Silvia Matheus
MATTHEW EVAN TAYLOR + Theresa Wong + Kjell Nordeson + Lisa Mezzacappa + Matt Ingalls

Silvia Matheus, composer and sound artist, presents Recycling — a solo performance with Kyma, Eurorack, and Buchla systems. Past works are dismantled and rebuilt live, their fragments reshaped by algorithmic processes and hands-on control. The result is a constantly shifting sonic environment where memory and invention collide, creating an experience that is irreproducible and shared in the moment with the audience.

Recently relocated to the Bay Area to serve as Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of California, Berkeley, MATTHEW EVAN TAYLOR (winds) performs a solo work and group improvisations with local musicians Theresa Wong (cello), Kjell Nordeson (percussion), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), and Matt Ingalls (clarinet).
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FRED LONBERG-HOLM + William Winant
KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER + NICK SANDERS

FRED LONBERG-HOLM is trying to make sense of this world while making sounds on the cello and just about anything else he can get his hands on. He performs a duo of improvised music with Grammy-nominated percussionist William Winant, internationally regarded as a leading performer of avant-garde music.

Bassist KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER—praised for her “expressive and captivating performance” and a faculty member at the University of the Pacific—and jazz pianist NICK SANDERS—a Sunnyside Records recording artist celebrated for his inventive, acrobatic style—draw on their eclectic musical backgrounds to perform original compositions and improvisations, including previews from Schulmeister’s upcoming debut solo album Imagining Hands.
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VEN VOISEY
THREE TRAPPED TIGERS

VEN VOISEY is a sculptor, composer, and designer who currently splits his time between Oakland, CA and Wonder Valley (Twentynine Palms), CA. His work is informed by an attention to surroundings; he creates rituals, tools and circumstances as a means of exploring the relationship between internal and external space; between the spiritual and physical.

THREE TRAPPED TIGERS Recorder Duo (David Barnett and Tom Bickley) present Pilgrim songs from the 14th c. Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, selections from “Music for Every Occasion” by Alvin Curran, a ballade by 14th c. Italian Francesco Landini, a 13th c. aubade, Bickley’s Hibernian Cities/Hebridean Islands for alto recorder and electronics, and Medieval Nights for solo tenor recorder by Pete Rose. As the styles and periods juxtapose, with improvisation as a through line, the duo invites you to explore pre modern music for post modern ears and vice versa.
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SFSOUNDGROUP presents a concert honoring recently departed composers. The first half features works by the Russian composer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931 – 2025), known for her spiritual and dramatic works. The second half includes a circular breathing wind duo by the pioneering minimalist composer TOM JOHNSON (1939–2024), and a work for improvisers and tape by the celebrated composer and conductor PETER EÖTVÖS (1944–2024).

The evening also includes "Instruments II" by MORTON FELDMAN, a prime example of his evolving -- and often overlooked -- output from the 1970's.

Rounding out the program with a living composer, sfSound's own MONICA SCOTT presents a recent composition for cello and piano.


PROGRAM
Morton Feldman - "Instruments II" 1975
chamber ensemble

Tom Johnson - "Kientzy Loops" 2000
circular breathing wind duo

Peter Eötvös - "Music For New York" 1971
tape playback with improvisers

Monica Scott - "more than nine minutes" 2016
cello and piano

Sofia Gubaidulina - "Dots, Lines and Zigzag" 1976
bass clarinet and piano

Sofia Gubaidulina - "Sounds of the Forest" 1978
flute and piano

Sofia Gubaidulina - "Piano Sonata: III. Allegretto" 1965
piano

Sofia Gubaidulina - "In croce" 1979
cello and organ


MUSICIANS
Diane Grubbe, flute
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
John Ingle, saxophone/conductor
Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone
Hadley McCarroll, piano/organ
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Monica Scott, cello
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
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