Mosswood Sound Series
3630 Telegraph Ave enter 2nd door on 37th St Oakland
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MOSSWOOD SOUND SERIES
a new weekly experimental sound series every Friday evening
presented by sfSound

ON THE NATURE OF SOUND (#3)

MUSIC BY ALVIN LUCIER (1931-2021)

7:30pm doors/installation, 8pm concert

We celebrate the music of ALVIN LUCIER, an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Arts Union, which included Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and Gordon Mumma. Much of his work is influenced by science and explores the physical properties of sound itself: resonance of spaces, phase interference between closely tuned pitches, and the transmission of sound through physical media.

PROGRAM
Music on a Long Thin Wire (1977)
pre-concert and intermission installation realized by Tom Duff

Two Circles (2012)
sfSoundGroup (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and sine waves)

Piper (2000)
Matthew Welch, bagpipes

Opera with Objects (1997)
Matt Ingalls, objects

I Remember (1997)
voices with resonant objects

Letters (1991)
sfSoundGroup (violin, clarinet, cello and piano)

Nothing is Real (1990)
Hadley McCarroll, piano and teapot

(Oakland) Memory Space (1970)
for singers and players of acoustic instruments


PERFORMERS
Matthew Welch, bagpipes
Sam Weiser, violin
Ken Ueno, voice
Monica Scott, cello
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Hadley McCarroll, piano
Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
Diane Grubbe, flute

Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale

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