DAVID JAFFE - "Bits, Birds and Bluegrass"
David A. Jaffe will perform and discuss his "radically-inclusive" musical language that carries forward the American experimentalism of his close friend, Henry Brant. From a human/bird hybrid to a Kentucky Paganini to a plucked Golden Gate bridge, he engineers impossible animals and then sets them free.
David A. Jaffe (b. 1955) has composed ninety works, performed by the the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Russian National Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, SF Symphony Chamber Music Series, and others in 26 countries. He has been commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, Chanticleer, Cello Octet Amsterdam, the Lafayette String Quartet, Jack Van Geem and others. Also a technical innovator, Jaffe was hired by Steve Jobs in 1987 to create the NeXT Music Kit, and is also known for developing physical modeling synthesis and computer ensemble simulation in his work "Silicon Valley Breakdown.' He has taught at Princeton, Stanford and Melbourne Universities, and at UCSD and is currently Senior Scientist/Engineer at Universal Audio, Inc.
http://jaffe.com/
Cost: Free