Victoria Theater
2961 16th Street San Francisco

The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2015

America's only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features three distinct evenings of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 32 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, shape the sound live over a pristine surround system consisting of 16 high-end loudspeakers while the audience is seated in complete darkness. It's a unique opportunity to experience music forming - literally - around you.

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Our final concert features the Festival's first collaboration with instrumentalists in a double-program exploring the various relationships between electronic and acoustic sounds. Performed by SFSOUNDGROUP, the first half features a program of music by French master composers PIERRE BOULEZ (violin and live electronics), LUC FERRARI (improvising ensemble and tape), and two tape-only works that are comprised of manipulated instrumental sounds by acousmatic icons BERNARD PARMEGIANI, and HORACIO VAGGIONE. The second half features a program by American composers MARIO DAVIDOVSKY (ensemble and tape), ROBERT ERICKSON (ensemble and tape), HANS TUTSCHKU (oboe, bass clarinet, and iPads), and Matt Ingalls (clarinet and tape).

“Does listening to this constant transition from one state to another tell us anything about the nature of sound?“ -- Bernard Parmegiani

FRENCH PROGRAM
Pierre Boulez - ANTHÈMES II (1997 :: violin + electronics) - Benjamin Kreith, violin + Sam Nichols, electronics
Luc Ferrari - ARCHIVES SAUVÉES DES EAUX (2000 :: improvisers + tape) - sfSoundGroup + SF Tape Music Collective
Bernard Parmegiani - ACCIDENTS / HARMONIQUES (from DE NATURA SONORUM) (1973 :: tape)
Horacio Vaggione - PRELUDES SUSPENDUS III (2009 :: tape)

AMERICAN PROGRAM
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms #2 (1964 :: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, tape) - sfSoundGroup
Robert Erickson - Pacific Sirens (1969 :: ensemble + tape) - sfSoundGroup
Hans Tutschku - Still Air 3 (2014 :: oboe, bass clarinet, iPads) - Kyle Bruckmann, oboe, Matt Ingalls, bass clarinet
Matt Ingalls - CrusT (1997 :: clarinet + tape) - Matt Ingalls, clarinet

SFSOUNDGROUP MUSICIANS
Monica Scott, cello
Sam Nichols, electronics
Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone
Benjamin Kreith, violin
John Ingle, saxophone/conductor
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
Diane Grubbe, flute
Joel Davel, percussion
Tom Dambly, trumpet
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe/english horn

Cost: $15 [$10 underemployed], $40 fest pass

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