound world that is both meditative and intense, offering the audience a highly personal listening experience. Sunday, December 10, 20237pmMosswood...
Read MorePhillip Greenlief’s Saint Petersburg
Brazilian electronic music composer Silvia Matheus explores the compositional possibilities of noise with occasional pitch centered sounds while pianist Ric Louchard explores the compositional possibilities of chromatic, pitch centered improvisations with occasional noise centered sounds. Phillip Greenlief conducts a performance of his map score Saint Petersburg, with members of sfSoundGroup. Greenlief began composing his map scores series in 2004, a process that uses a collage approach to organizing compositional elements, including text score, traditional notation, iconic imagery, graphic notation, and fragments of maps that inspire free improvisation. The concert...
Read MoreUC Merced UpstART Presents Quinteto Latino
The quintet makes their debut performance at UC Merced. The program will feature QL commissions by Paul Desenne and Gabriela Lena Frank as well as exciting works by Paquito D’Rivera, Gabriela Ortiz, Astor Piazzolla and Eugenio Toussant. Wednesday, November 8, 20237pmNoontime ConcertsMerced Multicultural Arts CenterWest Main StreetMerced, CA 95340 FREE!
Read MoreCrossing the Lines
An evening of chamber works by Gabriel Fauré, Norman Dello Joio and Louise Farrenc, all accompanied by the works of painter Peggy Gyulai. The evening will end with an improvisation between the painter and the musicians. Diane Grubbe, fluteMonica Scott, celloFrank Johnson, pianoPeggy Gyulai, artist Farrenc Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, mvmt. IDello Joio Trio for Flute, Cello and PianoFauré Sonatine for flute and pianoimprovisation: flute, cello & artist Sunday, October 294pm (drinks and hors d’oeuvres at 4 pm; desserts offered after the concert) Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa StreetSan Francisco, CA $65 more information...
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Diane Grubbe has appeared as a soloist with the Siena Music Festival in Italy, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, L’Orchestre de Notre Dame in San Francisco and the Calabasas Chamber Orchestra in Southern California, with whom she recorded the Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto for their CD The Baroque Concerto.