sfSoundFestival July 8-10, 2016
[ NOTATIONS | ORIENTATIONS ]
experimental and contemporary music 1938 to the present
A three-concert celebration of 20th and 21st century music covering a wide range of graphical notation performed by some of the most passionate interpreters of such music in the Bay Area. Included are compositions that continue (and pre-date) the American and European traditions from the 1950s to the present day with influences from Jazz, Electronic Music, Indie-Pop, Modern Art, and Psychoacoustics
STEVE REICH - Reed Phase (1966 : ~10m)
saxophone and live electronics
PIERRE BOULEZ - Étude 1 (1951 : 3m)
tape
PIERRE BOULEZ - Anthèmes 2 (1997 : 25m)
violin and live electronics
SALVATORE SCIARRINO - Esplorazione del bianco II (1986 : 8m)
flute, bass clarinet, guitar, violin, and conductor
GREG SAUNIER - Secret Mobilization (2010 : 5m)
english horn, alto saxophone, violin, viola, cello
PHILL NIBLOCK - Disseminate (1998 : 22m)
chamber ensemble and electronics
EARLE BROWN - December 1952 (1952 : ~7m)
sfSoundGroup (players spread around the space)
SFSOUNDGROUP - Improvisation (2016 : 7m)
chamber ensemble
MUSICIANS
Diane Grubbe, flutes
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe and english horn
Matt Ingalls, clarinets
John Ingle, saxophones and conductor
Tom Dambly, trumpet
Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone
Giacomo Fiore, guitar
Benjamin Kreith, violin
Erik Ulman, violin
Derek Katz, viola
Monica Scott, cello
Sam Nichols, electronics
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
The premiere, at the 2013 Outsound New Music Summit, of Wrack ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (made possible by the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commissioning program).