Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

                    
Anne Hege
Composer, conductor, vocalist, scholar
Born in Oakland, CA, Anne Hege began her musical studies singing with the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir and the Oakland Youth Chorus. Hege received a BA in music with honors from Wesleyan University, CT and an MA in music composition from Mills College, CA. In 2014, she completed her PhD in Music Composition at Princeton University where she studied embodied cognition theory and musical meaning.

She has composed for film, installation art, dance, and concert settings. Since 2008, Hege has composed musical scores for choreographer Carrie Ahern. The New York Times praised her score for Ahern’s SenSate as “convincing” and “strangely environmental.” Influenced by her deep listening practice, her latest compositions lie somewhere between ritual, music, and theater with some homemade instruments thrown in for good measure.
Upcoming Events:

Friday, April 17 2026 7:30 PM
Meets the Eye Studios [939 Terminal Way San Carlos, CA 94070]
Join us for a one-of-a-kind PWC concert experience at Meets the Eye Studios (in-person and livestream), featuring a multimedia performance of Freida Abtan’s new opera for chorus and video, The sound of grief. This PWC commission reimagines the Orpheus myth and his overwhelming grief that threatens the living world.  More...
Saturday, April 18 2026 4:00 PM
Meets the Eye Studios [939 Terminal Way San Carlos, CA 94070]
Join us for a one-of-a-kind PWC concert experience at Meets the Eye Studios (in-person and livestream), featuring a multimedia performance of Freida Abtan’s new opera for chorus and video, The sound of grief. This PWC commission reimagines the Orpheus myth and his overwhelming grief that threatens the living world.  More...
Sunday, April 19 2026 4:00 PM
Meets the Eye Studios [939 Terminal Way San Carlos, CA 94070]
Join us for a one-of-a-kind PWC concert experience at Meets the Eye Studios (in-person and livestream), featuring a multimedia performance of Freida Abtan’s new opera for chorus and video, The sound of grief. This PWC commission reimagines the Orpheus myth and his overwhelming grief that threatens the living world.  More...
Thursday, April 23 2026 6:30 PM
836M [836 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, 94133]
Audiences are invited to watch staging and instrument design unfold in real time in this live rehearsal. Anne Hege and vocalist Michele Kennedy refine Eurdice's Sounding Skirt, a motion-tracked costume that generates live musical accompaniment.  More...
Friday, May 29 2026 8:00 PM
ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
The Glance: A Laptopera

The Glance: A Laptopera is an immersive opera that reimagines the Orpheus myth for laptop orchestra and live voices. In this contemporary retelling, lovers Orphea and Eurydice struggle to build intimacy in a world shaped by constant surveillance, confronting their own limitations around trust and connection.

Co-produced by Laptopera Productions and 836M, The Glance was created by composer Anne Hege with collaborators including electronic instrument builders Daniel Iglesia and Curtis Ullerich; vocalists Sidney Chen, Carmina Escobar, and Michele Kennedy; art director Kim Anno; lighting designer Mitchell Ost; and choreographer Carrie Ahern.

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Saturday, May 30 2026 8:00 PM
ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
The Glance: A Laptopera

The Glance: A Laptopera is an immersive opera that reimagines the Orpheus myth for laptop orchestra and live voices. In this contemporary retelling, lovers Orphea and Eurydice struggle to build intimacy in a world shaped by constant surveillance, confronting their own limitations around trust and connection.

Co-produced by Laptopera Productions and 836M, The Glance was created by composer Anne Hege with collaborators including electronic instrument builders Daniel Iglesia and Curtis Ullerich; vocalists Sidney Chen, Carmina Escobar, and Michele Kennedy; art director Kim Anno; lighting designer Mitchell Ost; and choreographer Carrie Ahern.

https://www.annehege.com/theglance  More...
Sunday, May 31 2026 4:00 PM
ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
The Glance: A Laptopera

The Glance: A Laptopera is an immersive opera that reimagines the Orpheus myth for laptop orchestra and live voices. In this contemporary retelling, lovers Orphea and Eurydice struggle to build intimacy in a world shaped by constant surveillance, confronting their own limitations around trust and connection.

Co-produced by Laptopera Productions and 836M, The Glance was created by composer Anne Hege with collaborators including electronic instrument builders Daniel Iglesia and Curtis Ullerich; vocalists Sidney Chen, Carmina Escobar, and Michele Kennedy; art director Kim Anno; lighting designer Mitchell Ost; and choreographer Carrie Ahern.

https://www.annehege.com/theglance  More...